David Bazan’s new song “Kept Secrets” can be found below via Stereogum. The song comes from the upcoming Blanco.
David Bazan – “Kept Secrets”
Tom DeLonge Talks With Rolling Stone, Says He’s Still in Blink-182
Tom DeLonge has given a new interview with Rolling Stone about aliens, UFOs, and stuff like that. You’d think that would be the strangest part of the interview. It’s not. When discussing Blink-182, Tom says (emphasis added):
“I love those guys,” he continues, “The only thing I think about is, I want them to be happy. [But] I don’t want the legacy of the band to get fucked with. I do care about that. I don’t want an incredible legacy to be ruined.” Still, he says, he’s not closing the door on playing with them again. “I’m not opposed to it. I still would be interested, if people would just pick up the phone and call.” (Confusingly, DeLonge gets in touch with Rolling Stone a few weeks later saying, “I am currently in the band.” He maintains that he has never officially quit or been fired.)
Netflix to Release ‘Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later”
Lesley Goldberg, writing for The Hollywood Reporter, on the news that Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later is confirmed for a Netflix release:
The Wet Hot: Ten marks the second Netflix follow-up to the movie. The streaming giant last year released the eight-episode Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, a prequel series featuring the movie’s original stars. The new incarnation will again be written by Showalter and Wain, with the latter on board to direct. Showalter, Wain, Peter Principato, Jonathan Stern and Howard Bernstein are set to exec produce.
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Holy Ghost! – “Compass Point”
Holy Ghost!’s new song “Compass Point” is streaming on NPR.
“Compass Point” was a working title that stuck. “Sometimes we’ll tag a song with a reference to how it feels and give it a proper title later,” Millhiser says. “When we first figured out the rhythm section for this track, it sounded like something that was made at that studio: funky, Grace Jones-style s***. It had flow.”
Travis Barker Working With Andre 3000
Travis Barker (Blink-182) is going to be making some music with Andre 3000 in the near future.
Tegan and Sara – “Boyfriend” Video
Tegan and Sara’s new video for “Boyfriend” has been released.
Thrice – “Black Honey”
Thrice have premiered the new song “Black Honey” over at NPR.
Lyrically the song spawned from an image that popped into my head; someone continually swatting at a swarm of bees to get their honey, but somehow not understanding why they would sting back in return. It seemed a fitting metaphor for much of U.S. foreign policy.
Adam Young Releases New Score ‘The Spirit of St. Louis’
On Adam Young’s (Owl City) latest score, The Spirit of St Louis, the last track “Wheels Down” is actually a new version of the fan favorite Port Blue song “Seagulls.”
Interview: Lonnie Angle and Thomas Dutton of Cardiknox
Lonnie Angle and Thomas Dutton discuss the beginnings of Cardiknox, making their debut album Portrait, managing new transitions, and exploring personal avenues through music.
Jenny Lewis Announces Tour Dates
Jenny Lewis has announced some more tour dates.
MxPx – “Calm My Craze”
A “new” MxPx song called “Calm My Craze” has found its way to YouTube. It was written late last year for Brandon Jones of IndieVisionMusic for his wife.
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Dance Gavin Dance – “Lemon Meringue Tie” (Live)
Dance Gavin Dance’s Tree City Sessions version of “Lemon Meringue Tie” is now up for stream.
Saosin – “Control and the Urge to Pray”
Saosin’s new song “Control and the Urge to Pray” is streaming on Apple Music. The new album, Along the Shadow, will be out May 20th via Epitaph Records.
Inside “Emojigeddon”
Charlie Warzel, writing for BuzzFeed News, with an oddly fascinating tale of trouble and political infighting at the Unicode Consortium (the people that get to define what gets to be an emoji or not):
The series of frustrated messages show a deepening rift between those who adhere to the organization’s original mission to code old and obscure and minority languages and those who are investing time and resources toward Unicode’s newer and most popular character sets: emojis, a quirky periodic table of ideograms and smiley faces that cover everything from bemused laughter to swirling, smiling piles of poop. The correspondence offers a peek behind the scenes of the peculiar and little-known organization that’s unexpectedly been tasked with building what some see as the first digital universal language.
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