Fleet Foxes have released the news song “If You Need To, Keep Time on Me.”
Rozwell Kid – “Wendy’s Trash Can” Video
Rozwell Kid have debuted a 10-hour long video for “Wendy’s Trash Can.”
Enter Shikari – “Supercharge” Video
Enter Shikari have released a video for “Supercharge.”
Review: Beach Fossils – Somersault
Earlier in May, I wrote about Mac DeMarco’s new album This Old Dog, concluding that it was “his best and most mature album to date.” This is relevant because, generally speaking, This Old Dog isn’t much different from any other Mac DeMarco album. Sure, the songs are more polished and his production has shifted to put more on the personal singer-songwriter aspect of the album, but these are relatively small revolutions in what has ultimately become the trademark Mac DeMarco sound. Put simply, This Old Dog is just more of what Mac DeMarco does best, done better than before.
This is one way to do things.
Other times, a “good” artist who has historically released “good” albums reaches a critical point in their career: here, they must decide whether to remain stagnant or let loose. And sometimes, a band that chooses the latter ends up releasing their best album yet.
This is the another way to do things, and this is what Beach Fossils have done with their third LP, Somersault.
Noah Gundersen Signs with Cooking Vinyl
Noah Gundersen has signed with Cooking Vinyl. The full press release is below.
The Front Bottoms – “Get Numb”
The Front Bottoms have released their new song “Get Numb” on Bandcamp. There’s also a limited edition shirt for sale with all proceeds going to Make the Road New Jersey.
Gerard Way Talks with Billboard
Gerard Way talked to Billboard about his upcoming work with comics, and mentioned in passing a little about My Chemical Romance:
“I wouldn’t count (a reunion) out, but at the same time everybody’s doing stuff in their lives now that they’re really enjoying,” Way says. “In some ways I don’t really miss it; It had gotten so big it was very unwieldy. It took a toll on my mental life and personal life. The thing I’m happiest about right now is everybody’s relationships with each other are really strong. That’s more important than anything else to me.”
And a second solo album:
Way is also starting to eyeball a second solo album, with “a bunch of stuff I’ve written over the past couple of years” already in motion. “I’m just about to seriously figure out my schedule in terms of how many weeks I’m writing comics and how many weeks I’m writing music,” Way explains. “There’s a plan to put something out; I don’t know when that’ll come, but the process is starting.”
Panic! at the Disco Write Song for SpongeBob Musical
There’s going to be a SpongeBob SquarePants musical and Panic! at the Disco have contributed a song to it. You can check out the announcement video to get a little peek at what it sounds like.
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Björk – “Notget” Video
Gogol Bordello Announce New Album, Stream New Song
Gogol Bordello will release their new album, Seekers and Finders, on August 25th. Today they’re streaming their new song “Saboteur Blues” and pre-orders for the new album are now up.
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Amanda Markley – “Ways to Go” (feat. Will Pugh)
Amanda Markley’s new song “Ways to Go” can be streamed below via Substream. It was produced by Will Pugh of Cartel and he makes a vocal appearance on it as well.
Brand New Playing Voodoo Festival
Brand New will be playing the Voodoo Festival in New Orleans this October.
Korn – “Black Is the Soul” Video
Korn have released a video for “Black Is the Soul.”
Ryan Adams Performs on Kimmel
Ryan Adams performed “Doomsday” on Kimmel last night.
The Shins Announce Fall Tour
The Shins have announced some new tour dates.