Travis Barker shared a little drum addition for Adele’s “Easy on Me.”
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Vein.fm Announce New Album
Vein.fm has announced their new album, This World Is Going To Ruin You, on March 4th. Today they’ve shared the new song “The Killing Womb.”
Read More “Vein.fm Announce New Album”Turnstile’s NPR Tiny Desk Concert
Turnstile performed for NPR’s Tiny Desk series.
Read More “Turnstile’s NPR Tiny Desk Concert”The War on Drugs Perform on Ellen
The War on Drugs performed “I Don’t Live Here Anymore” on Ellen.
Read More “The War on Drugs Perform on Ellen”Low – “I Can Wait” Video
Low have shared a video for “I Can Wait.”
Read More “Low – “I Can Wait” Video”Nick Heer on Apple Music and Last.fm
Nick Heer nails what I’ve been thinking for a while about what Apple Music should learn from Last.fm:
So: Last.fm. There are a few things I like about it. First, it seems to take into account my entire listening history, though it does give greater weight to recency and frequency. Second, it shows me why it is recommending a particular artist or album. Something as simple as that helps me contextualize a recommendation. Third, its suggestions are a blend of artists I am familiar with in passing and those that I have never heard of.
Most importantly, it feels free of artificial limitations. Apple Music only shows a maximum of eight similar artists on my iPhone, but there are pages of recommendations on Last.fm. Echo and the Bunnymen has twenty-five pages with ten artists each. I can go back and see my entire listening history since I started my account there. Why can I only see the last forty things I listened to on Apple Music?
There are so many things Apple could learn from Last.fm’s recommendation approach, and I wish it would. Right now, its approach is somewhere between inconsequential and unhelpful. It does not have to be this way, and it should not be this way.
Maybe part of my appreciation comes from my nostalgia for the mid-2000s internet era. They are memories of shiny, colourful logos, wet floors everywhere, and new social networks for every conceivable interest. These websites encouraged centralization and many were ultimately destructive to privacy, but there were also gems like Last.fm. It was built around a simple premise: track your music listening history for better recommendations.
Sorry for quoting so generously, but this really gets to the heart of one of the reasons I dove back into Last.fm with such vigor last year. Being able to see what I’ve been listening to, get the stats behind it, visualize that data, and get recommendations based on my entire streaming history is a cherry on top of it helping me with my weekly newsletter. There’s a whole lot I think Apple Music should be doing to make their service better.
The Interrupters to Release New Album This Year
The Interrupters have finished their new album and plan to release it this year.
Read More “The Interrupters to Release New Album This Year”Thursday Postpone Tour
Thursday have postponed their upcoming tour. It will now start on January 19th.
Read More “Thursday Postpone Tour”‘Nevermind’ Baby Lawsuit Dismissed
The Nevermind baby lawsuit has been dismissed.
Elden’s team had until 30 December to respond to Nirvana’s motion to dismiss, but missed the deadline.
As a result, Judge Fernando M Olguin dismissed the case “with leave to amend” – meaning his team have until 13 January to refile the case with appropriate changes.
Chorus.fm’s Top 30 Albums of 2021
We find ourselves once again at the end of a year. And once again it was a year that found us, as a society, facing new challenges in a world reshaped by a pandemic. As we close the door on 2021, I wanted to take a quick moment to thank everyone who read this website this year. We all went through this together, and I’m as appreciative as ever for having an outlet to write about things I’m passionate about and share with likeminded readers.
Ok, pleasantries dispensed … let’s rank things.
Read More “Chorus.fm’s Top 30 Albums of 2021”New Bleachers in 2022
Jack Antonoff has announced Bleachers will release a new album in 2022.
Read More “New Bleachers in 2022”A Wilhelm Scream Begin Teasing
A Wilhelm Scream have teased something on January 6th on Instagram.
Read More “A Wilhelm Scream Begin Teasing”Matt Skiba Hints at Working with Tom DeLonge
And by hints, I mean, flat out says “there’s talk.”
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Brian Fallon Delays US Tour
Brian Fallon has announced he’s cancelled the first two weeks of his upcoming tour.
Read More “Brian Fallon Delays US Tour”Out of an abundance of caution I’ve decided that I’m going to cancel the first two weeks of my US tour. It will now begin on January 25th in Chicago at Park West. My hope is that by delaying the start of the tour cases will come down, especially in the Northeast. They may not, but this is a decision I feel puts me, my audience, and the touring party in the best place possible for the tour to actually happen.