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QUICKSAND
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This is a true story, but I used to be a pretty massive The Smiths devotee. I was hellbent on collecting everything Smiths… including cover songs. That’s when I first discovered Quicksand. Their album Slip contained a hidden track… their cover of “How Soon is Now?”
Anyway, it actually brought a smile to my face when I read that the New York City post-hardcore band was still around. In fact, their upcoming record Distant Populations will be out August 13 on Epitaph Records. If you’re a vinyl collect, you’ll have to wait until September 24.
The band will be promoting the album with a post-pandemic tour…. Stopping by the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis this “Rocktober”.
quicksandnyc.com
This is a true story, but I used to be a pretty massive The Smiths devotee. I was hellbent on collecting everything Smiths… including cover songs. That’s when I first discovered Quicksand. Their album Slip contained a hidden track… their cover of “How Soon is Now?”
Anyway, it actually brought a smile to my face when I read that the New York City post-hardcore band was still around. In fact, their upcoming record Distant Populations will be out August 13 on Epitaph Records. If you’re a vinyl collect, you’ll have to wait until September 24.
The band will be promoting the album with a post-pandemic tour…. Stopping by the Fine Line Music Café in Minneapolis this “Rocktober”.
9/28 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
9/29 Asbury Park, NJ The Stone Pony
10/1 Lancaster, PA Tellus 360
10/2 Albany, NY Empire Live
10/4 Detroit, MI El Club
10/5 Chicago, IL Metro
10/6 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Cafe
10/8 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
10/9 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
10/11 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
10/12 Vancouver, BC Rickshaw Theatre
10/13 Seattle, WA Neumos
10/15 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
10/16 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
10/18 Phoenix, AZ Valley Bar
10/19 Santa Fe, NM Meow Wolf
10/21 Austin, TX Mohawk
10/23 Houston, TX Studio @ Warehouse Live
10/25 Atlanta, GA Masquerade (Hell)
10/26 Charlotte, NC The Underground
10/27 Washington, DC Black Cat
10/29 New York, NY The Bowery Ballroom
10/31 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of The Living Arts
9/29 Asbury Park, NJ The Stone Pony
10/1 Lancaster, PA Tellus 360
10/2 Albany, NY Empire Live
10/4 Detroit, MI El Club
10/5 Chicago, IL Metro
10/6 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Cafe
10/8 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
10/9 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
10/11 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
10/12 Vancouver, BC Rickshaw Theatre
10/13 Seattle, WA Neumos
10/15 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
10/16 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
10/18 Phoenix, AZ Valley Bar
10/19 Santa Fe, NM Meow Wolf
10/21 Austin, TX Mohawk
10/23 Houston, TX Studio @ Warehouse Live
10/25 Atlanta, GA Masquerade (Hell)
10/26 Charlotte, NC The Underground
10/27 Washington, DC Black Cat
10/29 New York, NY The Bowery Ballroom
10/31 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of The Living Arts
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SAD13
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Whatever happened to Speedy Ortiz ? We last saw the band, touring and promoting their record Twerp Verse … and we wrote Sep 2018 : “Northampton, MA alt rock quartet Speedy Ortiz opened the evening’s proceedings with a crunchy but melodic forty-five set of songs, in support of their new record released this spring, Twerp Verse (Carpark Records). Any band taking their name from a character in the Los Hermanos Hernandez comic Love and Rockets and who had comedian Hannibal Buress as a one-time drummer, can already count us as fans before even playing a note.”
Good news, Speedy Ortiz’s bandleader, Sadie Dupuis, is concentrating on her pop-oriented solo project Sad13. The new album Haunted Painting will be out September 25.
How is it that Dupuis had time to write songs for the upcoming solo album? She said, “I worked on Haunted Painting throughout 2019, writing, arranging and recording from home, then finishing the songs in studios around the country in between Speedy's fly-in dates. It's maximalist, and more true to me and my tastes than any record I've done.”
sad13.horse
Whatever happened to Speedy Ortiz ? We last saw the band, touring and promoting their record Twerp Verse … and we wrote Sep 2018 : “Northampton, MA alt rock quartet Speedy Ortiz opened the evening’s proceedings with a crunchy but melodic forty-five set of songs, in support of their new record released this spring, Twerp Verse (Carpark Records). Any band taking their name from a character in the Los Hermanos Hernandez comic Love and Rockets and who had comedian Hannibal Buress as a one-time drummer, can already count us as fans before even playing a note.”
Good news, Speedy Ortiz’s bandleader, Sadie Dupuis, is concentrating on her pop-oriented solo project Sad13. The new album Haunted Painting will be out September 25.
How is it that Dupuis had time to write songs for the upcoming solo album? She said, “I worked on Haunted Painting throughout 2019, writing, arranging and recording from home, then finishing the songs in studios around the country in between Speedy's fly-in dates. It's maximalist, and more true to me and my tastes than any record I've done.”
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TAYLOR SWIFT
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So, I’m sure you all know the Taylor Swift saga about how she tried to get rights to her music from Scooter Braun. Braun eventually sold the masters of Swift’s first six albums to a private company. I don’t know all the details, but basically Swift was very upset over this deal and she made it very public.
I think it all worked out for Swift, she’s been re-recording her albums and releasing to great success. In fact, her latest, titled Fearless (Taylor’s Version landed at #1 in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia’s charts – making it the world’s biggest first week debut of any album this year.
Here all all the details, according to her record label, Republic Records:
taylorswift.com
So, I’m sure you all know the Taylor Swift saga about how she tried to get rights to her music from Scooter Braun. Braun eventually sold the masters of Swift’s first six albums to a private company. I don’t know all the details, but basically Swift was very upset over this deal and she made it very public.
I think it all worked out for Swift, she’s been re-recording her albums and releasing to great success. In fact, her latest, titled Fearless (Taylor’s Version landed at #1 in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia’s charts – making it the world’s biggest first week debut of any album this year.
Here all all the details, according to her record label, Republic Records:
In addition to capturing #1 on the Billboard Top 200, #1 on the Billboard Top Album Sales chart and #1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart, it went #1 in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland. It debuted Top 5 in Belgium, Norway and the Netherlands and in Germany it was the biggest debut by a country album in the history of Germany’s album chart. Fearless (Taylor’s Version) charted at #1 on the iTunes Top Overall Albums Chart in 61 countries.
Brooklyn’s Juliet Quick has a new EP called Glass Years on Substitute Scene Records. Talking about her latest single, “No Future” (taken from Glass Years), Quick explains, “The song is not a measured political comment, it’s a snapshot of a moment when the enormity of ecological crisis feels too overwhelming to conceive with sophistication—when despair temporarily blots out reason and political intention. I wrote this song in the worst depression of my life, when I was essentially trying to decide whether it was still worth trying to be alive. Putting that absolute torrent of despair into the shape of this little pop song made it liveable and, eventually, even a little bit funny.” | thefastsaga.com We tried to get advance screening for the lastest Fast & Furious film, F9, but obviously tickets went… too fast, too furious. I honest don’t even like these type of movies, they’re just too over-the-top and ridiculous, but they know that and we know that… it’s just a big dumb summer popcorn film. And sometime that’s what you want. The film will be officially showing on June 25, 2021, but you can get the soundtrack right now. Soundtrak features “Rapido” by Amenazzy, Farruko, Myke Towers & Rochy RD and “Furiosa” by Anitta. |
emmaswift.com Australian Emma Swift is committed to release a song a week in 2021. She’s calling it “52 Songs: An Adventure into the Unknown”. Last year, her cover-lover Bob Dylan cover album Blonde on the Tracks was on numerous Best Of lists, including The Guardian’s ‘Best Australian Albums of 2020’ and The Big Takeover’s “#4 Album of the Year.” | turboofficial.com Country crossover talent Turbo released his debut EP Cocaine & Fireworks on 10K Projects/Homemade Projects. The record came out June 11, 2021. Turbo is described as combining the gritty authenticity of outlaw country with hip-hop’s hard-hitting beats and rhymes and pop’s sticky melodies… as evident by the success of his single, “Bo Exotic”. |
rapidstrikeband.com Croatian melodic heavy rock band Rapid Strike released their self-titled album in May 2021 via Wormholedeath. The band is scribed as a cross between Metal and Rock. Their lead guitarist and primary songwriter Hrvoje Madiraca doesn’t actually sings – instead vocals are provided by English vocalist Bexie James. As the COVID pandemic subsides, the band hopes to return to the road and play live shows. | aswiftfarewell.com Sydney’s pop/punk band A Swift Farewell recently released their new single called “Mousetrap.” The single came out June 18, 2021. Bassist Sarah Bonnet talks about the song, “'Mousetrap’ is about feeling trapped in a relationship in which you are not able to give some-one the time and attention they demand from you and feeling burnt out from trying. In the end, the person doesn't notice they are asking too much from you and you feel yourself grow emotionally distant from them.” |
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