Pet Symmetry will release their new album, Vision, on May 26th. Today they debuted the new track “Stare Collection.”
Pet Symmetry Announce New Album
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New Bleachers Music Playing in Union Square
Want hear new Bleachers music today? Guess you gotta live in NYC.
MLB.com Launch Personalized App Icons on iOS 10.3
Sarah Perez, writing for TechCrunch:
The MLB.com At Bat and NHL iOS applications have been updated today to take advantage of one of the new, but still under-the-radar features available in the just-launched version of Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS 10.3: personalized home screen icons. That’s right — you now can replace either of these apps’ default icon with one featuring your favorite team’s logo instead.
Clever.
Hot Mulligan Sign with No Sleep Records
Hot Mulligan have signed with No Sleep Records and debuted their new song “Deluxe Capacitor.”
Joss Whedon in Talks to Helm Batgirl Movie
Variety is reporting that Joss Whedon is in talks to write and direct a Batgirl movie:
Whedon is nearing a deal to write, direct, and produce an untitled Batgirl pic for Warner Bros. as part of its DC Extended Universe.
No other producers are currently attached. Toby Emmerich, president and chief content officer of Warner Bros. Pictures Group, is overseeing with Jon Berg and Geoff Johns. The new project originated in the past month.
The Menzingers on Carson Daly
The Menzingers recorded performance will debut on Last Call With Carson Daly tonight. They also announced a series of cruises.
Direct Hit Cover “There is a Fountain Filled With Blood”
Direct Hit performed an old hymn, “There is a Fountain Filled With Blood,” for The Milwaukee Record.
The Fat Wreck Chords quartet hopped the “Employees Only” barricade to take a stab at William Cowper’s 1779 hymn, “There Is A Fountain Filled With Blood,” which the English poet is said to have written after a bout of depression. Though the bleak hymn has survived centuries, it’s actually something of a deep cut in Cowper’s catalog, as the misunderstood writer is responsible for the phrases “God moves in mysterious ways” and “variety is the very spice of life,” in addition to penning early abolitionist works that were routinely quoted by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. nearly 200 years after they were written.
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All Time Low Perform on Live Lounge
All Time Low performed for BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge. They performed “Dirty Laundry” and a cover of Lorde’s “Green Light.”
Dan Auerbach Announces Solo Album
Dan Auerbach, of The Black Keys, will release his new solo album, Waiting on a Song, on June 2nd. Today he’s debuted the new track “Shine on Me.”
Music for Everyone Compilation Released
The compilation album put together by John Nolan, Music for Everyone, has been released on Bandcamp.
CGP Grey: Social Security Cards Explained
Rozwell Kid to Release New Album in June
Rozwell Kid will release their new album, Precious Art, on June 23rd.
Lucky Boys Confusion – “Sun in My Eyes”
Lucky Boys Confusion have debuted their new song “Sun in My Eyes.” Pre-orders are also up for the band’s new album.
Blink-182 to Start Writing Next Album This Year
Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 talked with Zane Lowe over at Beats 1 about the band’s plans for the rest of the year:
We’ll take a little bit of time off, and then at the end of this year we’ll go back in the studio and start writing the next album. We have such a positive energy going on right now … a creative flow. Everybody has a bunch of ideas and we want to capture that. We’ll get in the studio as soon as possible
It’s nice to live in a world where Blink-182 want to put out music on a regular basis.