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Month: December 2023

Sponsor: Sleepingbagzzz Release New Song “Unsubscribed”

sleepingbagzzz
Sponsored Post

Sleepingbagzzz has released the new pop-punk song “Unsubscribed.” Talking about the song, and meaning behind it, the artist shared:

After witnessing a non-stop cycle of abuse, I decided to cut off a long-term friendship. Surprisingly, the most emotionally challenging moment was when I picked up my phone, went straight to his social media profiles and systemically unfollowed, unfriended, and unsubscribed from each one.

“Unsubscribed” is a song that scares me to release. Every time I show it to someone, I’m self-conscious that they will think I’m vapid for the integral role that social media apparently plays in my life. I’m uncomfortable to share such a real, vulnerable moment with an important relationship that went as poorly as it could have. I’m scared that he’ll hear it and what his reaction will be.

But ultimately, “Unsubscribed” says exactly how I feel: I’m sick of this non-stop cycle of abuse that hurts not only me, but the people in my orbit, so I’m going to put an end to it.

Like what you hear? You can follow the band on online, TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram.

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Interview: Chris Dudley of Underoath

Chris Dudley
Adam Grundy

Recently I was able to catch up with composer/Underoath keyboardist, Chris Dudley, to discuss his recent scores for films like the Screambox exclusive, Night of the Missing, that is currently available for streaming. In this interview, I asked Chris about some of his favorite scores of all time, his process for making his scores for films he’s assigned to, how music can feel different when listening to it in different environments, and he also offered up some news about Underoath’s new album progress.

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Apple Offers Reward for Musicians to Use High-End Audio Format

Jason Tate

Ashley Carman, writing for Bloomberg:

Apple Inc. is offering incentives to artists and record labels to produce music using a spatial-audio technology that surrounds listeners in sound.

Starting next year, the company plans to give added weighting to streams of songs that are mixed in Dolby Atmos technology, according to people with knowledge of matter. That could mean higher royalty payments for artists who are first to embrace the technology made by Dolby Laboratories Inc., said the people, who asked not to be identified because the change hasn’t been announced.

I’m not a fan of this as long as many Dolby Atmos mixes remain subpar and rushed. I’ve talked to multiple artists in the genre we cover that never even knew their songs were remixed for Atmos and had no say in the matter (and often disliked the mix). I don’t personally turn the setting on for this very reason.

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New Paramore Interview

Paramore
Jason Tate

Uproxx:

Now that Paramore has spent the year touring behind This Is Why (and making sure to take better care of themselves while they’re at it), a chapter of the band’s career has come to a close. They’ve now fulfilled all label obligations and are effectively free agents. As for the future of Paramore, all three members agreed that there’s a level of uncertainty. But one thing’s for sure — they’re still going to be together, and they’re still going to keep having fun. “The only thing that matters is we will still get to be each other’s community,” Williams says. Farro agrees: “I just hope we can keep building the Paramore empire and then rule the world.” And wherever they end up, the massive community of fans Paramore has cultivated will be here for them, too.

New Fall Out Boy Interview

Fall Out Boy
Jason Tate

Billboard:

Now we just live in this time — and it’s not music; I look at my kids and they curate their own thing. They just go, “I like this and I like this,” and put it together. I think that that benefits a band like us because you know, we love Jay-Z, and then we’re referencing Metallica. We’re just a little bit all over the place, and I think we put out an album that felt free. And also when we put it out, it was coming out of living inside for a year and a half or whatever that was. So, I think this could be this niche Fall Out Boy record. It is what it is; I think there was some freedom in doing that, when we weren’t on the timetable of a label or the timetable of culture saying that you gotta do this (at) this time or whatever. I think the record benefited from the time.

Review: Uncle Lucius – Like It’s The Last One Left

Adam Grundy

The fifth LP from roots rockers, Uncle Lucius, is a solid slab of blues-driven guitar rock that hits its mark more often than not. Like It’s The Last One Left is the band’s first album since 2018, and their song “Keep The Wolves Away” was featured on the hit TV show, Yellowstone, recently that helped reinvigorate an interest in the band. Flash forward to 2023, and Uncle Lucius have returned with a record worthy of the legacy that they have built before them. The album was recorded to analog tape, with everyone playing together in real time, and you can really feel the energy of the band coming back together here. Uncle Lucius is back for all the right reasons, and I think we’re all better off for it.

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