This week’s newsletter is the first from my newly half-vaxxed self. It looks at the music and entertainment I’ve been enjoying over the past couple of weeks and has a playlist of ten songs I’ve been enjoying as well. This week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.
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The Northern Irish band Ash doesn’t seem to get a lot of love here in the states, but I’m hoping by revisiting certain album landmarks such as the 20th anniversary of Free All Angels more will come to appreciate their music. This third studio album from Tim Wheeler (vocals/guitar), Mark Hamilton (bass), Rick McMurray (drums), and Charlotte Hatherley (guitar, backing vocals) is the one record I make sure to have on steady rotation when spring turns to summer. I started this tradition unconsciously back in the days of organizing my CD collection (in those big Case Logic binders) by making sure Free All Angels would be the first record I’d see in the front when school finally broke for summer vacation. From the opening lyrics of “Walking Barefoot” where Wheeler sings, “Your beauty took my breath away / In awe all day / Your company was so relaxing / Easy going ways / We saw the first signs of summer and springtime change / Walking barefoot along the sand / I hadn’t planned to stay / Yeah, we’ve been walking barefoot all summer / It’ll be sad my friend / To see it come to an end / Why can’t we just quit,” it marked a laid back transition in my mind of turning the page of the care-free days of what summer means in our youth.
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For years now, it seems like a new The Offspring album has been promised like a new Avatar movie. There were rumblings of a new record being recorded as early as 2013, but nothing came to fruition despite the band hyping up their progress. In this time, they left the record label they’ve been a part of since 1996, Columbia Records, and also parted ways with long-time bass player Greg K. After the delays, band drama, national chaos and a global pandemic, the band finally dropped their first new album after nine years, the appropriately titled Let the Bad Times Roll.
Read More “The Offspring – Let the Bad Times Roll”
Chvrches released a video for “He Said, She Said.”
Read More “Chvrches – “He Said, She Said” Video”
I’ll never forget being in the office at Columbia, and playing them the record, and the radio team just having these blank stares on their faces. They had no idea what to do. I was like, “I have a pretty good idea: I think this song ‘Pensacola’ is really catchy.” And, they were like, “No, no, no, it can’t be that, there’s no real chorus to it. We should do ‘Simple Math’ and then also the next week release ‘April Fool,’ so that nobody knows what the single is.”
We Were Sharks released a new video for their song “Over This.”
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The Weeknd teams up with Ariana Grande for a remix of “Save Your Tears.”
Read More “The Weeknd Teams Up With Ariana Grande”
The Bronx have shared the new song “Superbloom.”
Read More “The Bronx – “Superbloom””
Dave Matthews Band has announced new tour dates.
Read More “Dave Matthews Band Reschedules Tour Dates”
Pretty Sick have released a video for “Devil in Me.”
Read More “Pretty Sick – “Devil in Me” Video”
Fuckin Whatever have released a video for “Original Sin.”
Read More “Fuckin Whatever – “Original Sin” Video”
We Are the Union has shared a video for the new song “Morbid Obsessions.”
Read More “We Are the Union – “Morbid Obsessions” Video”
Hayley Williams has shared a cover of Broadcast’s “Colour Me In.”
Read More “Hayley Williams Covers Broadcast”
If you hit read more you can see all the releases we have in our calendar for the week. Hit the comments to access our forums and talk about what came out today, what albums you picked up, and to make mention of anything we may have missed.
Read More “Albums in Stores – Apr. 22nd, 2021”
Anthony and Sam from Kali Masi are the latest guests on The Wasting Time Podcast.