June 5, 2018

Facebook to allow music in videos with new Lip Sync Live feature

Facebook will start allowing users to add music to their posts and live videos. The first step is a new feature introduced on June 5, Lip Sync Live. Read more: Personal data of 26M Ticketfly customers exposed due to hack Facebook announced plans to enable users from around the world to include music in their videos. “We’re testing...

The Word Alive talk about the music they just can't listen to anymore

Every music lover has that one good song or album that’s ruined by a shitty time or person. For Tony Pizzuti of The Word Alive, 90s reggae-rock mainstays Sublime inspire rage and and poster-punching. TWA frontman, Telle Smith, gets real in this episode of APTV’s Ruined Music–name dropping his first love-turned-heartbreak and the music that...

Pale Waves announce UK and Ireland tour and other news you might have missed today

Pale Waves, IDLES and As It Is announced tours — plus don’t miss a new song from Homesafe. Check out the news you might have missed today below! Read more: Ghost fans help raise funds for concertgoer who died at show Pale Waves announce U.K. and Ireland tour   UK & IRELAND TOUR. PRE-SALE TOMORROW 9AM. TICKETS...

Ghost fans help raise funds for concertgoer who died at show

Following the death of Jeffrey Fortune at Ghost’s May 31 show in Milwaukee, a GoFundMe campaign was created to help Fortune’s family. Read more: Ghost end Milwaukee show early after concertgoer collapses and later dies The page was created on June 2 by the fan club, Ghost American Ministries, who created the campaign after Fortune collapsed during...

New TV show aims to help bands get signed and make it big

It isn’t easy to make it as a musician, and there definitely isn’t a guidebook to tell artists the right and wrong way to do things. One record label president is attempting to change that with the launch of a new TV show, Musician Rescue. Read more: Andy Biersack shares Warped Tour memories Outerloop Records...

Thrice sign to Epitaph Records, drop new track

Orange County-based band Thrice have signed with Epitaph Records and celebrated by premiering their new song, “The Grey.” Read More: Personal Data of 26M Ticketfly customers exposed due to hack The band said they have grown up listening to bands on the label, so they are looking forward to a future of working with Epitaph,...

Personal data of 26M Ticketfly customers exposed due to hack

Following a recent “cyber incident” that forced ticketing vendor Ticketfly to shut down, about 26 million email addresses linked to the site were exposed to online hackers. Read more: Apple to introduce group FaceTime calls with IOS update The website claimed “some customer information has been compromised as part of the incident.” Ticketfly added that...

This death metal turtleneck is the best thing you'll see today

Texas-based brand Patricia Rae is launching the shirt you didn’t know you needed. The death metal turtleneck is the best thing you will see today. Read more: 10 reasons you shouldn’t get that band’s logo as a tattoo The turtlenecks feature the brand name written in a metal font and surrounded by flowers. According to the...

Apple to introduce group FaceTime calls with iOS update

Apple is launching group FaceTime chats in the new iOS update—and you might be able to call all your friends at once. Read more: Jimmy Eat World on maintaining the vitality of a new era of music The new group chats can include up to 32 participants, reports the Verge. This is which is probably...