A Day to Remember have announced this year’s Self Help Fest dates and early bird tickets.
A Day to Remember Announce Self Help 2019 Dates
William Ryan Key to Play Yellowcard Set at Slam Dunk 2019
William Ryan Key talked with RockSound about performing a Yellowcard set at Slam Dunk:
Now that I’ve ventured out in to doing my own music, it’s pretty distant from the music that Yellowcard was making. So if I was going to play a solo slot it wouldn’t make a lot of sense to play this indie folk post-rock sound that I’m making. Also I feel like it’s a cool for these types of festivals to be able to represent Yellowcard in some way. I’m not trying to revive the band or get anyone pumped up for a reunion but those songs are a big part of us and mean a lot to the fans. It’s a nice way to pay tribute to all of those who supported the band over the years. In essence I’m now playing cover songs!
Marvel Taps Director Destin Daniel Cretton for Shang-Chi Movie
Destin Daniel Cretton has signed on to direct the upcoming Marvel movie about superhero Shang-Chi.
James Gunn Rehired for ‘Guardians of the Galaxy 3’
Deadline is reporting that James Gunn has been reinstated as director for Guardians of the Galaxy 3:
Redemption and second chances have long been superhero movie staples, and today it looks like life has imitated art. I’ve learned that Disney has reinstated James Gunn as the writer-director of Guardians of the Galaxy 3, and I’ve confirmed it with Marvel and Gunn’s camp.
This News Is Very Much in My Wheelhouse
Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 talked with Pedestrian.tv about the possibility of an Enema of the State 20 year anniversary celebration.
We have talked about doing Enema Of The State in its entirety as a celebration of the 20th anniversary of that record coming out.
American Football Stream New Album
American Football’s new album is up for stream over at NPR.
The Faint Stream New Album
The Dear Hunter Announce ‘The Acts’ Box Set
The Dear Hunter have announced a full box set of their six album saga The Acts. The box set is expected to ship by the end of June 2019.
Sony Gets Rights to Prince Music
Sony Music Entertainment has inked a deal to distribute 35 previously released Prince albums, the label and the late musician’s estate said Wednesday.
Terms of the deal, coming 26 months after Prince’s death, were not disclosed — but sources pegged its value at $20 million to $30 million.
Spotify Files Complaint With European Commission Against Apple
Spotify has filed an anti-trust complaint with EU regulators against Apple:
Spotify is filing a complaint against Apple with the European Commission, accusing the latter company of anticompetitive behaviour in the way it manages its App Store, and thus gives its own Apple Music streaming service an advantage over rivals.
I found this thread on Twitter did a pretty good job summing up my thoughts:
We’re not debating anything that that has anything to do with what’s good in the long run for customers.
We’re fighting over who gets to have a larger monopoly on fucking artists.
I think Apple has long had anti-competitive behavior in the app store, specifically in regard to rent seeking, and Spotify has its own issues that I think are anti-artist.
On the Fence With Jared Monaco of The Maine
Jared Monaco of The Maine shared an excerpt from the band’s upcoming book on Medium:
I’m not sure I’ll ever forget the day I walked into our studio knowing I was about to quit The Maine. Thinking back on it now, it was like a tense scene in a movie: We were early on in the writing for You Are OK. I was sitting in a chair in the control room, guitar in hand. John’s demos were playing through the speakers, and I was trying to think of what I could do to add to the song — but the only thing going through my head was static.
Spotify Premium Now Includes Hulu
Cameron Faulkner, writing at The Verge:
Spotify Premium now includes a free subscription to Hulu’s ad-supported plan. This perk goes into effect today, and it is available to new and existing users of Spotify’s Premium streaming service in the US. Following Netflix’s recent price hike, Hulu lowered the cost of its ad-supported plan down to $5.99 a month, and now, Spotify users will get savings on top of savings.
Twenty One Pilots Writing While on Tour
Twenty One Pilots are already thinking about their next album:
Asked if he’d already started writing the album, the 30-year-old replied: “Oh yeah. It’s hard ‘cause we’re doing this on tour, but I actually woke up two nights ago. This doesn’t usually happen, it sounds super-dramatic, but I woke up with a melody in my head and grabbed my phone and recorded it. Then went back to bed and when I woke up fully, I remembered that I did that and I opened the voice memo to listen to it.”
“In my head, I was just gifted with this thing that happened in a dream and I’m so excited about it and I listen to it and was like, ‘OK, it’s not that great…But oh, OK, hold on, if I were to use that chord to start out and then OK, if that chord goes here’, so it’s really fun to be on tour and trying to be influenced to write ‘cause a lot of crazy things can happen and you never sleep well on tour.”
Hozier Top the Charts
Hozier have the number one album in the country:
Hozier scores his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as his sophomore full-length set Wasteland, Baby! bows atop the list. The LP, released via Rubyworks/Columbia on March 1, earned 89,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending March 7, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 75,000 were in album sales.
Bad Books III
