Envy on the Coast have released their new song “Manic State Park.”
Envy on the Coast – “Manic State Park”
Punchline Fund Their Kickstarter
Punchline’s Kickstarter has reached its goal of $20,000.
Bleachers to Release New Album, ‘Gone Now,’ on June 2nd.
Bleachers will release their new album, Gone Now, on June 2nd. The track listing and album artwork can be found below.
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Jeff Tweedy Announces New Album
Jeff Tweedy of Wilco will release his new album, Together at Last, on June 23rd. The album will feature acoustic renditions of songs Tweedy has performed with Wilco and his other side projects. The track listing is below.
Giving Star Ratings the Thumbs Down
Caroline O’Donovan, writing for BuzzFeed, on why star ratings are awful:
The other problem is that not everyone can agree on what the star ratings mean — not even the companies themselves. Lyft says that five stars means “awesome,” four means “OK, could be better,” and three means “below average.” But for Uber, five stars is “excellent,” four is “good,” and three is “OK.”
Individuals have different interpretations, too. “For some people, three could mean this is good, while four is great and five is perfect. Some people might say, nowhere is going to be perfect, so I’m going to say five stars is really good, and four is good,” Celis said. “The way you can interpret those stars is infinite, and most people don’t have the exact same system.”
Agreed completely. Moving to a more descriptive system was one of the first things I did when redesigning this website.
Neck Deep, Taking Back Sunday, and Bayside Cover Green Day
Spotify have shared some new covers of Green Day songs by Bayside, Neck Deep, and Taking Back Sunday. The tracks come from the Spotify documentary about the band and you can stream them below.
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Blink-182’s New Song Is Scientifically Inaccurate
Deepa Lakshmin, writing for MTV:
Interestingly, Blink-182 have their science wrong. Though extremely rare, it is possible to get a girl “more pregnant” if she continues ovulating after already getting pregnant. This phenomenon is called superfetation, and doctors have no clear medical explanation for it yet.
BBC reports that there have only been 10 recorded cases, but the babies are typically born healthy as if they were twins — even though they were technically conceived days or weeks apart. Man, human bodies are weird.
Oh.
Haim Tease New Music With Billboards
Haim are starting to tease that new music is coming with Billboards popping up around the world.
Lucky Boys Confusion – ‘Stormchasers’ (Album Premiere)
I bought Lucky Boys Confusion’s Throwing the Game on a whim because an online friend told me it had a unique pop-punk meets reggae sound with hooks all over the place. It was my senior year of high-school and that was more than enough to get me to spend my lunch money on an album. I loved it. Now, some 16 years later the band are releasing their first new album in over 10 years and we’ve got an exclusive stream for you to check out. Lead singer, Kaustubh Pandav, describes the album as a concept album that was discovered only after its recording:
Sometimes you just have to reflect back on your art to see what your subconscious mind has been trying to create. It wasn’t until we got to take breath and were able to listen back to this record that we realized that we had just created a concept record. A story of how tragedy and loss lead to strength and courage in hopes to find a little peace of mind. We hope everyone can relate at least to a part of our story.
The album comes out on April 14th and you can pick it up on the band’s webstore. And, if you’re in the Chicago area, the band’s record release show is this Saturday at House of Blues.
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John K. Samson – “Alpha Adept” Video
John K. Samson has shared his new video for “Alpha Adept.”
All Time Low Release Live Video
All Time Low have released a new live performance video of “Dirty Laundry.”
Sigur Rós Partner With Cannabis Company
Sigur Rós have teamed up with Lord Jones to offer branded cannabis edibles.
Sigur Rós and Lord Jones come together to bring you medicated gumdrops inspired by the flavors of foraged Icelandic berries~wild blackberries, strawberries and blueberries, infused with full-spectrum CBD derived from specially sourced organic hemp.
Puddles the Clown Covers Blink-182
Puddles the Clown has covered Blink-182’s “All the Small Things.”
This really is … Of Nightmares.
Jude Law to Play Young Dumbledore
Jude Law will be playing Dumbledore in the upcoming Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them sequel.
Rowling, who made her screenwriting debut on “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” has also written the script for the second installment, which is set in an increasingly dark time for the wizarding world, where Newt Scamander and company have to decide on their allegiances.
Morrissey’s Arizona Show Cut Short
Morrissey’s show in Arizona was cut short after the singer lost his voice mid-set:
Sumberg said a Morrissey band member told the audience from the stage that the singer could not finish the show. Morrissey’s spokesman Gustavo Manzur posted on Facebook that the singer’s voice was “reduced to a whisper.”
“My heart is broken but if this is the worst, thank the Lord. We’ll take care of him,” Manzur wrote. “He tried … he would have NEVER come out if didn’t think he could have. He tried. His voice is gone. But he’s not. Just a bit of rest for his voice. Please understand. He is human.”