OK Go Deliver TED Talk
Dia Frampton – “Dead Man” Video
Dia Frampton has released a video for “Dead Man.”
New Found Glory Announce Fall Tour Dates
New Found Glory have announced some new tour dates.
LCD Soundsystem Finish New Album
LCD Soundsystem have announced their new album is done and could see a release in the next six weeks.
Next Season of ‘Arrested Development’ Will Be Structured Like the Originals
Will Arnett spoke with Business Insider about the upcoming season of Arrested Development, and confirmed that the series will be structured more like the first three seasons:
This time around, not only is the whole cast returning (“sadly, Jason Bateman has agreed to do it,” jokes Arnett), but Arnett tells us that the show will be structured in a way that’s similar to the original seasons. That means the cast will be appearing together and sharing more scenes, he hints, as opposed to season 4, which focused on one or two characters per episode.
The Ringer Moves from Medium to Vox
The New York Times has reported that Bill Simmons’s website, The Ringer, will be moving from Medium to Vox Media:
Mr. Simmons, a former ESPN personality, will keep ownership of The Ringer, but Vox will sell advertising for the site and share in the revenue. The Ringer will leave its current home on Medium, where it has been hosted since it began in June 2016.
Jim Bankoff, Vox’s chief executive, said in a phone interview that the partnership was the first of its type for the company and would allow it to expand its offerings to advertisers.
First, this seems like a pretty big hit to Medium as a publishing platform for bigger websites. Maybe Medium is just better suited for long-form writing for individuals that don’t want to set up their own blogs, and want something more professional looking than a Facebook note? Second, The Ringer needs to get a whole lot better to survive. The content just isn’t very good. The sportswriting and analysis is thin, the music reviews are mostly a joke, and the pop-culture pieces lack the bite or comedy of Grantland. The Ringer lacks an editorial identity and voice.
Ariana Grande to Play Manchester Benefit Show
Ariana Grande will be returning to Manchester this Sunday to perform a benefit concert. Coldplay, Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, and more are also scheduled to play.
Zane Lowe Talks With Bleachers
Zane Lowe sat down with Jack Antonoff of Bleachers to talk about their upcoming album.
Blink-182 Cancel Three Shows
Rancid – “Where I’m Going”
Rancid have released their new song “Where I’m Going.”
Ratboys – “Westside”
Ratboys’ new song “Westside” can be streamed below.
Review: The Movielife – Cities in Search of a Heart
This first impression was originally posted as a live blog for supporters in our forums on May 29th, 2017. First impressions are meant to be quick, fun, initial impressions on an album or release as I listen to it for the first time. It’s a running commentary written while listening to an album — not a review. More like a diary of thoughts. This post has been lightly edited for structure and flow.
I figure with so many albums I wanna write about, if I don’t start cranking these out, I’ll never get to everything in time. So, another night, another first listen thread! Celebrate!
Tonight I’ll be doing a little live blog for the new album from The Movielife. There was a time, maybe right around my freshman year of college, where I would have called The Movielife my favorite band. It was when pop-punk was getting pretty popular, but these guys played a little more aggressive style and seemed to sit under the radar … (before signing to Drive-Thru) … and I loved their name and music and that carried some cachet at 18. A band that was awesome that no one else really knew. That was catnip to me around that time period. So while everyone else had discovered NFG, I was proudly wearing my Movielife shirts around campus and thinking I was the absolute coolest.
I think those albums hold up pretty well too. Some of it’s a little dated, but I can go back to them and still sing along to those chant-y choruses and fast guitar riffs. Melody and pop-punk-hardcore …. there’s just something about that sound I’ve always loved.
Nate Barcalow’s New Band Launches PledgeMusic
Nate Barcalow’s (formerly of Finch) new band, Private Lives, have launched a PledgeMusic campaign.
Linkin Park Top The Charts
Linkin Park have landed their sixth number one album:
The set earned 111,000 equivalent album units in the week ending May 25, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 100,000 were in traditional album sales. The album is Linkin Park’s seventh studio effort, and was released on May 25 through Machine Shop/Warner Bros. Records.
Bad Religion Gearing Up for New Music
Greg Graffin talked with Las Vegas Weekly and mentioned that Bad Religion are gearing up for a new album:
Speaking of Bad Religion, he confirms that the band is “definitely gearing up for a new album,” since it has been more than four years since the release of its last LP, True North. (“Our fans are getting itchy,” he laughs.) Graffin is also working on a novel proposal based around a complex, evolution-based query.