XO (featuring Jake and Jeff Turner, formerly of Say Anything) have released their new song “TV You.”
XO – “TV You”
Pixelmator Pro Releases to Mac App Store
Pixelmator, one of my favorite image editors on the Mac, has released Pixelmator Pro:
The Pixelmator Team today released Pixelmator Pro, a brand new Mac app that redefines image editing on the Mac, providing professional-grade editing tools in an incredibly intuitive and accessible design. Pixelmator Pro 1.0, codenamed Whirlwind, includes a modern single-window interface, nondestructive, GPU-powered image editing tools, machine learning-enhanced editing features, and more.
MacStories has a good review:
The decision of whether to move to Pixelmator Pro won’t be a clear one for everyone given the price differential. That’s exacerbated by a small, but real learning curve associated with the Pro version because many of the tools have moved and the menus have changed. In addition, Pixelmator remains a solid app that includes many of the features that Pixelmator Pro has. That said, Pixelmator Pro has been built from the ground up with Apple’s current technologies, which I expect will mean that in time, Pixelmator will be left behind its Pro sibling, gaining fewer and fewer of the Pro version’s features.
New ‘All the Money in the World’ Replaces Kevin Spacey
After allegations against Kevin Spacey surfaced he was cut out of Ridley Scott’s upcoming film, All the Money in the World, and replaced with Christopher Plummer. Today a trailer for the film, using the new actor, has been released.
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La Dispute Share LP4 Teaser
La Dispute have shared a teaser video of studio footage recording their new album with Will Yip.
Fall Out Boy’s Midlife Crisis
Andy Greene, writing at Rolling Stone:
In August, the band returned to the studio with producer Illangelo – best known for his work with Lady Gaga, Drake and the Weeknd – and decided to start largely from scratch. An intensive songwriting boot camp at Stump’s Burbank, California, studio worked, yielding songs like the trap-infused “Hold Me Tight or Don’t” and the synth-y “Expensive Mistakes.” It helped that the deadline to deliver the album had been extended. “It was Thanksgiving, when the old guy unbuttons his belt and just exhales,” Stump says. “We were relaxed, and the rest of the record kind of wrote itself in a week.”
And:
Stump acknowledges that even after all the work they put in, he won’t mind if the reworked Mania doesn’t connect with radio: “Do I need another hit in my life? I don’t really care. The only reason to put out a record is if it’s really great. And once you are past the radio-hit stage of your career, that becomes even more important.”
Spoiler alert: I think they’ve got another hit in them.
‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Trailer
Marvel have released the trailer for Avengers: Infinity War.
Trump Shares Inflammatory Anti-Muslim Videos
President Trump shared videos on Twitter early Wednesday morning that supposedly portray Muslims committing acts of violence, images that are likely to fuel anti-Islam sentiments popular among the president’s political base in the United States and that prompted the office of Britain’s prime minister to issue a statement condemning the tweets.
Every day is some new “what the fuck is wrong with this asshole?” moment. Remember when waking up didn’t fill you with dread as you reached for your phone to see what notifications were sitting there waiting for you?
Matt Carter of Emery on New Podcast
Emery’s Matt Carter is on the latest episode of the It’s All Dead podcast.
My Chemical Romance’s ‘Danger Days’ Goes Gold
My Chemical Romance’s Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys has been certified gold.
Apple Releases High Sierra Root Login Bug Fix
Apple:
Security is a top priority for every Apple product, and regrettably we stumbled with this release of macOS.
When our security engineers became aware of the issue Tuesday afternoon, we immediately began working on an update that closes the security hole. This morning, as of 8:00 a.m., the update is available for download, and starting later today it will be automatically installed on all systems running the latest version (10.13.1) of macOS High Sierra.
We greatly regret this error and we apologize to all Mac users, both for releasing with this vulnerability and for the concern it has caused. Our customers deserve better. We are auditing our development processes to help prevent this from happening again.
If you have macOS High Sierra installed on your computer, you should update as soon as you can.
Marco Arment Releases New Podcast Encoder
The Bombpops – “Fomo” Video
The Bombpops have released a video for “Fomo.”
Pennywise Finish New Album
Pennywise have told the OC Weekly they’ve finished their new album and hope to release it in 2018:
We’ve got a raging fast album that I feel like is our best work since Full Circle and Straight Ahead. We’re able to go back to the old school vibe and that’s hard to do. Bands try to go back and recreate their first or second albums and somehow this time we stumbled across an old formula that really worked. It’s aggressive and has a lot of cool lyrics. We’re looking forward to getting it out there around March.
NBC Fires Matt Lauer Over Sexual Misconduct Allegation
The reckoning over sexual harassment in the workplace toppled another leading television personality on Wednesday when NBC fired its leading morning news anchor, Matt Lauer, over an allegation of sexual misconduct.
“On Monday night, we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by Matt Lauer,” Andrew Lack, the NBC News president, said in a memo to the staff.
Less Than Jake Announces New Tour Dates
Less Than Jake has announced some new east coast tour dates with Four Year Strong and Direct Hit.