Travis Barker talked with Uproxx and mentioned an unreleased Box Car Racer song:
So, there is a Box Car song that’s unreleased. I think whenever the time’s right or it makes sense, we’re gonna release it. I would just love for the fans to hear that song.
The Starting Line have a new vinyl bundle for their upcoming livestream.
Run the Jewels have released a video for “Walking in the Snow.”
Read More “Run the Jewels – “Walking in the Snow” Video”
Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 recently mentioned on Twitch that he was able to track down some old Dude Ranch demos.
Read More “Mark Hoppus Tracks Down Old ‘Dude Ranch’ Demos”
NOFX have postponed their New Year’s Heave show.
Read More “NOFX Postpone “New Year’s Heave””
Chaser have released a video for “2020.”
Read More “Chaser – “2020” Video”
Travis Barker and Tom DeLonge are both acknowledging that next year is the 20th anniversary of the Box Car Racer album. And as we all know, acknowledgement via Tweet is the first step toward giving us what we really want.
Read More “Travis Barker and Tom DeLonge Tease Box Car Racer Anniversary”
Yours Truly released their sophomore LP Self Care this September through UNFD. I caught up with the band to discuss a little bit about the process of recording a music video – for their excellent “Funeral Home” – during quarantine conditions.
Read More “Yours Truly”
Taylor Swift has the number one album in the country:
Taylor Swift’s Evermore album holds atop the Billboard 200 chart for a second week, as the set earned 169,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Dec. 24 (down 49%), according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. The album opened at No. 1 a week ago with 329,000 units.
Paul McCartney topped the sales only chart:
The album was available in more than 10 vinyl variants, which combined to sell nearly 32,000 copies in its first week – the third-largest sales week for a vinyl album since Nielsen Music/MRC Data began electronically tracking music sales in 1991. Only the debut weeks of Jack White’s Lazaretto (40,000) and Pearl Jam’s Vitalogy (34,000) were larger.
As predicted, U.S. vinyl album sales hit another historic high, as 1.842 million LPs were sold in the week ending Dec. 24, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. That’s the largest week for the format since Nielsen Music/MRC Data began electronically tracking music sales in 1991. The previous high was set only a week earlier, when 1.445 million were sold in the frame ending Dec. 17.
Furthermore, vinyl album sales outpaced CD sales for the week: 1.841 million vs. 1.671 million. It’s the fourth time that’s happened since 1991, and all four instances occurred in 2020.
Robert Smith of The Cure performed three songs from Faith on a recent livestream.
Read More “Robert Smith Plays Three Songs For Livestream”
Michael Angelakos of Passion Pit has released over 30 demos, unreleased songs, remixes, and alternate takes on SoundCloud.
Read More “Michael Angelakos Shares Demos”
La Dispute have shared “Fifteen” and “Kinross” on Bandcamp.
Read More “La Dispute Share Two Tracks on Bandcamp”
In this week’s newsletter, I share some thoughts about the end of The Mandalorian and the first half of Wonder Woman 1984, and there’s some discussion of the holiday and prepping to finalize my end of the year list before the end of next week. As usual, there’s 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 (December 26th, 2020)”
I just wanted to take a moment to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and happy holidays. I hope everyone is having a wonderful day. We will be on a more relaxed posting schedule over the next few days, as the music industry is basically in hibernation right now. All of us are working on finalizing our best of the year lists and we’ll have those to share with you in early January.
I know the holidays can also be a difficult time for many, just know that our community is here for you and there’s a bunch of resources online if you need someone to talk to.