Father John Misty has released the new song “Mr. Tillman.”
Coheed & Cambria and Taking Back Sunday Announce Tour
Coheed and Cambria and Taking Back Sunday have announced a tour together.
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Strung Out Parts Way With Drummer
Strung Out has parted way with their drummer Jordan Burns.
Bands on TV (Week of February 19th)
The notable artists on your television this week include: Portugal. The Man (Colbert; 2/20), Bon Jovi (Colbert; 2/22), and The Neighbourhood (Corden; 2/20).
I the Mighty – “Degenerates” Video
I the Mighty have released a video for “Degenerates.”
Pale Waves Release EP
Pale Waves have debuted “Heavenly” today. This is the final track from their new EP, which is now available to stream in full on Spotify and Apple Music.
Ozma’s ‘Rock and Roll Part Three’ Comes to Vinyl
Ozma’s Rock and Roll Part Three is getting a new vinyl pressing.
‘Black Panther’ Soundtrack Tops the Charts
The Black Panther soundtrack is the number one album in the country this week:
Black Panther: The Album debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, launching with 154,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Feb. 15, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 52,000 are in traditional album sales.
Not Everything Is an Album
Benjamin Mayo writes about one of the bigger issues I have with Apple Music’s categorization of albums:
What a human would think of as an artist’s albums, and what Apple Music lists, are completely different. EPs, singles, specials, deluxe, originals are all shoehorned under one name ‘Albums’. There is no way to filter these out. This really makes finding what you want hard. When you know what you want to find, all this backwardly organised catalogue gets in your way.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard of a new artist, gone to their page to listen to their latest album, clicked the first “album” artwork I saw, and then had to click back once I realize it’s just a single release. This seems like a really simple fix in the interface.
Bon Iver Debut Unreleased Song Live
Bon Iver debuted a previously unreleased song, “Hayward, MI,” during the ten year anniversary show for For Emma, Forever Ago the other night. The song apparently comes from that album’s sessions and was never released.
Turnstile Stream New Album
Gibson Guitar Company Having Financial Issues
The Nashville Post is reporting that the Gibson Guitar Company is in very bad financial shape:
“This year is critical and they are running out of time — rapidly,” said Cassidy, who last summer downgraded Gibson’s debt rating. “And if this ends in bankruptcy, he will give up the entire company.”
‘Black Panther’ is a Massive Hit
Black Panther is a smash hit and breaking all kinds of records:
Disney has revised their three and four-day estimates for Black Panther and as expected the grosses continue to rise with the film now delivering an estimated $201.7 million over the three-day and is expected to surpass $235 million for the four-day weekend. This makes Black Panther only the fifth movie to debut with over $200 million over its opening weekend and the third highest four-day gross in history, passing Jurassic World’s $234.1 million four-day gross.
Here’s Miles Surrey writing at The Ringer:
Black Panther, because of this huge opening weekend, should be a sign of the future of filmmaking. There are 202 million reasons for the industry to make more big-budget movies headlined by people of color; to produce small, specific stories with the weight and wallet of major studios; to let Ryan Coogler (and Michael B. Jordan, and Chadwick Boseman, and Danai Gurira, and Lupita Nyong’o) do more great things. And there are zero viable excuses for Black Panther to become an anomaly.
John Nolan – “The Pelican Brief (The Song)”
John Nolan and Fox Harbor have teamed up for “The Pelican Brief (The Song).”
New Pressing of The Academy…’s ‘Santi’
A new variant of Santi from The Academy Is… is up for pre-order.