The notable artists on your television this week include: Ben Platt (Kimmel; 5/23), The National (Colbert; 5/21), Deafheaven (Daly; 5/32), and James Blake (Ellen; 5/24).
Bands on TV (Week of May 20th)
Logic Tops the Charts
Logic has the number one album in the country this week:
Logic notches his third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as Confessions of a Dangerous Mind debuts atop the tally.
The set starts with 80,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending May 16, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 24,000 were in album sales. Confessions was released on May 10 via Visionary/Def Jam Recordings.
Review: AJR – Neotheater
The process of growing up and figuring out this crazy thing called “life” comes in phases for a lot of us. First, there is the transition from being a kid to a young adult (with moderate changes in responsibilities), and then a young adult to a full-fledged adult (with major repercussions and changes all across the board). These transitions are messy, awkward, and at times too much to handle on our own. AJR come to terms with the latter transition on Neotheater semi-gracefully.
Most of the lyrical content and story-telling is thru the lens of lead vocalist, Jack Met, who is only 21. AJR is comprised of two other brothers, Adam and Ryan Met, to round out the multi-instrumentalist band that changes styles, genres, and tempos whenever they feel the need for it. Jack sums up the process of growing up on the opener “Next Up Forever” by stating, “I know I gotta grow up sometime, but I’m not fucking ready yet.” Many of us can relate to this situation of taking on newer roles and responsibilities as we age, yet Jack tends to take most of this in stride as we navigate through the LP.
Against the Current Perform Acoustic “Almost Forgot”
Against the Current have shared a stripped down version of “Almost Forgot.”
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Real Friends Cover Slipknot
Real Friends have covered Slipknot’s “Duality.”
Carly Rae Jepsen on “The Song I Wish I Wrote”
Carly Rae Jepsen sat down with Pitchfork in a new video series called “The Song I Wish I Wrote” and talks about Sinéad O’Connor’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” written by Prince.
Stalemate – “Glow” Video
Juliana Hatfield – “Broken Doll” Video
Juliana Hatfield has released a video for “Broken Doll.”
Ingrid Michaelson – “Missing You”
Ingrid Michaelson has released the new song “Missing You.”
Julien Baker Covers Bleachers
Julien Baker covered Bleachers’ “Everybody Lost Somebody” for his Terrible Thrills, Vol. 3 7″ series.
Trailer for Season Three of ‘Westworld’
The 1975 Give Speech on Abortion Ban in Alabama
Carly Rae Jepsen Talks With Idolator
Carly Rae Jepsen talked with Idolator:
It is like picking a favorite child! I definitely had my favorite songs and it felt like betrayal to kill some of my babies and my darlings, but it was necessary. I don’t have a team that is stickler for dates, saying things like, “We need an album this year.” I used to have a few people like that around me, but I’ve learned to build myself a team with creatives that know me. They are business savvy enough to tell me that 200 is enough and we have to start narrowing it down.
Even my A&R came to the house in the narrowing down process and he kind of got to a point where he was like, “All right! I’ve done it, I’ve picked my top 22.” I was like, “That’s still not helpful.” In the end, I realized that this is the beginning of an era and I can store some songs away for projects to come. I’m equally excited for what I hope will be a Side B or Part 2 of the album, because there are songs that were just important as these ones.
Vampire Weekend – “This Life” Video
Vampire Weekend has rebased a video for “This Life.”
Red Scare Records Announce Label Tour
