Can’t Swim announce tour dates and other news you might have missed today
The Candescents shared a new music video for “Drink To Paradise”—plus, don’t miss Gavin Haley’s new single “Jet Lag.” Check out the news you might have missed today below! 1. The Candescents share new music video Columbus-based indie-pop act the Candescents shared a music video for their single “Drink To Paradise.” This is the first...
Spotify users listened to their favorite bands this much this year
Another year is coming to a close, meaning another year of seriously incredible music has kept us pretty active on Spotify over the last 12 months. When you combine that fan power, what do you get? Lots of hours worth of Spotify plays for our favorite bands and artists. A number of our faves have taken...
Rivers Cuomo to play California wildfire relief benefit concert
Following the raging wildfires in California last month, Father John Misty has joined forces with Goldenvoice for the California Wildfires Benefit Concert. The show will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 18, at The Theatre at The Ace Hotel in Los Angeles, CA. The California Wildfires Benefit Concert will feature 11 acts including Father John Misty himself, HAIM...
Buzzcocks frontman/pop-punk architect Pete Shelley dies at 63
Peter Shelley, co-founder of the Buzzcocks, the British punk band who were practically the architects for the entire genre of pop punk, passed away at his home in Estonia. He was 63. Earlier this afternoon, Shelley’s brother, Gary John McNeish, posted to Facebook, “This is the hardest thing I have ever had to do, is...
Russian group urges concert cancellation over “amoral” lyricism
In Russia, a group by the name of What Is Good 2.0, or the “Teach Good” community, are working diligently to cancel concerts hosted by bands and artists who use foul language and untraditional ideals in their lyrics. The group is additionally citing bands and events to authorities to “properly” get the events cancelled. Strangely enough, members...
‘Aquaman’ will have a horror movie character cameo
We’re weeks away from DC’s latest film adaptation Aquaman starring Jason Momoa as the titular character. With anticipation rising, Warner Bros. Pictures dropped the final trailer last month. With the last official clips, it seemed there were no surprises left—until today. James Wan is helming directing duties on the upcoming superhero flick, but those aren’t the type...
MoviePass launches new subscription plans for 2019
MoviePass has had quite a rough year. They crashed after running out of funds in July, and their parent company was under investigation in October—just to name a few. They tried charming customers with dogs in November, and now it looks like they’re moving on to the next phase of pleasing users by introducing new...
KISS' Tommy Thayer on band's final tour: “It is not a gimmick"
Classic rock icons, KISS, recently announced their final run as a band back in October, where they shared the first initial dates of the tour (and soon after, the second leg of dates.) Following KISS’ announcement of their final world tour, the band’s guitarist Tommy Thayer has shared that this run will really be the band’s last. Read...
This 144-song mashup will bring back all your 2018 memories
The first mashup of the best songs of 2018 is here, and it’s a great reminder of everything that dominated the pop charts this year. The 10-minute track includes songs from some of our favorite artists, such as 5 Seconds Of Summer, twenty one pilots, Panic! At The Disco, Post Malone, Ariana Grande, Lil Peep and Halsey. Plus many, many more....