Today is the 4th of July holiday so we will be on a more relaxed posting schedule. I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable day and we’ll be back to our regular schedule when we release our “Best of 2019 (So Far)” feature with all of our mid-year best of lists tomorrow.
I’ll be spending some time with the friends and doing a little bbq and baseball watching.
Mad Magazine, the irreverent and highly influential satirical magazine that gave the world Alfred E. Neuman, will effectively cease publication some time later this year after 67 years, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Sources tell THR that after issue 9, Mad will no longer be sold on newsstands and will only be available through comic book shops as well as mailed to subscribers. After issue 10, there will no longer be new content save for the end-of-year specials. Beginning with issue 11, the magazine will only feature previously published content — classic and best-of nostalgic fare — from its massive vault of material from the past 67 years. DC, however, will continue to publish Mad books and special collections.
All Time Low have announced a new “Everything is Wine” wine. You can order it here.
Explosions in the Sky have announced 20th anniversary vinyl re-issues for How Strange, Innocence and The Rescue. Pre-orders are now up.
Today’s Bonnaroo video interview is with Magic City Hippies from Bonnaroo. The band’s sound is a little bit 80s and a little bit funky. Their upcoming album, Modern Animal, is due out next month.
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Frank Turner will release his new album, No Man’s Land, on August 16th. Today he’s shared the first single “Sister Rosetta” and launched a new podcast. Also, pre-orders are now up.
Read More “Frank Turner Announces New Album; Streams New Song”
Young the Giant have released a video for “Heat of the Summer.”
Yours truly is the guest on the latest Wasting Time Podcast. This was a lot of fun, we talked about the early years of AbsolutePunk.net and what it’s like running this website now and how it compares.
Iron and Wine are on the latest Kyle Meredith With… podcast.
“Adam’s Song” still resonates a lot with me. I still struggle with dark times and that song is a statement about that. Going back and replaying all these songs and relearning these songs I still feel like they’re a statement as relevant today as it was back then. I feel like Enema Of The State was really when Blink found its legs and found our sound with the addition of Travis. Jerry Finn being our producer really helped us focus and try and write great songs instead of just trying to write fast songs. And it felt like everybody was really firing. I look back to the rehearsal spot in San Diego we wrote this record in and everybody came in every single day with just throwing ideas out, “What about this? What about this?” And it was everybody’s best work at the same time. So I love it.
Travis Barker will be releasing an EP with 03 Greedo. Today they’ve shared the collaboration “Cellout.”
Daughter have shared their cover of Frightened Rabbit’s “Poke.”
MxPx has released a cover of NOFX’s “Franco Un-American.” The song is also available on all streaming services.