News you may have missed! (4/24/21)
Weezer announces a vacuum? Is this all-girl band an "industry plant"? And lots of new good music released this week.
It’s finally the weekend! Let’s kick it off with a nice dose of your weekly scene news. This week brought us Weezer’s new vacuum, an all-girl band that’s being criticized as being an "industry plant", and LOTS of new good music. Let’s hop right in.
News you may have missed
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Weezer unveil new robot vacuum cleaner called the Wroomba, release new song
Yes. You read that right. And five lucky fans can become eligible to win a Wroomba by entering a contest. And in case you were wondering, the w is silent.
This branded merchandise was manufactured by iRobot and is really nothing more than a Roomba i7 with a Weezer CD skin — specifically, the Van Weezer font from their album dropping on May 7th. Unconvinced? It comes with all sorts of testimonials, including from drummer Pat Wilson, who called the Wroomba, “So much better at cleaning than human Rivers [Cuomo].” Besides that, according to a totally real and not-at-all fake statistic, “Studies show that 9/10 humans have dreamed of Weezer cleaning their house. But it simply wasn’t possible… until now.”
Fans can enter the contest now at this website by simply submitting their email address.
The band has also released a new song off of their forthcoming album Van Weezer. Check out “I Need Some of That”.
Other notable news
Who Are Tramp Stamps + Why Does Everyone Already Hate Them? (Loudwire)
Festival insurance remains “single biggest worry” as government is urged to back up events (NME)
Foo Fighters announce rescheduled European tour dates for 2022 (NME)
SXSW stake acquired by Rolling Stone & Billboard publisher P-MRC (Wall Street Journal)
Mudvayne Reunite After 12-Year Hiatus, Book Multiple Festival Appearances (Consequence)
Dave Grohl and His Mom’s From Cradle to Stage TV Series Gets Release Date, Trailer (Consequence)
The White Stripes to release visualiser of Glitch Mob ‘Seven Nation Army’ remix as an NFT (NME)
Billie Joe Armstrong was a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live this week (YouTube)
Slipknot, Rob Zombie, Mudvayne and more announced for Inkcarceration 2021 (Kerrang!)
Here’s what’s coming to Netflix in May 2021 (Consequence)
Hayley Williams teases new Paramore album and Earth Day merch collaboration (Kerrang!)
Facebook is expanding Spotify partnership with new ‘Boombox’ project (TechCrunch)
Stand Atlantic is doing some teasing (Rock Sound)
MOD SUN announces deluxe version of ‘Internet Killed The Rockstar’ will be released on May 7th.
Korn's Jonathan Davis: "We just got done writing a record!" (Kerrang!)
Slipknot to release three new jigsaw puzzles next month (NME)
New and notable songs, videos and albums out this week
This Wild Life share “Still Wondering Why You Left Me Behind” music video
Dropkick Murphys drop music video for “Queen of Suffolk County”
Attack Attack! Release Country/J-Pop Song Called 'Kawaii Cowboys'
Hot Mulligan announce new EP, I Won't Reach Out To You. The EP is set to be released on on May 28 via Wax Bodega. They’ve also shared a new track called “Pop Shuvit (Hall of Meat, Duh)”
Monument Of A Memory go hard on new song “Seeking Somewhere”
Buckcherry announced that their new album Hellbound will be released on June 25th. They also released a new song called “So Hott”.
Of Mice & Men announce new EP Bloom will be released on May 28th, release title-track
Dave Grohl and His Daughter Violet Share Cover of X’s “Nausea”
PVRIS release livestream versions of “Nola 1,” “You and I,” and “Walk Alone”.
11 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. This week we honor women in the scene!
“Never Surrender” — Chris DeMakes
“Smile” — Wolf Alice
“Pop Shuvit” — Hot Mulligan
“He Said She Said” — CHVRCHES
“I Need Some of That” — Weezer
“SOS” — Sueco, Travis Barker
“Four Letter Words” — K.Flay
“weapon” — Against the Current
“Original Sin” — Fuckin Whatever
“Pendulum” — Felicity
“Journey of the Prairie King” — Pærish
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