Dustin Kensrue of Thrice was recently interviewed by Two Doods Review on YouTube. If you can handle the weird echo in the interview you’ll find out Thrice signed with Epitaph Records. So, that’s pretty cool.
Thrice on Epitaph?
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Bully – “Kills to Be Resistant”
Bully have released their new song “Kills to Be Resistant.”
Walk the Moon Announce Tour Dates
Walk the Moon have announced some new tour dates.
Phoebe Bridgers’s Paste Sessions
Phoebe Bridgers recently played three songs for Paste Magazine. You can watch those out below.
Also, if you haven’t checked out her new album yet, definitely add that to your fall playlist.
Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile – “Continental Breakfast”
Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile have shared their new song “Continental Breakfast.”
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Review: The Killers – Wonderful Wonderful
The Killers just can’t seem to catch a break.
You’d think that penning one of the most iconic, ubiquitous pop songs of the millennium would win you some points. Same with putting out a debut album that almost single-handedly prolonged the life of rock radio for an extra year or two. By all accounts, Brandon Flowers and company are nice guys who work hard, put on an exceptional live show, and have a better track record of radio singles than any other rock band this side of the Foo Fighters. But The Killers have never been cool. They certainly never earned the stamp of approval from critics, who took the “No Fun Police” stance against the singles from Hot Fuss and then vowed to bury the band when Brandon Flowers had the audacity to suggest that 2006’s Sam’s Town would be “one of the best albums in the last 20 years.” Most music writers expected The Killers to be a flash in the pan, and they were graciously willing to help the band reach their inevitable demise.
But a funny thing happened along the way: The Killers held on. As radio rock died, they kept writing hits. As the critical darling indie rock bands of the early 2000s slid toward mediocrity or obscurity or both, The Killers remained stubbornly present. Now, 13 years after Hot Fuss and five years after their last album, The Killers are back, and they are every bit as inescapable as they always have been. In the release week of September 22nd, which saw a massive deluge of new albums from acclaimed and up-and-coming artists, no one got as much press as The Killers.
Watch Fall Out Boy Perform in Brazil
Fall Out Boy played last week at “Rock in Rio” in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The full concert is now up on YouTube.
Haim Release ‘Valentine’ Short Film
Review: Prawn – Run
In 2003, The Appleseed Cast released Two Conversations, the followup to their critically acclaimed two-disc Low Level Owl project. Fans were disappointed. Two Conversations was decidedly more commercial than Low Level Owl; the ambiance was replaced with melody and, it seemed to fans, the band traded ambition for accessibility. It’s true that Two Conversations shifted away from the unrepentant post-rock sound of the Low Level Owl CDs, but it’s also true that it’s an impressive album in its own right, even if it isn’t what was expected out of The Appleseed Cast. Most have come around to that by now.
I foresee something similar happening with Prawn’s new album, Run. 2014’s Kingfisher was unanimously praised on release by fans and critics alike. The record’s blending of emo and punk with post-rock made for an engrossing listen – one you can sing along to as well as brood to. Like Two Conversations, Run is a far more straightforward album than its predecessor. It’s more Into It. Over It. than Moving Mountains, let’s say – especially when the punk influence shines through on songs like “Empty Hands” and “Snake Oil Salesman.” The latter of which is a highlight on the record; Tony Clark shouting, “I know what you’ve been selling,” is one of the most fun moments in the band’s whole discography.
A Day to Remember – “We Got This” Video
A Day to Remember have released a video for “We Got This.”
Albums in Stores – Sep. 22nd, 2017
Quite a few new albums worth checking out today. We’ve got new album from Noah Gundersen, The Killers, The Movielife, Circa Survive, and many more. If you hit read more you can see all the releases we have in our calendar for the week. Hit the quote bubble to access our forums and talk about what came out today, what albums you picked up, and to make mention of anything we may have missed.
Nathan Fielder: How the Cult Comedian Rules the Outer Limits of Awkward
Andy Greene, writing for Rolling Stone:
Television has never seen anything quite like Fielder, who grew up in Vancouver as a gawky kid who loved to perform magic tricks, then went on to get a business degree from the University of Victoria. Nathan for You manages to make use of both his love of magic and his business acumen, as well as his natural social awkwardness. On the show, he “helps” mom-and-pop shops with schemes that can border on offensive – like when he convinced haunted-house visitors that they’d contracted an autoimmune disease “a step below AIDS” in order to give them a real scare. Other bits are hilarious, sophisticated illusions: To promote a petting zoo, he made a video in which a pig appeared to rescue a goat from drowning. In reality, it was a scheme involving divers and other underwater props, but most of the big morning shows played the clip, believing it was real.
Nathan for You returns tonight. I’m ready.
Foo Fighters on ‘Carpool Karaoke’
The Foo Fighters were on a recent episode of James Corden’s “Carpool Karaoke.”
Noah Gundersen Streams New Album
Noah Gundersen’s new album, White Noise, can be streamed below. He does a track-by-track breakdown of the album over at Consequence of Sound.
Prawn Stream New Album
Prawn’s new album, Run, can be streamed below.