- This is a long read but a good one from The Ringer: “A Strange Bolt of Lightning”: The Oral History of the Gaslight Anthem’s The ’59 Sound.
- No link but there’s word that a band that formed for a few performances last year called Glorietta, consisting of David Ramirez, Noah Gundersen, Kelsey Wilson of Wild Child, Adrien Quesada of Blackout, Matthew Logan Vasquez of Delta Spirit, and Jason Blum, has recorded an album coming soon.
- Out officially in a week and a day, Dawes’ new album, Passwords, is streaming on NPR’s First Listen right now.
- Here are the first two singles from the newest Punch Brothers album. First one is called “It’s All Part of the Plan,” and the second is “Three Dots and a Dash.” The new album, All Ashore, will be available September 7.