Vampire Weekend performed “Sunflower” on Kimmel.
Vampire Weekend Performs on Kimmel
Albums in Stores – May 10th, 2019
Today is packed with new releases from Charly Bliss, The Get Up Kids, Ten Foot Pole, and more. If you hit read more you can see all the releases we have in our calendar for the week. Hit the quote bubble to access our forums and talk about what came out today, what albums you picked up, and to make mention of anything we may have missed.
Travis Barker Shares Collaboration With $uicideBoy$
Travis Barker and $uicideBoy$’s new collaboration “nothingleftnothingleft” has been released on SoundCloud.
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Ben Gibbard Covers Minor Threat
Ben Gibbard has shared a new cover of Minor Threat’s “Filler” on SoundCloud.
Panic Division – “Mother, Father”
Panic Division have shared the new song “Mother, Father.”
Rumors of Green Day and Butch Walker Working Together
Some Green Day fans are starting to speculate that the band may be working with Butch Walker, the case has been laid out over at Green Day Authority:
In a post on Green Day’s Reddit forum, u/jinxpoetry dug deeper into the Butch Walker connection noting that in a video he posted to his Instagram from a recording studio, you can see what appears to be Tre Cool’s drum set (along with Walker singing “making records is very, very fun”), the video was liked by both Tre and his wife.
Chorus TV: Less Than Jake
Less Than Jake’s recent tour found the ever-reliable ska punk act doling out a career-spanning mix of fan favorites and deep cuts. Watch them open with “Automatic,” “Plastic Cup Politics,” and “Shindo” – along with accompanying irreverent stage banter and toilet paper guns – live from their stop at College Street Music Hall in New Haven, CT on April 16, 2019.
I shot and edited the footage with additional filming by Sam Swider.
Taylor Swift Talks With Entertainment Weekly
Alex Suskind, writing at Entertainment Weekly:
Then, during the Reputation Tour, she had an epiphany: that despite the caricature that she thought had been created of her, there were many people who saw what others had simply refused to. “I would look out into the audience and I’d see these amazing, thoughtful, caring, wonderful, empathetic people,” she says. “So often with our takedown culture, talking s— about a celebrity is basically the same as talking s— about the new iPhone. So when I go and I meet fans, I see that they actually see me as a flesh-and-blood human being. That — as contrived as it may sound — changed [me] completely, assigning humanity to my life.”
Review: Culture Wars – Let Me Down
On the latest single from the Austin rock trio, “Let Me Down” finds Culture Wars navigating through a difficult relationship that is starting to drift astray. Lead vocalist Alex Dugan wears his heart on his sleeve with lyrics such as, “I don’t want to fight no more/Voicemail right away/I know how this goes.” His vocal delivery comes across as earnest, heartfelt, and powerful all at the same time.
The song is masterfully crafted around a guitar riff through the verses and builds up to a great pre-chorus that eventually explodes into a catchy hook. Lead guitarist and electronic musician Mic Vredenburgh allows the song to brood with confidence at he provides a vast, yet dark landscape to complete the picture of Dugan’s vision. Drummer David Grayson knows just when to give delicateness to the beats in the verses, and provides pulse-pounding fills in the chorus to allow the track to soar to new heights. It’s there on the chorus where Dugan confesses, “I’m just waiting for you to let me down/So get all the way, get all the way down.” The track itself allows for thoughtful reflection in the verses, while still allowing the listener to dance their cares away in the chorus.
Telethon Announce New Album; Share New Video
Telethon will release their new album Hard Pop on June 21st. Today they’ve released a video for “How Long Do I Let It Go For?” and pre-orders are now up.
Haybaby – “Get Down”
Charly Bliss Quit Their Day Jobs
Charly Bliss talked with MTV about their really awesome upcoming album:
Hendricks is made of these moments. “Part of it is I have no chill, I’m a super intense person,” she says. “I remember back in high school, I’d become obsessed with one person, and felt like I was madly in love with them. I’d drive around in my car and cry about them, and I remember thinking: No one has ever felt this much, no one knows what this feels like.” That teenage feeling — the one which isolates you in your intensity, as though the whole world’s going down on a sinking ship — has extended into Hendricks’s adult life and Charly Bliss’s latest album.
‘Parallel Love – The Story of a Band Called Luxury’
A new documentary called Parallel Love follows the story of an early Tooth and Nail Records band called Luxury. The trailer is now up and more information on screenings can be found here.
‘Parallel Love: The Story of a Band Called Luxury’ follows the path of Luxury, a band from small-town Georgia, who, on the cusp of success, suffer a devastating touring wreck with long-term consequences. In the intervening years, they continue to make records and three members of the band become Eastern Orthodox priests. Through interviews and archival footage, ‘Parallel Love’ tells the gripping and poignant story of Luxury and documents the making of a new record, now as priests.
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Angels and Airwaves Expand Tour
Angels and Airwaves have upgraded some venues and added new shows for their upcoming tour. Tom DeLonge also gave a nice little shout out to Blink-182 and Simple Creatures on Instagram yesterday.