I wanted to take a minute to wish everyone a safe New Year’s Eve tonight. I hope everyone has a fun evening. If you’d like to join the community as the clock strikes twelve, our forums are the place to be.
Thank you to everyone that visited this website over the past year. Our official best of lists will be coming out early next week.
Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend is on the latest episode of Mark Hoppus’s podcast.
Foo Fighters have shared their live perform at Madison Square Garden on June 20th, 2021 on YouTube.
Read More “Foo Fighters Share Madison Square Garden Concert”
It’s another week of not much on our release calendar for the week. Hit the comments 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.
Weekly U.S. vinyl album sales hit a modern-era record high, as 2.11 million vinyl albums were sold in the week ending Dec. 23 according to MRC Data. It’s the single-largest sales week for vinyl albums.
Adele’s 30 has continued to sell well on vinyl, becoming the best-selling vinyl album of the year. 30 was also the top-selling vinyl album during the record-breaking week, moving 59,000 copies, according to Billboard.
Derek Sanders of Mayday Parade joins The Wasting Time Podcast on their last episode of 2021.
Simple Plan has released a video for “The Antidote.”
Read More “Simple Plan – “The Antidote” Video”
A new live video of Blink-182 performing at the El Dorado Saloon on February 14th, 1997 has been uploaded to YouTube.
Read More “Blink-182 Live on Valentines Day in 1997”
Henry Rollins talked on Rick Rubin’s podcast about retiring from music:
The smart thing I did as a younger man was one day I woke up in my bed and I went, ‘I’m done with music. I don’t hate it. I just have no more lyrics. There’s no more toothpaste in the tube. Luckily, I had enough movies, voiceover, documentary work, writing, talking, where that just filled in, and now I’m busier than ever. But I walked away before I had to start saying, ‘Hey, kids, remember this one?’ So I didn’t have to put it on and go up there and put on the dog and yelp for my dinner.
Frank Ocean premiered the new song on his Apple Music radio show.
Read More “Frank Ocean Premieres New Song”
Bad Bunny has released a video for “Te Deseo lo Mejor.”
Read More “Bad Bunny – “Te Deseo lo Mejor” Video”
Thursday have canceled this week’s shows after a positive COVID test. They will reschedule.
Read More “Thursday Postpone Holiday Shows”
I just wanted to take a moment to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and happy holidays. I hope everyone is having a wonderful day. We will be on a more relaxed posting schedule over the next few days, as the music industry is basically in hibernation. All of us are working on finalizing our best of the year lists and we’ll have those to share with you in early January.1
And with that, here’s Mark Hoppus and Ben Folds serenading you.
Read More “Merry Christmas and a Happy Holidays”
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Read More “12/24/21 (Ten Songs)” Happy Christmas Eve!
With tomorrow being a holiday, I figured I’d try and write up my newsletter a little earlier to make sure something got written up. It was a slower music week, but there are some thoughts on new stuff (Half Past Two, Hot Mulligan) as well as some revisited classics (The Ataris), and a run-through of my quest for decent masks, automating changing macOS icons, and commentary on other entertainment I consumed over the past week.
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