Lana Del Rey Tops the Charts
Lana Del Rey officially has the number one album in the country. She filmed a quick video to thank fans and posted it up on Twitter last night.
Jessie Ware – “Midnight” Video
Jessie Ware has released a new video for “Midnight.”
Paul McCartney Performs on Foo Fighters’ Album
According to ET Canada, Paul McCartney plays drums on one of the Foo Fighters’ new songs:
Paul McCartney plays drums on one of our songs. He’s a pal. We’ve known him for a long. He’s great. He’s the most wonderful person in the world. He’s a great guy,” Grohl said.
“He hadn’t even heard of the song. He comes in and Dave picked up an acoustic and showed him real quick. He sat on his special drum set that his tech set up for him. I sat there with a drumstick conducting. He did two takes.”
Downtown Boys Stream New Album
Downtown Boys’ new album, Cost of Living, is streaming over at NPR.
Motion City Soundtrack Get a Gold Single
I just got word that Motion City Soundtrack’s “Everything Is Alright” has officially gone gold. A huge congratulations to the band is in order.
PVRIS – “Winter”
Paramore’s ‘After Laughter’ Now on Vinyl
Paramore’s After Laughter is now up for order on vinyl. It’s also up for order on Amazon.
The Wonder Years Announce Acoustic Tour
The Wonder Years have announced some new acoustic tour dates.
The Bombpops – “Be Sweet” Video
The Bombpops have debuted their video for “Be Sweet.”
The Academy Is Press ‘Santi’ on Vinyl
Enjoy the Ride Records is pressing Santi from The Academy Is on vinyl. Pre-orders will be available this Friday.
Taking One Discography to a Desert Island
Last night, while listening to some music and having a beer, I tossed out a question on Twitter that I’ve always found fascinating:
Desert island game, but you have one band’s full discography only, who do you go with? I’m thinking I’d have to pick Jimmy Eat World.
What I’ve always liked about this question is that it forces you to make decisions beyond just thinking about a favorite band. If your favorite band doesn’t have a large catalog then you’re stuck for a while with only three albums. And if you are looking for diversity in music styles, or strength in numbers, then there’s another way you can go. The idea of a band’s entire body of work, and looking at it as a whole, has been a long running theme of mine. After asking the question, and getting promptly dunked on by none other than Mark Hoppus,1 the answers started coming in.
At first it was a bunch of what I expected from our little music scene. Lots of Brand New, Blink-182, Yellowcard, and Thrice. And then all of sudden the answers started to change. I’m not sure how or where it started,2 but the tweet ended up going a little viral and spreading way further than the small group of followers that know me and the kind of music I have written about on a daily basis for years. The replies started coming faster and it was way more Billie Joel, Rush, Bruce Springsteen, The Beatles, and Barbra Streisand. It was funny to watch the conversation completely change from the kind of music I’ve been listening to and writing about over the course of a few hours. And, because it’s the damn internet, that also meant I now had quite a few people that really didn’t like my pick (or some of the early replies).
Those that have read my writing for years know how much I like Jimmy Eat World. I’ve talked before about how I think they have one of the best catalogs in our little scene and they just keep putting out great music. My thought process is that I love the band, there’s a lot of music in that catalog, and there’s enough style changes so I’d have something for every mood while I’m sitting on island. Now, after getting a few snarky tweets about how could I not pick The Beatles or The Rolling Stones,3 I kinda wish I went with something even more out there: A Wilhelm Scream, Propagandhi, Strung Out? Might as well earn the snark.
All-in-all it was a pretty hilarious evening, and I’m curious to see how our community would answer this question. So, if you wanna hit the comments I’d love to see what the prevailing artist and catalog in our forums ends up being.
Fact Checking Snopes on Its Own Claims of Being ‘Held Hostage’ by ‘A Vendor’
Mike Masnick, writing for Techdirt:
Last week, I (like probably many of you) saw the news that the famous (or infamous, depending on your viewpoint) fact checking website “Snopes” was crowdfunding on GoFundMe, saying that it needed to raise money as soon as possible, because “a vendor” refused to recognize that Snopes had terminated a contract and was holding the site “hostage.” […]
However, in presenting its own predicament, Snopes… does not exactly do a credible job of explaining the full story. If Snopes were reviewing Snopes’ own crowdfunding campaign, it might have to put it in the “Mixture” category as not being fully accurate, but not being fully false either.
This entire story is nutso
Bon Iver All-Inclusive Concert Vacation in Mexico
Bon Iver will be taking place in an all-inclusive concert vacation in Mexico. You can find the full press release below.
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Hellogoodbye Announce New Tour
Hellogoodbye have announced some new tour dates. They’ll be playing both of their first two albums in full.