But the pandemic and its impact on the music community aren’t over, so on May 1, June 5, and July 3 (the first Friday of each month), we’re waiving our revenue share for all sales on Bandcamp, from midnight to midnight PDT on each day
The Dangerous Summer Recording New Single
The Dangerous Summer are tracking vocals for a new single.
Sponsor: Collider Release New Single “Learn to Let It Go”
Collider have released the brand new single “Learn to Let it Go” on all streaming services. This is their first release since their debut self-titled EP last year and comes with a new music video. The music has an atmospheric rock vibe that builds to exploding choruses with impassioned vocals.
Check out the new song on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Google, or Amazon.
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From the Forums: What’s your favorite Jack Antonoff album?
Hayley Williams on the Challenges of Promoting an Album During a Pandemic
Hayley Williams talked with Billboard about releasing and promoting an album during a pandemic:
“We wanted to approach this differently from anything Paramore had done,” says Mercado. “The truth is, the material necessitated it.” While the band has long released its music through Warner Music Group-owned punk label Fueled By Ramen, Williams set Petals For Armor apart by releasing it on Warner’s Atlantic Records, where chairman/COO Julie Greenwald assembled an entirely new, nearly all-female team for the project. “When it’s a new set of eyes, it’s all fresh thinking,” Greenwald says. “Every part of this campaign is reading, ‘I am Hayley Williams.’”
The gradual rollout has also allowed the team flexibility at a time when that’s proven especially crucial. Amid the pandemic, Williams was able to make the last-minute decision to release the Part II tracks piecemeal instead of all at once, offering fans in lockdown something new to look forward to every week. With each song, she has released treats like behind-the-scenes clips, Instagram dance tutorials and cinematic music videos, several of which build on a storyline in which Williams enters and escapes an insect-like chrysalis.
DaBaby Has the Number One Album
DaBaby has the number one album in the country:
DaBaby collects his second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as Blame It on Baby bows atop the tally. The set, which was released on April 17 via SouthCoast/Interscope Records, earned 124,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending April 23, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.
The rapper previously led the list with his last album, Kirk, which launched at No. 1 with 146,000 units (Oct. 12, 2019-dated chart).
More Quarantine Video Interviews
I had the chance to do a bunch of quarantine videos, here are the latest:
Rufio – “Do It Right”
Rufio have shared a new song called “Do It Right” on Facebook and hinted at working on a new EP.
Update: This may just be more new Scott Sellers material, but it’s posted from the Rufio Facebook page.
Post Malone and Travis Barker Team Up for Nirvana Livestream
Post Malone and Travis Barker teamed up for a Nirvana tribute livestream.
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Goldfinger – “Get What I Need” Video
Goldfinger have shared a new quarantine video for “Get What I Need.”
Chvrches Performs on Fallon
Fake Names – “Being Them”
Fake Names have shared the new song “Being Them.”
PUP – “Anaphylaxis” Video
PUP have released a video for the new song “Anaphylaxis.”
The Killers Perform on CBS The Morning
The Killers performed “Blowback,” “Caution”, and a cover of Tom Petty’s “The Waiting” on CBS This Morning.
Face to Face Share Acoustic “Promises”
Face to Face have shared a new acoustic version of “Promises.”