Recently I was able to schedule a Zoom interview with DC rockers, The Slang (John Bobo and Felix Nieto) before they release their debut LP called Divide. In this interview, I asked them about the songwriting process for their debut record, the comparisons some have made to their slick pop-rock sound, how genre lines continue to blend, and also what went into their music video shoot for “Nothing Lasts Forever.” Pre-orders are now up for Divide.
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Adam Lohrbach’s (Home Grown) new project, Radical Radical, will release a new full length on August 27th.
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Nick Wheeler of The All-American Rejects is on the latest episode of the Podioslave Podcast.
Sugarcult will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Start Static with a digital and vinyl reissue. Pre-orders are now up.
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Peacock has given a straight-to-series order to Field of Dreams, based on Universal’s Oscar-nominated film, from The Good Place creator Michael Schur, the film’s producer Lawrence Gordon and Universal TV.
Written by Schur, the series will reimagine the mixture of family, baseball, Iowa and magic that makes the movie so enduring and beloved.
The pickup comes amid a surge in popularity for the 1989 film starring Kevin Costner following baseball’s “Field of Dreams” game last week between the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox, which aired in primetime on Fox. It was the most-watched regular-season Major League Baseball telecast on any network since 2005, according to Nielsen, and Fox’s most-streamed regular-season game in its history.
Real Friends have shared a cover of Smashing Pumpkins’ “Tonight, Tonight.”
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Billie Eilish teamed up with Apple Music to promote spatial audio.
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Mayday Parade have released a video for the new song “Bad at Love.”
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Every Time I Die will release their new album, Radical, on October 22nd. Today they’ve shared the new song “Post-Boredom” and pre-orders are now up.
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When I last caught up with M.A.G.S. (the moniker for Elliott Douglas), his anticipation for his next album Say Things That Matter was utterly infectious. After hearing the rest of the material on this LP, it’s easy to see just why he would be so excited for the rest of the world to hear these songs. From the summer swagger of “Choked Out,” the pop guitar-driven rock brilliance of “Smile,” to the possible best song of his career in “Beg,” all of the singles connected with me on both a personal and spiritual level that I was not originally anticipating. M.A.G.S. is hitting the road this fall on a tour with The Happy Fits and Snarls, and it’s only a matter of time before the masses understand his brilliance in his songwriting.
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After the release of his popular book called Name Dropping: Seeking Creative Truth Through Trendy Altruism and Punk Rock, I was able to connect with author Jameson Ketchum for a great conversation. In this interview, we discussed how this semi-memoir came together, the bands he spent time with including Taking Back Sunday, The Used, and Fallstar, as well as what other projects he has in the works. Jameson Ketchum’s book is available now on Amazon for purchase, and I’d highly recommend everyone interested in what goes on during tours check out this great book.
Read More “Jameson Ketchum” Billie Eilish is once again at the top of this week’s charts:
Billie Eilish’s Happier Than Ever holds atop the Billboard 200 albums chart for a second week, as the set earned 85,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Aug. 12 (down 64%), according to MRC Data.
Ben Platt has released a video for “I Wanna Love You But I Don’t” as well as some new tour dates.
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Underoath have announced a new 2022 headline tour.
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Aaron Marsh of Copeland has been working on some new orchestral music. He created a new project, Painted Modern Orchestra, for this music and a new song can be heard on Instagram.
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