Soak have covered Sleater-Kinney’s “Modern Girl” for Amazon.
Soak Cover Sleater-Kinney
Foo Fighters Release Live EP
The Foo Fighters have released a new live EP called 00950025 to streaming services.
American Football’s Tiny Desk Concert
American Football’s NPR Tiny Desk Concert is now up.
Ralph – “Gravity”
The Podcast Worm: Inside Star Wars
I started The Podcast Worm with the intention of keeping it up regularly. The first one went live around 9 months ago now, so clearly, that didn’t happen. However, much like Halloween Unmasked, Inside Star Wars was a podcast that really caught my attention.
Mark Ramsey is the host, who has teamed up with Wondery for multiple series that dive into certain movies like Jaws and Psycho. I haven’t listened to those just yet (but I have plans to). With Inside Star Wars, I was able to learn things about the cast that I didn’t know before.
Liner Notes (July 5th, 2019)
This week’s newsletter is brought to you by fireworks and scared pets.
In this week’s newsletter, I write about the new music sharing pages I created, talk a little about the Taylor Swift/masters thing, share some thoughts on new music out this week, and go through my usual media diet rundown. There’s also a playlist of ten songs I loved this week. This week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.
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The Best Albums of 2019 (So Far)
It’s crazy to think another mid-year list is in the books – the first six months of 2019 have flown by. Thankfully, there has been plenty of music for us to discuss, debate, love, and share. Once again, the Chorus.fm is an unique list – a diverse one that beautifully shows off the collective, eclectic taste of our staff and contributors. So without further ado here is our favorite twenty albums of 2019 thus far – we’re excited to see what the next six months have to offer.
Note: You can share your own lists in the forums and clicking the artist name and album title will take you to the album’s streaming page featuring quick links for all streaming services.
Sponsor: My Thanks to Isaiah Dominguez
My thanks once again to Isaiah Dominguez for sponsoring the website this week. Over the past month or so he’s been releasing singles leading up to the release of his new album, Holy Ghost, which was released last week.
Check it out at Apple Music, Spotify, Google Play, or other streaming platforms.
The Parkwoods – “Haunted”
The Parkwoods have released the new song “Haunted.”
Travis Barker Talks With Kerwin Frost
Travis Barker is the latest guest on Kerwin Frost’s show. He talks about Blink-182 possibly releasing an EP later this year, and that will be the release that has the song the band did with Lil Uzi Vert and Pharrell Williams on it.
Mount Eerie – “(fireworks & wind)”
Mount Eerie has released the new song “(fireworks & wind)” on Bandcamp.
The Living End – “Not Like the Other Boys” Video
The Living End have released a video for “Not Like the Other Boys.”
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Albums in Stores – Jul. 5th, 2019
Smaller release day today with the holiday yesterday, but that new Joey Cape album is out today. 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.
Happy Fourth of July
Today is the 4th of July holiday so we will be on a more relaxed posting schedule. I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable day and we’ll be back to our regular schedule when we release our “Best of 2019 (So Far)” feature with all of our mid-year best of lists tomorrow.
I’ll be spending some time with the friends and doing a little bbq and baseball watching.
Mad Magazine to Effectively Shutter After 67 Years
Mad Magazine, the irreverent and highly influential satirical magazine that gave the world Alfred E. Neuman, will effectively cease publication some time later this year after 67 years, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Sources tell THR that after issue 9, Mad will no longer be sold on newsstands and will only be available through comic book shops as well as mailed to subscribers. After issue 10, there will no longer be new content save for the end-of-year specials. Beginning with issue 11, the magazine will only feature previously published content — classic and best-of nostalgic fare — from its massive vault of material from the past 67 years. DC, however, will continue to publish Mad books and special collections.