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Read More “3/27/21 (Ten Songs)” This week’s newsletter has me thinking about life, albums, and what it’s like that a bunch of early scene classics are now coming up on their twenty-year anniversaries. Plus, early thoughts on the new Rise Against album and the regular commentary about the entertainment I consumed over the week. Plus, there’s a playlist of ten songs I enjoyed, and this week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.
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Learning Curve have released a video for their new song “Crack a Smile.”
The band are two folks from the Cleveland area that met because their day jobs were next to each other, and that led to them talking about music, and going to shows and writing some music together. This new song is about wrestling with and searching for hope in dark times. It comes from the upcoming debut EP, Centerpiece, due out this spring.
RIYL: Indie pop.rock, power-pop, with just a tinge of pop-punk.
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This week I was excited to connect with Brett Detar (vocalist) of The Juliana Theory to discuss what went into making their expansive re-imagining of past songs called A Dream Away, out everywhere today. In this interview I asked Brett about the longevity of the band and its legacy, what stood out from the recording process of these songs that made the album, as well as the band’s relationship with their new label Equal Vision Records.
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On the first taste of new music from The Juliana Theory in over 15 years, the band was ready to step back into the spotlight with a collection of re-imagined songs from previous records known today as A Dream Away. The project was inspired by their 2019 acoustic tour where they stripped back several of their classic songs in the style of a MTV Unplugged atmosphere. This process of thinking about the unique layers to these tracks inspired this album, and reinvigorated their fan-base by remembering why they fell in love with this band in the first place. The Juliana Theory leave no stone unturned in their exploration as they expand upon the realm of possibilities for what these songs were, and what they can be.
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Brockhampton will release Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine, on April 9th. Pre-orders are now up.
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John O’Callaghan, from The Maine, talks their upcoming album among many other subjects on the latest episode of The Wasting Time Podcast.
Luminous Kid has released the new song “Mountain Crystals” featuring Phoebe Bridgers.
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Taylor Swift has released the unreleased song “You All Over Me” featuring Maren Morris.
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Demi Lovato has released the new song “Dancing With the Devil.”
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Dropkick Murphys have released a video for “Middle Finger.”
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Manchester Orchestra has shared the new song “Keel Timing.”
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Jimmy Eat World are releasing a comic book based on “555” that was co-written by Jim Adkins.
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Origami Angel will release their new album album, Gami Gang, on April 30th. Today they’ve launched pre-orders are two songs can be streamed below.
Read More “Origami Angel Announce Double Album”