News you may have missed! (1/15/21)

Concerts to begin this Fall? One band shares a crazy journey to get signed to Drive-Thru Records, AFI releases new music, a Paramore mash-up and so much more!

Hey, hey, hey! It’s Friday, which means another mailer just for you! We’re already two week into the new year. I hope it’s going well for you.

Let’s just go ahead and get to the news.

The All Punked Up Podcast

Hosted by Bailey, on this week’s episode of The All Punked Up Podcast, Tyler invites his old bandmates, Alex Haycraft and John Pearman, on the show for the three of them to discuss their absolutely crazy experience of almost getting their band Yeti 242 signed to one of the most influential labels the scene has ever had, Drive-Thru Records.

It was the band’s ultimate dream to be signed to Drive-Thru Records, but how they obtained Drive-Thru Records head Richard Reines’ contact info, showing him their songs, him inviting them to L.A. and the trip to get there is a Hangover-like movie experience they just had to share.

If you’re in a local band or simply enjoyed the Drive-Thru Records era of music, then this episode is definitely for you.

You can listen to this episode here.

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News you may have missed…

Some of the links below may be to publications other than All Punked Up.

1. One band’s wild and crazy journey to get signed by Drive-Thru Records

2. Avril Lavigne and Mod Sun team up on new song “Flames”

3. Fauci: Concerts can return “some time in the Fall” after 70% of population vaccinated

4. If Paramore’s “Misery Business” was mashed-up with The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights”

5. Spotify Kids now supports shared playlists, letting parents control the music

6. NOFX announce new album, drop new song

7. Bandsintown announces live concert subscription to 25+ shows

8. iDKHOW’s “Leave Me Alone” hits #1 on Billboard Alternative Airplay ChartThe 1975 cancel all 2021 shows, while next album on the way

9. All Punked Up’s Brittnee Thayer reviews HipDot X My Chemical Romance makeup collaboration.

10. AFI is back with two new songs

11. Fall Out Boy set to play pre-inauguration concert

12. Here’s what happened when Nirvana once prank called Gene Simmons (Alt Press)

13. Mayday Parade Release Live EP (Chorus.fm)

14. Bandcamp Expands Its Vinyl Pressing Service to Accommodate 10,000 Indie Artists (Cos)

15. Ex-Black Crowes Guitarist Turned Down Joining Guns N' Roses Twice (Loudwire)

16. Restarting live music in 2021: Gig and festival bosses on what to expect (NME)

17. A second study finds that music venues “are not places of infection” for COVID-19 (NME)

18. Spotify hits new all-time high on the New York Stock Exchange (NME)

Notable albums released this week…

Here are some of the notable album releases (all genres) from this week. Be sure to check these out on whichever streaming service you prefer.

• Fickle Friends – Weird Years (Season 1)

• You Me at Six – SUCKAPUNCH

• Zayn – Nobody is Listening

14 songs All Punked Up was digging this week…

If All Punked Up made an album for this past week, these are the songs that would be included on it. These songs could be old or new, maybe even unrelated, but they all traveled through APU team members’ headphones this week.

1. “Gone” — Millington

2. “Afterlife” — Holding Absence

3. “Hurt” — Famous Last Words

4. “Something’s Gotta Give” — All Time Low

5. “Adrenaline” — You Me At Six

6. “Roses” — The Band Camino

7. “Separation of Church and Skate” — NOFX

8. “Seneca” — Movements

9. “All I Want” — A Day To Remember

10. “Tentacles” — Early Humans

11. “Waiting on a War” — Foo Fighters

12. “Better Drugs” — Little Hurt

13. “You’re Not Alone” — MXPX

14. “Flames” — Mod Sun ft Avril Lavigne

If you’re interested in listening to this “album”, we’ve got the playlist created over on Spotify here. Feel free to give it a listen. Maybe go ahead and just subscribe to the playlist while you’re at it. This same playlist will be updated weekly with new songs.

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Peace,

Tyler Winters, Founder
All Punked Up