Architects’ lead guitarist, Tom Searle, has passed away at the age of 28 after battling cancer.
Tom Searle of Architects Passes Away
Jimmy Eat World Pre-Orders Up
Pre-orders for the new Jimmy Eat World album are up on their website. It confirms that the intended release date for the album will be October 21st. Pre-orders get the “most rare” color variant, and it’s Jimmy Eat World, so I’m in.
The World Really Wanted Britney Spears to Fail: She Didn’t
Issy Beech, writing for Noisey, on Britney Spears:
LeAnn Rimes also said in her interview with Metro that she admired Britney. “I look at her and think it’s really amazing what she’s overcome. It’s nice to see someone come out the other side and be successful again.”
That’s the quote that deserves follow-up articles. That’s the quote. Because Britney Spears is still one of the most successful women in pop.
Andrew Belle – “Dive Deep”
Andrew Belle has released his new song “Dive Deep” on Apple Music and Spotify.
Jimmy Eat World – “Get Right”
Jimmy Eat World have released their new single “Get Right” — it’s also up for download on their website.
Sponsor: My Thanks to Disc Makers (P.S. Win a Guitar Package)
Want to win over $5,000 in music gear and promo items from Disc Makers, Ibanez, and Tama? Of course you do. This week Chorus was sponsored by Disc Makers and they have put together this pretty awesome prize package. You you can sign-up to win right now.
The grand prize trio includes:
- Guitar: Ibanez Talman with Combo Amp and TSMINI tube screamer mini pedal
- Bass: Ibanez Talman bass with 20 WATT 1 x 8 Combo Amp
- Drums: Tama Imperialstar 5-piece drum kit with complete hardware and cymbals
And if that isn’t enough, you’ll also win a 1,000 CD production package from Disc Makers, digital music distribution from CD Baby, 100 custom t-shirts from Merch.ly, and more.
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The Story Changes – “Photograph”
The Story Changes, a side project of Hawthorne Heights, have released a new 7″ flexi-vinyl and photo book EP. They’ve also released a lyric video for “Photograph.”
The World Is a Beautiful Place… Re-Records ‘Formlessness’
The World Is a Beautiful Place… re-recorded their 2010 album Formlessness. It’s now available on Bandcamp.
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Will the New Jimmy Eat World Album Be Called ‘Integrity Blues’? Maybe.
A couple listings are showing up for a Jimmy Eat World release titled Integrity Blues with a release date of October 21st. The album was produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen and you may recognize the rumored album title from a song Jim played on his solo tour last year.
Frank Ocean – “Nikes” Video
Frank Ocean has released his new video for “Nikes.”
Travis Barker Talks Tattoos and Pain
GQ has an extensive profile on Travis Barker of Blink-182. This passage about the possibility of a Box Car Racer reunion sure is interesting:
I think we were both under the impression in the beginning that it was going to be a Blink album. Then it was like, no let’s do this cool little side project, but we won’t put an album out. Then the label heard it and wanted to put it out. Then there wasn’t going to be a tour, but they were like ah, you can do this tour. It just spiraled out of control. . . But I don’t know. [Mark’s] not in the band, so would it cause a lot of problems? Would it not? I have no idea. It’s something I can’t even wrap my head around just because I’m so proud of this album that we’re currently supporting. But I love Box Car. It was a cool album and cool sound.
Bad Suns – “Disappear Here” Video
Bad Suns have released their video for “Disappear Here.”
Frank Ocean Releases ‘Blonde’
Frank Ocean has released his new album Blonde on Apple Music.
Pandora Nears Deals for On-Demand Streaming
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Pandora is looking to get into the on-demand streaming game:
Pandora Media Inc. is aiming to start expanding its internet-radio service as soon as next month, offering its hallmark free tier as well as two new monthly subscription options that will mark its foray into on-demand music streaming, said people familiar with the matter.
Can they fix their shitty Flash based web app and awful streaming quality first?
The Sound and Story Podcast: Kanye West
The latest episode of The Sound and the Story podcast is all about Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. This is the show that recently sponsored an episode of our podcast and tells the story of an album with each episode. Apparently next month is Brand New.