Hayley Williams has released the new song “My Friend.”
PVRIS Push Back Release Date
PVRIS have pushed back the release date of their album to July 10th.
PUP Debut New Song via Livestream
Radiohead to Stream Previous Concerts on YouTube
Radiohead are going to begin uploading some live concerts to their YouTube channel.
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Phoebe Bridgers Announces New Album
Phoebe Bridgers will release her new album, Punisher, on June 19th. Today she’s debuted the new song “Kyoto,” and pre-orders are now up.
Review: Violent Soho – Everything is A-OK
Violent Soho are back with their first record in four years called Everything is A-OK, which seems ironic given our current world affairs. The new album was written before the COVID-19 crisis hit the world like a ton of bricks, but you could now make the argument that Everything is A-OK has arrived at just the right time; a moment when we can relate to the themes and ideas scattered throughout the record.
After taking a break following 2016’s Waco to focus on other musical projects, the Australian rockers– consisting of lead singer/guitarist Luke Boerdam, lead guitarist James Tidswell, bassist Luke Henery and drummer Michael Richards – are picking up right where they left off with their new album.
Broadway Calls – “Meet Me On the Moon”
Broadway Calls have released the new song “Meet Me On the Moon” via Bandcamp.
John Prine Passes Away
John Prine has passed away. He was 73.
Gerard Way Explains Solo Songs
Gerard Way has updated the song descriptions of a bunch of the songs he put on SoundCloud earlier this week detailing the songs and where they started and came from. For example, he writes about how “Success!” was originally written for a new band that never came to be:
Back before Hesitant Alien was a thing, and before I wanted to pursue a solo career, I wanted to start a band and just sing and play guitar, after my chem broke up. The name of the band was going to be Baby Animal Hospital (the record label hated the name, especially since it included both the words ‘baby’ and ‘hospital’ in the same phrase), and I did a bunch of rough graphic design for it, but in the end, it really felt like a solo thing, so that’s what it became. But when it was Baby Animal Hospital (I wanted something that sounded warm and fuzzy and loud, like the tones) I recorded this track with Doug for the opening of the record. The lyrics/sounds are just the word BAH over and over again, which where the first letters of each word of the band name, but that wasn’t intentional, I just liked the sound. And this was us really messing with auto-tune to try and make it sound like an instrument. It was supposed to be this track as track one and go right into Action Cat. Later on, I figured I would just make a zine with the name Baby Animal Hospital, but I didn’t get very far with it. Still like the name, and may do something with it in the future. Maybe one day I’ll share all the graphic design I did for it when it was a band, a lot of which was cut and paste by hand.
Apple Music Starts $50 Million COVID-19 Advance Fund for Indie Labels
Apple Music is the latest company to offer industry relief amid the coronavirus pandemic. It told independent record labels Tuesday that it is launching a $50 million advance royalty fund to make sure their artists get paid.
According to a letter sent to the labels and obtained by Rolling Stone, independent labels that earn at least $10,000 in quarterly Apple Music earnings will qualify for the royalty advances. To qualify, the indie labels must have a direct Apple Music distribution deal.
Julien Baker Plays New Song in Livestream
Julien Baker also did a video livestream on Instagram yesterday.
Alex Gaskarth Performs Acoustic Livestream
Alex Gaskarth of All Time Low performed an acoustic livestream on Instagram last night.
Phoebe Bridgers Announces Livestream
Phoebe Bridgers will be performing on Pitchfork’s Instagram on Friday, April 10th at 4pm ET.
Senses Fail Announce New Covers Album
Senses Fail have announced they’re going to be recording a DIY covers album.
The Maine Release Orchestral Arrangement of ‘You Are Ok’
The Maine have released a new orchestral version of You Are Ok, titled You are Composed, to all streaming services.
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