The Republic of Wolves look to be doing a little teasing.
The Republic of Wolves Begin Teasing
Bands on TV (Week of August 29th)
The notable artists on your television screen this week include: Glass Animals (Kimmel; 8/30), Tove Lo (Fallon; 8/31), Zara Larsson (Fallon; 9/1), The Kills (Corden, 9/1).
Twenty One Pilots Make History on the Charts
Twenty One Pilots have become the first artist to have a different number one song on both the pop and alternative songs charts at the same time:
While Twenty One Pilots are the first act to top Pop Songs and Alternative Songs simultaneously with a pair of tracks, they’re the sixth to lead the Nielsen Music-based lists at the same time (the prior five having done so with the same song on both charts). The duo of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun is the first act to rank at No. 1 on both charts simultaneously in 11 years, since Green Day doubled up with “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” for four weeks in March 2005. (That hit led Alternative Songs for 16 total weeks; the last four of those coincided with the song’s four-week reign on Pop Songs.)
Memphis May Fire Announce New Album
Memphis May Fire will release This Light I Hold on October 28th via Rise Records. They’ve also debuted the first song from the album, “Carry On.”
Frank Turner Announces UK Tour Dates
Frank Turner has announced some UK tour dates. They’re below.
Frank Ocean Tops Billboard Charts
Frank Ocean’s Blonde tops the Billboard charts this week.
Frank Ocean earns his first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with the arrival of Blonde. The set, which was released on Aug. 20, bows atop the list with 276,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Aug. 25, according to Nielsen Music.
Blonde logs the third-largest debut of 2016, behind only the arrivals of Drake’s Views and Beyonce’s Lemonade.
Emarosa Announce Fall Tour
Emarosa have announced a fall tour. Dates can be found below.
Sturgill Simpson Discusses Merle Haggard and the ACM Awards
Sturgill Simpson has posted a note on the passing of Merle Haggard:
Im writing this because I want to go on record and say I find it utterly disgusting the way everybody on Music Row is coming up with any reason they can to hitch their wagon to his name while knowing full and damn well what he thought about them. If the ACM wants to actually celebrate the legacy and music of Merle Haggard, they should drop all the formulaic cannon fodder bullshit they’ve been pumping down rural America’s throat for the last 30 years along with all the high school pageantry, meat parade award show bullshit and start dedicating their programs to more actual Country Music.
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Of Mice & Men – “Contagious”
Of Mice & Men have released their new song “Contagious.”
Actor Gene Wilder Passes Away
Gene Wilder has passed away. He was 83.
Gene Wilder, who regularly stole the show in such comedic gems as “The Producers,” “Blazing Saddles,” “Young Frankenstein,” “Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” and “Stir Crazy,” died Monday at his home in Stamford, Conn. His nephew Jordan Walker-Pearlman said he died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. He was 83.
Tegan and Sara – “White Knuckles” Video
Tegan and Sara have released their new video for “White Knuckles.”
Matt Skiba Talks With Vice
Hannah Ewens interviewed Matt Skiba of Blink-182 over at Vice:
I’m a bookworm, so I read about a book a month. The last great book I read, actually, Mark [Hoppus] gave to me. There’s this writer called Erik Larson that we both love, and he wrote Devil in the White City. It’s all non-fiction, and Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are making the film version of it. It’s about the first serial killer in America. Read it, do yourself a favour.
All Get Out – “Home”
All Get Out have released their new song “Home.” The album will be out October 28th.
Wilco – “Someone to Lose”
Wilco have released their new song “Someone to Lose.”
Bon Iver – “33 ‘GOD'”
