Travis Barker was on Radio X this morning talking about Blink-182 and the band’s new single “Bored to Death.” He talks about having no “bad blood” with Tom DeLonge and that the label were the ones that picked the first single. He described the album as a mix between Enema of the State and Untitled. The full audio can be found below.
Frightened Rabbit covered “Streets of Philadelphia” on SiriusXM earlier today.
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Bear vs Shark have a new website, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram page. Hmmm.
Ingrid Michaelson’s new video for “Hell No” is now up on YouTube or by hitting read more.
Converge will be releasing a reissue of You Fail Me called You Fail Me: Redux. The new version will be out on June 17th via Epitaph and Deathwish and features a new mix by guitarist/producer Kurt Ballou, new mastering from Alan Douches, and new packaging by frontman/artist Jacob Bannon. Pre-orders are now up.
Tyler Glenn, the lead singer of Neon Trees, has released his new song “Trash” on Apple Music, YouTube, and a video on Rolling Stone. The song comes from Tyler’s upcoming solo album, due out this fall on Island Records. The full press release can be found below.
“My entire life and perspective on God, the afterlife, morals and values, my self-worth, my born sexual orientation…all of it had been wired within the framework of this religion that doesn’t have a place for me,” says Tyler Glenn. “They claim it’s the only truth, the Lord’s church, but there have been 40+ suicides within the church as a result of that – men, women and children. I needed to make this statement to artfully show the pain of a faith crisis and the darkness of doubt. But also that there are ways to reclaim what is yours – I’m beginning to reclaim what is mine now with this song, with this video and with this record.”
Tendril Perversion: Remember when we had phones with cords on them and they got all messed up? That phenomenon has a name. If you don’t remember corded phones, well, come sit down and listen to Grandpa tell a story.
Andy Black has shared a clip of “Louder Than Your Love” on Instagram. The song was co-written with Gerard Way and features Mikey Way on bass. The new album The Shadow Side will be on on May 6th.
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Local Natives have posted up “Past Lives” for stream. It’s below.
Hit the Lights have released an acoustic version of “Blasphemy, Myself And I.”
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Bob Dylan’s take on “All the Way” is now up for stream.
Tom DeLonge has taken to Facebook to comment on the current Blink-182 situation. You can find the entire post below, but one excerpt stood out to me:
For one, I think partnering with a song-writer on the Blink album (Feldy- 5 Seconds of Summer, Good Charlotte) was too far a change, but something they desired, and that in itself may be an indicator of some of our current artistic differences that are difficult to overcome. I guess I’ve always just liked the song-writing we did together. But, at the end of the day, I support their desires. And if they are happy, then that’s what matters.
I think kinda throwing John Feldmann under the bus here is a dick move, but more so I continue to hate the meme that shows up from time-to-time that writing music with an outside source is inherently inferior. If you sit down to write music and bounce ideas around with a friend, that’s seen as totally legit. But the moment you give that friend credit on the song, or give them money for their work, somehow that’s now seen as less. I think that mentality is silly.
I’m glad to see Tom is working on his own projects and is finding happiness in all of his art and different endeavors. I also think Blink-182 is better than ever. I think it’s ok for both of these things to co-exist.
Former members of August Premier and Allister have teamed up to start a new band called Hot Alice. They have released a new theme song for the Chicago Cubs on Bandcamp.