Ruston Kelly will announce his new album, track listing, single, and more on Friday.
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Yellowcard + Fall Out Boy in Brazil
Yellowcard, Fall Out Boy, and Story of the Year have announced a August show in Brazil.
Read More “Yellowcard + Fall Out Boy in Brazil”Review: FRND CRCL – JRSY FRSH
The fourth studio album from pop-punk band, FRND CRCL, called JRSY FRSH is a solid mix of nostalgia paired with some creative takes on the genre to keep it from feeling like a retread. The South Jersey band pays tribute to the area that they’re from, while still expanding upon what made their previous record (Suburban Dictionary) so charming and infectious. With a fresh sounding mix of eight new pop-punk tunes that clock in just under the 30-minute mark, JRSY FRSH will likely be a consistent part of everyone’s summer music rotation.
Read More “FRND CRCL – JRSY FRSH”Young the Giant Announce New Tour
Young the Giant have announced new tour dates.
Read More “Young the Giant Announce New Tour”Boys Night Out in Next Top Hitmaker Contest
Boys Night Out is up for voting in America’s Next Top Hitmaker contest.
‘Stranger Things’ Final Season Announced
Stranger Things will release its final series in three parts: The first will premiere November 26th, followed by part two on Christmas and the series finale on New Year’s Eve.
Read More “‘Stranger Things’ Final Season Announced”Record Labels in Talks to License Music to AI Firms
Lucas Shaw, writing for Bloomberg:
Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment are pushing to collect license fees for their work and also receive a small amount of equity in Suno and Udio, two leaders among a crop of companies that use generative AI to help make music. Any deal would help settle lawsuits between the two sides, said the people, who declined to be identified because the talks could fall apart.
Relient K Perform New Song at Surprise Show
Relient K played a free show at Nashville diner over the weekend. They also debuted the new song “Over My Head.”
They ran through a stacked setlist: Classics like “Be My Escape,” “Who I Am Hates Who I’ve Been,” “Sadie Hawkins Dance,” “High of 75,” and “Chap Stick, Chapped Lips, and Things Like Chemistry” were all there. But they also surprised diehards with deeper cuts like the rarely performed “Jefferson Aero Plane” and a warm, lingering closer: “Savannah.”
KennyHoopla Shares ‘Rebirth // Renaissance’
KennyHoopla has released the three song single Rebirth // Renaissance.
Read More “KennyHoopla Shares ‘Rebirth // Renaissance’”Mark Hoppus on Toby Morse Podcast
Mark Hoppus is on the latest episode of Toby Morse’s podcast.
Everyone knows Enema of the State came out on June 1st, 1999. We've celebrated that anniversary for years. But what I forgot about until this year is that Pennywise released Straight Ahead on the exact same day.
Hold onto your promise, you can use it for a crutch
Pennywise - "Alien"
Stand by while all your dreams get trampled in the dust
Leave now before your slick machines begin to rust
Last chance farewell, among us
Listen: https://chorus.fm/share/alb...
28 Slightly Rude Notes on Writing
#16:
I worked in the Writing Center in college, and whenever a student came in with an essay, we were supposed to make sure it had two things: an argument (“thesis”) and a reason to make that argument (“motive”). Everybody understood what a “thesis” is, whether or not they actually had one. But nobody understood “motive”. If I asked a student why they wrote the essay in front of them, they’d look at me funny. “Because I had to,” they’d say.
Most writing is bad because it’s missing a motive. It feels dead because it hasn’t found its reason to live. You can’t accomplish a goal without having one in the first place—writing without a motive is like declaring war on no one in particular.
I recommend this entire thing.
This week’s wall picks. Added that Slick Shoes and Lagwagon album to the collection last week. Lagwagon binge hasn’t subsided.
