This week’s notable artists gracing your television screen are as follows:
Drake’s Views is once again the number one album this week. Beyoncé was number two, Meghan Trainor came in at three, and Pierce the Veil are number four.
Rock band Pierce the Veil claims its highest charting album ever, and best sales week yet, as Misadventures bows at No. 4 with 54,000 units (50,000 in traditional album sales). The group’s previous largest week came when its last album, 2012’s Collide With the Sky, launched at No. 12 with 27,000 sold.
Cymbals Eat Guitars will release their new album, Pretty Years, on September 2nd. The first single “Wish” is streaming below.
Brand New have sent out another typed press release through Procrastinate! Music Traitors. You can find the full thing below, but the main information is that an album is coming, no date is given, and that the band will release another single from it this summer.
Thrice premiered “Death From Above” on BBC1 this morning.
This week sees the release of Ariana Grande’s Dangerous Woman and Saosin’s Along the Shadow, two albums that couldn’t be further apart but I greatly enjoy. I’m looking forward to checking out that Tiny Moving Parts album and, of course, giving the new Bob Dylan a listen as well. 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.
The Hotelier’s new album, Goodness, is streaming on Stereogum.
“I think that if people are looking for anguish, that’s fine and they don’t need to get that from this record,” Holden says. “This isn’t Home #2, this is a transition. You have to find a way out.”
“You can’t live in anguish your whole life.”
Dashboard Confessional have released their new song “May.”
HAIM performed two new songs in Santa Ana, CA last night. You can find some fan shot videos below.
Riot Fest has announced the first wave of the 2016 lineup for Riot Fest & Rodeo (Sept. 2-4, Denver, CO) and Riot Fest & Carnival (Sept. 16-18, Chicago, IL). You can find all the bands, and full press release, below.
Buddy Nielsen of Senses Fail is singing in a new band with members of Finch, called Speak the Truth, that apparently sounds like “2002.”
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Brand New’s new song “I Am a Nightmare” is now available on YouTube, Bandcamp, and from the band’s webstore.
Update: This song comes from the band’s upcoming album, as confirmed by the press release for the song:
The song—produced by Brand New and longtime collaborator Mike Sapone, mixed by Vince Ratti, and taken from the band’s upcoming release—will be available via all Digital Service Providers this week and can be pre-ordered now on vinyl.
Emphasis added.