The Vitamin String Quartet recently covered Blink-182’s “Bored to Death.”
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John Feldmann Discusses Producing Blink-182
MusicRadar has an interview with John Feldmann about producing Blink-182’s California that contains quite a bit of information I hadn’t heard before:
To me, the essential Blink sounds are the band’s instruments. Travis has a total custom kit that’s been built from scratch using some vintage parts and some modern parts that him and his tech Daniel built from the ground up. Besides being the best drummer that’s ever lived, his passion for the instrument is key to his sound.
“All of Mark’s basses are custom-built Fender’s made to his specifications. Jerry Finn actually suggested re-routing Mark’s pickups to flip them because of the way Mark plays – he has this really interesting downstroke.
Blink-182 Again Tops Alternative Airplay Chart
Blink-182 has spent their third straight week at the the top of the alternative radio charts.
Blink 182’s airplay gains and the Lumineers’ losses combine to give “Bored to Death” a formidable 1.418 million impressions lead over the runner up song at the format.
Review: Blink-182 – California
What’s left to write about Blink-182? There’s no point to rehash the drama that Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker have with Tom DeLonge, nor is there any point to harp on the incredibly bizarre interviews and statements DeLonge has given the press lately. We’ve all ranked their discography a hundred different ways and chosen sides. I guess all we can really do now is talk about the music, right? It’s a development that I (and many others) will welcome. And, when we talk about the music, we’ll find that band’s seventh full length album, California, is probably the most classic Blink release since 2001’s double-platinum Take Off Your Pants and Jacket.
Mark Hoppus Talks with TMZ Live About Pokémon
Track-by-Track Breakdown of ‘California’
Mark Hoppus and Matt Skiba of Blink-182 did a track-by-track video breakdown of California for NME.
Blink-182 Perform on Colbert
Blink-182 performed “Bored to Death” on Colbert last night and “What’s My Age Again?” for a web exclusive.
Blink-182 Debut at Number One on Charts
Blink-182 officially have the number one album in the country.
After nine weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, Drake’s Views is dethroned from the top slot by Blink-182’s new set, California. The latter debuts at No. 1 with 186,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending July 7, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 172,000 were in traditional album sales — the third-largest sales week for a rock album in 2016.
Well deserved.
Blink-182 Score First #1 UK Album
Blink-182 score their first #1 album in the UK.
Blink-182 landed their first U.K. No. 1 album with California (BMG), according to today’s new data from the Official Charts Company. […] California achieved chart sales of 24,000 in the week ending last night (Thursday). It’s Blink 182’s seventh studio album and eighth to chart in the U.K., in a 16-year span that also included 2005’s Greatest Hits. Their previous best showing before the new release was Take Off Your Pants And Jacket, which reached No. 4 in 2001.
Blink-182 Talk With Spin
Rachel Brodsky of Spin sat down Blink-182 to talk about the band’s latest album, their relationship with Tom DeLonge, and the future of the band:
I think when people are jumping on top of each other’s ideas, it elevates it a lot more than me going into the studio and working on something all by myself for a while. By that point, you become so entrenched with what you’ve written that it’s hard to step back from that. We were working so quickly in the studio that Matt would be seeing something and say, “Is that good?” and I’d go, “Yeah, that’s awesome,” and he’d say, “Is that good?” and I’d say, “That could be better.” I need that feedback, too. Everybody was pushing each other, and it was just a much better result.
Mumford and Sons “Cover” Blink-182
Mumford and Sons did a little “cover” of Blink-182’s “Brohemian Rhapsody.”
Blink-182 Live at iHeartRadio Theatre
Blink-182’s live performance at iHeartRadio Theatre is now up.
Blink-182’s GMA Summer Concert Video
Blink-182’s performance at the GMA concert series is up on YouTube. Also, I recommend reading Dan Ozzi’s telling of his trip to this show:
When the alarm goes off at 5, the immediate remorse sinks in. That’s a strange feeling, to wake up to sense of regret. I put on my most Warped Tour clothes—a hat and shorts, both by Volcom, the brand of choice for men in their thirties who swear they could totally still do a kickflip.
Matt Skiba Discusses ‘California’
John Feldman Goes Track-by-Track on ‘California’
John Feldmann, who either saved or ruined Blink-182 according to the internet, did a track-by-track breakdown of California with Fuse:
“Sober,” we did with Patrick Stump, who is a good friend of mine. Fall Out Boy supported Blink for many tours. They’re all the oldest friends. I hang out with those guys a lot and he was just kind of here and he had this idea—what could Blink be on modern rock radio in 2016? What does that look like? What does that mean, when there aren’t really live instruments on the radio?
It’s full of little tidbits of information. And typos.