Eminem has the number one album in the country this week:
Eminem notches his historic 10th No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with his latest release, Music to Be Murdered By. The set debuts atop the tally with 279,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Jan. 23, according to Nielsen Music.
The Grammy awards were last night. You can find the list of winners here and all the performances below.
Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day appears in the video for the remix of Yaweh’s “High Right Now.” The song samples “Boulevard of Broken Dreams.”
Strung Out have announced some new tour dates.
Demi Lovato has shared her new single “Anyone.”
The Lawrence Arms have started recording their new album.
My Chemical Romance have announced four more shows to their summer world tour.
Agnostic Front and Sick of It All all have announced a new tour.
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Halsey performed “You Should Be Sad” and “Finally // Beautiful Stranger” on SNL.
The Wonder Years will release Burst & Decay (Volume II) on February 14th. Today they’ve shared the acoustic version of “Washington Square Park” to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of The Upsides. Pre-orders are now up.
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I listen to every artist that sponsors this website. I like to know what kind of style of music they’re playing and how I think it’ll fit with our audience. After hearing the new album from John Allred, I added multiple other albums from his discography into my collection on Apple Music. From the two cover EPs, to his latest album, I genuinely enjoy it and think it’ll be right up the alley of anyone that likes the kind of music we cover here.
John is an independent singer/songwriter of 19 years and has been working on this album for the past three years. He’s opened for everyone from Blink-182 (he even covered “Dammit”) to Matt Nathanson and has influences ranging from The Counting Crows to Jimmy Eat World.
The album is available now on all streaming platforms.
This week’s newsletter has my thoughts on new music from Hayley Williams, All Time Low, and a tremendous new pop-punk band not many have heard of. I also share my favorite app discovery in a while and my usual media diet rundown. Then, there’s a playlist of ten songs I enjoyed this week, and this week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.
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Kaya Wilkins is just like you. Well, sort of. She enjoys Netflix and vegan peanut butter chocolate ice cream; she fights jet lag, experiences yeast infections, and she summons introverts such as myself to her “Zero Interaction Ramen Bar.” All of these facets are wrapped up in Wilkins’ penchant for light, luminous melodies. The Norwegian-born, New York-raised artist is fully realized on Watch This Liquid Pour Itself, her Jagjaguwar debut and second album under the Okay Kaya moniker. Recorded mostly by Wilkins herself, she collaborated with producers Jacob Portrait (Whitney, (Sandy) Alex G) and John Carroll Kirby (Solange, Kali Uchis) in order to further her vision. Inside its 39-minute runtime, Watch This Liquid Pour Itself presents forms of wetness through the lens of oceans, rivers, and ponds. The water in this universe is not of rebirth or revitalization, though, even when Wilkins misleads you so.
The Frights have released their fourth studio album, Everything Seems Like Yesterday, and announced a spring headline tour. The album is now out on all streaming services and available for order.