Perfume Genius has announced some new tour dates and will be releasing new album in the near future.
Perfume Genius Announces New Tour Dates
Spoon Launch “Aura Reader” With Spotify
Spoon have teamed up with Spotify to release the “Aura Reader.” It’s a web application that lets you input Spoon songs into a playlist for analysis.
Smoking Popes – “Valentine” Video
Smoking Popes have released a video for “Valentine.”
Welcome to Geekdom: ‘Batman: The Animated Series’
Yours truly was on the latest episode of Welcome to Geekdom to talk all about Batman: The Animated Series. It’s one of my favorite animated shows of all time, and it was a real blast to sit down with Deanna and nerd out for an hour.
Facebook Tries to Offer Music Labels a YouTube Alternative
Lucas Shaw, writing for Bloomberg:
The world’s largest social network has redoubled its efforts to reach a broad accord with the industry, according to interviews with negotiators at labels, music publishers and trade associations. A deal would govern user-generated videos that include songs and potentially pave the way for Facebook to obtain more professional videos from the labels themselves.
PWR BTTM – “Big Beautiful Day” Video
PWR BTTM have released a video for “Big Beautiful Day.”
Antarctigo Vespucci Recording New Album
Antarctigo Vespucci are working on a new record.
Looks Like Brian Fallon Is Writing a New Record
Brian Fallon has posted a couple Instagram posts about writing a new record. See? There are still a few good things left in this world.
Ryan Adams Streams New Album
Ryan Adams’s new album Prisoner can be streamed below.
PVRIS Finish Recording New Album
Disney Severs Ties With PewDiePie Over Anti-Semitic Posts
Disney has severed ties with YouTube star PewDiePie after a series of anti-semitic posts. The Wall Street Journal reports:
Mr. Kjellberg said in a video a few days later that the Jan. 11 clip was a joke that went too far. Alphabet Inc.’s Google, which owns YouTube, pulled ads that run on its videos from the Jan. 11 video within days of its posting, before it was taken down this past weekend. YouTube hasn’t pulled any of the nine videos in question, though PewDiePie’s account took down three of them. Google hasn’t removed ads from any of Mr. Kjellberg’s other videos.
Being a piece of shit is all the rage in 2017.
Review: Jake Clarke/Spur – Split
Like Semisonic sang on their classic 1994 single “Closing Time,” “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” Such is the case on both halves of Jake Clarke and Spur’s new split. Clarke was one of the vocalists of the grunge band Superheaven, and his half of the split sounds like the natural next step from his old band’s ‘90s-inspired rock. Spur, on the other hand, rose from the ashes of the emo band In Writing, and they play a blend of coarse punk and shoegaze.
Members of Bayside, Saves the Day, & More Cover The Smiths
Over the weekend Anthony and Jack from Bayside, Arun from Saves the Day, Damon from Hey Mercedes, and Tobe from Street Dogs all got together to perform a tribute set for The Smiths. Some videos from the performance can be found below via No Country For New Nashville.
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Caterpillars – “Drop the Crown” Video
Caterpillars have released a video for “Drop the Crown.”
Switchfoot Teams Up With CURE to Raise Money for Children With Treatable Disabilities
Switchfoot are running a contest to win a trip to see the band in Manila. The full press release can be found below.
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