The trailer for the upcoming Vinyl Nation documentary has been released.
Vinyl Nation digs into the crates of the record resurgence in search of truths set in deep wax: Has the return of vinyl made music fandom more inclusive or divided? What does vinyl say about our past here in the present? How has the second life of vinyl changed how we hear music and how we listen to each other?
Blink-182 did a show and tell video for NME.
The Live Lounge Allstars version of Foo Fighters’ “Times Like These” is now up on Spotify. The video will premiere later today.
Jason Isbell has moved up his album release date to May 8th exclusively for indie record stores.
HAIM are on the latest episode of the Kyle Meredith With… podcast.
Megan Rose Dickey, writing at TechCrunch:
“It is unclear how long this economic uncertainty will last and therefore, to prepare accordingly, we have made the difficult decision to part ways with 13% of Patreon’s workforce,” a Patreon spokesperson said in a statement to TechCrunch. “This decision was not made lightly and consisted of several other factors beyond the financial ones.”
Gerard Way has shared a few more unreleased demos.
Goody Grace has shared the new song “If I Want To.”
The Offspring have shared a cover of “Here Kitty Kitty.”
Car Seat Headrest have shared the new song “There Must Be More Than Blood.”
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Hundredth have shared their cover of The Postal Service’s “Sleeping In.”
Hey, Chels have shared the new song “You’ve Got You.”
Ashley Carman, writing at The Verge:
Kickstarter announced in an internal memo today that it’s likely going to lay off employees. CEO Aziz Hasan writes that the crowdfunding company has already seen a significant drop in crowdfunding projects being listed on the site, which is how Kickstarter makes its money. Projects are down by about 35 percent, the memo states, with “no clear sign of rebound.
“Cut my life into pieces / This is my last resort!” With those loaded words, Papa Roach immediately gained the attention of an army of misguided teens looking for their way in a confusing world. Infest was a massive record for a lot of reasons. In essence, it had a great lead single in “Last Resort,” fantastic marketing, perfect timing in the rap-rock scene, as well as ultra-talented musicians backing up what they wanted to accomplish in their sound. The music landscape in 2000 was littered with tons of rap-rock bands looking for their breakthrough in a crowded, and at times, confusing rock scene. What made Papa Roach stand out from the pack was their ability to grab their audience from the first listen and give them a feeling of belonging to something bigger than themselves. I’m sure many of us can remember the first time we heard the guitar riff of the lead single on the music video that seemed to be airing on MTV more often than not, and how it made us all feel something.
Cassino’s Sounds of Salvation will be getting a vinyl pressing. It’ll go on sale later today.