Bayside have shared a new live video for “Light Me Up.”
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Jack Antonoff Launches New Conversation Series
Jack Antonoff of Bleachers has launched a new conversation series. The first episode is with Ezra Koenig and can be streamed below.
Read More “Jack Antonoff Launches New Conversation Series”Review: My Chemical Romance – Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
The one constant in the career arc of My Chemical Romance has been reinvention. From each record’s sound to the wardrobe used on stage for each album cycle, MCR has never been strangers to pushing the boundaries of what is expected of them and their music. On Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, My Chemical Romance would reinvent themselves for the fourth time and deliver their boldest artistic statement to date. Having scrapped a full album’s worth of material (that would later be known as Conventional Weapons) in-between recording The Black Parade and this album, fans and critics alike were looking forward to seeing how Gerard Way, Frank Iero, Mikey Way, and Ray Toro would come back into the limelight after the massively successful third record. Danger Days ranges from thrilling sing-a-long anthems to power-pop and their trademark take on punk/emo rock alike. With so much riding on this career-defining record, how would everyone react to the material that would come through the speakers?
Read More “My Chemical Romance – Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys”AC/DC Top the Charts
AC/DC have the number one album in the country this week:
The new studio effort was released via Columbia Records on Nov. 13 and starts with 117,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 19, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. AC/DC previously hit No. 1 with 2008’s Black Ice and 1981’s For Those About to Rock (We Salute You). All told, Power Up is AC/DC’s 26th charting album, and 10th top 10.
Jeff Kummer – “Whirlwind”
Jeff Kummer of The Early November has released his new solo song “Whirlwind.”
Read More “Jeff Kummer – “Whirlwind””Inside YouTube’s Plan to Win the Music-Streaming Wars
David Pierce, writing for Protocol:
One easy knock on music-streaming services is that they’re all the same. Their libraries may differ slightly at the margins, but they all have about the same 60 million or so songs in their catalog. And Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You” sounds pretty much the same anywhere you play it.
Except on YouTube. There you can watch the original version, but also the Carpool Karaoke version, a duet Carey did with Justin Bieber, the scene from “Love Actually” that features the song, and countless live performances, covers and remixes. Want to learn a dance to the song in time for this year’s holidays? Want to learn to play the song on the guitar or piano? Want to hear a smash-cut version of President Trump singing the song? Want to know how that song got to be so irritatingly ubiquitous? That’s all on the first page of the YouTube search results. YouTube has a corpus of unique music content that none of its rivals can touch.
Vinnie Does Track-by-Track for New I Am the Avalanche Album
Vinnie has done a new track-by-track breakdown of the latest I Am the Avalanche album for Substream:
“Tokyo”: “In this song we pay homage to a man who showed I Am the Avalanche the utmost love and support when we were getting our start. Mikey had this riff and we jammed on it and it felt very No Use For A Name. So I carried that into the lyrics. Rest well, Tony Sly.”
“Concrete”: “This song was in the first batch that we wrote the music for. I get so sick of myself sometimes. Grateful for my family and friends who continue to be there for me. That must be daunting. Respect.”
American Music Awards Performances
BTS performed “Life Goes On,” Dua Lipa Performed “Levitating,” and Billie Eilish performed “Therefore I Am” for the American Music Awards. You can watch the performances below.
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Phoebe Bridgers has covered Merle Haggard’s seasonal classic ”If We Make It Through December.” It’s also available on all streaming platforms bundled with her other holiday songs.
Read More “Phoebe Bridgers Covers “If We Make It Through December””Tegan and Sara Perform on Kelly Clarkson’s Show
Tegan and Sara performed their holiday song “Make You Mine This Season” on Kelly Clarkson’s show.
Read More “Tegan and Sara Perform on Kelly Clarkson’s Show”11/20/20 (Ten Songs)
Ten songs is a weekly playlist from Jason Tate featuring songs enjoyed over the previous week. It is included in every edition of the Liner Notes newsletter and is free to sign up for via email.
This playlist is available on Spotify and Apple Music.
Read More “11/20/20 (Ten Songs)”Liner Notes (November 20th, 2020)
I hope everyone had a good week this week. We’re back with another newsletter looking at music and entertainment I enjoyed this week. There’s also a playlist of ten songs I enjoyed, and this week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.
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Goldfinger Announce New Album
Goldfinger will release their new album, Never Look Back, on December 4th. Pre-orders are now up.
Review: Silverstein – REDUX II
It’s amazing how much a single year can throw a wrench into our plans. 2020 has made all of us re-focus our thoughts and priorities as we deal with a global pandemic that has forced us to make sacrifices along the way. Silverstein were poised and ready to tour on their recently released 10th studio album, A Beautiful Place to Drown when the world had other plans for the post-hardcore veterans. Having recently celebrated 20 years since their formation as band, Silverstein turned the unique situation into an opportunity to revisit some of their classic songs and deep cuts from past records for an album now known as REDUX II. The new recordings that made the cut for this record range from simple re-polishing of beloved songs that feel fresh for a new audience, to major enhancements to the song arrangement.
Read More “Silverstein – REDUX II”Bayside Announce Acoustic EP
Bayside will release Acoustic Voume 3 on December 11th. Today they’ve shared “Light Me Up.”
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