Fearless Records have announced the release of Punk Goes Pop Volume 5. The cover album will come out November 6th and features bands such as Mayday Parade, The Maine, Craig Owens, and Memphis May Fire.
The OG emo kings have just announced their plans to drop their first new song in 13 years tonight. Thursday excited fans with an X/Twitter thread this morning explaining what this next step means for the group. The single artwork for the new track was included in their post. The image features a black-and-white photo of a building on fire being extinguished by firefighters, and is titled, “Application For Release From The Dream.” A prominent scene staple, the emo act detailed that this is their first release in 25 years without a label’s support and backing. “Now we are free.… Read more »
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week talks about Queen Elizabeth II’s passing.
Properties featured: Jeff Foxworthy: The Good Old Days, Starstruck, grown-ish, Atlanta, Bridgerton, Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls, Killing Eve
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The complex, dramatic, and provocative Winner’s Trilogy comes to a close in Marie Rutkoski’s final installment, The Winner’s Kiss. It’s the ultimate game of heart versus head for our heroine, Kestrel, as she must choose a side in the midst of a war where everything is at stake. Rutkoski leaves you with a tantalizing story of struggle, secrecy, and sacrifice that you won’t be able to put down!
This fall, Aussie metalcore band Capture the Crown will co-headline the Merchnow Presents: Not Your American Idols Tour with For All Those Sleeping! The tour launches October 1st in Buffalo, NY and winds through the U.S. and Canada before wrapping November 3rd in Pittsburgh. It also features Ice Nine Kills, Palisades, Myka Relocate and Youth in Revolt. The tour is supported by idobi Howl and Substream Magazine. 10/01 – Buffalo, NY – Waiting Room 10/02 – Ottawa, ON – Mavericks 10/03 – Toronto, ON – Hard Luck Bar 10/04 – Lemoyne, PA – Championship 10/05 – New York, NY –… Read more »
When Hartmut Ostrowski was an up-and-comer in Bertelsmann’s printing and services division in the 1990s, his bosses were discouraged from speaking at meetings of the top executives. In the glamorous world of Bertelsmann, a global media empire with music, television, and publishing properties – Germany’s answer to Time Warner – services were viewed as strictly a backstage function. Now, with Mr. Ostrowski at the helm of Bertelsmann, the stagehands are striding into the spotlight. Two weeks ago, he named Markus Dohle, a 39-year-old German who runs the company’s printing operations, as chief executive of Random House, the world’s largest consumer… Read more »
Fourth-quarter losses skyrocketed at AOL Time Warner Inc. after a staggering $45.5 billion charge to account for the struggling media conglomerate’s plunging value. The company also announced Wednesday that former cable TV mogul Ted Turner is stepping down as vice chairman. In the three months ending Dec. 31, AOL lost $44.9 billion, or $10.04 per share, compared with a loss of $1.8 billion, or 41 cents per share, in the fourth quarter of 2001. Revenue rose 8 percent to $11.4 billion, and AOL said its results without the one-time accounting markdown would actually have beaten Wall Street estimates – at… Read more »
