The movie might have gotten destroyed by critics, but the new Suicide Squad soundtrack is the number one album in the country this week. Drake comes in at number two, and Skillet debuts at number three.
Of Suicide Squad’s total unit figure for the week — 182,000 — traditional album sales represent 70.5 percent. The rest of the sum is comprised of TEA (17.6 percent) and SEA (11.9 percent).
Sleeping With Sirens have announced a new tour with Tonight Alive. Dates can be found below.
Regina Spektor has released her new song “Small Bill$.”
Wilco will be doing some listening parties of their new album, Schmilco, at various record shops. You can find if there are any near you on their website.
Prophets of Rage will release their new EP, The Party’s Over, on August 25th. The track listing can be found below.
Pre-orders for The Dillinger Escape Plan’s final LP are now up.
The Flatliners have released an acoustic cover of The Tragically Hip’s “Ahead by a Century.” You can find that below.
Every Time I Die have announced their fall tour. The full set of dates can be found below.
The Wonder Years will be heading out on tour with Real Friends, Knuckle Puck, and Moose Blood. The tour dates can be found below.
The Front Bottoms have released their new video for “2YL.”
The Weakerthans’ frontman, John K. Samson, has announced a new solo album called Winter Wheat. The album will be out on October 21st. John sat down to talk with the AV Club about the new album, and stream “Postdoc Blues.”
And while Weakerthans fans have been held over by Samson’s 2012 solo album, Provincial, Winter Wheat has something that record didn’t: The Weakerthans rhythm section. Co-produced by [Jason] Tait—as well as Samson’s partner and collaborator, Christine Fellows—Winter Wheat sees three-fourths of The Weakerthans core turning up throughout the album.
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Cymbals Eat Guitars have released their new song “Have a Heart” on Spotify and Apple Music. The song comes from the band’s upcoming album, Pretty Years, due out September 16th.
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10 years ago, it didn’t seem like Boys Like Girls were going to be a band anyone cared about a decade after the fact. Skyrocketed to success by Purevolume and Myspace, Boys Like Girls seemed inextricably tied to the mid-2000s even when they were just getting started. You need only look at some of the bands Boys Like Girls toured with in those early days (Cute is What We Aim For, Hit the Lights, A Thorn for Every Heart) to get a sense for what could have happened to BLG 10 years after the arrival of their debut record. Essentially, they’d have a handful of fans but not a ton of respect or clout, and they’d be cashing in on nostalgia more than pushing things forward in their music careers. Or they wouldn’t exist in any form. One of the two.
Bon Iver’s full set, where they performed their new album 22, A Million in full, is up on YouTube.