Cameron Crowe’s tour drama “Roadies” has been canceled by showtime.
Despite the mega-talent both on screen and behind the camera, “Roadies” struggled to find an audience and was met with mixed reviews. Variety‘s Maureen Ryan wrote that the show “feels like a Spotify playlist in search of a reason to exist,” in her initial review. The finale brought in just over 500,000 viewers, according to Nielsen’s “Live +3” ratings. The 10-episode run wrapped on Aug. 28.
The 2016 Emmy Awards are tonight. Coverage begins at 7pm ET on ABC. There’s an open thread in our entertainment forum for anyone interested in talking about the ceremony.
A huge thank you to Touché Amoré and Epitaph Records for sponsoring the website this week. The band just released their epic new album, Stage Four, and you should definitely be giving that a listen this weekend. I feel like this is one of those albums that hits you almost immediately with its emotional weight and then over time expands until you just can’t get it off your mind. I find myself thinking about these songs even when I’m doing other things. It’s powerful.
Check below for the band’s upcoming tour dates.
Against the Current have posted up a cover of Taylor Swift’s “Love Story” featuring Yellowcard.
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Young in the City (with Noah Gundersen on vocals) have announced a new EP, II, due out October 7th. Pre-orders are now up on Bandcamp, and you can stream the new song “Wayhome” below.
Dance Gavin Dance have released their new song “Betrayed by the Game.”
Joey Cape of Lagwagon talked with Modern Vinyl about the possibility of a new album next year:
Hopefully we’ll make a record sometime early next year. We’re all excited about it, because we took so long to make our last record, collectively, as a unified identity that you are as a band, which I think is fine. I think we’ve kind of figured out that we’re really in a different place than we were. I feel like the last record was our most successful endeavor. It didn’t really sell, because it’s hard to sell records now. That doesn’t really matter anyway when you make music. I think if you’re a band like us, you really care about doing something that everybody’s happy with. It makes us want to continue doing it. I’m really excited about doing more music because that’s kind of where it’s at; that’s the thing.
The Dodos have released a cover of American Football’s “Never Meant.” The song comes from an upcoming Polyvinyl Records compilation, and can be streamed below.
Justin Timberlake’s new cover of “True Colors” (feat. Anna Kendrick) is now available on Spotify and Apple Music.
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From George Washington onward, the pardon power has enabled American presidents to further the national interest. Whistle-blowers can perform a vital role in protecting human rights, and those who disclose rights violations that are shielded by an official cloak of secrecy are among the most important of all. As Mr. Snowden put it, if “people reporting wrongdoing of the most serious nature have to basically stand up and light themselves on fire, we are very quickly going to find ourselves out of volunteers the very moment when society needs them the most.”
In his biography on Twitter, Mr. Snowden says: “I used to work for the government. Now I work for the public.” That should not be something that gets you locked up for a lifetime or compels you to live in exile. The president has an opportunity to correct that injustice. It’s time to pardon Mr. Snowden and bring him home, not to face the music but to work for the security and privacy of us all.
I agree.
Thom Yorke’s new solo song, “Coloured Candy,” recently debuted at Rag & Bone’s 2017 collection show.
In a year full of good music, it can be difficult to decide which records deserve your attention most. It seems as though every week has at least two releases worth dedicating precious listening time to. At that rate it can quickly become an overwhelming task to simply keep up. That’s why I find it necessary to tell you that if there is one must listen record this year: it’s the latest offering from Touché Amoré, titled Stage Four.
Travis Barker joined A Day To Remember on stage to play “2nd Sucks” live at a recent show. A fan-shot video can be found on YouTube.