Every Time I Die have released their new song “Glitches.”
Every Time I Die – “Glitches”
Descendents Stream ‘Hypercaffium Spazzinate’
Descendents’ new album, Hypercaffium Spazzinate, can be streamed at NPR. The album comes out next week.
Tesla’s Master Plan, Part Deux
Elon Musk, writing at Tesla, has shared the second part of the company’s “master plan”:
By definition, we must at some point achieve a sustainable energy economy or we will run out of fossil fuels to burn and civilization will collapse. Given that we must get off fossil fuels anyway and that virtually all scientists agree that dramatically increasing atmospheric and oceanic carbon levels is insane, the faster we achieve sustainability, the better.
Here is what we plan to do to make that day come sooner:
Musk aims high and then raises his own bar. Call it crazy, call it a pipe dream, but I still find his ambition nothing short of inspirational.
Interview: Stephan Jenkins at the APMAs (Video)
This year’s Alternative Press Music Awards were moved to Columbus, Ohio because the Republican National Convention was getting started in Cleveland. Stephan Jenkins, lead singer of Third Eye Blind, played with Mayday Parade and The Maine for the awards show and, well, we’ve all read about the band’s performance the other night. I spoke with Stephan on the red carpet at the APMAs and he talked about the band putting a new EP in the next few weeks and their plans for the rest of the year.
Breaking Down the (Fake) Team’s Decisions in ‘Draft Day’
If you’ve listened to more than a handful of episodes of Encore you’ve heard me rant about the movie Draft Day at one point or another. Riley McAtee, at The Ringer, breaks down the trades in that abomination of a movie and there’s just no way I can’t share this:
But the Browns’ owner (a how-did-I-get-here Frank Langella) wants Weaver to make a splash in the draft, and he’s infatuated with Bo Callahan, a quarterback widely expected to go no. 1 overall. And why wouldn’t he want him? A linebacker or a running back can’t SAVE FOOTBALL IN CLEVELAND. So when Seahawks GM Tom Michaels (Patrick St. Esprit) lays out a deal that would give Cleveland the no. 1 pick, it’s Weaver’s chance to … you guessed it: SAVE FOOTBALL IN CLEVELAND. By the end of the movie, Weaver’s made three deals and numerous other decisions. But did he SAVE FOOTBALL IN CLEVELAND? Let’s grade every major draft-related decision in the movie to find out:
This movie is worth watching just to prop up your local liquor store’s monthly take.
Unilever Buys Dollar Shave Club
Unilever purchased the Dollar Shave Club for $1 billion. Ben Thompson, writing at Stratechery, has a really good analysis of the purchase and how it fits with the disruptive power of the internet:
Probably the most important fact when it comes to analyzing Unilever’s purchase of Dollar Shave Club is the $1 billion price: in the world of consumer packaged goods (CPG) it is shockingly low. After all, only eleven years ago Procter & Gamble (P&G) bought Gillette, the market leader in shaving, for a staggering $57 billion.
To be sure Gillette is still dominant — the brand controls 70 percent of the global blades and razors market — but there is little question that Dollar Shave Club is a much better deal, in every sense of the word.
Saosin Speaks With Punkvideosrock
Saosin recently spoke with Punkvideosrock about recording Along The Shadow, fitness, and parenting.
Good Old War Announce Tour Dates
Good Old War have announced their November tour dates with Joshua Radin. You can find those below.
The Set Listener Creates Playlists From Set Lists
The Set Listener is a pretty cool web-app that lets you enter any Setlist.fm URL into it and it’ll create a Spotify playlist from the songs. Clever.
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Lanye Guitars Share Photos of Guitar Designed by Jesse Lacey
Lanye Guitars have shared some photos of the new guitar that was designed and conceived by Jesse Lacey of Brand New.
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The Beatles Re-Releasing ‘Live at the Hollywood Bowl’
The Beatles have announced that they will be releasing Live at The Hollywood Bowl this fall. The new version will contain a new master and four additional tracks.
A new, remastered live album containing the Beatles’ performances at the Hollywood Bowl in 1964 and 1965 will be released this fall. The album, Live at the Hollywood Bowl, coincides with a new documentary by Ron Howard about the band’s early career, dubbed Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years.
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Mr. Feeny Writing a Memoir
William Daniels, maybe best known as playing Mr. Feeny on Boy Meets World, has announced his memoir will be out next year.
JANK Stream ‘Versace Summer’ EP
JANK’s new Versace Summer EP can be streamed below.
Ten Foot Pole – “Scars”
Ten Foot Pole’s new song “Scars” can be streamed below. The song comes from the album of the same name due out later this year — the band’s first in over a decade.
My Chemical Romance Getting Their Tease On
My Chemical Romance have posted up a cryptic video on Twitter. The video features the date 9/23/16, which would be 9 years and 11 months to the day that The Black Parade was released.