PWR BTTM have released a video for “Answer My Text.”
PWR BTTM – “Answer My Text” Video
Barry Jenkins to Adapt ‘The Underground Railroad’ for Amazon Series
The director of the fantastic Moonlight, Barry Jenkins, will next adapt Colson Whitehead’s novel, The Underground Railroad, as an Amazon series.
“Preserving the sweep and grandeur of a story like this requires bold, innovative thinking,” Mr. Jenkins said in a statement. “In Amazon we’ve found a partner whose reverence for storytelling and freeness of form is wholly in line with our vision.”
Bands on TV (Week of March 27th)
The notable artists in your television this week include: Aimee Mann (Colbert; 3/27), Broken Social Scene (Colbert; 3/30), Zac Brown Band (Fallon; 3/29).
Drake Tops Billboard Charts
Drake has the number one album in the country this week:
The Beauty and the Beast soundtrack is pushed down one spot to No. 4, despite a 74 percent gain in units. The set earned 99,000 units in the week (up from its debut of 57,000 units), as the album profits from publicity generated by its parent film’s blockbuster opening in theaters on March 17.
Counting Crows and Matchbox Twenty Announce Tour
Matchbox Twenty and Counting Crows will be heading out on tour together.
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Playing for Tips
Hannah Karp, writing for The Wall Street Journal:
Young music fans today don’t buy many CDs or downloads, but the rise of virtual tip jars is evidence some fans are still willing to spend money on novel kinds of interactions with their favorite acts.
Zach Clayton, who is also 16 and a resident of Austin, Texas, said he earned more than $100,000 last year performing on a live-streaming app called YouNow. He is one of a growing number of performers who live on tips and gifts from online fans.
And:
Live-streaming for tips isn’t exactly glamorous work. Brent Morgan, a 29-year-old musician in Huntsville, Ala., broadcasts twice a day on YouNow for a total of three hours a day, playing guitar and other instruments while writing custom jingles on the spot for big tippers. He said he nets between $15,000 and $20,000 a month and plans to release his first album in the next few months.
Safer Scene Talks With the A Voice for the Innocent Project
Safer Scene interviewed Jamie Sivrais of the A Voice for the Innocent project:
That organization, A Voice for the Innocent (AVFTI), provides several paths that victims can take to help with the healing process. The primary tools are their anonymous, online platform where they can reach out to users throughout the country and a strong network within a DIY music scene rooted in positive social action.
A Backstage Conversation With Green Day
Green Day sat down with Rolling Stone:
Yeah. If you look at our career, there’s almost like before American Idiot and after American Idiot. Yeah, we play new stuff. We play stuff off American Idiot. It’s hard to explain from my perspective because sometimes I’ll just start saying to myself, “Look how unique this is. You’re able to play in front of 14,000 people and everyone is singing along. Everyone’s hands are in the air.” We play a song like “Holiday” and its like a flock of birds or something.
Apple Releases watchOS and macOS Updates
Apple has released updates to watchOS and macOS. The addition of “theatre mode” for the Apple Watch is a welcome addition. Here’s MacStories with the details:
watchOS 3.2 adds Theater Mode. According to the beta release notes published on Apple’s developer site, Theater Mode lets users mute their Watch and disable raise-to-wake. Theater Mode is accessible by swiping up from the bottom of the Apple Watch’s screen. While the feature is engaged, notifications are silent, but you still receive haptic feedback when a notification is received and can view a notification by pressing the Digital Crown.
And macOS gets “night shift.”
The Maine Teasing New Song Clips
Bob Iger Talks Some ‘Star Wars’
Disney CEO, Bob Iger, revealed some Star Wars news today. Along with some information about the new Han Solo Movie he mentioned that the late Carrie Fisher will appear in the next movie and they will not be going with a digital version in the future. The Hollywood Reporter has the run down:
“When we bought Lucasfilm, we were going to make three films — Episodes VII, VIII and IX,” said Iger. “We had to deal with tragedy at the end of 2016. Carrie appears throughout VIII. We are not changing VIII to deal with her passing. Her performance remains as it is in VIII. In Rogue One, we had some digital character. We are not doing that with Carrie.”
The Offspring to Perform ‘Ignition’ Live
The Offspring will be performing Ignition in full for a 30th anniversary benefit show in Berkeley for 924 Gilman. Tickets are now on sale.
Craig Finn – “Tracking Shots” Video
Craig Finn has released a new video for “Tracking Shots.”
How Drake and Apple Music Broke Streaming Records
Drake’s latest project More Life was streamed 300 million times worldwide in its first week on Apple Music, Republic Records tells The Verge, surpassing the 250 million streams the label said Views, an Apple Music exclusive, did in its first week last year. The biggest first week for any album on a single service is Ed Sheeran’s Divide, which was streamed 375 million times on Spotify. The label also says early calculations for More Life have it at around 600 million streams worldwide, which would be a record for an album.
Those are big numbers.
Mark Kozelek Streams New EP
Mark Kozelek’s new EP, Night Talks, can be streamed below.