Most things suck right now. And by most, we mean about 96% of things.
10 or 20 or 30 years ago, this living hell might not have lasted quite as long. There might have been a light at the end of the tunnel by this point. Today, there is none.
And also 10-30 years ago, internet speeds weren't nearly as fast. In 2020, we can communicate faster; we can instantly share ideas virtually (for better or worse); we can not only create homemade art and music, but we can share them on handheld computers.
Most things suck right now, but at least there's screaming mummies.
And rock is still here, thriving more than any other genre, far beyond the boundaries of capitalism without shows, without venues, without major labels, without big money bloggers, and with its most heinous offenders recieving their karmic due diligence. Virtual DIY zines and newsletters are more important than ever. Free charity EPs comprise many of 2020's best releases.
Rockism might come back with a vengeance by the time the pandemic eventually fades, free of blue checks and rich parents dictating future end-of-year lists. 2020 was blessed with Bandcamp's massive free storage capacity -- unavailable decades ago.
Most things tremendously suck right now. But new rock is not one of those things.
The newest news. The hottest jams. Let's go...
Nashville's Thirdface Release a New Summer Single
May or may not be hinting at more music later in 2020.
Also check out their video from last summer...
"PUNK BAND" Has Been Looped In Our Head For A Few Days
It's still there.
Don't Think We Forgot About Territory Slugs
We did not forget. Still no word on a release date, but the long awaited "Alone Time" was posted back in April.
https://soundcloud.com/andy-chervenak/alone-time-vox-2
(Sandy) Alex G Is Now Alex G
This really messed up our scrobbles, and turns out it was all for naught. If they just combined these into one artist account, Alex G would be our 4th or 5th highest scrobble of all time. But instead it's split between "Alex G" at #28 and "(Sandy) Alex G" at #12. Can someone get on this already?
Here's their latest video from back in Feb:
Cloud Nothings Release Surprise Quarantine Full Length
And somehow emerge tighter than ever. Only two songs are available for free now. No word from Todd Hyman on the official release date just yet:
Lavender Flu Covers "In League With Satan"
We're in favor of more bands covering this song. Midnight's cover is also sick. They're both sick.
https://lavenderflu.bandcamp.com/track/in-league-with-satan
Super Flasher's Self-Titled Arrives On Bandcamp!
We don't remember liking this band on Facebook, but we're glad we did because hey check this out:
Lea's Latest New Single Is One In A Million
A few months ago, we played "One In A Million" by Aaliyah during our radio shift. We did this because we have a 12-inch single of this jam, and we like to occasionally play it on the radio since it is the greatest record of all time.
So long story short: Vitti was driving around, probably with Jon and Salvator and possibly Boner, and they heard a re-run of this show where I correctly described it as the greatest song. A few minutes later, I got a random text from Vitti saying "How much did James pay you to say that hahah" and it took me about 10 minutes to figure out that #1 it was a Monday night around 11:30PM, #2 the radio station was playing this specific re-run, and #3 Vitti misheard me as saying "Lea" instead of "Aaliyah."
So now Lea has a new song that is the actual greatest song of all time. It's "all the feels." It's everything. Waiting on that full length already.
Shamir Drops "On My Own" Video
Future MTVZ content is here.
Vince Loves The New Knot Single
Can you blame him?
After Hours Top 10 Most Played -- Week Of July 20thth
We're trying to figure out how to get anyone to care about After Hours FM. Here's the songs with the most plays from last week:
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