The All-American Rejects Talk With Rolling Stone

All American Rejects
Jason Tate

The All-American Rejects sat down with Rolling Stone to talk about their new album:

They always say you have your whole life to write your first record. And I think this is the most honest thing that we’ve done. When we got on a major label — I’m a product of a broken household, and I was signed when I was 16. The first guy I met, the A&R, was my dad’s age. So you get this dynamic of “I wanna make Dad happy.” And then finally when I grew up and Dad kicked me out of the house, I thought about my life. This record’s got a lot of my personal shit in it. The thing that happens when you cross 30, life hits you in the face. Families change, relationships change. I had something to say. And Sandbox feels like — it’s very random musically, but I think we’ve always been that. We’ve made a lot more strong choices as a band to just say “What can we do where we’re not chasing some sort of major-label expectation?” And I think I’m really happy with the way the record’s turned out.

There’s also a video version.

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I Am the Avalanche Talk New Album

I Am the Avalanche
Jason Tate

I Am the Avalanche talked with Rock Sound about their upcoming album:

Whether I was procrastinating or not, I wrote the lyrics when it was the exact right time for me to write them. It came after I experienced the most insane amount of loss. At the time, part of me was like, ‘Most of the lyrics aren’t written yet, so I guess the record’s never going to get done.’ It was a sunny day though, so I went to the park by my apartment, and I wrote the first lyrics. It killed me for the next three days. I got it off my chest, and it took so much out of me physically and mentally, but I saw the result. I went into the studio around three days after I wrote that first song. I sang it in the vocal booth, and when I heard it back, I became empowered. I knew that I needed to see it through.

Death Cab for Cutie Announce New Album

Death Cab for Cutie
Jason Tate

Death Cab for Cutie will release Built You a Tower on June 5th. Today they’ve shared “Riptides.”

”’Riptides’ is about the challenge of dealing with personal struggles as the world around us experiences tragedy and loss on an unfathomable scale,” says Gibbard. “And how when these two elements intertwine themselves in our psyches, it feels utterly paralyzing.”

The full press release, and new tour dates, can be found below.

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Zach Bryan Buys ‘On the Road’ Scroll

Zach Bryan
Jason Tate

Zach Bryan purchased Jack Kerouac’s original On the Road manuscript for $12.1 million.

Previously owned by Jim Irsay, the iconic 120-foot typed scroll was offered as part of a major Christie’s auction that also included David Gilmour’s “Black Strat” and Jerry Garcia’s “Tiger” guitar. Irsay, the late owner of the Indianapolis Colts, originally purchased the On the Road manuscript in 2001 for $2.43 million, which at the time set a record for a literary work sold at auction.