Blink-182 will premiere the new song “Rabbit Hole” tomorrow on Apple Music with Zane Lowe at 9:30am PST.
Blink-182 to Premiere “Rabbit Hole” Tomorrow
Little Boots Announces ‘Afterhours’ EP
Little Boots recent track “Staring at the Sun” will be teamed up with “Face to Face” for release on an Afterhours EP. The EP will be out June 17th via On Repeat Records.
Death Cab for Cutie Perform “No Room in Frame” on Colbert
Death Cab for Cutie performed “No Room in Frame” on Colbert last night.
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“Bored to Death” Hits #2 on Alternative Charts
Blink-182’s “Bored to Death” has hit #2 on Billboard’s top alternative songs chart.
Descendents Announce ‘Hypercaffium Spazzinate’
The Descendents will release their new album Hypercaffium Spazzinate on July 29th. You can find the track listing and stream the new song “Victim of Me” below.
Twitter Bets It All on Jack Dorsey
Nick Bilton, who wrote Hatching Twitter, a book I’ve recommended in the past, writes for Vanity Fair about the current state of Twitter:
If these expulsions sound like murders, that’s likely because many of them were committed with the same behind-the-scenes planning and mastery. In every instance, the man who was knocked off had no idea who was behind the coup that led to his demise. In 2013, after the publication of my book Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal, I was greeted with effusive (or enraged) phone calls, text messages, and e-mails from co-founders, board members, and senior employees who were excited to finally learn the true identities of their tormentors. I still occasionally receive calls from people inside the company asking me for information about a recent firing.
TWIABP Know What’s Up
Paramore and Zac Farro, Just Eating Dinner
It looks like Paramore are hanging around with Zac Farro.
Yellowcard to Release Self-Titled Album
Yellowcard will release their self-titled album on September 29th.
Update: I talked to the band and the track listing that leaked isn’t quite right and those weird watermark letters don’t appear in the artwork. Oh, and this album is going to fucking rule.
Sum 41 Announce ’13 Voices’
Sum 41 will release 13 Voices on October 7th via Hopeless Records. The artwork and track listing can be found below. Very uplifting song titles.
John Boyega Joins ‘Pacific Rim 2’ Cast
John Boyega, of Star Wars fame, has signed on to star in Pacific Rim 2.
“I am very proud and happy to welcome John into a fantastic sandbox,” Guillermo del Toro added. “The Pacific Rim universe will be reinforced with him as a leading man as it continues to be a multicultural, multi-layered world. ‘The World saving the world’ was our goal and I couldn’t think of a better man for the job.”
Fundraising Campaign Set Up for Matt Mackenzie’s Family
Matt Mackenzie, the bass player for Tsunami Bomb and The Action Design, has a son named Frankie that has been diagnosed with brain cancer. A fundraising page has been set up for the family.
Music Forum: Best of 2016 — so far.
Bands on TV (Week of June 6th)
The notable TV performances this week are: Death Cab for Cutie (Colbert; 6/6), Band of Horses (Corden; 6/6), and Tegan and Sara (Corden; 6/8).
Drake Continues Chart Dominance
Drake’s Views is once again at the top of the Billboard charts. Dierks Bentley comes in at two, Beyoncé is at three. Thrice ended up selling about 22,000 copies in their first week, landing itself at #15 on the charts.
Views earned another 152,000 equivalent album units (down 19 percent) in the week ending June 2, according to Nielsen Music. More than half of that sum, 92,000 units, were comprised of streaming equivalent albums.