Bad Advice have released a new video for “This Town.”
Bad Advice – “This Town” Video
Slayer – “Pride in Prejudice” Video
Slayer have released a video for “Pride in Prejudice.”
Brian Fallon Talks with Upset Magazine
Ali Shutler interviewed Brian Fallon for Upset Magazine:
“My goal used to be Bruce Springsteen’s career, being that famous and playing arenas. I don’t care about writing for that now. I’m just writing for me and having a good time. Now my goal is I just want to live a long time and I want to be like Wilco. I don’t know if Wilco’s ever had a top 40 hit, but they play to a lot of people and they do whatever they want. They change and they develop, I love that band’s career so God bless Jeff Tweedy.”
PWR BTTM Sign With Polyvinyl
PWR BTTM have signed with Polyvinyl Records and will release a new album in 2017.
Green Day Announce New Tour
Green Day have announced some new tour dates. They’re below.
Jimmy Eat World Announce Tour and Pre-Orders
Jimmy Eat World have announced an upcoming fall tour — those dates can be found below. Also, more pre-orders for the new album, Integrity Blues, are up.
Interview: Jason Vena of Acceptance
Acceptance are back and have spent the last year working on a new album. I recently had the chance to talk with lead singer Jason Vena about getting the band back together and what lead to that decision, the differences in the music industry from when the band first broke into the music scene to now, and what the new songs are going to sound like. We also talked about the entire process of recording this album, how the band is taking their time through the process, and why it took ten years for Jason to once again feel like he had something he wanted to say musically. Our full conversation can be found below, only lightly edited, and make sure you pre-order the band’s upcoming album if you haven’t already.
One of Our Users Is Looking for a Kidney Donor
One of the users on our site, emt0853, recently made a post in our forums about looking for a kidney donor, and I just wanted to take a moment to give the story a little boost:
My journey began in 2007 and I had high hopes that this journey would be a short one. I received the most selfless gift I could imagine, developed a random blood clot happens in LESS than .01% of patients and it didn’t work out. Since then, I’ve had a million ups and downs it seems. Other family illness, personal illness, marriage, and school. I’m finally at the point that I can try again to take the steps to get back to a normal life and get away from dialysis.
During a consultation with Dr. Mikel Prieto, a nephrologist with the Kidney Transplant Program at Mayo Clinic, the suggestion was made to use social media to help my cause of finding a live kidney donor. He believes that I will do much better with a live donor instead of a cadaver donor. (Though not impossible, the wait would be much longer) Since I am younger, he believes this is my best option. Things have changed in the last 7 years, live donor kidneys can last upwards of 30 years.
If you have a few seconds, please read the post. Thank you.
Barbra Streisand Earns 11th No. 1 Album
Barbra Streisand debuts at number one on the charts this week with the release of Encore (that’s a good name). Florida Georgia Line is at number two, and Britney Spears is at three.
Her newest leader extends her record for the most No. 1 albums among women, and ties her with Bruce Springsteen for the third-most among all acts. The only artists with more No. 1s are The Beatles, with a record 19 chart-toppers, and Jay Z, with 13.
Usher Covers “Don’t Let Me Down”
Bad Religion Joins “Ye Scallyway” Festival
Bad Religion will join NOFX, Against Me!, and Goldfinger to play the “Ye Scallyway!” festival on Saturday, October 22nd in San Diego.
Pixies – “Tenement Song” Video
The Pixies have released their new video for “Tenement Song.”
The Republic of Wolves – “Northern Orthodox” (Song Premiere)
The Republic of Wolves have been teasing new music over the past week and today we’re excited to bring you a brand new song from the band called “Northern Orthodox.” You can stream that below. The band has described their new music as trying to revisit a darker and heavier sound and explore that side of their influences. Mason described the song by saying:
“Northern Orthodox” is the eighth chapter of a story that will hopefully be told in full on our upcoming full-length album. It’s also our first song whose musical composition was inspired entirely by a dream.
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Sponsor: This Wild Life to Release ‘Low Tides’ This Friday
This Wild Life will release their new album Low Tides on September 9th. Pre-orders are available right now. Their new album shows the duo taking their songwriting to the next level by fleshing out ten tracks with expanded arrangements and inventive instrumentation. In other words, it isn’t as much a reinvention as it is a progression and one that’s as memorable as they come.
On September 14th in Los Angeles, This Wild Life begin their 25-city headlining “Low Tides Tour” with supporting acts Have Mercy, Movements, and Many Rooms. A full list of dates can be found below.
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The Berenst#in Bears Problem
Somehow I missed this when it was going around the internet last year, so in case I wasn’t the only one, enjoy being weirded out:
A couple months ago, someone left an innocuous comment on my post 4 Weird “Clues” that Parallel Universes Exist. The comment was this:
“You need to look up the Berenst#in Bears problem.”
My response at first was probably what yours is now: The what? But after a quick Google search, I realized what this person was talking about. The Berenstein Bears.
Now, if you don’t know about The Berenstein Bears, they were a series of children’s books, and eventually a cartoon, created by Stan and Jan Berenstein. They focused on a family of bears, and did the usual educational children’s book/tv series thing. Simple enough. I remember them, vaguely, and I believe I owned a book or two when I was a kid. It’s been a while.
So what’s the problem?
They’re not The Berenstein Bears. They’ve never been The Berenstein Bears.
I would have bet my life on it being “Berenstein.”