Built to Spill will release their new album, When the Wind Forgets Your Name, on September 9th. Today they’ve shared a video for “Gonna Lose.”
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The Interrupters Announce New Album
The Interrupters will release their new album, In The Wild, on August 5th. Today they’ve shared a video for “In the Mirror” and pre-orders are now up.
Read More “The Interrupters Announce New Album”Red Hot Chili Peppers Top the Charts
The Red Hot Chili Peppers have the number one album in the country:
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Unlimited Love leaps onto the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated April 16) at No. 1, marking the band’s second leader and first chart-topping effort since 2006’s Stadium Arcadium. The new set was released on April 1 and bows with 97,500 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending April 7, according to Luminate, formerly MRC Data. In total, the group has tallied eight top 10 albums on the Billboard 200.
Interview: White Label Analog
Recently I was able to catch up with Austin pop-rockers White Label Analog after they released a great new single called “Curves.” I asked the band about their songwriting process as well as how they stayed active during the pandemic. The band is considering upcoming touring plans as well as releasing more singles in the near future.
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Mod Sun and Avril Lavigne have announced their engagement.
Read More “Avril Lavigne and Mod Sun Announce Engagement”Lit Announce New Album
Lit will release Tastes like Gold on June 17th. Today they’ve shared the new song “Kicked off the Plane.”
Read More “Lit Announce New Album”Microwave – “Circling the Drain”
Microwave has shared the new single “Circling the Drain.”
Read More “Microwave – “Circling the Drain””Spanish Love Songs – “Kick (etc. Version)”
Spanish Love Songs have released a new version of ”Kick (etc. Version).”
Read More “Spanish Love Songs – “Kick (etc. Version)””Dashboard Confessional & Andrew McMahon Announce Tour
Dashboard Confessional and Andrew McMahon are heading out on tour.
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When I saw this re-press go up for sale last year, I had to pick it up. Then I forgot I ordered it until it finally showed up last week. I still think this is my favorite of Tom’s solo projects; I love the energy, the drums, and the production.
Fun story: Before the album was released the label invited me to this first listen party thing in Hollywood. My college roommate and I drive up to it, and it’s in a bar. We are still underage. I’m unsure if the label had any idea I was some dumbass kid writing from my dorm room (reading the “review” I wrote about this, and I find it hard to believe anyone thought I was out of my teens). So we ended up getting admitted with giant black X’s on our hands. They opened by playing the new New Found Glory album for the small group (Sticks and Stones) and then played this twice. I left thinking it was awesome and I couldn’t wait to hear it again, but was also blown away by the new NFG. Many, many nights that freshman year spent listening to those two albums in my headphones as I drifted off to sleep, and a fun memory that my college roommate and I still laugh about.
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4/9/22 (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.
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This week’s newsletter has thoughts on trying a new “Day’s Over” focus mode on iOS, some first impressions of the new Cold Years album, and random thoughts on other entertainment I consumed over the past week. Plus, a playlist of ten songs I loved and this week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.
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Read More “Liner Notes (April 9th, 2022)”The Format Re-Press Catalog
The Format have put up a bunch of new pressings of their catalog.
Why Everyone Wants to Work With Travis Barker
“I was [once] a trash man there playing in a punk-rock band called Feeble, so to go back in 2022 with my fiancée and just have a day laying on the beach… I can’t say how amazing it is,” Barker reflects. “I feel like I’m learning how to structure my time, trying to work enough to where I feel comfortable and feel like I earn days off and vacations, which I never took until this past year.”
Deryck Whibley Talks With Spin
Deryck Whibley of Sum 41 talks with Spin:
Now 8 years sober, Whibley prepares to release a new Sum 41 record. They’ve crafted a double LP (a first for the band) titled Heaven And Hell, which deftly threads a line from their early pop punk days to their current metal era. The first disc, full of songs harking back to the golden age of ‘00s pop punk, was written in the wake of a proposed deluxe-reissue of their debut LP, All Killer, No Filler. Universal Records asked Whibley if they had any songs leftover from their early days. He didn’t, but the challenge presented itself to come up with one or two.
Before long, Whibley had written enough songs to make a record and opted to collect them all as a new record instead of extras on a nostalgic repackaging. At the same time, he had been writing new material that was much more of-the-moment for Sum 41, a band that has moved away from the pop punk songs of their youth into heavy metal arenas.