Alex from All Time Low has tweeted out that they wish they could be on the whole Blink-182 tour, but that this year is really about “making the best new music that we can.” So, I’ll take that as confirmation the band is working on new music this year!
It’s exciting to be posting about Blink-182 again. It’s even more fun when the music coming out is undeniably catchy and there seems to be this buzz hovering around the band again in a way I haven’t felt in years. Hell, I even had to give myself a Blink-182 avatar in the forums. So, today the band will be visiting KROQ once again to announce some news and probably talk a little more about their upcoming album, California.
We’re expecting pre-order information and probably the announcement of their massive tour as well. I’ll be listening live and then updating this post with news as it comes in, that way there will be one central location for everything you need to know about what happened today. If you’d like to join in on the conversation you can click the little quote bubble on this post to jump to the comments section or, as always, join our large official thread in the forums.
Architects (UK) have announced their upcoming tour dates. You’ll find those below.
Photographer Levon Biss produces stunningly detailed photographs of tiny insects — I kept zooming in on this retina screen thinking they’d get all blurry and pixelated, they do not. An exhibition of these photos will be on display at Oxford University Museum of Natural History and a video detailing how the photos are made can be found below.
It’s real, it’s happening: Blink-182 will be releasing California on July 1st — pre-orders will be up on their website tomorrow. The new single “Bored to Death” is back up for stream. Go hit play and then come join us in the official thread to talk about it. More news, maybe some tour dates?, will be coming tomorrow according to the official YouTube description.
Update: At one point the album was going to be called No Future, but it was changed to not be so negative. Also Mark tossed the name OBGYN Kenobi around as a possibility, because of course. The album is out July 1st, which is the 182nd day of the year.
Update #2: The tour dates have shown up online and can be found below. A Day to Remember, All Time Low, and The All-American Rejects are opening select dates.
Update #3: The track listing for the album (holy yes: 16 songs!) has been added below and pre-orders are showing up on different services.
The new Nintendo console is set for a March 2017 release.
Nintendo has been saying that the NX is a brand new thing. And rumor has it that the NX is going to replace both the Wii U and the 3DS. The console would come with a gamepad that you could use as a portable console when you’re not in front of your TV.
TMZ is reporting that Five Finger Death Punch are being sued by their own record label.
Five Finger Death Punch is trying to crank out new songs before its lead singer ends up in rehab — or worse — but that haste is making for some really crappy music, according to their own record label. Prospect Park filed a lawsuit against the heavy metal rockers, saying the band is “shamelessly attempting to cash in before the anticipated downfall of their addicted bandmate.”
The band has responded:
Prospect Park has chosen to sue us, hold us for ransom and squeeze extra money out of its contract rights by attempting to sell an interest in future recordings. What’s worse is that Prospect Park very deliberately filed their meritless lawsuit the same week we are trying put our fall co-headlining arena tour on sale.
Acceptance have released a little mini-EP on NoiseTrade for a $5 suggested tip. It features two songs that have never been officially available for purchase or download and three rare acoustic tracks that were once released as the Undone EP.
Meg Myers’ performance of “Motel” on Conan is now online.
Today we get our first taste of new Blink-182. Not just new music from the band but also our first glimpse at what Blink now sounds like with the addition of Matt Skiba. You can stream the song below. Holy shit.
Update: It looks like the video, which was definitely official, has been pulled from YouTube after going live “accidentally.” If you got in early (or are one of the bazillion that probably ripped it), lucky you! The song will premiere on KROQ tomorrow at 7:00am (PST). Feel free to come join us in the forums and in this post’s thread to talk about the new music. I’m going to leave this post up for the rest of today and tomorrow to point people to the forums and will edit in the official stream when it goes live again.
Update #2: The band has moved up the premiere of the song to 4:30pm PST on KROQ. I will update this post with the official stream when it goes live but any new news will be getting its own post.
Update #3: The song is back up.
The trailer for Oliver Stone’s new film, Snowden, has been released. It stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and will be released on September 16th.
Pinegrove have announced a summer headlining tour. You can find all the dates and information below.
Fat Wreck Chords has a pre-order up for a reissue of Rise Against’s The Unraveling on vinyl. It’ll be released on May 17th.