The Shins performed two new songs, “Dead Alive” and “Rubber Balls,” live in London. Some fan-shot footage of the two songs can be found below.
The Shins Play New Songs Live
Apple Music Adds Two New Custom Playlists
Apple Music has added two new weekly playlists to the “For You” section of the service. The first comes out on Wednesday and is a “My Favorites Mix” that is based on songs you love. The second is a “My New Music Mix” that comes out on Friday and contains new music from artists that Apple thinks you’ll like. It looks like, currently, this is only available on the iOS 10 beta version of the service, but I hope they end up bringing it to the desktop as well.
Demi Lovato Covers Adele
Demi Lovato covered Adele’s “When We Were Young” during a recent concert in Cleveland.
Where Was Thor During ‘Captain America: Civil War’?
What was Thor up to during the events of Captain America: Civil War? Now we have the answer. I found this far more entertaining than the last two Thor movies.
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Drake – “Childs Play” Video
Drake has released his new video for “Childs Play.”
Sick of It All Announce New EP
Sick of It All will release a new EP, When The Smoke Clears, on November 4th via Century Media. The EP will consist of five songs an include a coffee table book celebrating the band’s 30 year anniversary.
Sponsor: My Thanks to A Day to Remember and Epitaph
My sincere thanks to A Day to Remember and Epitaph Records for sponsoring the website this week. Watching just how big this band has gotten over the past few years has been nothing short of incredible. And watching them continue to put out music that pleases their die-hard fans on their own terms is even better. The band’s new album, Bad Vibrations, is in stores now, and you can grab that on iTunes or plenty of other digital platforms (physical bundles are also available).
A Day To Remember are currently on tour with Blink 182, all of the tour dates are below.
Samsung Recalls Galaxy Note 7
Ina Fried, writing for Recode, on Samsung’s recall of the Galaxy Note 7:
Samsung said Friday that it will replace all of the Galaxy Note 7 “phablets” it has sold amid reports that some batteries on the phones have exploded.
In what could be the biggest smartphone recall ever, Samsung said it will replace all devices in the coming weeks. The company said it has confirmed an issue with the battery cells used in the phone and has halted sales globally.
Ouch.
Mutemath Announce ‘Changes’
Of Mice & Men Stream New Album
Of Mice & Men’s new album is streaming on Apple Music.
43 Million Passwords Hacked in Last.fm Breach
John Mannes, writing at TechCrunch:
The number of passwords and the severity of the hack were not uncovered until today. The passwords were stored using unsalted MD5 hashing. Rather than storing passwords in plaintext, nearly every site that stores critical user information utilizes some form of hashing. Hashing is a method for encrypting data, but some methods are far superior to others.
These are some really bad password practices and if you have an account at Last.fm, you should go change your password. Also, LeakedSource is a good resource to see if your information has shown up in any of these information database dumps over the past few years. You can search by your email address.
Zara Larsson – “Ain’t My Fault”
Zara Larsson has released her new song “Ain’t My Fault.”
A New Circa Survive Album Is in Our Future
Anthony Green mentioned in a Reddit AMA that there will be a new Circa Survive album, but he’s not quite sure of the timeline yet.
Mae Bringing EP Series to Vinyl
It looks like Mae will be bringing their EP series to vinyl.
C.G.P Grey: The simple solution to traffic.