Vérité will release her debut album, Somewhere in Between, on June 23rd. The album is up for pre-order and the first track, “When You’re Gone,” is up for stream.
Vérité to Release New Album in June
Twitter Ditches the Egg
Twitter is getting rid of the egg avatar. Harry McCracken, writing at Co.Design:
Starting today, however, the egg is history. Twitter is dumping the tarnished icon for a new default profile picture–a blobby silhouette of a person’s head and shoulders, intentionally designed to represent a human without being concrete about gender, race, or any other characteristic. Everyone who’s been an egg until now, whatever their rationale, will automatically switch over.
I’m super excited to have these weird Dot candy looking silhouettes call me names.
Say Anything and Bayside Swap Songs
Bayside covered Say Anything’s “Night’s Song,” and Say Anything covered Bayside’s “They’re Not Horses, They’re Unicorns.” You can stream those below.
State Champs – “Slow Burn”
State Champs’ new song “Slow Burn” is up on Apple Music and Spotify.
Mark Hoppus Talks With Maxim
Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 talked with Maxim:
Originally, we were going to go back in and touch up some of the songs we hadn’t finished. We originally were going to have three to five songs on the deluxe, then we got into the studio and thought we could write some more songs. We ended up writing a bunch more so there 11 total on it. They’re all songs we love, it’s really a double-album.
Jeff Rosenstock Records Little Elephant Sessions
Jeff Rosenstock recently performed a few songs for Little Elephant Sessions.
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Incubus – “State of the Art”
Incubus’ new song, “State of the Art,” is up for stream on Apple Music and Spotify.
Sufjan Stevens Announces Live ‘Carrie & Lowell’ Album
Speaking of live albums, Sufjan Stevens will be releasing a live version of Carrie & Lowell on April 28th.
The live show was shot and produced by We Are Films, edited by Keith Bradshaw, and mixed by Casey Foubert. The video will be available on YouTube and Vimeo, and the audio will be available for purchase and/or streaming on all platforms (iTunes, Spotify, Tidal, and Bandcamp, etc.).
The Menzingers on Carson Daly
The Menzingers’ performance on Carson Daly is up on NBC’s website for your viewing pleasure.
Broken Social Scene Perform on Colbert
Broken Social Scene performed their new song “Halfway Home” last night on Colbert.
Let’s Do It Live (Encore Episode 146)
Thomas Nassiff returns to the show to talk about live albums and when and where we think they work. We talk about our favorites, live bootlegs, and wonder why more bands don’t release more live material. We also talk about March Madness, having birthdays, the other Encore podcast, the other Chorus logo, home automation, books about tech companies, and all our usual stuff.
Albums in Stores – Mar. 30th, 2017
Today sees new releases from Aimee Mann, Bob Dylan, and Mastodon. If you hit read more you can see all the releases we have in our calendar for the week. Hit the quote bubble to access our forums and talk about what came out today, what albums you picked up, and to make mention of anything we may have missed.
The New Twitter @-Replies Suck
Sarah Jeong, writing for Motherboard:
Twitter has rolled out its new @-replies to me about three or four times now, ambushing me with its unspeakable badness on the iPhone app or web Twitter. Today it rolled out for everyone and it makes me want to throw all my devices at a wall.
Thank god for Tweetbot, because this is horrible.
U.S. Music Industry Sees First Double Digit Growth in Almost 20 Years
U.S. recorded music sales were up 11.4 percent in 2016. The industry brought in $7.65 billion in revenue, according to the RIAA, up from $6.87 million in 2015. Although the music business showed signs of a recovery at the half-year mark, the 2016 year-end results show more significant growth, led by streaming revenue.
Paid subscriptions are finally taking off in a real way.
Kendrick Lamar – “Humble” Video
Kendrick Lamar has released a video for the new track “Humble.”