It looks like Paramore are hanging around with Zac Farro.
Paramore and Zac Farro, Just Eating Dinner
Yellowcard to Release Self-Titled Album
Yellowcard will release their self-titled album on September 29th.
Update: I talked to the band and the track listing that leaked isn’t quite right and those weird watermark letters don’t appear in the artwork. Oh, and this album is going to fucking rule.
Sum 41 Announce ’13 Voices’
Sum 41 will release 13 Voices on October 7th via Hopeless Records. The artwork and track listing can be found below. Very uplifting song titles.
John Boyega Joins ‘Pacific Rim 2’ Cast
John Boyega, of Star Wars fame, has signed on to star in Pacific Rim 2.
“I am very proud and happy to welcome John into a fantastic sandbox,” Guillermo del Toro added. “The Pacific Rim universe will be reinforced with him as a leading man as it continues to be a multicultural, multi-layered world. ‘The World saving the world’ was our goal and I couldn’t think of a better man for the job.”
Fundraising Campaign Set Up for Matt Mackenzie’s Family
Matt Mackenzie, the bass player for Tsunami Bomb and The Action Design, has a son named Frankie that has been diagnosed with brain cancer. A fundraising page has been set up for the family.
Music Forum: Best of 2016 — so far.
Bands on TV (Week of June 6th)
The notable TV performances this week are: Death Cab for Cutie (Colbert; 6/6), Band of Horses (Corden; 6/6), and Tegan and Sara (Corden; 6/8).
Drake Continues Chart Dominance
Drake’s Views is once again at the top of the Billboard charts. Dierks Bentley comes in at two, Beyoncé is at three. Thrice ended up selling about 22,000 copies in their first week, landing itself at #15 on the charts.
Views earned another 152,000 equivalent album units (down 19 percent) in the week ending June 2, according to Nielsen Music. More than half of that sum, 92,000 units, were comprised of streaming equivalent albums.
Randy Strohmeyer and Jamison Covington Form Haunted Houses
Randy Strohmeyer (Finch) and Jamison Covington (Jamisonparker) have started the new band Haunted Houses. Their first single “Looking Backwards” is streaming on Facebook.
Matt Healy of The 1975 Interview with Zane Lowe
Coachella Announces 2017 Dates
Next year’s Coachella will be April 14th – 16th and April 21st – 23rd at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, California. Advanced tickets will go on sale this Wednesday.
Waterparks – “No Capes” Video
Waterparks have released their video for “No Capes.”
Brandon Reilly – “That’s So Millennial”
Brandon Reilly (The Movielife, Nightmare of You) has released his new solo song, “That’s So Millennial.” You can stream that below via Brooklyn Vegan.
Selena Gomez – “Kill Em With Kindness” Video
Selena Gomez has released her new video for “Kill Em With Kindness.”
Chris Farren Announces New Tour Dates
Chris Farren has announced some new tour dates for this August. The dates for this southeastern run can be found below.