Pierce the Veil performed an acoustic set with 91X Circles. You can find the videos below.
CIWWAF’s 10-Year Anniversary Tour Dates
The dates for Cute is What We Aim For’s 10-year anniversary tour for The Same Old Blood Rush With a New Touch can be found below.
Coheed and Cambria, Underoath, and Circa Survive Headline Chain Fest
Orange County’s all-ages venue, Chain Reaction, has announced Chain Fest. The festival will take place on Saturday, September 17th at the Observatory Grounds in Santa Ana, California. Coheed and Cambria, Underoath, and Circa Survive will be headlining along with Portugal. The Man, MXPX, Title Fight, Anthony Green, Basement, Citizen, Dance Gavin Dance, Elder Brother, Hail The Sun, Mat Kerekes, Movements, Nomads, Onelinedrawing, Secret Space, Tigers Jaw, Turnover, Up Syndrome, and Zao.
VIP tickets are on sale now. General admission goes on sale on Friday.
Justice – “Safe and Sound”
Justice have released their first single in five years. “Safe and Sound” is up for stream and download on their website.
Preoccupations – “Degraded”
Preoccupations’ new song “Degraded” can be streamed below.
The Living End Announce Some West Coast Dates
The Living End will playing some West Coast shows in August. Dates can be found below, and if you get a chance to see these guys live — do it.
Beach Slang Announce New Album; Stream New Song
Beach Slang will release their new album A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings on September 23rd. The first single “Punks in a Disco Bar” can be streamed below and pre-orders are now up.
Spotify Adding Two New Radio Shows
Rich McCormick, writing for The Verge, on Spotify’s two new radio shows:
Swedish streaming service Spotify is launching two new radio shows today, both of which feature musicians talking about the kind of music that they like listening to while they’re making their art. The first, AM/PM, will feature artists like electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre and Terry Hall of ska icons The Specials talking about the music they listen to in the mornings before work, and in the evenings after a day spent creating. The second, Secret Genius, speaks to the songwriters and producers behind major songs, and features the actually-pretty-well-known James Blake, among others.
Brand New’s ‘3 Demos, Reworked’ Hit Apple Music
Brand New’s 3 Demos, Reworked are now up on Apple Music.
So, what is the consensus on these? Better than the originals? Worse? That new bridge in “Missing You” keeps drawing me back and I flat out love how these sound. Makes me wonder what “Mene” and “I Am a Nightmare” would sound like with the same depth and dynamism.
Trailer For ‘La La Land’
The trailer for La La Land has been released. The film stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone and is the new movie from Damien Chazelle (Whiplash).
Guttermouth Stream ‘Got It Made’ EP
Guttermouth’s new EP, Got It Made, can be streamed below.
Anthony Green – “You’ll Be Fine” Video
Anthony Green has released his video for “You’ll Be Fine.” Pre-orders for the new album, Pixie Queen, are now up.
Interview: Less Than Jake (Video)
Less Than Jake are the kings of Warped Tour. They’ve played more days of the tour than any other band ever and in 2014 the band celebrated a full year on the tour — so now they’re in the bonus round. I spoke with the guys about what keeps them going after all these years, and you can find that interview below.
La Dispute – “Thirteen”
La Dispute have posted up “Thirteen” on Bandcamp.
Interview: The Word Alive (Video)
The Word Alive recently released their fourth album, Dark Matter, and for their Warped Tour interview I spoke with the band about how the album came to be. You can watch the video interview below.