Will Pugh of Cartel is on this week’s episode of Mike Herrera’s podcast.
Not many have the work ethic and stamina to make it in the industry the way Will Pugh does! Mike and Will sit down and discuss the process that allows Will to make it in the music world while juggling being in a band, a producer, and song writer in Nashville.
Passion Pit’s Michael Angelakos has released his Christmas album, Merry Christmas, Mr. Fields, today.
Anti-Flag are doing a charity raffle for one of their LPs pressed with a burnt American flag.
This is a charity raffle. 100% of ALL MONEY received from this raffle will be donated to charity. each ticket purchases for a dollar is good for one entry to win one of two “Live Vol. 1” burnt american flag LPs (pictured below.) you may purchase as many tickets as you’d like, each ticket is good for one entry. 2 winners will be chosen on 1/6/2017. you may buy as many tickets as you want!
A new book featuring photos and interviews detailing the various bands from the 1980’s Washington D.C. punk scene is coming out early next year. The book is called Spoke and was compiled by Scott Crawford. It’ll be out on February 2nd.
Super Mario Run is now out on iOS.
Max Bemis of Say Anything has once again opened up his song shop.
The Washington Post is reporting that Facebook is rolling out some new tools to help tell users when news stories in their feed may be fake:
“We have a responsibility to reduce the spread of fake news on our platform,” said Facebook’s Adam Mosseri, vice president of product development, in an interview with The Post. Mosseri added that Facebook still wants to be a place where people with all kinds of opinions can express themselves. And Facebook has no interest in being the arbiter of what’s true and what isn’t for its billion users, he said.
Bad Brains recently talked with Rolling Stone and mentioned that they hope to record one final alum.
He recently converted a garage on his property into a recording studio so he could work on various free-jazz projects and record, he hopes, a fitting swan song for the band, titled Mind Power (the group’s original name when they were an aspirational jazz-fusion quartet, before they discovered punk), that would follow up their most recent LP, 2012’s Into the Future.
The Killers will re-release Hot Fuss on vinyl on January 13th. Pre-orders are now up.
Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling” is the top selling song of 2016.
The bookers, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said they were approached by members of Trump’s Presidential Inaugural Committee in recent weeks with offers of cash or even plush diplomatic posts in exchange for locking in singers.
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Blink-182 were named the “most animal friendly band” at this year’s Peta 2 Libby Awards.
Modern Baseball’s The Perfect Cast EP is getting its first vinyl pressing. Pre-orders are up via Lame-O Records and Run For Cover Records.
Selena Gomez will be the new face of Coach:
Selena Gomez has signed a huge $10 million deal with Coach to design her own line and become the face of the luxury accessory brand.
Halsey explains the meaning behind the “20:1” phrase she had written on her jacket when she performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway:
“The number on this jacket represents the ratio of male-to-female recipients of the Nobel Prize, an award that recognizes great achievements in social, creative and scientific fields,” Halsey told fans on Instagram after the show. “An award that this year finds itself belonging to not a single woman.”
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