Variety is reporting that Michael Keaton is back in talks to join the Spider-Man: Homecoming cast as the villain. So, it’s gotta be Vulture right?
Michael Keaton May Join ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Cast
Marianas Trench – “This Means War” Video
Marianas Trench have shared their new video for “This Means War.”
Brand New’s “I Am a Nightmare” at Banquet Records
UK Brand New fans can now pick up “I Am a Nightmare” on vinyl from Banquet Records without crazy prices. Everyone else can still grab the 12″ on the band’s webstore.
P.O.S. – “Wave”
Band of Horses – “Casual Party” Video
Band of Horses have debuted their new video for “Casual Party.”
Albums in Stores – May 20th, 2016
This week sees the release of Ariana Grande’s Dangerous Woman and Saosin’s Along the Shadow, two albums that couldn’t be further apart but I greatly enjoy. I’m looking forward to checking out that Tiny Moving Parts album and, of course, giving the new Bob Dylan a listen as well. 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.
An Update from Bandcamp
Bandcamp founder, Ethan Diamond, has posted an update on the status of the music service:
Bandcamp grew by 35% last year. Fans pay artists $4.3 million dollars every month using the site, and they buy about 25,000 records a day, which works out to about one every 4 seconds (you can see a real-time feed of those purchases on our desktop home page). Nearly 6 million fans have bought music through Bandcamp (half of whom are younger than 30), and hundreds of thousands of artists have sold music on Bandcamp. Digital album sales on Bandcamp grew 14% in 2015 while dropping 3% industry-wide, track sales grew 11% while dropping 13% industry-wide, vinyl was up 40%, cassettes 49%… even CD sales grew 10% (down 11% industry-wide). Most importantly of all, Bandcamp has been profitable (in the now-quaint revenues-exceed-expenses sense) since 2012.
An area I’d like to see Bandcamp expand into: podcasts.
The Hotelier Stream ‘Goodness’
The Hotelier’s new album, Goodness, is streaming on Stereogum.
“I think that if people are looking for anguish, that’s fine and they don’t need to get that from this record,” Holden says. “This isn’t Home #2, this is a transition. You have to find a way out.”
“You can’t live in anguish your whole life.”
The New Chorus.fm Logo
When I drew the AbsolutePunk.net logo all those years ago, I never imagined how many places it would end up. I can’t tell you how many times we needed to shrink it down, or blow it up, or put it on a colored background, and I’d end up laughing at the little red splatters while having no real idea what to do with them. When I started building Chorus I had a color scheme I loved, but I was never able to settle on a logo that felt right. I tried a few different things before deciding to punt and launch with the word mark while using a blue and white “C.FM” placeholder. I wanted to make sure that this time I thought through everything. That if we had a logo, it was something I felt could stand the test of time and was a true representation of this new website.
I had a few goals in mind: I wanted something that represented the website, was easy to recognize, could be used in very large or very small sizes and still be distinguishable, could be used in virtually any color, or even monochrome if needed, and I was looking for something that had a familiar relationship with both our word mark and the Encore podcast logo. And more than anything, I was looking for that feeling of joy when I saw it — that feeling of, “yep, that’s it.” After working with the same designer that helped birth the Encore logo, I know that we found exactly what I was looking for.
Envy on the Coast Kinda Reunites but Not Really
Envy on the Coast recently announced three reunion shows, but a statement released today says that it won’t include three of the band’s founding members:
In light of the recent announcement about the upcoming Envy On The Coast dates, we wanted to take the opportunity to officially let everyone know that the three of us will not be participating in these shows. Recently the idea of reuniting to do shows was collectively discussed at length, though we were unable to reach a unanimous decision about how exactly we would move forward, if at all. It was in the aftermath of these discussions that two of our individual members decided that they would go out on their own using the Envy On The Coast name. Rest assured, our not being a part of these shows is not for lack of desire. We hold the legacy of this band near and dear to our hearts, as well as the decade of unwavering support and enthusiasm from the lifeblood of Envy On The Coast — you guys, the fans. However, we do not want the public to be misled that this will be a full reunion with all five original members. We love all of you, we are forever grateful for your continued support, and nothing will ever change that.
Tegan and Sara – “Boyfriend” (Acoustic)
Tegan and Sara recently gave an acoustic performance of “Boyfriend” on Jimmy Fallon.
The Katering Show: A comedic cooking show unlike any other.
Taylor Swift’s Impact on Jimmy Eat World
Billboard looked at what kind of bump Jimmy Eat World got from the Taylor Swift Apple Music ad.
For their second act, Swift queued up Jimmy Eat World’s hit “The Middle,” (No. 5 on the Hot 100 and No. 1 Alternative Songs in 2002) a track on her “Getting Ready to Go Out” playlist that, she says, she “used to listen to in middle school.” The tune’s bump was even larger than “Jumpman”: between the week before the ad’s April 18 debut and the week after, “The Middle” soared 298 percent in sales and 49 percent in U.S. streams (from 3,000 downloads sold to 12,000; from 614,000 clicks to 916,000) and led to a surprise appearance on Billboard’s Hot Rock Songs chart at No. 16.
In a Room With Radiohead
Adam Thorpe, writing for Times Literary Supplement, after visiting Radiohead while they recorded their recent album:
This is all layers as well, a millefeuille of epochs and moments, and seems perfectly attuned to Radiohead’s methods. We wander out into the grounds: tree-surrounded lawns, large swimming pool, further courtyards and barns, decayed cottages and a softly roaring mill-race. In one of the larger granges, numerous canvases display abstract explosions of colour. The barn’s speakers are wired up to the recording studios: the band’s resident artist Stanley Donwood reacts in acrylic to what he hears, the results to be modified and manipulated on computer for the LP’s cover.
Of Mice & Men Let One of Their Fans Hear Album Early
Of Mice & Men recently let one of their fans, Cassy, hear their new album early. Cassy as diagnosed with brain cancer and told she only has a few months left to live. Truly a heart warming story of the power of music. With all the negative stories in the news sometimes it’s just nice to be reminded of good things.
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