16 things you need to know that happened this week

November 20, 2016

[Joyce Manor photo credit: Dan Monick, PUP photo credit: Paige Sierra]

A lot happens in our scene each week. In an attempt to capture what you might've missed, we gather up noteworthy moments and package them in one convenient post every weekend. Check out this week's roundup below!

1. PUP released a new music video for “Sleep In The Heat” featuring Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard.

The song is from PUP’s awesome latest album The Dream Is Over.

2. Underoath/the Almost singer and accomplished solo artist Aaron Gillespie is the next artist to take a ride through San Diego on YouTube series The Red Trolley. The last artist we saw perform was Anthony Green. Watch Gillespie with “Raspberry Layer Cake.”

3. Joyce Manor announced a tour with AJJ and Mannequin Pussy. Check out the dates in the tour poster and their cover of the National’s “Mistaken For Strangers” below!

Grab tickets here!

4. Tiger Army have released the first part of a two part documentary series, which address the making of their album V •••–, released via Rise Records. Watch it:

5. Toontrack teamed up with Gojira drummer Mario Duplantier to release a new drum MIDI pack called Rythme Sauvage. Featuring custom artwork painted by Duplantier himself, the pack features drum grooves and fills by the Gojira drummer, more than 550 individual play files and tempos ranging from 100 to 206 BPM. Check out the artwork:

Not only that, but Toontracks, to continue their Metal Month celebration, have partnered with Mark Lewis—a producer responsible for shaping the sounds of Whitechapel, DevilDriver, Trivium and Coal Chamber—to release a metal tones EZmix pack.

This pack is a bass and guitar-oriented expansion to Toontrack’s mix and multi-effort program EZmix 2 and features about 50 guitar/bass settings based on amp and cab simulation.

6. Just concluding their massive 41-city U.S. Popestar tour, Ghost revealed the clip The Summoning VII: Believe This. Here it is:

7. Attila’s latest release, Chaos, has debuted at No. 30 on the Billboard charts, selling roughly 13,500 records in the first week. Congrats!

8. Spinefarm Records’ Dayshell premiered a video for “Low Light” from their label debut Nexus, which released this past October.

The band are gearing up for a tour with Spoken and 3 Pill Morning, kicking off Nov. 26. Check out dates below the video!

Tour dates:
11/26: Trenton, NJ @ Backstage @ Championships
11/27: Clifton, NJ @ Dingbatz
11/28: New York, NY @ Webster Hall
11/30: Westland, MI @ The Token Lounge
12/1: Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre
12/2: Ft. Wayne, IN @ The Hub
12/3: Braidwood, IL @ Top Fuel Saloon
12/5: St. Louis, MO @ Fubar
12/6: Merriam, KS @ Aftershock
12/9: St. Paul, MN @ Amsterdam Bar & Hall
12/10: Iowa City, IA @ Gabes
12/11: Omaha, NE @ The Lookout Lounge
12/12: Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
12/14: Tempe, AZ @ Club Red – Mesa
12/15: Tucson, AZ @ The Rock
12/18: Clarksville, TN @ The Warehouse

9. Chasing Safety released a new song called “This Is Hell,” along with an accompany visual. Watch it below, and be sure to pre-order the band’s new album, Nomad, out Jan. 6 via Outerloop Records.

10. Twenty-year-old acoustic solo artist Luciano Ferrara released a new song and video for the track “Try Again.”

The Floor Is Not Your Home is out Dec. 15 and can be pre-ordered here.

“I really think this song sets the whole mood for the album. It's really about coming to terms with your sadness or your loneliness or whatever keeps you down and learning to pick yourself up and keep going.”

11. Montreal-based Le Trouble released an interesting and awesome visual for “How Was I To Know?” from their forthcoming album Making Matters Worse. Watch:

12. Psychedelic indie rockers Palmas premiered their ‘60s-inspired, perfect-for-fall video. Check out “Flowers” below:

13. Lorna Shore released a heavy new single called “Denounce The Light.” Listen below, and their forthcoming new album, Flesh Coffin, is out Feb. 17.

14. Meat Wave released the first track from their forthcoming new album. Watch and listen to “The Incessant” below!

This song and new album was recorded-to-tape with Steve Albini. Look out for that follow-up to 2015’s Delusion Moon early next year.

15. A Loss For Words announced their final album this past week. Bassist Mikey Adams released the first single and video from his folk/pop duo solo project, Safe Hands. Listen to “Love You Give Away”:

16. This is cool: Owner of Epitaph Records and founding member of Bad Religion Brett Gurewitz and Rancid singer/guitarist Tim Armstrong attended opening night of Los Angeles-based figurative painter Natalia Fabia’s display at Corey Helford Gallery. Married to Bad Religion bassist Jay Bentley, Fabia’s new collection “Rainbeau Samsara” will be on display through Dec. 10.

See the photo of Gurewitz, Armstrong and Fabia below, along with a video featuring Fabia’s beautiful artwork!