Jason Tate

The Format are teasing multiple new songs on an exclusive NYC t-shirt. Oh, and a clip of “Holy Roller” can be heard on TikTok.

Drummer Frank Zummo has announced a new book for release on November 11th. Today, legendary drummer and Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee Frank Zummo announced that he is releasing his book, UNBREAKABLE RHYTHM: My Journey Through Music, Wellness, and Mental Strength with music journalist Jason Pettigrew. It is set to be released on November 11th via Modern Drummer Publications. The idea for the book was sparked during a powerful […]

It’s happening more frequently now. I’ll open up Facebook, that hellscape of a website, just to see if there are any updates from people I used to know. It’s almost never good. If I’m lucky it’s a few photos of kids. At the start of the school year I get to see how much they’ve […]

Digital Music News: Spotify’s new messaging feature—which is actually the newest iteration of a social messaging feature the streaming giant killed off in 2017 due to low engagement—wants to give users more control. It features encryption “in transit and at rest,” an option to reject message requests from others, and the option to opt out […]

The album releases for September 5th, 2025.

Kacy Hill has released the new EP, But Anyway, No Worries!, to all streaming platforms.

Sarah Perez, writing for TechCrunch: YouTube is celebrating 10 years of its YouTube Music app on Thursday with the launch of new features that bring it closer to rival Spotify and others. The app will now include “Taste Match” playlists, which are playlists that combine multiple users’ overlapping interests, similar to Spotify Blend. The app will also start notifying […]

Rolling Stone: The complaint alleges that between Nov. 1, 2022 and Dec. 30, 2023, the defendants bought at least 379,776 tickets for approximately $57 million. A portion was allegedly resold on secondary marketplaces for approximately $64 million.  To scoop up all those tickets, the FTC alleges that the defendants used “thousands of fictitious Ticketmaster accounts, […]

The Dangerous Summer covered Paramore’s “Still into You” and You, Me, and Everyone We Know covered Jimmy Eat World’s “A Praise Chorus” for artist Nick Ferran and his wife’s wedding gifts. They’re available on Bandcamp. Congrats on the wedding Nick!

There are summer albums and then there are summer albums. Jack’s Mannequin’s Everything in Transit, Yellowcard’s Ocean Avenue. These are classics that demand BBQs, cold beer, and the sunniest of summer drives. I also put Hellogoodbye’s Would it Kill You? in this category. The kind of music that makes you feel summer. Listen: https://chorus.fm/share/album/hellogoodbye/would+it+kill+you/