- California acoustic duo This Wild Life have released a new song and video from their upcoming third album, Petaluma. “Catie Rae” is the third song from the album, out June 22, following “Westside” and “Hold You Here.”
- Ryan Adams debuted a new song called “105.5 The Colorado Sound” about a Fort Collins-Denver radio station, premiering today on the station’s website. The North Carolina-born former Whiskeytown frontman also shared some thoughts on a three-year old EP, Blue Light, on his instagram today, calling it “the best record” he ever made.
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- Maybe I should have known this, but I had no idea Vevo had their own site. I just thought they were a company that used YouTube. Either way, they’re now shutting down their site and focusing on a deal with YouTube.
- With the release of season two of Netflix teen drama 13 Reasons Why last week, the show has also recently added it’s complete soundtrack to streaming services, which includes a new song by show producer Selena Gomez, “Back To You,” along with music by Charlotte Lawrence, Lord Huron, Tears for Fears, and more.
- Last week, I shared this Weezer cover of the Toto song “Rosanna,” a cheeky response to a 14-year-old fan who had been campaigning for them to cover a different Toto song, “Africa.” Now, the Rivers Cuomo-led rock band have succumbed and released their cover of “Africa,” also from Toto’s 1982 album, Toto IV. The video features the Twitter account that asked for the cover:
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