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We were blessed with many incredible releases throughout 2022—and our staff and hosts are here to share their Top 5 picks.
Today we talk about Death Cab for Cutie going on tour with The Postal Service, Waterparks going on tour, and a fun music video from Love Again. — Death Cab and The Postal Service Go On Tour Tomorrow you’ll have the chance to snag tickets to Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service‘s co-headlining tour. Not only do they share a frontman in Ben Gibbard, but both bands are celebrating milestones. Death Cab’s Transatlanticism and The Postal Service’s Give Up are hitting their 20-year anniversaries next year. What better way to celebrate than to hit the road? They revealed… Read more »
— — Today we talk about Meet Me @ The Altar’s new tour, August Burn Red’s 20th Aanniversary, and In Her Own Word’s new music video. — Meet Me @ The Altar’s Tour Announcement Happy Monday! Meet Me @ The Altar wants to make sure you have the best week you can by starting us off with a badass announcement. The pop-punk band is headlining their own tour in 2023. The North American tour will start on March 2nd in NYC and go until April 4th in Orlando, Florida. Their latest single “Say It (To My Face)” dropped a month… Read more »
There’s something wonderfully honest and ultimately vulnerable about Arizona indie-emo band Breakup Shoes.
Today we talk about Katy Perry’s love for the “emo kids”, the life of Leslie Jordan, and Adidas dropping Kanye. — Katy Perry Takes in the Pop-Punk “Orphans” This weekend emo kids in Las Vegas were struggling as Saturday’s When We Were Young festival had to be canceled due to wind. Now videos are circulating of Katy Perry taking in the “orphan” punk rockers as their plans had to change. Perry has had a residency in Las Vegas for the past several months. She took a break in the show to say, “I know there are a lot of orphans… Read more »
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week talks about the importance of voting in the midterms.
When I get a chance to catch up with Pinkshift, a Baltimore-based band full of BIPOC people—including a singer the same color as me—I can’t help but gush for a few minutes.
Today we talk about the court case between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, the new Face the Music Foundation, and Billie Eilish bringing out Hayley Williams at Coachella. Heard v Depp It seems like the entirety of the internet has been sitting in on the court case between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. In case you missed it, Depp has taken his ex wife to court over defamation after she accused him of abuse in their marriage in 2018. After the article she wrote making this accusation was released, Depp lost work including his involvement with The Fantastic Beast and… Read more »
Today we talk about the new Thor teaser trailer, the passing of Dance Gavin Dance’s Tim Feerick, a recap of the first weekend of Coachella, and Fuckin’ Whatever’s new single. Thor: Love and Thunder Teaser The Marvel news never ends and we’re not mad about it. The first teaser trailer for Thor’s upcoming film Thor: Love and Thunder dropped this morning and it’s exactly how we wanted to start the week. From what we can gather from the teaser, Thor seems to want to put his superhero days behind him and go on a quest to figure out who he… Read more »
