We the Kings have released a new remix version of “Sad Song.”
Trailer for ‘Song to Song’ Released
The trailer for Terence Malick’s upcoming movie, Song to Song, has been released.
Ryan Adams Announces New Tour Dates
Ryan Adams has announced a new tour. Dates are below.
Misterwives – “Machine”
Misterwives have released their new single, “Machine.”
Bob Dylan Covers “My One And Only Love”
Bob Dylan has released new latest Frank Sinatra cover: “My One and Only Love.”
Warped Tour Lineup Coming March 22nd
Warped Tour will announce this year’s lineup on March 22nd.
Laura Marling – “Next Time” Video
Laura Marling has released a new video for “Next Time.”
Deluxe ‘California’ Possibly Coming in May
Mark Hoppus mentioned last night on Twitter that Blink-182 are now aiming for a May 19th release date for their new deluxe version of California.
Papa Roach – “Help”
Papa Roach have released the new song “Help.”
Incubus Announce New Album; Stream New Single
Incubus will release their new album, 8, on April 21st. They debuted the new single “Nimble Bastard” on KROQ and have announced a new tour with Jimmy Eat World. You can find those tour dates below and the song on Apple Music.
Sorority Noise – “A Better Sun”
Sorority Noise have released their new song “A Better Sun.”
Wraths Recording New EP
Jim Lindberg of Pennywise is back in the studio with his side project Wraths recording a new EP.
The Economics of DistroKid
The founder of DistroKid has written a blog about the service and the growth they’ve seen in the past four years. DistroKid is a new kind of music distributor:
That means we help musicians & record labels get their music into online stores & streaming services (iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Google Play, Amazon, and more).
Then we collect the royalties and pay out. Payments go either to the artist, or to any group of collaborators that the artist specifies, in any percentage.
This paragraph really stuck out to me:
You’re a dummy if you give any percentage of your earnings to a distributor. For goodness sakes. If you don’t use DistroKid, that’s okay — but please don’t give a cut of your earnings to any distributor unless they’re also massively promoting you and helping with marketing; the only way they’d deserve it. If we took 9% of earnings (we take nothing) there are a handful of artists who’d owe us more than $100,000 each for moving a few files around. That ain’t right.
The whole thing is definitely worth a read.
Favorite Bands (Encore Episode 143)
On this week’s episode of Encore I am once again joined by special guest Craig Manning. We talk about who our favorite bands are, what makes them our favorites, how that’s changed over the years and what it means to be a “favorite.” We also discuss what artists have the best chance of jumping into that list in the future. Then there’s some Grammy talk, and a look at Andrew McMahon and his career, all of his different projects, and his new album. There may be some album ranking.
Albums in Stores – Feb. 17th, 2017
Today sees the release of the new albums from Eisley, Ryan Adams, Matt Pryor, and quite a few others. If you hit read more you can see all the releases we have in our calendar for the week. Hit the quote bubble to access our forums and talk about what came out today, what albums you picked up, and to make mention of anything we may have missed.