Comments

It's like they saw Boston Calling's Paris Jackson and Avril Lavigne bookings and said, "Oh yeah? We've got Aly & AJ and Shaquille O'Neal."
I think they're trying to force a Wheatus and Weather Station collaborative album.
The sad thing is that people will go because your average Boston live music goer, this lineup probably looks great to them. It at least beats what they originally had two years ago, which was RATM, Foo Fighters, and Red Hot Chili Peppers, a handful of indie acts, plus a bunch of random local DJs because they couldn't afford anyone else.
I don't think Rhode Island will ever get a music festival beyond Newport Folk.
You have to admit, Avril Lavigne AND Paris Jackson on the same day is a get.
From what I've heard from people who've dealt with her, her financial support to fund her career has never really been a thing of indie-land either, nor has her attitude.
Really feels like in the past two days, we've received new singles and announcements for at least 40 albums that could make year end lists, and I'm not sure where I'm getting at, but if the new normal for music is to dump a lot on listeners in a short amount of time, I am left to consider the studies about how many too many options is not necessarily a good thing and ends up with you missing out on good things.
This is just an angle that's been building since the end of last year. What's going to happen is Keith is going to team up with the members of Aeon Station to face off against his former bandmates and a faction led by Charles Bissell at an AEW event.
Aligning herself with Dan Nigro feels like a play for indie mainstream attention along the lines of Mitski or Phoebe Bridgers, but I'm not really hearing anything unique stand out about this because a glossier production value.
It does kind of feel like whenever there is an Avery-led song, it's along the lines of emo-rap, and when it's led by Harmony, it's dream-pop.
Saves the Day are likely on hiatus or something. Chris had a messy bout of drama last year that became a mostly forgotten cancel attempt (probably because it all stemmed from him having a mental health episode) in which he was sending drunken nudes and sexts to someone. It was hard to follow, but I think what ended up happening is it was acknowledged that none of it should have been made public due to him being in a very bad place.
The thing about this festival is that it should only happen this one time, and will likely not become sustainable if it happens another year. For its inaugural year, it got pretty much all the best in terms of non-embarrassing bands from that era, but if it goes on another year, it'll probably have something like Fall Out Boy, Weezer, and Panic! At the Disco as headliners, Death Cab for Cutie as the indie-emo veteran act, and nothing really that stands out.
Something I find adorable is how Dante Melucci was a pretty successful stage actor who starred in the original broadway version of School of Rock. Look at this cute as a button face: https://s3.ibdb.com/ibdb/media/person/502668/personfull_1450729680.jpg
The Butcher should have just swapped him in with Adam Cole and told him to grow his beard out. No one would notice!
Man, just get me off this Earth already. I know Lil Durk isn't a Gen-Z, but I'm very much seeing the influence stunts like this is having on younger people's perception on a moral compass. Nowadays, if someone doesn't like your decisions even if they are terrible, it's a very brash "mind your own business" reaction.
Does anyone actually believe Kim and Pete is actually a real relationship, though? There was this TikTok I watched about how Kanye's "relationship" with Julia Fox came to be from a reputable gossip blogger, and as the story goes, Julia Fox was hurting for money after leaving her allegedly abusive husband (that's a whole different story, but based on his very civil response to the accusations and request for privacy for the sake of their child, many people are suss of them.) She calls up her agent and says she needs her to get her a role somewhere. Her agent tells her to go to Miami. "Miami?," she asks. "Why Miami?" Because all the wealthiest and powerful people are down their right now with their yachts and it's a great chance to get noticed, leading to potential openings for your career. Apparently it's called "yachting." She goes down to Miami where Kanye is auditioning new girlfriends. I can't recall the names of the other candidates, but one wanted too much money and another wasn't willing to put up with his antics. Julia and Kanye go out on a date, and the paparazzi catches them (both decked out fully in Belenciaga, which is another layer to this whole thing -- that Kim and Kanye are having their divorce tabloid publicity "dressed" by Belenciaga.) The next day, Julia Fox is out on the beach and suddenly, the media is following her for pictures in a swimsuit. Fast forward to this week, she's on instagram with Madonna and Kanye. Evidently, Julia and Pete also did a photo shoot together a couple years back, so their may be something linking each of their careers to these potentially staged relationships. In short, the Kardashians have turned getting publicity into an artform to the point where all of this is all very, very premeditated and calculated.
Also, how does Antonio Brown go from hanging out with Taz's son Hook from AEW at a strip club in Atlanta a few nights ago to hanging out with a handful of mega A-listers?
There also seems to be more artists on each day compared to previous years, so the tiny font section looks even smaller than usual.
Do you remember when there was a time where the Avalanches would have been definitive second line subheadliners? It makes my heart hurt to see their name in such small font. Other tiny font tragedies: black midi, Japanese Breakfast, Griselda Also, wasn't Cuco cancelled for doing something not savory?
Does anyone have any tips to feeling overwhelmed by the amount of new music coming out in a short amount of time? The number of new albums announced this week alongside any new songs plus these first few Fridays already feeling rather packed with noteworthy albums already has me wondering how anyone can stay on top of it all while also processing it as more than just content.
I agree, and I have to add that I think the rules in place for refunds and cancellations are pretty standard rules for events and/or travel regardless of a pandemic. Anyone traveling right now is taking a gamble and should be aware that healthy and safety situations can change in a matter of weeks/days right. Unfortunately, they did, but the fine print at the time of sales covered the organizer's asses to avoid a last minute cancellation flood at their expense. I bought tickets to a couple of shows in January and February. To the best of my knowledge, they are still happening unless the artists delay or cancel the shows. I don't feel comfortable going, but I don't expect a refund, so either I'm eating the loss or unloading them on StubHub for under face value.
I had absolutely no idea who or what Illenium is after seeing that name on the top line of Friday, but after looking into it, it appears EDM never really went away. A newer variant just quietly formed and quietly yet quickly became more widespread among the masses.
That's Reba's voiceover in the opening moments, or sure as hell is a darn good impersonation of her.
I still prefer buying CDs over all formats. I tried getting into cassettes again about a decade ago, but that was because they were being sold for like $8-10 including shipping. Nowadays, a cassette sometimes costs more than a CD plus shipping (around $15-18.) I also gave vinyl a go, but it's just not very convenient and too expensive given the amount of music I like to buy. I have bought a ton of digital albums on Bandcamp, too, but I always forget I even own them since they're out of sight out of mind. My only regret is that at this point, they take up so much space, as any physical music would. In the past, selling them would be something I'd consider, but I usually regretted a few choices and then the album would go out of print.
Rachel out here doing the most to write the least about Pinegrove beyond the bare minimum and pull quote. You aren't off her hook, Evan boy!
Kanye evidently is a headliner now, too: https://variety.com/2022/music/news/coachella-headliners-kanye-west-billie-eilish-swedish-house-mafia-1235147734/
The people over at the r/Coachella subreddit were worried about this stealing Coachella's thunder since Coachella is running later this year on their announcement, and it's like lol FWIW, rumors say Rage may be dropping off as Coachella headliners to postpone or cancel their tour, so a new headliner is being sought.
I think bands like Sons of Kemet, the Comet Is Coming, and black midi reinvigorated that in them.
Came here to write, "The follow-up to 'Inside' already?," but you basically beat me to it!
RIP Tiffini Hale from The Party. This one got me down as much as Betty White. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o8zywZ_wjg
But if you're worried about the COVID Then you picked the wrong place to stay That's how it starts
! Exactly. That was on the Canadian version of MTV. I'll also throw out Trash Talk who maybe weren't as critically acclaimed, but definitely had a lot of mainstream appeal to them for a second, and then the buzz died down.
DC was one of those bands I felt obligated to like, so I kept buying the albums up until A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar, but it always felt like I was forcing myself to listen to. I have a soft spot for the MTV Unplugged album because it reminds me of Christmas and my mom giving it to me as a gift, but looking back on the music, it still never felt emo. It was just pop-rock, just more verbose and dramatic, but then again, so are Taylor Swift songs.
Thrice were very much of the era of Vagrant as third wave emo was beginning to collapse. I think Saves the Day would have been a more logical fit, but I don't think Chris is healthy and I don't know what ultimately has become of the band's status after last year's messy attempt to levy allegations against him. It's a shame they couldn't get someone from their later years to represent, like Janet Jackson.
It's kind of hilarious that the east coast date is at the Palladium in Worcester and not NYC or Boston, because that is literally where I saw my first shows and identify all my memories from that era, but never figured that it was similarly felt widespread.
I don't know about that, with critics and the Internet. If they came out around the same time as Fucked Up, the kind of love would have come their way, because Fucked Up, at one point, were not only all over Pitchfork and topping year end lists elsewhere, they were playing sizeable venues, they were opening for the Foo Fighters, and recording holiday singles with the celebrities and popular indie artists. I would love to see Turnstile's popularity maintain and grow going forward, but history tells me that eventually it simmers down, and you become a hardcore band with mainstream appeal much like Fucked Up who had their moment but never quite get back to that.
Someone on Twitter made a comment about how Turnstile is all over the top of major year-end lists, and yet you don't hear them on the radio at all even though they should be the kind of band you hear all over rock radio. If this were the first decade of the 2000s, they'd probably be all over KROQ and playing Almost Acoustic Christmas (which isn't even a thing anymore, and instead, has that station playing Imagine Dragons and MGK endlessly.)
I will also add: If you asked me before this movie what the member of Haim who is not the lead singer or who is not bass face looks like, I could never. This is one of those instances where the person you least expected becomes the most famous member.
Cabbage (a band accused of misconduct) into Potty Mouth (a band who has called out abusers) is quite the segue. I forgot Daft Punk broke up, and that it was this year. Also, it feels like less bands break up these days and sort of just fade away. Like, whatever happened to Merchandise? White Lung (beyond being problematic?)
I have a question: As the write-up above states, Alaina has never really done any real acting beyond Documentary Now! stuff. Perhaps she has had some acting classes as well, but to go from your debut performance to Oscar buzz... Does this basically mean that pretty much anyone out there in the world, if given the shot and a few crash courses in acting, could deliver an award winning performance?