This week’s newsletter has thoughts on stepping back from social media and revitalizing my personal blog. There’s also some commentary on music I’ve been enjoying recently and this week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.
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Emo’s Not Dead have announced (kinda) their 4th annual cruise. The lineup will be announced this spring but tickets go on sale on March 12th.
Read More “Emo’s Not Dead Announce Cruise”Finally framed this signed New Found Glory drumhead. Now I just need to find some office wall space for it.
Now that the official Record Store Day ‘25 list has been released, it’s time to take a deeper dive into the most sought after releases. Record Store Day occurs on April 12, 2025. In this article, I’ll be diving into some key re-presses, long overdue first pressings, and offer up some additional insight to the vinyl community.
Read More “Record Store Day 2025 Preview”
If you hit read more you can see all the releases we have in our calendar for the week. Hit the comments 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.
Read More “Albums in Stores – Feb 7th, 2025” Ten songs is a weekly playlist from Jason Tate featuring songs enjoyed over the previous week. It is included in every edition of the Liner Notes newsletter and is free to sign up for via email.
This playlist is available on Spotify and Apple Music.
Read More “2/9/25 (Ten Songs)”This week’s wall picks. Going with a black and white theme and two recent additions to the collection.
FRND CRCL have released the new single “Dream Guest.”
Read More “FRND CRCL – “Dream Guest””
Because time is a cruel beast, Never Take Friendship Personal has turned 20 years old and yet it still packs that same urgency of a band hungry for more. More exposure, more fans, and plenty more music! The record itself is as gripping as they come, especially in a scene where so many emo bands were exploding out of the gate and into the pages of magazines like Alternative Press. What set Anberlin apart from the pack was their ability to lean into the genre’s best parts: anthemic and heartfelt vocals, searing guitar parts, and well-constructed songs that made a lot of sense and still had a lasting impact on the listener.
I think the first time I heard the band name Anberlin was when I saw the young band take the stage in Baltimore, Maryland opening for Bayside. This must’ve been close to 2005, because I can vividly remember their set comprised almost entirely of material from Never Take Friendship Personal. I was instantly hooked on lead vocalist Stephen Christian’s energetic stage presence and his vocals were top-notch that evening. Later on that same weekend, I traveled to my local Best Buy to pick up a CD copy of the album, and I was immediately transported back to that fateful evening in Baltimore where I would discover one of my favorite bands of all time.
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Rilo Kiley have announced some reunion tour dates.
Read More “Rilo Kiley Announce Reunion Tour”
Another year in the books and we’re back again to recap our favorite albums of 2024. Below you’ll find the contributor best of 2024 list with blurbs written by the staff talking about why we loved these albums. Each album title links to a streaming page so you can check out anything you may have missed. There’s also a playlist featuring a song from every album on this list, and a few staff members have shared their individual lists and some commentary in their blogs.
As always, thanks for spending 2024 with us, and I hope you find something new to check out and love.
Read More “Chorus.fm’s Top 30 Albums of 2024”
A few weeks ago I started working on a new weekend project. I wanted to build a mini-computer that could sit on my desk and display what I was currently listening to. A simple idea. After completing it, I figured I should write up the entire process, because if I don’t blog about it … did it really happen?
I’ve compiled everything I used in making the little device, and walked through the process below. Most of it is pretty straight forward if you’ve ever worked with a Raspberry Pi or Unix before, and I documented the tutorials I used as well as the actual code I used for the website.
Read More “Now Playing: My Raspberry Pi Weekend Project”
Rocky Votolato has revealed his new band, Suzzallo, and the group have announced their debut full-length, The Quiet Year, due out May 2nd. Today they’ve shared the new single “River.”
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Bowling for Soup have parted ways with their bassist, Erik Chandler.
Erik has recently come to the decision, for personal reasons, that touring and being in a band full time has become too much for him. Together, Erik and the band have decided to part ways. This split is on good terms. We will always be Erik’s biggest fan and brother, and support him in his decisions and future endeavors. We also hope that our fans will support him and respect his decision and privacy in all of this as he enters the next chapter in his personal and professional life.
