Blink-182 have released a video for “Home is Such a Lonely Place.”
Mutemath – “Hit Parade”
Mutemath’s new single, “Hit Parade,” is up on Apple Music and YouTube. The song comes from the band’s new album, Play Dead, due out later this year.
This Wild Life – “Break Me” Video
This Wild Life have debuted a new video for their new song “Break Me.”
Bands on TV (Week of June 5th)
The notable artists on your television this week include: Ryan Adams (Kimmel; 6/5), War on Drugs (Colbert; 6/5), Feist (Colbert; 6/6), Halsey (Colbert; 6/8), Kings of Leon (Corden; 6/7), and Harry Styles (Corden; 6/8).
Brian Marquis Recording Guest Vocals With Anti-Flag
Brian Marquis was recently in the studio recording some vocals for the new Anti-Flag record.
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Bryson Tiller Lands at No. 1 on the Charts
Bryson Tiller has the number one album in the country this week:
Bryson Tiller notches his first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as his second studio effort, True to Self, debuts atop the tally. The set, which was released through TrapSoul/RCA Records on May 26, earned 107,000 equivalent album units in the week ending June 1, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 47,000 were in traditional album sales.
Apple’s Keynote is Full of Goodies
Apple kicked off their developer conference this week with a slew of announcements in their keynote. A bunch of the Macs got speed-bumps, the new iMac Pro looks lust-worthy, and iOS 11 has a whole bunch of new features specifically designed for the iPad.
Then there’s the new HomePod speaker. It’s pitched as a great speaker that includes Siri.
Some quick thoughts:
- I’m glad to see Apple dedicated to updating their Mac line-up with new processors and little speed-bumps when available. This gives me faith in the Mac platform going forward.
- While the name of the new macOS, “High Sierra,” is sure to be the butt of a lot of jokes, I like that it signifies a bug-fix and more small improvement release.1
- That iMac Pro with the black accessories burns me at my core with envy. I want one. That price tag puts it outside of my grasp for now though. I’m sure a lot of “pros” will be happy to see these kinds of specs in a new machine.
- The iPad specific updates to iOS 11 look fantastic. They look to be moving the iPad more toward to Mac in terms of what it can do productivity wise. Multi-tasking, file management, and drag and drop are all things we take for granted on a Mac, but I think bringing them to the iPad in a new way is far better than just trying to shoehorn a touch interface onto the Mac. It actually made me want an new iPad with an Apple Pencil. I yearned for something like this in college.2
- The HomePod looks interesting. I think pitching it as a great speaker first is a smart marketing move. It sets expectations. A great speaker that works with Apple Music and does some Siri stuff? That’s enticing to me. I like my Amazon Echo, but the speaker isn’t great and it doesn’t integrate with my Apple Music account — that’s two great selling points for me right there. It’s on the pricey side (no shock there), but this feels like the kind of device I’d love to have in the living room to play music with, and if the multi-device syncing is as good as advertised, I think I’d look to this before a Sonos system. I’m intrigued. The sound quality will be the make or break moment for me.
- The Safari browser will be shipping with the ability to stop auto-play videos. It’s interesting to me how much of Safari and Chrome are having to be devoted to basically “fixing” so much of the gross bullshit websites are being filled up with today. Not a good sign for the web.
Nine Inch Nails to Release New EP
Nine Inch Nails will release a new EP later this year.
Bob Dylan Gives Nobel Prize Lecture
Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize lecture has been posted up in full for your listening pleasure.
All Time Low Perform Acoustic “Good Times”
All Time Low have performed an acoustic version of “Good Times” for MLB Central.
Eighteen Visions – “Live Again” Video
Eighteen Visions have released a video for “Live Again.”
Western Settings – “The Phenomenon” Video
Western Settings have released a video for “The Phenomenon.”
Mutemath Tease
Mutemath are teasing a new single over on their website. Look for that to drop tomorrow.
Waxahatchee – “Never Been Wrong”
Waxahatchee has released their new song “Never Been Wrong.”