Bad Suns will release their new album, Apocalypse Whenever, on January 28th. Today they’ve shared the new single “When the World Was Mine” and will be opening for Angels and Airwaves this fall.
Read More “Bad Suns Announce New Album”Padres & Airwaves: A Baseball Game With Tom DeLonge
Tom DeLonge talked with Spin about his upcoming Angels and Airwaves album:
While Lifeforms may not exactly channel the same band that would run nude and screaming into Dylan’s dressing room, DeLonge admits there are likely more elements of Blink-182 (and even Box Car Racer) in the new album than he’s put into his other recent work. The new album is a combination of what he’s done in the past and the music he loved growing up, including bands like Depeche Mode, the Cure, and the Who. Much like DeLonge’s day-to-day life, it covers a lot of seemingly unrelated areas, different people will focus on different things, and the veteran songwriter will somehow glide back and forth gracefully between them all thanks to his secret multitasking weapon: “ADHD,” he says, “fucking works.”
There’s even a Blink-182 story:
“It’s funny, because we’d play with all these big bands, but Blink was always just different,” DeLonge recalls, pausing with a smile to consider which ridiculous story he wants to tell this time. “One time, Hoppus ran completely naked into Jakob Dylan’s dressing room when we were playing with the Wallflowers. They’re all fancy, and he’s just completely naked with suds all over his body, dick out and everything. He goes in there and starts yelling ‘Who the fuck took my towel?! Where’s my fucking towel?!’ and then slams the door and leaves. He sounded so serious. It was some Academy Award-winning shit. Oh my god, I had a heart attack. It was the funniest fucking thing I’d ever seen. They didn’t like to joke at all. They didn’t think it was funny at all. But we were just always squeezing by, and that was kind of our way.”
Shirley Manson on New Podcast
Shirley Manson of Garbage is on the latest episode of the Kyle Meredith With… podcast.
She & Him’s Madonna Cover
She & Him are releasing a vinyl reissue of their holiday album with some unreleased songs. One of them is a cover of Madonna’s “Holiday.”
Read More “She & Him’s Madonna Cover”Super Whatevr Call It a Day
Super Whatevr have broken up.
Read More “Super Whatevr Call It a Day”Explosions in the Sky – “Nightfall”
Explosions in the Sky have shared the new song “Nightfall.”
Read More “Explosions in the Sky – “Nightfall””Girl in Red Performs on Seth Meyers
Girl in Red performed “I’ll Call You Mine” on the latest episode of Seth Meyers.
Read More “Girl in Red Performs on Seth Meyers”Illuminati Hotties & Fenne Lily Announce Tour
Illuminati Hotties and Fenne Lily have announced a new tour together.
Read More “Illuminati Hotties & Fenne Lily Announce Tour”Review: Right On, Kid – Life Is A Movie
If you’re looking for solid pop-punk with a heartbeat, you’ve come to the right place. Right On, Kid are a five-member band from Albuquerque, New Mexico, and have crafted an album worthy of early recognition and praise. Their first EP called When Words Are Enough announced their arrival to the scene, whereas Life Is A Movie welcomes them into the fold with open arms. This album is filled with everything we all love about the genre: great sounding hooks, uplifting vocals, well thought out lyrics, and plenty of excellent drumming. With a sound similar to Hit the Lights, Mayday Parade, and All Time Low, you may need to thank us later for introducing you to your latest pop-punk obsession.
Read More “Right On, Kid – Life Is A Movie”Drake Still Tops the Charts
Drake still has the number one album in the country:
Drake’s Certified Lover Boy spends a second week atop the Billboard 200 albums chart, as the set earned 236,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Sept. 16 (down 61%), according to MRC Data. The set opened at No. 1 a week ago with the year’s biggest week for an album, 613,000 units.
Birds Of Tokyo – “Superglue”
Birds Of Tokyo have shared the new song “Superglue,” featuring Bonnie Fraser of Stand Atlantic.
Read More “Birds Of Tokyo – “Superglue””Dave Grohl Announces Short Book Tour
Dave Grohl has announced a book tour.
Read More “Dave Grohl Announces Short Book Tour”Liner Notes (September 18th, 2021)
This week’s newsletter has first impressions of the new Noah Gundersen album, a review of the iOS music app Marvis, and thoughts on other albums out this week (NVM, Spiritbox, YMAEWK). There’s also the usual commentary on other media I consumed over the past week, a playlist of ten songs I enjoyed, and this week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.
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Read More “Liner Notes (September 18th, 2021)”Review: January Jane – Your Drug
The circumstances that led to New York City’s-own January Jane being signed to a major label record deal, and also getting the stamp of approval from veteran music guru Matt Pinfield are quite unique. In the interview I conducted with vocalist Pat Via, guitarist Mitch Mitchell, and Pinfield, they described the path that led them to each other, and their bond continues to be a major success story to this day. Their debut EP, Your Drug, is a solid blast of energetic pop rock built for instant radio success. The lead single, “Versions of You,” has already charted on the Adult Top 40 National Airplay Billboard barometer of popular music. Rounded out by keyboardist Peter Scalia, January Jane might just be the band that we need to get us through this dark period in history.
Read More “January Jane – Your Drug”Halfnoise – “Two of Us” Video
Halfnoise has released a video for the new song “Two of Us.”
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