Listen: Atreyu return with two new songs, announce seventh studio album

If you’re a fan of Atreyu, then get ready because the quartet just unveiled a slew of good news. On Friday (Aug. 24), the California-founded group announced the fall time release of their seventh studio album. Titled In Our Wake, the new record is due out Oct. 12 through Search and Destroy Records / Spinefarm. Pre-orders for the new album are currently available here.

In a press statement, singer Alex Varkatzas reveals how the deaths of two fellow musicians influenced the impending album.

“It’s a deep one. We looked up to Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington, and their deaths were fresh during the writing process. It made us think of what we’ll leave in our wake. We have a choice to change the lives of others for the better.”

“The album title In Our Wake comes from the idea that every day we humans have two roads we can go down: Do you choose to inspire, uplift, and enhance each others lives? Or do you prefer to belittle, shit talk, and tear down each other down?,” bassist Porter McKnight explains.

“With each choice made, you leave a ripple that reflects across your community, then onto your city, to your nation, and eventually all across the globe. Who do you leave in your wake?”

In addition to the new album announcement, the five-piece also unleashed two new songs from the upcoming record; “Anger Left Behind” and the record’s title track “In Our Wake.” Watch the music video for “In Our Wake” above while “Anger Left Behind” can be streamed here.

In Our Wake is the follow-up to 2015’s Long Live and finds the group reuniting with Lead Sails Paper Anchor producer John Feldmann. The complete tracklisting for the 12-song record can be seen below.

IN OUR WAKE TRACK LIST:

01. “In Our Wake”
02. “House of Gold”
03. “The Time is Now”
04. “Nothing Will Ever Change”
05. “Blind Deaf & Dumb”
06. “Terrified”
07. “Safety Pin”
08. “Into the Open”
09. “Paper Castle”
10. “No Control”
11. “Anger Left Behind”
12. “Super Hero”

Electric Century to Release EP for Record Store Day

Electric Century will finally be releasing some new tracks.

The group took to Twitter last night to reveal the good news to their fans who have been awaiting new music since last year.

The record, which will be the first solo release from former My Chemical Romance bassist Mikey Way and his partners in the act Dave Debiak of Sleep Station and Justin Siegel formerly of Stars in Stereo, is set to be released on Record Store Day (April 18).

The EP will feature four songs; three of which are previously unreleased tracks. Check out the full details of the upcoming record directly from the Record Store Day website as well as the band.

“Electric Century EP 

DETAILS:
Format: 10″ Colored Vinyl
Label: Panic State Records 
Release type: RSD Exclusive Release

Electric Century is a fever dream. A Britpop happening made to bounce along heavy beats and driving bass. It’s your subconscious offering relief, a telltale anthem of joy. But the dream has been infected, like always, by the voices in your head: I can’t remember life without the pain.

Mikey Way (My Chemical Romance) conceived Electric Century in a daydream. The band is derived from a title, scribbled in his middle-school science notebook. Its idea has been weathered through love and bitter loss, and cultivated within the world’s strangest embrace — sudden celebrity.

In Electric Century, Mikey joins forces with longtime friend Dave Debiak (Sleep Station, New London Fire), whose songwriting captures demons, addiction and despair, then holds them up plainly against the happy facade that we show to the world.

TRACKLIST:

1.  Right There
2.  I Lied
3.  Hail the Saints
4.  If Heaven Will Have Me (Exclusive Record Store Day Track)”

Have you heard the news yet? We are releasing a 4 song EP on record store day, April 18th! pic.twitter.com/5oDKGYuyne

— Electric Century (@ElectricCentury) March 10, 2015

Last year, the group released two tracks, “Let You Get Away” and “I Lied” to give people a taste of what to expect from the new project.

Architects Stream New Album

Architects are giving fans the opportunity to hear their upcoming new album, Lost Forever / / Lost Together. The band have already released a couple of tracks including “C.A.N.C.E.R.” which debuted just yesterday as well as “Naysayer” and “Broken Cross.”

The new album isn’t due for another two weeks, March 11 to be exact, but they have gifted fans a stream of all the track on YouTube or you can just click play below.

In the support of the new album, the band will be heading out on a European tour beginning on March 7 at the Manchester Academy and will go through until April 16, ending at Paris La Maroquinerie.

Lady Gaga’s ‘ARTPOP’ Gets Leaked

UPDATE: In case you guys have yet to get a full download of Mother Monster’s new album, head on over here and download your own copy of it.

—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————–

Lady Gaga’s attempt to keep her new album, ARTPOP under lock and key until its release date might have just gone to the dogs because it has been reported that the pop stars highly anticipated new album, has just leaked.

Over the last several months, Gaga has been unveiling tracks from the new album. “Applause” was the first official single off of the new record followed by her treating fans to several other new tracks when she performed at the iTunes Festival in England back in early September.

Over the course of the last month, she unveiled other tracks including her new single “Do What U Want” which features R. Kelly. This past week, another song titled, “Dope” made it onto the internet.

The new album and its application that Gaga revealed would connect all the Little Monster around the world, are not due to be released until November 11.

Gaga, who is not one to take hackers and leakers lightly, has not yet commented on what has happened, but sadly, the album leak has been taken down from the website that had it.

ARTPOP TRACKLIST:

01 “Aura”
02 “Venus”
03 “G.U.Y.”
04 “Sexxx Dreams”
05 “Jewels N’ Drugs”
06 “MANiCURE”
07 “Do What U Want” (feat. R. Kelly)
08 “ARTPOP”
09 “Swine”
10 “Donatella”
11 “Fashion!”
12 “Mary Jane Holland”
13 “Dope”
14 “Gypsy”
15 “Applause”

Drake Releases New Album Tracklist

Information about Drake’s upcoming new album, Nothing Was the Same, has been coming out in increments over the past few weeks. First it was the news that the album had been pushed back then there was the release of the album art which features a little kid with a big ‘fro , mostly likely representing a younger Drake and the rapper now.

Earlier this week, it was also announced that Drake’s father would be contributing some vocals to a track. Today, the official tracking list for the album was released and the biggest shock could be that for once, Lil’ Wayne is not featured on the album like it was rumored at one point. The only rappers to appear on the album are Jay-Z and Detail.

Another surprise is that after it was announced that his father would be contributing vocal to “Heat of the Moment,” the song sadly did not make it to the album; “The Motion” and “5 AM in Toronto” which had previously leaked, also did not make it on the album.

There will also be a deluxe version of the album which will feature  “All Me”, his collaboration with Big Sean and 2 Chainz as well as “Come Thru”.

Nothing Was the Same TRACKLISTING

1-Tuscan Leather
2-Furthest Thing
3-Started From the Bottom
4-Wu-Tang Forever
5-Own It
6-Worst Behavior
7-From Time
8-Hold On, We’re Going Home
9-Connect
10-The Language
11-305 to My City [ft. Detail]
12-Too Much
13-Pound Cake [ft. Jay-Z]/Paris Morton Music 2

Nothing Was the Same will be out on September 24.

Paul McCartney Releases “New” Song

Sir Paul McCartney has released a new song titled, ironically, “New.” The song will be featured on the original musician’s upcoming LP titled New as well.

The LP will be the former Beatles’ solo album in six years and will include 12 new song all produced by mega producer, Mark Ronson. The LP will supposedly have a more McCartney feel to it with lines such as “we can do what we want, we can live as we choose.”

McCartney’s last album that featured purely new tracks was 2007’s Memory Almost Full. In 2009, he released the live album, Good Evening New York City and followed that with a classic ballet score in 2011 titled, Ocean’s Kingdom. Last year, he released Kisses on the Bottom, which did not include new material, but did include several covers of pop and jazz hits.

Last month, McCartney made news when he during a show at Seattle’s Safeco Field, he brought out the remaining members of Nirvana on the stage to perform during his encore. Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic backed McCartney on “Cut Me Some Slack” which will be featured on the upcoming release.

For now, check out “New” below and tell us what you feel about it; is it classic McCartney?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE_1V0phMW8

AFI Release “17 Crimes”

AFI might have been able to keep the tracks to their new album secret until the release of their first single, “I Hope You Suffer.” After the song had been released, the band also let fans know that another new track that will be featured on the upcoming album, Burials would be featured on The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Soundtrack.

Today, the track titled, “17 Crimes” has made its way onto the internet through an audio video. Burials, the follow-up to 2009’s CrashLove, will be available on October 22, just in time for AFI to head out on tour with Touche Amore and Coming.

For now, check out the video for “17 Crimes” below:

AFI Announce New Tour

AFI just announced today that they will be heading out on a full North American tour later this year. The tour will start its North American trek on September 12  at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis, MN and go all the way through to November 2 at The Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, BC in support of their new album, Burials. The new album is scheduled for an October 22 release date and just last week the band premiered their first single of f the album, “I Hope You Suffer.”

Check out the full tour lit below as well as their single.

TOUR DATES:

9/12-Minneapolis, MN                Varsity Theater

9/13-Detroit, MI                           St. Andrews Hall

9/15-Chicago, IL                           Humboldt Park/Riot Fest

9/16-Cleveland, OH                     House of Blues

9/18-St. Louis, MO                       The Pageant

9/19-Lawrence, KS                      Granada Theater

9/21-Byers, CO                              May Farms, Riot Fest

10/7-Boston, MA                         Royale

10/8-Washington, DC                 9:30 Club

10/13-New York, NY                  Webster Hall

10/11-Philadelphia, PA              Theatre of Living Arts

10/12-Sayreville, NJ                   Starland Ballroom

10/14-Pittsburgh, PA                  Club Zoo

10/15-Cincinnati, OH                  Bogart’s

10/17-Houston, TX                      Warehouse Live

10/18-Austin, TX                          Mohawk

10/20-Tempe, AZ                         Marquee Theatre

10/22-Los Angeles, CA               Henry Fonda Theatre

10/23-San Diego, CA                    House of Blues

10/25-Pomona, CA                       Fox Theater

10/26-Las Vegas, NV                   House of Blues

10/28-Santa Cruz, CA                  The Catalyst

10/29-Reno, NV                            Knitting Factory

10/31-Portland, OR                      Roseland Theatre

11/1-Seattle, WA                            The Showbox at the Market

11/2-Vancouver, BC                     The Commodore Ballroom

Elton John Reveals New Album Information

Don’t call it a comeback, or do if you want, but the truth is Elton John is coming back and that is all.

The singer recently revealed that he would be putting out a new album sometime this year, but until yesterday, the official release date was unknown. The Diving Board, John’s first album in seven years will be released in September. Instead of just releasing the date over the internet in writing, like most musicians would do, the singer decided to go the extra by releasing a trailer for the album.

The clip with its moody vibe shows John singing at the piano, but also speaking about the project. The lead single for the album, “Home Again” can be heard playing in the background of the trailer.  “What kind of music do I really want to make?” John questions, before answering his own question, “I am on the diving board.”

The Diving Board is John’s first new album since 2006’s The Captain & the Kid which coincidental was released September 18. Four years after that, John released a collaboration album with Leon Russell called The Union. This album will mark 45 years that John has been in the music industry as well as his 30th studio album.

The album will be produced by T Bone Burnett and will feature 12 new songs. “I realized that I had to go back to go forward again,” he said in a newly released press release. “I needed to strip away the excesses and get back to the core of what I do as an artist. That’s what ‘The Diving Board’ represents. I’m incredibly excited about every aspect of this album.”

John was most recently featured on Fall Out Boy’s new album, Save Rock and Roll on the titled track.

TRAILER:

AFI Release Two New Trailers

Ever since AFI announced that they would be releasing a new album later this year, the band have been posting mysterious videos on their website for the fans. As of today, the band have released five videos that have been under three minutes.

We know AFI like their mystery, but come on guys, throw us a bone and let us know what it’s about!

But until they do, you can check out the two new videos below: