Death by Stereo has released a video for “Free Gun With Purchase.”
Read More “Death by Stereo – “Free Gun With Purchase” Video”Back to 2010 (Re-Ranking the Best of Lists)
2010, huh?
Specific year markers, like decade transitions, always seem to get to me. They put in black and white the passage of time in an even block. I both can’t believe and am not shocked that it’s been ten years since 2010. It feels both impossible and obvious at the same time. I browse through AbsolutePunk’s best-of list from the year and see it filled with albums that would define the next decade in music. Records that would be so influential that they would help shape the musical landscape for years to come. And I see albums from bands that were a part of the fabric of AbsolutePunk, like The Graduate and Valencia, that would soon disband and fade into the memory of forum posters alone.
Read More “Back to 2010 (Re-Ranking the Best of Lists)”Review: Grey Daze – Amends
Prior to the meteoric success of Linkin Park, Chester Bennington was the lead vocalist of a grunge-inspired rock band known as Grey Daze. The band released two albums (Wake Me and …No Sun Today) before Bennington joined Linkin Park, and the songs from those releases have been re-recorded and re-imagined for an album known now as Amends. The band is comprised of longtime members Sean Dowdell (drums, backing vocals), Mace Beyers (bass), as well as Cristin Davis (guitar) who have affectionately raided their vault of unheard vocal takes from Bennington to recreate this record. Although Grey Daze disbanded in 1998, Bennington took to social media in 2017 to announce a reunion of his former band, yet due to his untimely death, he never got a chance to see the final product through. Amends is a proper time capsule of the brilliance of Bennington’s vocal prowess at such a young age, and it’s easy to see the rock influences that he wears proudly on his sleeve on this album.
Read More “Grey Daze – Amends”Ruston Kelly – “Radio Cloud” Video
Ruston Kelly has shared a video for “Radio Cloud.”
Read More “Ruston Kelly – “Radio Cloud” Video”LANY – “If This Is the Last Time” Video
LANY have released a video for “If This Is the Last Time.”
Read More “LANY – “If This Is the Last Time” Video”Broadway Calls – “Radiophobia”
Broadway Calls have shared the new song “Radiophobia.”
Read More “Broadway Calls – “Radiophobia””Buddy Nielsen on Bad Christian Podcast
Buddy Nielsen of Senses Fail is on the latest episode of the Bad Christian podcast. (Overcast link.)
New The Far Side Cartoons
Gary Larson has shared some new Far Side cartoons:
So a few years ago—finally fed up with my once-loyal but now reliably traitorous pen—I decided to try a digital tablet. I knew nothing about these devices but hoped it would just get me through my annual Christmas card ordeal. I got one, fired it up, and lo and behold, something totally unexpected happened: within moments, I was having fun drawing again. I was stunned at all the tools the thing offered, all the creative potential it contained. I simply had no idea how far these things had evolved. Perhaps fittingly, the first thing I drew was a caveman.
The “New Stuff” that you’ll see here is the result of my journey into the world of digital art. Believe me, this has been a bit of a learning curve for me. I hail from a world of pen and ink, and suddenly I was feeling like I was sitting at the controls of a 747. (True, I don’t get out much.) But as overwhelmed as I was, there was still something familiar there—a sense of adventure. That had always been at the core of what I enjoyed most when I was drawing The Far Side, that sense of exploring, reaching for something, taking some risks, sometimes hitting a home run and sometimes coming up with “Cow tools.” (Let’s not get into that.) But as a jazz teacher once said to me about improvisation, “You want to try and take people somewhere where they might not have been before.” I think that my approach to cartooning was similar—I’m just not sure if even I knew where I was going. But I was having fun.
So here goes. I’ve got my coffee, I’ve got this cool gizmo, and I’ve got no deadlines. And—to borrow from Sherlock Holmes—the game is afoot.
Silversun Pickups Cover Martika
Silversun Pickups have released their cover of “Toy Soliders” by Martika.
Read More “Silversun Pickups Cover Martika”Bully – “Every Tradition” Video
Bully have released a video for the new song “Every Tradition.”
Read More “Bully – “Every Tradition” Video”Gerard Way – “Here Comes the End”
Gerard Way has shared the new song “Here Comes the End” featuring Judith Hill. The song is featured in the second season of The Umbrella Academy, and used in the new trailer.
Read More “Gerard Way – “Here Comes the End””James Blake – “Are You Even Real?”
James Blake has released “Are You Even Real?” to all streaming platforms.
Scott Sellers Releases Cover Album of 90’s Punk Classics
Scott Sellers of Rufio has released a cover album of a whole bunch of 90’s pop-punk classics, including Blink-182, MxPx, Slick Shoes, Lagwagon, and more.
Read More “Scott Sellers Releases Cover Album of 90’s Punk Classics”Anjimile – “Maker” Video
Anjimile will release his debut album, Giver, on September 18th. Today he’s shared the new single “Maker” and pre-orders are now up.
Read More “Anjimile – “Maker” Video”Thousand Below – “171 xo” Video
Thousand Below have released a video for “171 xo.”
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