Instagram 3.0 upgrade includes map browsing, new layouts
Instagram 3.0 was released today. Instagram says they “focused on the browsing experience” for the newest upgrade, which includes: A map-browsing feature that allows users to view photos on a map rather than through scrolling. Geotagging and placing your photos on the map is optional More consistent layouts throughout Larger photos in grid display A...
Sleigh Bells announce fall tour with Araabmuzik
Sleigh Bells have annnounced that, following the end of their tour with Refused and a couple festival appearances, they will tour with Araabmuzik this fall. DATES (Italicized dates not with Araabmuzik) October 1 – Bowling Green, OH @ Cla-Zel Theatre October 2 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall October 3 – Rochester, NY @...
NGHBRS release live studio video for "Beautiful Birds"
NGHBRS have released a live studio video of their performing a stripped-down, alternate version of “Beautiful Birds.” The song comes from the free mixtape NGHBRS is set to release on Paper + Plastick on August 30. Watch the video below:
Cheap Girls announce co-headlining tours with The Drowning Men and The Front Bottoms
Cheap Girls have announced that they will co-headliune 2 tours this fall. The first of which is with The Drowning Men and the second with The Front Bottoms. DATES (with The Drowning Men) August 28 – Rhythm Room- Phoenix, AZ August 29 – The Satellite- Los Angeles, CA August 30- Velvet Jones- Santa Barbara, CA...
Google+ adds "Studio Mode" to Hangouts On Air for live music streaming
Google+ have announced that they intend to make “live hangout concerts sound more like the stage” with their new audio-enhancing “Studio Mode” feature. Added with musicians who stream their live music through Google+ Hangouts On Air in mind, the new feature optimizes audio quality for music by streaming “in stereo at a higher bitrate through...
Fueled By Ramen bands support Andy Mrotek with "We Love The Butcher" benefit t-shirt
Cobra Starship, The Academy Is…, Gym Class Heroes, Fall Out Boy and Panic! At The Disco are releasing a t-shirt with all proceeds going to Andy “The Butcher” Mrotek to help pay his medical bills. Mrotek, former drummer of The Academy Is…, was assaulted last month in the Humboldt Park area of Milwaukee, WI. Those...
Sparks The Rescue and Set It Off announce Canadian tour
Set It Off have announced that they will tour Canada with Sparks The Rescue and Something You Whisper this September on the “Sssummer Regrets Tour.” DATES September 4 – Montreal – Underworld September 5 – Ottawa – Mavericks September 6 – Hamilton – Absinthe September 9 – London – Norma Jeans September 10 – Waterloo...
The Faceless - Autotheism
The Faceless Autotheism The Faceless were far superior to the majority of their tech-death peers even on their debut, 2006’s Akeldama; they blasted and broke down like everyone else, but genuinely necessary keyboards and other original touches vaulted them out of the pack. Two years later, Planetary Duality cemented their awesomeness, and now, on their...
Alexisonfire update farewell tour dates
Alexisonfire have added a third Toronto date to their upcoming, international farewell tour and have rescheduled their performance in Sao Paulo, Brazil to December 6 because of a double-booking on the original date, December 7. DATES (those added or modified are highlighted in bold): 12.03 – London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton 12.06 – Sao...