Last month, So What?! Music Festival announced its explosive two-day lineup, including Pierce The Veil and The Used headlining on Saturday, June 24, and Sleeping With Sirens, Neck Deep, and Thursday headlining on Sunday, June 25. Now the festival has announced a few new additions to the scheduled performances across the two-day event. What was already promised to be an exciting lineup, So What?! will now include sets from Slaughter To Prevail, The Starting Line, Fit For An Autopsy, Invent Animate, Varials, Through The Eyes Of The Dead, clip, guardin, poptropicaslutz!, Prentiss, Enterprise Earth, NO ZODIAC, Bodybox, 408, greyhaven, and… Read more »
ILLENIUM has just released a new record, featuring collaborations with stars of pop-punk and metalcore. Motionless In White are one of those features.
It is a special thing when two bands come up in the music industry together. Typically sharing interests, music styles, and simply having a good time together, these ‘buddy bands’ support each other’s endeavors and often cross paths in more ways than one. Whether it be a split release, a tour, or a feature, two bands with a strong friendship will find a way to work together. Wavves and Cloud Nothings are a great example of this. Back in 2015, they released the collaborative album, No Life for Me, and have shared the stage together numerous times. Wavves and Cloud… Read more »
Paramore’s Hayley Williams has been on a hot streak lately. Acting as support for Taylor Swift’s opening night on the “Eras Tour,” the band’s first new album in six years was released in February, celebrating the 10-year anniversary of their self-titled album last week—the Paramore fan base has been well-fed over the last several months. Read more: The Linda Lindas Release “Too Many Things” Ahead of Coachella and Paramore Tour To mark Williams’ friend’s birthday this weekend, the vocalist penned an inspiring letter to her younger self. In an Instagram Story, Williams shared, “My friend Elise has a newsletter and… Read more »
— Real Friends just made February real exciting by announcing they’re dropping a new EP called There’s Nothing Worse Than Too Late on the 24th. They had already dropped “Tell Me You’re Sorry” and “Always Lose”, off of the 8-track release. Now, to celebrate the big announcement, they’ve let us in on another single: “Six Feet”. When talking about the new song, the band said, “‘Six Feet’ is a song about longing to be loved and appreciated while you’re still here. I always see and hear good things said about people after something bad happens to them or after they… Read more »
— Today we talk about Paramore’s new single, Ryan Reynolds being a tease, and the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert in Los Angeles. — Paramore Does It Again In the absolute best music news we could ask for, Paramore dropped new music today, along with announcing details for their sixth album. The new album is titled This is Why and the single is the title track. Hayley Williams spoke on the single saying, “This Is Why was the very last song we wrote for the album. To be honest, I was so tired of writing lyrics but Taylor convinced Zac and… Read more »
I remember when I heard Chester Bennington died. I gasped. I had never been a Linkin Park fan, I’ve never hated on them, they just weren’t my band. But Chester, the stories I heard about him were always “He’s a sweetheart,” “He really cares about people,” “He’s deep.” Hearing about who Chester was through friends, who had toured with him, made me like his band. I remember finding out he died and asking: How? Suicide. Self-harm is a hard thing for people to talk about. Often times I’ll hear people say it’s “selfish” because they’re thinking of the people left… Read more »
The vinyl releases for these are just gorgeous and already occupy a prime spot as a jewel of my collection.
Today is so fun! We have new beginnings and fresh throwbacks! Amanda Gorman is Booked Busy and BLESSED America fell in love with Amanda Gorman, the first ever youth poet laureate, who recited her poem “The Hill We Climb” at President Biden’s inauguration last week. The 22-year old instantly received acclaim and praise for her grace and her poignant message. Today, NFL commissioner Roger Goodel announced that Gorman will be reciting another original poem to kick off this year’s Super Bowl LV. Her piece will highlight three heroes of the pandemic who are being honored by the league for their… Read more »
Coffee? Check. Cereal? Check. New tunes? Check.It’s time to Rise Rock n’ Shine…
