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SuperM Top the Charts
SuperM have the number one album in the country this week:
The set, which was released via SM/Capitol Records on Oct. 4, launches with 168,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Oct. 10, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 164,000 were in album sales.
Jim Adkins Talks with Alt. Press
Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World talked with Alt. Press about their new album:
You did some songwriting with Sam Hollander (Panic! At The Disco’s “High Hopes,” Fitz And The Tantrums’ “HandClap”) for this album. Even though those songs didn’t make the cut, was that a way to avoid stasis—to get in a room with a stranger, be vulnerable and try to approach writing from a different creative place?
I wouldn’t entirely count those songs out yet, but we didn’t end up finishing them for this record. It’s fascinating to me: I love the craft of it. Everybody approaches it a different way. Everybody has a different kind of aural tradition of how they figured it out or was taught to them. The same thing goes for people who produce records: Everybody makes records a little bit differently. When you get the chance to work with somebody else, you learn so much.
Chris Farren Talks with MTV
Chris Farren talked with MTV about his recent album:
Regardless, Farren still wanted to make a solo record, and he wanted to be the one who recorded it. “I was sick of paying somebody $10,000 to be mean to me,” he says only half-jokingly. Perhaps it should’ve been expected given lines of his like, “Why can’t I bear to be alone with myself?” (2016’s “Say U Want Me”) and “I hope you never see me like the way I see myself,” (Born Hot’s opener, “Bizzy”), but Farren’s chronic insecurities are woven into the fabric of his musical history. He was so nervous about how people would react to his independent work that he decided to make his debut a Christmas album (and donate all the money to charity) in order to protect himself from negative criticism.
James Blake Pens Essay on Depression and Privilege
James Blake has penned a new essay about mental health titled, “How can I complain?”
It’s especially easy to poke fun at the idea that a white man could be depressed. I have done it myself, as a straight white man who was depressed. In fact, I still carry the shame of having been a straight white man who’s depressed and has experienced suicidal thoughts. And still, when discussing it with most people, I will play down or skirt around how desperately sad I have been; instead I emphasize how much happier I am now. I emphasize the work I had to do to get to a better place, and how it was hard work and fruitful work, and how I empowered myself by doing it. I usually focus on how I regained control and an enthusiasm for living (‘Nice one, mate!’), not on how I lost it. That is the last of my defensiveness.
Record Store Day Announces Black Friday Titles
Record Store Day have announced this year’s Black Friday titles.
The Future of Apple Music
Zane Lowe talked with Wired about the future of Apple Music:
There’s also the matter of how livestreams fit into the picture. After events with Shawn Mendes, French rap group PNL and Tyler the Creator, who did a live performance of his album IGOR, streamed on Apple Music the night before it came out, Lowe says “live music is definitely on the horizon” for the service. It’s all part of the team’s bid to “eventise” – his word – album launches. In the case of Tyler the Creator, “fans can tune in, then after watching it maybe you go to the album.”
When it comes to someone like Billie Eilish, who now has her own Beats 1 show, the Apple Music team realised that their pre-adds, which allow users to register their interest in an album before it’s out, had made people more invested in her March 2019 album When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
PlayStation 5 Coming in 2020
The PlayStation 5 will be coming in time for the 2020 holidays.
Since we originally unveiled our next-generation console in April, we know that there’s been a lot of excitement and interest in hearing more about what the future of games will bring. Today I’m proud to share that our next-generation console will be called PlayStation 5, and we’ll be launching in time for Holiday 2020.
DaBaby Tops the Charts
DaBaby has the number one album in the country this week:
The set, which is the hip-hop artist’s second studio effort, starts with 145,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Oct. 3, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, just 8,000 were in album sales, as the set was powered largely by streaming activity. Kirk was released on Sept. 27 via SouthCoast/Interscope Records.
Justin Vernon and Ezra Koenig Go Deep in 2-Hour Chat
Justin Vernon is the latest guest on Ezra Koenig’s Beats 1 show.
Person L’s ‘Initial’ Coming to Vinyl
Person L’s Initial is getting pressed to vinyl by EnjoyTheRideRecords.
Remastered by Dave Marino for the vinyl format from the original recordings, Initial is a musically adventurous album featuring a multitude of styles, showcasing Vasoli’s talent beyond what most folks knew him for with his band, The Starting Line.
Limited to 500 copies, 450 copies were created a random color mix, each with a unique color blend. 50 copies of Infinity Rainbow Splatter will also be available, but not for direct purchase – 24 of these will be guaranteed in the bundle – the other 26 will be randomly inserted into Enjoy The Ride Records web store orders.
2019 Ally Coalition Talent Show Pre-Sale
Tickets for Jack and Rachel Antonoff’s 2019 Ally Coalition Talent Show are now up for pre-order for Town Hall members, and the public on-sale begins Thursday, October 10th at 3pm.
Blink-182’s Travis Barker Hits No. 1 on Rock Songwriters Chart
Travis Barker has hit number one on the rock songwriters chart:
Blink-182’s Travis Barker rises to No. 1 on Billboard’s Rock Songwriters chart (dated Oct. 5) for the first time, thanks to 15 songwriting entries on the latest weekly Hot Rock Songs survey.
Barker’s “I Think I’m Okay,” with Machine Gun Kelly and Yungblud, leads the way at No. 3 on Hot Rock Songs, matching its peak, while 14 Blink-182 songs follow, as the group’s new album Nine arrives at No. 1 on the Top Rock Albums chart and No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with 94,000 equivalent album units, according to Nielsen Music.
New Interview With The Menzingers
Greg Barnett of The Menzingers talked with Atwood Magazine about the band’s upcoming album:
Absolutely. I don’t think in this kind of climate, you can not go full in with it. I think we’d be doing a disservice to the song and how we all feel if we didn’t fully go in and make a statement. That was one of the most difficult parts of writing that songs. I wrote like 20 verses-I can’t even count. We wrote them over and over again, because it’s hard to say everything you want to say in three and a half minutes. It’s really tricky. I wanted to stay on theme of who I am as a person. I didn’t want it to come off as pretentious. I wanted it to feel how I typically write songs. It was a challenge to hone in the lyrics to a way that I felt comfortable with and happy with and said as much as I wanted to say. At the end, I was really happy.
Green Day Team Up With NHL
Green Day have teamed up with the NHL:
The league is announcing a two-year partnership with Green Day that includes an opening song for NBC Sports’ “Wednesday Night Hockey.” The song, “Ready, Fire, Aim” isn’t custom-made for the NHL and will be on Green Day’s next album, though it’s likely a matter of time until Green Day or another band follows what Hank Williams Jr. and later Carrie Underwood did for the NFL.