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Online Music Blamed For Falling Sales

The music industry has blamed free online music and the US economic slowdown for a fall in sales. In the US, the world’s largest market, singles and cassette sales fell by 38% and 46%, which the record companies blamed on free download services applied by Napstar, MP3.com and other online music services. We also saw the first evidence of the impact of free online music, as well as damage done by unauthorised CD-R copying in some major markets. IFPI report Sales in the global market, worth $36.9bn ( £25.8bn) last year with 3.5bn recordings sold, fell by 1.2% when compared… Read more »

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Coheed And Cambria Announce Tour With Taking Back Sunday

Ahead of their new 14-track album, The Father Of Make Believe, slated to arrive on March 14, 2025, via Virgin Music Group, Coheed And Cambria has dropped the hypnotic, twinkling guitar-driven new single, “Someone Who Can,” along with an accompanying music video. Frontman Claudio Sanchez shares, “When you’re growing up, you’re perpetually trying to understand the world that’s changing around you. Over time, it’s comforting to reach the conclusion that you’ll never truly have things figured out.” Watch the official video for “Someone Who Can” below. Additionally, the group has announced a full summer tour run with Taking Back Sunday… Read more »

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Architects Unleash Blistering New Single, “Blackhole”

After teasing the arrival of their new single, UK stalwarts Architects have unleashed their latest offering, “Blackhole.” Marking their first release of 2025 and their fourth single from their forthcoming full-length album, The Sky, The Earth & All Between, the new single arrives with an ominous and strikingly catastrophic accompanying music video. Frontman Sam Carter shares in a press release, “So excited to have ‘Blackhole’ out, it’s one of my favourite songs from the album. The video is equally as intense as the song. We filmed the video at such a wild location and we really are at the top… Read more »

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Lights Drops Teaser For Upcoming Single “ALIVE AGAIN”

Following the release of 2024 single “DAMAGE,” Lights is beginning 2025 with her dazzling new indie-rock single, “ALIVE AGAIN.” On Instagram, the singer shared, “It’s January 13th and 13 is a lucky number so….ALIVE AGAIN IS COMING OUT FEB 7.” Even though the full track won’t be out until February 7, the artist released a one-minute teaser of what’s to come, and yes, we want to hear the whole thing ASAP. The track kicks off with beachy rock rhythms and ascends into a high-energy chorus. “This might be the night that I die/And I don’t want to die alone/So come… Read more »

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Zoe Ko Wants Her Besties To “drop the man” In Punchy Single

Following the release of fall 2024 singles “lucky” and “Kiss My (Ah),” Zoe Ko is sprinting into the new year with a cheeky new track, “drop the man.” She explains how an all-too-relatable scenario inspired the song. “‘drop the man’ came to be because of my two best friends who were on a streak of having terrible taste in men,” Ko says. She adds, “It was basically a whole year of seeing another lame dude come in and out of their life and leave each time with a little piece of their heart. And I was not having it. The… Read more »

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Spirit Leaves Explore Indoctrination On New Single, “Zealot”

Orlando-based heavy rockers Spirit Leaves just dropped a heavy-hitting, and deeply insightful new track “Zealot,” out via InVogue Records. Band vocalist Brandon “XZYLO” Waskiewicz shares, “This song is about the devil vs god. And how the devil can present itself in a godly form, leading people down terrible paths with no return. Regardless of how many times you yell and scream for them to stop, it doesn’t matter. It’s already too late.” The artist continues, “The story is of somebody being indoctrinated into a cult, and I’m watching this terrible thing happen to someone I care about, but can’t stop. Who… Read more »

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Silverstein Says “Don’t Let Me Get Too Low” On New Single

Ahead of the first half of their double album, Antibloom, arriving on February 21, Silverstein has unleashed their new single and accompanying video for “Don’t Let Me Get Too Low.” “‘Don’t Let Me Get Too Low’ blends our classic sound with our pop-punk and also our hardcore influences,” frontman Shane Told says. “It’s a song that is hard to describe because it does so much in under 3 minutes. The video was a lot of fun to film. We were in the middle of the desert outside Las Vegas, and I was digging my own grave with a big smile… Read more »

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Is Yellowcard Going To Release “Better Days” Soon?

It seems like Yellowcard is teasing new music, and we couldn’t be more thrilled. On January 7, the band took to Instagram and TikTok to share stories of what sounds like the recorded version of the track “Better Days,” which they debuted live in Glasgow. The 22-second post merely shows a speaker seemingly blaring a dazzling vocal run from William Ryan Key. Check out the official story below and stay tuned for *fingers crossed* an official release date. Recently, in the fall of 2024, Yellowcard had the chance to appear on Disney’s A Whole New Sound pop-punk compilation album with Against The Current‘s Chrissy… Read more »

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Hellogoodbye Plans To Release New Music in 2025

Hello, I’ve missed you quite terribly, Hellogoodbye. While the Forrest Kline-led group has remained somewhat active over recent years, 2025 promises a lot more from the “Here (In Your Arms)” legends. In a two-part video posted yesterday, Monday, January 6, Kline shares his 2025 pop culture predictions that include redefining FOMO and YOLO as well as the band’s upcoming support tour with Armor For Sleep. He says, “Some predictions. Hellogoodbye will release new music. Hellogoodbye will go on a full U.S. tour with Armor For Sleep in March.” He continues, “Hellogoodbye will do a living room tour this fall, so… Read more »

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Will As It Is Tap Stand Atlantic or Derek DiScanio for New Version Of “Dial Tones”?

As It Is just dropped a new teaser video on Instagram and TikTok sharing that they’re releasing a new version of “Dial Tones.” This time, the Never Happy, Ever After track contains a mystery featured guest artist. The teaser video sees the song in its more mature form with refined pop-punk sonics—after all, it’s been an entire decade. (Insert crying emoji here.) Our best guess is that As It Is tapped Stand Atlantic to help refresh “Dial Tones” in 2025. In September 2024, Patty Walters joined Stand Atlantic onstage for a performance of “NOSE BLEED.” So, clearly, they were hanging… Read more »