Kacey Musgraves performed “Breadwinner” on Colbert.
Read More “Kacey Musgraves Performs on Colbert”Strange Ranger – “It’s You” Video
Strange Ranger have returned with “It’s You.” It comes from the upcoming release, No Light In Heaven, due out on October 22nd.
Read More “Strange Ranger – “It’s You” Video”20Storiesfalling – “Remember What You Felt” Video
20Storiesfalling have released a video for “Remember What You Felt.”
Read More “20Storiesfalling – “Remember What You Felt” Video”Mansions Announce ‘Dig Up the Dead’ Show
Mansions will be playing a show at The Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY on March 11th, 2022 to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Dig Up the Dead. Tickets are now available.
Jack White – “Taking Me Back”
Jack White has returned with “Taking Me Back.”
Read More “Jack White – “Taking Me Back””Julien Baker Joins Phoebe Bridgers Show
Julien Baker became the surprise opener for Phoebe Bridgers during her Berkeley concert. She played an eight song set and returned to sing on Phoebe’s “I Know the End.” Some fan shot footage can be found below.
Read More “Julien Baker Joins Phoebe Bridgers Show”Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian Get Engaged
Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian have announced their engagement.
Read More “Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian Get Engaged”Liner Notes (October 16th, 2021)
This week’s newsletter looks at the new music I checked out this week (Kacy Hill, Coldplay, Knocked Loose, This Wild Life, Blackstarkids), as well as some old favorites I returned to or decided to give another shot (ManDancing, Turnover, Bad Luck., Citizen). And then there are some quick hits on a few first impressions (Snail Mail, Jim Lindberg, American Teeth) and a reevaluation of Taking Back Sunday after all these years. We’re jam-packed this week, and I still find some time to touch on some other media as well. As always, there’s a playlist of ten songs I enjoyed this week, and this week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.
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Read More “Liner Notes (October 16th, 2021)”‘The Batman’ Trailer
The trailer for The Batman is here.
Read More “‘The Batman’ Trailer”Bleachers Performs on Kimmel
Bleachers performed “91” on Kimmel.
Rl.ead moreReview: Counting Crows – Recovering the Satellites
Few trends scream “nineties” more loudly than the “rebellion against fame” album. Nirvana made In Utero. Pearl Jam made Vitalogy. R.E.M. made Monster. Nowadays, it’s hard to imagine a rock band ever becoming famous enough in the mainstream to then justify the creation of a “rebellion against fame” album. For awhile there, though, making this type of album—usually a louder, more abrasive follow-up to a cleaner, more tasteful, massively successful predecessor—was a rock ‘n’ roll rite of passage. Few bands ever steered into the skid quite as much as Counting Crows did on Recovering the Satellites.
It’s difficult, from the vantage point of 2021’s pop music status quo, to describe how absolutely massive Counting Crows were in the mid-90s. The band’s debut, 1993’s August & Everything After, is certified seven-times platinum in the United States and has sold well north of 10 million copies worldwide. The flagship single, “Mr. Jones,” made it to number 2 on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart. Ironically, “Mr. Jones” was a song about wanting to be famous; to be “big, big stars.” “When I look at the television I wanna see me/Staring right back at me,” frontman Adam Duritz sang in the song.
Be careful what you wish for, Adam.
Read More “Counting Crows – Recovering the Satellites”Nick Thompson on New Podcast
Nick Thompson discusses the future of Hit The Lights on the latest episode of The Wasting Time Podcast.
Kelly Clarkson – “Santa, Can’t You Hear Me”
Kelly Clarkson has teamed up with Ariana Grande for the new holiday song, “Santa, Can’t You Hear Me.”
Read More “Kelly Clarkson – “Santa, Can’t You Hear Me””Lorde and David Byrne Interview Each Other
Lorde and David Byrne interviewed each other for Rolling Stone:
Byrne: I don’t mind. I’ve learned the hard way that you do have to play some of the hits for the audience.
Lorde: Did you use to not play them?
Byrne: Just one tour [in 1989]. I started working with a very large Latin band, and there were a few older songs that I could work in there, but a lot of them didn’t fit that musical style, so I was doing 80 percent new stuff that the audience had never heard. That’s something in our business that always puzzles me. It’s not like a movie, where you’re not expected to do that scene that you did: “The one before that we really liked. Can you just repeat that again?”
Lorde: True, that’s a funny way of thinking about that.
Byrne: But it’s also true that music has a different thing. Music is repeatable that way and can move people again.
Taking Back Sunday Cover Weezer
Taking Back Sunday have shared a cover of “My Name is Jonas.”
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