Tokyo Rose Release New EP

Tokyo Rose

Today Tokyo Rose have returned with a new EP called Never Say Die. Lead vocalist Ryan Dominguez expands on the particular brand of nostalgia listeners can expect from the sonic aesthetic: “If Morpheus unplugged Neo from the Matrix and instead plugged him into my Walkman in 1999, it’d sound like our new EP. Equal parts MTV nostalgia, rhythmic futurism, and Jersey jug handle jurisprudence, Never Say Die is the result of old friends reconnecting over the white-hot embers of a fire that never went out.”

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Jimmy Eat World Talk With LA Times

Jimmy Eat World

Jimmy Eat World sat down with the LA Times:

The fans get a chance to geek out over the rarely-played deep cuts from the album, like “Your House,” which required a revamp because of the studio work on the song, and the live debut of “(Splash) Turn Twist,” which was on the Japanese import of the album. Even louder than the sing-along to “The Middle” is the call and response from the crowd on the album’s second-biggest hit, “Sweetness.”

Sony Music Shutters King Road Merch

Sony

See-Saw:

Kings Road Merch Union released a statement on June 25 with their response to their bosses. “Let us be clear: this is a unionbusting tactic being used by Kings Road Merch owner Sony Music Entertainment. This will not stand in Minneapolis. Not right now; not ever,” the statement reads. “We demand that Kings Road Merch reverse their decision to close warehouse operations in Minneapolis, meet with our union to bargain for a contract, and get back to the work of making kickass merch. Unionbusting is not Punk Rock. Kings Road Merch can do better.”

Unfinished ‘The Paper Kingdom’ Songs Leak

My Chemical Romance

Over the weekend unfinished copies of My Chemical Romance’s long rumored, never completed, The Paper Kingdom, leaked onto the internet.

Today a full set of pre-existing scratch tapes/demos of The Paper Kingdom songs leaked by an anonymous person. These are not the finished songs, nor is it even technically the full album, and neither has MCR officially released these or endorsed them in any way.

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