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Russian Blue Release New Single, “London After Midnight”

Bremerton, Washington  alternative rock/pop band Russian Blue has released a single “London After Midnight” (listen here and here) from their upcoming album titled Shotgun, which releases June 23rd (click here for information on the release show).  You can see them May 22nd in Tacoma, Washington with Belmont, Young Culture & more (click here for details).  RIYL: Panic! At The Disco, Goteye, Foster the People.

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Here’s some photos taken by Mikey of alternative rock band Russian Blue at the Charleston in Bremerton, WA on Jan. 13th 2018. You can check out more photos from the show here and listen to them on spotify or check them out on facebook for updates on upcoming shows! For fans of Panic! at the Disco, Goteye, and Foster the People.

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Albums of the Year 2017

Happy new year! Here’s our favorite albums of 2017, the ones added by Mikey are bolded and contain favorite tracks, too. The rest were recommended by others. The list is in alphabetical order. We love all the amazing albums and songs released this year, and we’re looking forward to what comes next year.

All Time Low: Last Young Renegade - Favorite Tracks: Nice2KnoU, Drugs & Candy, Life of the Party

As It Is: Okay.

Beach Fossils: Somersault

Being as an Ocean: Waiting For Morning To Come

Björk: Utopia

Broadside: Paradise

Citizen: As You Please

Counterparts: You’re Not You Anymore

Enter Shikari: The Spark

Frank Iero and the Patience: Keep The Coffins Coming - Favorite Tracks: No Fun Club, You Are My Sunshine

The Front Bottoms: Going Grey

The Garden: U Want The Scoop?

Grayscale: Adornment

The Homeless Gospel Choir: Presents: Normal - Favorite Tracks: Normal, Crazy, Everyone

I The Mighty: Where The Mind Wants To Go / Where You Let It Go - Favorite Tracks: Pet Names, Chaos In Motion, Escapism

The Killers: Wonderful Wonderful - Favorite Tracks: Run For Cover, The Calling

Knuckle Puck: Shapeshifter

Lights: Skin&Earth

The Maine: Lovely Little Lonely - Favorite Tracks: Don’t Come Down, Bad Behavior, How Do You Feel?

Movements: Feel Something

Neck Deep: The Peace and The Panic

Neil Cicierega: Mouth Moods

Nothing But Thieves: Broken Machine

Ocean Grove: The Rhapsody Tapes

One Ok Rock: Ambitions 

Panic! At The Disco: All My Friends, We’re Glorious: Death of a Bachelor Tour Live

Paramore: After Laughter - Favorite Tracks: Told You So, Fake Happy, Caught In The Middle

Portugal. The Man: Woodstock

Pvris: All We Know Of Heaven, All We Need Of Hell - Favorite Tracks: Heaven, What’s Wrong, No Mercy

The Regrettes: Feel Your Feelings Fool!

Russian Blue: The Sandman Album - Favorite Tracks: The Carnivorous Entity on Your Left Shoulder

Save Ferris: Checkered Past

Seaway: Vacation

Sleeping With Sirens: Gossip

Sleep On It: Overexposed

Sorority Noise: You’re Not As _____ As You Used To Be

Sweeping Exits: Glitter & Blood - Favorite Tracks: Undead, Bigotry & Barbecue, Ghost

The Used: The Canyon - Favorite Tracks: Cold War Telescreen, Broken Windows, Over and Over Again

You Me At Six: Night People

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Albums of the Year 2017

Happy new year! Here’s our favorite albums of 2017, the ones added by Mikey are bolded and contain favorite tracks, too. The rest were recommended by others. The list is in alphabetical order. We love all the amazing albums and songs released this year, and we’re looking forward to what comes next year.

All Time Low: Last Young Renegade - Favorite Tracks: Nice2KnoU, Drugs & Candy, Life of the Party

As It Is: Okay.

Beach Fossils: Somersault

Being as an Ocean: Waiting For Morning To Come

Björk: Utopia

Broadside: Paradise

Citizen: As You Please

Counterparts: You’re Not You Anymore

Enter Shikari: The Spark

Frank Iero and the Patience: Keep The Coffins Coming - Favorite Tracks: No Fun Club, You Are My Sunshine

The Front Bottoms: Going Grey

The Garden: U Want The Scoop?

Grayscale: Adornment

The Homeless Gospel Choir: Presents: Normal - Favorite Tracks: Normal, Crazy, Everyone

I The Mighty: Where The Mind Wants To Go / Where You Let It Go - Favorite Tracks: Pet Names, Chaos In Motion, Escapism

The Killers: Wonderful Wonderful - Favorite Tracks: Run For Cover, The Calling

Knuckle Puck: Shapeshifter

Lights: Skin&Earth

The Maine: Lovely Little Lonely - Favorite Tracks: Don’t Come Down, Bad Behavior, How Do You Feel?

Movements: Feel Something

Neck Deep: The Peace and The Panic

Neil Cicierega: Mouth Moods

Nothing But Thieves: Broken Machine

Ocean Grove: The Rhapsody Tapes

One Ok Rock: Ambitions 

Panic! At The Disco: All My Friends, We’re Glorious: Death of a Bachelor Tour Live

Paramore: After Laughter - Favorite Tracks: Told You So, Fake Happy, Caught In The Middle

Portugal. The Man: Woodstock

Pvris: All We Know Of Heaven, All We Need Of Hell - Favorite Tracks: Heaven, What’s Wrong, No Mercy

The Regrettes: Feel Your Feelings Fool!

Russian Blue: The Sandman Album - Favorite Tracks: The Carnivorous Entity on Your Left Shoulder

Save Ferris: Checkered Past

Seaway: Vacation

Sleeping With Sirens: Gossip

Sleep On It: Overexposed

Sorority Noise: You’re Not As _____ As You Used To Be

Sweeping Exits: Glitter & Blood - Favorite Tracks: Undead, Bigotry & Barbecue, Ghost

The Used: The Canyon - Favorite Tracks: Cold War Telescreen, Broken Windows, Over and Over Again

You Me At Six: Night People

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Panic! At The Disco Drop Song, “Feels Like Christmas”

When we say it feels like christmas, it’s now with a dash of emo. Feels Like Christmas, the surprise release from Panic! At The Disco is ready to join all your holiday playlists for years to come! We know we’ll be listening to it on Christmas morning... Will you? You can download it for free here.

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The Used Release New Song “Over and Over Again”

And don’t worry - the song comes with a video that feels straight out of a fever dream. Although it stays on a light spectrum with the use of white and pink for most of the video, it definitely has a... let’s say... dark side. The song itself is very inherently ‘The Used,’ with solid lyrics, a good hook and music that feels very uniquely them, while still feeling like it isn’t repeating an old song. The video, however, is a bad fever dream documented for all to see; which is nothing short of incredibly interesting and eye catching. We’re interested to see if there will be more videos that tie into this first one, or if it’s a standalone in concept. The new song and video comes with a new album! You can preorder “The Canyon” (out Oct. 27th) here, and check out their previously announced tour dates here.

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Thank you for the submission! Check out Crosa Rosa’s new video Sweety, above. Check out their bandcamp for more tunes, and keep up to date with the band on their twitter and facebook. Warning: video contains flashing images.

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Pvris Releases New Music Video, “Anyone Else”

Pvris has released another single and video, titled “Anyone Else,” off their new album, All We Know Of Heaven, All We Need Of Hell, which releases tomorrow (buy here)! As their videos tend to, it’s got that spooky artistic flair that finds a way to be unique in each individual video. Want to see that flair in person? Check them out on tour this fall here.

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Bandcamp Donates 100% Of Their Profits To The Transgender Law Center Today

As Bandcamp says themselves, “we will be donating 100% of our share of every sale on Friday, August 4th (from midnight to midnight Pacific Time) to the Transgender Law Center, a nonprofit organization that works tirelessly to change law, policy, and culture for the more equitable.” 

So spend today looking for good music to buy on Bandcamp to help support Trans people! We urge you to buy from trans artists to further your support, and recommend the following bands and artists, in a range of genres: Sweeping Exits, Little Star, Lyskoi, Screaming Toenail, Space Nation, Bellyache, 4th Curtis, Ashby and the Oceanns, Layperson, Deep Femme, G.L.O.S.S., and our very own Mikey Rose’s project Stutter Something Profound. 

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The Homeless Gospel Choir Releases Music Video For “Choir” ft. Frank Iero

The video is definitely worth a watch! The track is a hit, with more than simply powerful lyrics. It comes with the added bonus of Frank Iero featured on the song, and amazing artwork by David Watt for the video. We’re hoping they’ll even play the song live with Iero on their EU/UK tour (check it out here). Make sure to preorder their album Normal here, as this is only the first single and we’re already in love (and hope you are too). 

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Bisexual Erasure in the Music Industry

Bisexual erasure is a big problem in popular media culture in general, with many reports showing a significant link between the lack of bisexual visibility and poor mental health among bisexuals (reports also show these individuals have a higher risk of suicide and poor mental health than the general population.) It is a problem that exists across the media and contributes to the perpetuation of negative stereotypes. But there’s particularly a problem in the media's coverage of alternative musicians. There are many examples of bisexual musicians having their identities erased and ignored or misportrayed by the media. Click below to read more about it.

                  Since the 70s, one of the most notable examples of this is David Bowie. Portrayed at the time as a straight man who experimented, David Bowie first came out as gay in an interview with Melody Maker in 1972 but later came out as bisexual in 1976. Bowie’s sexuality had been focus of much debate even after his coming out; he dealt with biphobia in an interview with Mavis Nicholson in 1979, and still decades later was asked to confirm his sexuality in an interview with Jonathan Ross in 2003. Yet, even after his death, articles are written in debate over his sexuality some claiming that he was in fact gay, others still portraying him as a straight man who experimented. Even some fans claiming it was simply a marketing campaign, saying “we will never really know” despite Bowie’s coming out twice as bisexual.

                  Bowie is not the only classic rock musician to have his identity erased by the media. Freddie Mercury is another famous example. Unlike Bowie who was portrayed by the media as a straight man who experimented, many articles are written claiming that Mercury was gay, interpreting the song Bohemian Rhapsody as a coming out song, Mercury is also listed in many lists of gay stars who lost their lives to HIV/AIDs. His sexuality has also been debated since his death, though it is widely assumed that Freddie Mercury was gay when in reality he was bisexual, it’s stated in his obituary and it is often forgotten that he wrote the song ‘Love of My Life’ about his long-term partner, Mary Austin.

                  So if both these classic rock musicians were open about their sexuality why is it still debated and misportrayed in the media even after their deaths? Unfortunately, many people still have a very binary view of sexuality, believing that it is only possible to like either women or men and the myth that bisexual people eventually have to ‘pick a side’ still prevails; an idea that can be damaging to young people exploring their identity and discovering their sexuality. Even within the LGBT community, despite the seemingly inclusive acronym, bisexual people still experience biphobia. Although as a society and a community we like to believe we have made progress, biphobia and bisexual erasure are still big issues and many current bisexual musicians have their identities erased.

                  Many people are unaware that Green Day frontman, Billie Joe Armstrong  is openly bisexual. He first came out in a 1995 interview with the Advocate and has since discussed the song ‘Coming Clean’ on the album Dookie, stating, “It was a song about questioning myself”. Yet, people still assume Billie Joe Armstrong to be straight.

                  Though it is not just bisexual male musicians who have their identity erased by the media. The frontwoman of the hard rock band Halestorm has also been open about her sexuality on twitter and has made multiple posts to raise awareness for the situation in Chechnya, and other LGBT+ issues and yet her bisexuality and support is mostly ignored completely rather than misrepresented by the media and is often left out of lists of LGBT artists, while artists who are not openly LGBT are considered gay icons, for example, Courtney Love. While Love has been relatively open about past experiences with women , she is not out as bisexual and has in fact made transphobic comments in the past, used the f slur and when asked what made her a gay icon, responded with; “Surviving, and also the ability to do drag, to clean up nice.” Though it is impossible to confirm or deny whether or not Love is bisexual, it is still erasive that she and many other straight artists are revered as LGBT icons while bisexual artists are largely ignored by the media; especially female bisexual artists. However, if you know of any bisexual musicians that have not been mentioned and that need more recognition, or have any opinions on issues raised, message us! We’d love to hear your thoughts.

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The Killers Announce Tour, Release New Song and Detail New Album “Wonderful Wonderful”

(photo by Anton Corbijn)

When The Killers release things, it’s never simple. After the recent announcement of their new album, Wonderful Wonderful, fans were given a taste of it with the first single and video, “The Man” (watch here). Since then, everyone’s been anxiously awaiting more news - and it’s finally here! Wonderful Wonderful is now officially set to release September 22nd. With the date set, we got another sneak peak at the album with their second single, “Run For Cover” (listen here). The tracklist is revealed below. Of course, with every good album announcement, there comes a tour, too! The 2018 North American Tour will go on sale August 11th, dates are below.

Wonderful Wonderful Tracklist:

1. Wonderful Wonderful 2. The Man 3. Rut 4. Life To Come 5. Run For Cover 6.Tyson vs Douglas 7. Some Kind Of Love 8. Out Of My Mind 9. The Calling 10. Have All The Songs Been Written?

Wonderful Wonderful Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks: 11. Money On Straight 12. The Man (Jacques Lu Cont Remix) 13. The Man (Duke Dumont Remix)

2018 North American tour dates:

January 5th Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre January 6th Laval, QC @ Place Bell January 7th Boston, MA @ TD Garden January 9th Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center January 10th Washington, DC @ The Anthem January 12th New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden January 13th Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center January 15th Detroit, MI @ Masonic Temple Theatre January 16th Chicago, IL @ United Center January 17th Saint Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center January 21st Duluth, GA @ Infinite Energy Center January 23rd Miami, FL @ AmericanAirlines Arena January 24th Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock LIve January 30th San Diego, CA @ Valley View Casino Center February 1st Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center February 3rd Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena February 5th Broomfield, CO @ 1st Bank Center February 6th Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Smart Home Arena

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Fall Out Boy Releases Official Music Video For “Champion”

...And we love it! The video takes watchers through a trip of different people's lives and perspectives -- with plenty of instances of social commentary worked in. The feelings carried through the video even bring more emotion to the song itself, and we’re hoping it’ll be a common theme, considering Young and Menace did the same thing. The end of the video includes an added moment that works as the band's announcement that Jaden Smith will be joining the M A  N   I    A tour! Find tour dates here.

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Frank Iero announces new E.P. “Keep The Coffins Coming” and an EU/UK tour!

Good news has come everyone’s way today! Frank Iero and the Patience are releasing a 4 song E.P. entitled Keep The Coffins Coming, out September 22nd. So far we know one of the songs will be titled “No Fun Club” (lyrics here), which stems from a concept that Iero is known for referencing fairly often. The announcements didn’t stop there for Iero, though! He and the Patience will be doing an extensive EU/UK tour this fall, with special guests Dave Hause and The Mermaid, The Homeless Gospel Choir, and The Paceshifters. Tickets are on sale Friday, so get a taste for those tour dates below:

20 September UK Newcastle - Uni 21 September UK Liverpool - Arts Club 22 September UK Leeds - Key Club 24 September UK Manchester - Academy 3 25 September UK Brighton - Concorde 2 26 September UK Bristol - Fleece 27 September UK London - Tufnell Park Dome 29 September GER Wiesbaden - Schlatchof 30 September GER Lindau - Club Vaudeville 01 October GER Leipzig - Werk 2 03 October CH Zurich - Dynamo 04 October AUS Vienna - Arena 05 October GER Nuremberg - Hirsch 06 October GER Cologne - Gebaude 9 08 October UK Cardiff - Globe 09 October UK Norwich - Waterfront 11 October UK Edinburgh - La Belle Angele 12 October UK Aberdeen - Garage 13 October UK Glasgow - Garage 15 October UK Sheffield - Plug 16 October UK Nottingham - Rescue Rooms 17 October UK Colchester - Arts Centre * 18 October UK Portsmouth - Wedgwood Rooms * 19 October UK Wolverhampton - Slade Rooms * 20 October UK Aldershot - West End Centre * (* shows without Dave Hause and The Mermaid)

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It's been a week since they were in Portland, but we're still thinking about what an incredible show All Time Low threw! Energy was running wild through the crowd all night, and fans were sure to have gone home with a sore throat from singing along. Check out Mikey's photos here, or click the 'keep reading’ below. Make sure to catch them on The Young Renegades Tour, with support from The Wrecks, Waterparks, and SWMRS (click their names to check out photos from their sets as well!)

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Click the read more for more photos from the SWMRS set! Or click here to view them on Flickr.

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Nothing can beat the passion of a SWMRS set! Their show in Portland on The Young Renegades Tour was one to remember. Make sure to see them if they're coming to your town on the tour with The Wrecks, Waterparks and All Time Low, and check out Mikey's photos of the show above to get a glimpse into their set.