White Reaper have released a cover of Cleaners From Venus’ “Only a Shadow.”
Read More “White Reaper Cover Cleaners From Venus”My Nostalgia – 1998
Over the past ten weeks, I’ve been looking at the old AbsolutePunk best-of lists and reevaluating my end of the year lists from some of the prime years in our music scene. But what happened before 2005? Over the next few weeks, I’d like to explore the very early years of AbsolutePunk and the music that helped shape my life.
It’s 1998. I’m 15. Every school dance is playing “Gettin Jiggy Wit It,” and boy bands are just beginning their reign. My clothes are too big. My musical taste is mostly made up of whatever my friends have been listening to. There was a grunge phase in middle school. I listened to a lot of Nirvana. A friend’s brother showed us Dookie. There was a Snoop Dog, Boyz II Men, and Salt-N-Peppa thing that happened in elementary school. I don’t remember it that much, but I remember a friend sharing some cassettes with me. And I was a child of the ’80s. I liked Michael Jackson. I had the Batman soundtrack by Prince. I listened to the music my dad would play on the record player every Sunday morning: The Beatles, Elvis, Simon & Garfunkel, John Denver. But my musical identity? The music that I called my own? The obsession with needing to listen to something every single second of the day? At this point in time, it didn’t exist. My closest friends were listening to Metallica and Pantera. I liked it well enough, but it never quite connected with me. It felt like the Nautica shirts I was wearing at the time, a costume I wore because everyone else was. This period, between 1997 and 1998, is where everything changed.
Read More “My Nostalgia – 1998”The Maine Share One Take “Numb Without You”
The Maine have shared a new one take version of “Numb Without You.”
Read More “The Maine Share One Take “Numb Without You””Blackbear – “If I Were U”
Blackbear has released the new song “If I Were U.”
Read More “Blackbear – “If I Were U””Dizzy – “Beatrice”
Dizzy have shared a new video for “Beatrice.”
Read More “Dizzy – “Beatrice””Neverkept – “Sundown, Somehow”
Neverkept have released the new song “Sundown, Somehow.”
Read More “Neverkept – “Sundown, Somehow””Phoenix – “Identical” Video
Phoenix have shared a video for their new song “Identical.”
Read More “Phoenix – “Identical” Video”Hawthorne Heights Announce Virtual Tour
Hawthorne Heights have announced a new virtual tour. Tickets are up on their website.
Read More “Hawthorne Heights Announce Virtual Tour”John Nolan Covers Bruce Springsteen
John Nolan covered Bruce Springsteen’s “American Skin (41 Shots).”
Read More “John Nolan Covers Bruce Springsteen”Jim Adkins’ Mini-Dive on “23”
Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World has a shared a mini-dive video about “23.”
Read More “Jim Adkins’ Mini-Dive on “23””Mark Hoppus Reveals More Blink-182 Goodies
Mark Hoppus did another Twitch Q&A yesterday. He revealed the upcoming Blink-182 will probably have seven songs and be out in the fall. He also said he’d love to work with Bill Stevenson.
Read More “Mark Hoppus Reveals More Blink-182 Goodies”Will Butler – “Close My Eyes” Video
Will Butler has released a video for “Close My Eyes.”
Read More “Will Butler – “Close My Eyes” Video”New Deftones Album Coming Soon
Kerrang went into the studio with Deftones to talk about their upcoming album. It’s apparently called Ohms and due on September 25th.
Kerrang! can corroborate this. While we’re not at liberty to reveal full details yet, the first single is a gargantuan addition to Deftones’ library. Chino, always a soft-spoken, laidback interviewee, can’t hide his excitement when he remembers the first time it came into his life – via email.
‘On the Rocks’ Trailer
The new trailer for Sofia Coppola’s On the Rocks has been released.
Read More “‘On the Rocks’ Trailer”Conor Oberst Talks With NME
Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes talked with NME about the upcoming album:
“I think it’s about the juxtaposition that we all find ourselves in,” Oberst says. “The human experience is what it is. It’s terrifying and it’s beautiful. There’s all the highs and lows that goes into being alive. Nothing is really unique to me. If this is the way that I’m going through life then there’s probably a lot of other people that are having a similar experience – love and death and all the middle ground.”