News you may have missed! (5/1/20)
An MCR and the Used tour will happen, Sad Summer Fest to announce tour plans, Metro Station return with a new summer bop, Dashboard Confessional covers Post Malone's "Circles" & All Punked Up turns 4!
Good morning, everyone! I can’t believe that it’s already May. These last couple of months have seemed to fly by as days just seem to run together due to the stay-at-home orders. Has this been happening for you too?
I hope everyone is staying safe and healthy. May marks the official birthday month of All Punked Up. We are now officially in our 4th year. Crazy.
There some interesting news this week, so here it is!
News you may have missed…
A My Chemical Romance and The Used tour will definitely happen
Watch Post Malone and Travis Barker give Nirvana tribute concert
All Punked Up is donating 10 meals to fight hunger for every order placed on its store
Goldfinger share new quarantine music video for “Get What I Need”
All Punked Up presents an interview with Empty Atlas
APU’s own Ally Rincón interviewed Micah Smith of Jackson based alt-rock band Empty Atlas. Watch as they talk about the band's new single "Maximal," their upcoming album, and how the pandemic has affected the music industry!
If you haven’t checked out their new song, we definitely recommend that you do. You’ll definitely like it. We’ve included the single in our weekly playlist this week.
All Punked Up specific news…
We are getting closer to launching The All Punked Up Podcast and I couldn’t be more excited. As I mentioned before, we want to serve the podcast in two different formats—audio and video. We’ll of course bring you the podcast in it’s traditional form and have it streamed across major platforms like Spotify and Apple Music. We’ll also be recording these podcasts over Zoom and will then upload these videos to YouTube. The videos will be similarly laid out like our recent interview with Empty Atlas above.
We had a Podcast & Video team meeting yesterday, and we are looking at recording Episode 1 of the All Punked Up Podcast in two weeks or so. My vision for this show is to have it be like a morning radio show. We’ll discuss some music related stuff and have some fun. I’m not sure exactly how long each show will be, but we’ll be discussing the format of the show over the next couple of weeks and will have a better idea then. Stay tuned!
Below is the podcast’s logo.
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10 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.
“Maximal” — Empty Atlas
“I Hate Society” — Metro Station
“Circles” (cover) — Dashboard Confessional
“The Adventure” — Angels and Airwaves
“A Little Bit More” — You, Me, and Everyone We Know
“A Kiss” — The Driver Era
“Rosé by the Ocean” — In Her Own Words
“Broken Brain” — The Frights
“Get What I Need” — Goldfinger
“Mindreader” — A Day to Remember
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.
Thank you so much!
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Cheers,
Tyler Winters, Founder
All Punked Up