Whether you’re having eggs, toast, or leftover pizza, new tunes go with every breakfast. It’s time to Rise Rock n’ Shine…
Darrin chats with his old friend and the singer of ska band Save Ferris, Monique Powell. Later, TS with weed news and Darrin with music news.
This week we chat with Chrissy Costanza, who first rose to fame as the lead singer of Against the Current and has since become one of the most recognizable female voices in gaming. We find out about how Chrissy first met her bandmates, Will Ferri and Dan Gow, and how they quickly caught the attention of label Fueled By Ramen (Warner Music, home of Twenty One Pilots, Panic! At The Disco, All Time Low, and more).
After a critically acclaimed debut album and a sold-out world tour, Chrissy was approached by Riot Games in 2017 to be the voice of the League of Legends anthem “Legends Never Die”, which has had over 200 million streams. 2020 has kept Chrissy in the studio with her ATC bandmates working on their forthcoming album which is sure to be their breakthrough offering, as well as embarking on hosting her own show as one of the founding talents on the gaming x music culture network, Venn.
Since the day “Misery Business” became the anthem of a generation, it became a cliche rite of passage for female pop-rock vocalists to be compared to Hayley Williams upon entering the pop-rock scene. Whether they truly resemble the neon-haired powerhouse or not, the inevitable comparisons are unrelenting. It is simultaneously flattering and frustrating as these artists strive to create identities of their own in a brutally competitive industry. If you are a fan of powerful vocalists and the unique flair of pop-rock, I implore you to listen to these 10 femme pop-rock artists of the modern era. Each one possesses… Read more »
Against The Current have been on our UpRising radar for months now, but their schedule for an exclusive is just that overpacked. This only proves even more why they’re such a perfect pick for UpRising band.
After teasing his new single earlier in June, YUNGBLUD officially released his track with a corresponding “breakdown.” music video. Filmed in coastal England near the Seven Sisters cliff, the video concept is “really simple,” he shares. It’s “really representative of what’s going on in my life right now,” YUNGBLUD said in a pre-premiere livestream. The artist shared on social media, “Cortisol, often called the ‘stress hormone,’ is higher during the first hour after waking for people experiencing stress so gettin’ out of bed in a morning can sometimes be really hard. You can wake up in the morning with a… Read more »
On June 8, YUNGBLUD dropped a thrilling teaser for his forthcoming track “BREAKDOWN,” which will officially release on June 21. Of the new project, the artist says, “This song is a message to myself to try and exist alongside my insecurities and my darkness by grounding myself and remembering what is real in life and the world is so much bigger than me. Try and get out of your head and notice the world around you, notice the things and people around you.” He continues, “Don’t let the bullshit inside your head consume you. It just wastes precious time. Remember… Read more »
After wrapping up his spring tour throughout North America, NOAHFINNCE is back with a new music video for “LOVELY LADIES.” The track comes from his most recent record GROWING UP ON THE INTERNET, out now via Hopeless Records. On Instagram, NOAHFINNCE described the messages conveyed in the visuals. He says, “I’ve been looking forward to this music video since I wrote the song. For those who have no idea what’s going on, I wrote a song called ‘Lovely Ladies’ from the perspective of the ‘big scary transgender monster transgendering the world’s children’ that I’ve been called ever since I came… Read more »
With YUNGBLUD’s inaugural BLUDFEST just around the corner, the UK mainstay has announced another wave of artists joining the lineup. “Our world. Our movement. The biggest gathering of our culture is happening August 11th and this is the BLUDFEST FULL LINE UP,” he shares. “just wait till you see what we have planned… i can’t fookin wait.” Joining the already-stacked cast will be fellow UK pop-punker NOAHFINNCE, Landon Barker (the son of blink-182 drummer Travis Barker), and Hannah Grae. In addition to the recently announced performers, the festival will also feature headliner YUNGBLUD, Lil Yachty, Soft Play, Nessa Barrett, The… Read more »
If you’ve been following Fall Out Boy‘s So Much For (2our) Dust dates, then you have probably seen how each show yields a special surprise. And no, this isn’t exclusively referring to the Magic 8 Ball songs. On Wednesday, March 27, in Pittsburgh, the band covered a unique track that sent the fandom into a spiral, “Heart Transplant” by Punchline. For those unfamiliar, Punchline is a rock band who rapidly gained popularity in the ’00s with Action, a record they”re touring for its 20th anniversary. Of note, they hail from The ‘Burgh, so Fall Out Boy definitely was sending a… Read more »
