The Summer State have released their new video for “Enough.”
The Summer State – “Enough” Video
Your Boy Tony Braxton Release New Album
Your Boy Tony Braxton (a new project from Shad) dropped their new album, Adult Contempt, yesterday. It’s available to stream below and up on Apple Music. I think this one is definitely worth your time.
Interview: With Confidence at the APMAs (Video Interview)
With Confidence are an Australia pop-punk band currently traveling the US on Vans Warped Tour. I chatted briefly with the band on the APMA’s red carpet.
Less Than Jake Adds ‘Losing Streak’ and ‘Hello Rockview’ Shows
Less Than Jake have added some more Hello Rockview and Losing Streak shows. You can find those below.
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I Prevail Sign With Fearless Records
I Prevail have signed to Fearless Records. They will release their new album, Lifelines, on October 21st.
Interview: Bayside at the APMAs (Video)
I’ve got a bunch of APMA red carpet interviews that I’ll be rolling out over the next few days. The first one is with Anthony Raneri, lead singer of Bayside, where we talk briefly about the band’s up-coming release, Vacancy, and its brutal honesty.
A Chorus.fm Forum Tribute to Yellowcard
One of my favorite things about the forums is watching talented and motivated people come together to make awesome things. Today I’m excited to feature the latest in the “member compilation” series that has been taking shape in our music forum — a tribute to Yellowcard. Below you’ll find a stream of the 16-track cover album dedicated to the band.
Spotify Rolls Out Programmatic Ad Buying
Matthias Verbergt, writing for The Wall Street Journal:
Swedish music-streaming company Spotify AB on Wednesday launched programmatic ad buying for all its markets, allowing advertisers to target its 70 million nonpaying users by age, gender, genres and playlists in real time […] such as listeners who are commuting, working out, dining, dating, partying or relaxing.
Nothing says “great date night” like an advertiser breaking into your playlist to sell you something.
Last Week’s Sales: Drake Still King
Drake again tops the Billboard 200 this week while NeedToBreathe’s HardLove comes in at number two:
Speaking of album sales, the top-selling album of the week is NeedToBreathe’s HardLove, which debuts at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart and at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. The set earned 50,000 units, of which 46,000 were in traditional album sales.
Bands on TV (Week of July 25th)
Notable artists on your television screen this week include: Prophets of Rage (7/25; Kimmel), The Strokes (7/26; Kimmel), Sturgill Simpson (7/27; Fallon), Usher (7/28; Fallon), Ryan Adams (7/26; Colbert), and Local Natives (7/27; Conan).
Sponsor: Descendents to Release ‘Hypercaffium Spazzinate’ on Friday
The Descendents will be releasing their first new album in over a decade, and their first release on Epitaph Records since 1996, on Friday. The album is called Hypercaffium Spazzinate and it’s available to pre-order right now. The album began taking shape after the band ended an extended hiatus to play live in 2010. Though still tight, they lived apart: singer Milo Aukerman — whose cartoon rendering famously serves as the band’s logo — was now living in Delaware, bassist Karl Alvarez and founder and drummer Bill Stevenson were in Colorado, and guitarist Stephen Egerton had settled in Oklahoma. So the album came to life over three years as the band sent tracks back and forth, occasionally meeting up in Karl and Bill’s adopted hometown of Fort Collins. Adopting such a protracted process meant not having to rush things, allowing for some of their sharpest songwriting yet.
Dates for their North American tour kick off September 15th in Minneapolis at First Avenue and wrap up November 12th in Portland at Roseland Theater. The full tour routing can be found below.
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Third Eye Blind – “Cop vs. Phone Girl”
Third Eye Blind have released their new song “Cop vs. Phone Girl” from their upcoming EP, We Are Drugs. You can stream the song below.
Verizon Buys Yahoo for $4.8 Billion
Vindu Goel, reporting for The New York Times:
Verizon, seeking to build an array of digital businesses that can compete for users and advertising with Google and Facebook, announced on Monday that it was buying Yahoo’s core internet business for $4.83 billion in cash.
The deal, which was reached over the weekend, unites two titans of the early internet, AOL and Yahoo, under the umbrella of one of the nation’s largest telecommunications companies. Verizon bought AOL for $4.4 billion last year. Now it will add Yahoo’s consumer services — search, news, finance, sports, video, email and the Tumblr social network — to a portfolio that includes AOL as well as popular sites like The Huffington Post.
Yahoo and AOL, once giants of the industry, now just another part of Verizon. I wonder what Tumblr’s fate will be?
The 1975 Announce North American Tour
The 1975 have announced some new North American tour dates. You’ll find those below.
Doctor Strange Trailer #2
The second trailer for Doctor Strange has been released.