Random Fandom: Warm Up to the Dark Sky Weather App
I am several different kinds of Those People when it comes to my phone. Along with being one of Those People who’s got a really complicated ergonomic organizing system for my app icons, and one of Those People who sets their phone to grayscale to keep the from using it too much, I’m also one of…
In Other News, the New Gang of Four EP Features Ivanka Trump On the Cover
English post-punk band Gang of Four is releasing a new EP, Complicit, scheduled for release on April 20. Today, the cover art was revealed; and it features First Daughter Ivanka Trump… and includes a track called “Ivanka (Things You Can’t Have).” In a statement about the song, founding guitarist Andy Gill says: When we think of the media,…
Listen To Some Music From The New Pennywise Album, ‘Never Gonna Die’
Pennywise just released a new track from its upcoming album, Never Gonna Die, scheduled for release on April 20, 2018 via Epitaph Records. You can listen to “Won’t Give Up The Fight” below, and pre-order the album here. Never Gonna Die Track List 01. Never Gonna Die 02. American Lies 03. Keep Moving On 04. Live While…
Underoath’s New Album, ‘Erase Me’, To Be Released on Friday
Underoath is releasing their next album, Erase Me, this Friday, April 6th. Previously identifying in part as a Christian band, the band no longer identifies as such and because of that have gotten some push back from fans who feel they’ve betrayed them. “I feel bad for people who wouldn’t listen to the new album…
Morrissey Launches Morrissey Central, A New Website Covering All Things Morrissey
Bigmouth strikes again: Morrissey has launched Morrissey Central, a new website where Morrissey can write about whatever Morrissey pleases. The site will feature essays about things that Morrissey hates, things Morrissey likes, updates on new Morrissey music, random photos of Morrissey’s choosing, and any other whims that Morrissey may have along the way. The first essay on…
The Story Behind International Tom Hanks Day
When a group of college students in Kalamazoo, Michigan decided to get drunk and enjoy a Tom Hanks movie marathon on April Fool’s Day 15 years ago, it’s unlikely that they expected to keep celebrating America’s most beloved actor at that time every year, and even less likely that they expected Hanks himself to ever…
MC50 Announce “Kick Out the Jams: The 50th Anniversary Tour” Dates
Original drummer Dennis Thompson, Kim Thayil (Soundgarden), Brendan Canty (Fugazi), Dug Pinnick (King’s X), and Marcus Durant (Zen Guerrilla) will join Wayne Kramer on the road as MC50 to celebrate his new memoir and the 50th anniversary of the Motor City Five’s national debut.
5 Questions with DJ Dave Cantrell on his Upcoming Darkwave Compilation to benefit Planned Parenthood
Dave Cantrell, isn’t just a post-punk/darkwave obsessive, the host of XRAY.fm’s radio show Songs From Under the Floorboard, and the organizer Portland’s Out From the Shadows Festival. He’s also someone who clearly knows how to unite his musical tastes with a sense of duty to help out people in need. To that end, he’s recently…
