Cassino’s new album, Yellowhammer, is now on all streaming services.
Cassino Releases New Album
E for Explosion Release New EP
E for Explosion has released a new EP called Remember Blue Skies to all streaming services.
Hawthorne Heights Running Clearance Sale
Taika Waititi to Tackle ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ for Netflix
Taika Waititi has found the golden ticket.
Mere weeks after winning an Oscar for penning Jojo Rabbit, Waititi is jumping into the world of Roald Dahl for Netflix, closing a deal to write, direct and executive produce two original animated series based on the celebrated author’s works, the streaming company announced Thursday.
Ultra Music Festival Suspended Due to Virus Concerns
Ultra Music Festival is being postponed due to coronavirus:
The 2020 Ultra Music Festival will be postponed — possibly for a full year, which would effectively cancel this year’s edition of Miami’s marquee electronic dance music event, the Miami Herald has learned.
The decision to postpone, which sent shock waves through the electronic dance music community on social media, was made in a meeting Wednesday morning between Miami’s elected leaders and Ultra representatives, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
If this keeps spreading I feel like it will have a huge impact on the music industry. Touring is how many artists make their living. The ramifications could be enormous.
New York Times Interview With Hayley Williams
One tidbit in the great New York Times interview with Hayley Williams is that Boygenius will be on her upcoming album:
One of her confidants, the singer and songwriter Julien Baker, said she and Williams were bonded by “being raised culturally Christian in the South then coming into the world” of music. “She has an innate connection with the deeply emotionally profound and really wants to explore those things in an honest way with people,” Baker said in a phone interview. “But also she is a uniquely disarming person.” Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus — the trio boygenius — provide backing vocals on a “Petals for Armor” song about “wilted women” moving toward the light.
Pronoun – “Song Number 1.5”
Pronoun’s new song, “Song Number 1.5,” is now available on all streaming services.
BTS Top the Charts
BTS have the number one album in the country this week.
Map of the Soul: 7 storms in atop the tally with 422,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 27, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. Of that sum, 347,000 are in album sales. It’s the fourth No. 1 in less than two years for the seven-member South Korean pop group.
Furnace Fest 2020 Lineup
The lineup for Furnace Fest 2020 has been announced. It’ll take place September 18th-20th in Alabama.
Lady Gaga Announces New Album
Dashboard Confessional Reflects On “Screaming Infidelities”
Chris Carrabba talked with Stereogum about the 20-year anniversary of “Screaming Infidelities.”
But 20 years ago, when he was in the thick of it, Carrabba fretted over losing the songs on Swiss Army, two in particular: the addictively self-conscious “Again I Go Unnoticed” and album opener “Screaming Infidelities.” It felt like if those songs disappeared, “the identity of the band would be gone,” he explained. And so he cut two tracks from his already-written second album and went about re-recording those Swiss Army highlights with help from Florida friends Mike Marsh and Dan Bonebrake. “I didn’t overthink it,” Carrabba said. “The lesson that taught me was that there can always be more than one version — and maybe there should be.” (There are two iterations of love-struck fan favorite “Hands Down” too.)
Allie X Talks Creative Process Behind ‘Cape God’
Allie X talked with Mike Nied over at Idolator:
I just had the lyrics and the melody to the verse of “Fresh Laundry” in my head. I sang it a cappella and Oscar just started playing that baseline in the verse. It just took shape. By the end of the day this new sound had evolved. And I was like “this feels really fresh and really interesting.” So in the days following we kept working with that palette of sounds. And we wrote “Rings A Bell,” and we wrote “Regulars.” At the end of that trip I was like “shit. This is good.”
Justin Bieber Tops the Charts
Justin Bieber has the top album in the country this week:
Justin Bieber scores his seventh No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as Changes debuts atop the tally. The set, which was released on Feb. 14 via SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun/Def Jam Recordings, earned 231,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 20, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.
‘Friends’ Reunion Special Announced for HBO Max
Lesley Goldberg, writing at The Hollywood Reporter:
The unscripted reunion special will feature stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer, as well as series creators David Crane and Marta Kauffman. Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the cast, who all negotiated together, will earn more than double their former per-episode fee for the reunion and be paid between $2.5 million and $3 million for the special.
Coldplay Release Acoustic EP and Short Film
Coldplay and Apple Music announced the release of a brand new EP and companion short film titled Coldplay: Reimagined, featuring stripped-back performances of “Cry Cry Cry,” “BrokEn” and “Champion of the World.”