Frank Turner announced his new album "Be More Kind" out May 4th. First single off the album:
If anyone is a fan of Frank he also announced his first world tour with a Calgary date in September. Will be my third time seeing him, probably the best live performer I've ever seen.
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Lol @ Future on Kings dead. Starts at 1:42 in Troutmans link
Ruins the entire song. So bad.
On a positive note, the new song from the Black Panther album with The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar is amazing. I normally can't stand The Weeknd but credit where credit's due. This song rocks.
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Now that Ex Hex haven’t done much lately, bassist Betsy Wright has branched off and formed the new band Bat Fangs with drummer Laura King, it might be tempting to think about their new album in terms of the new Ex Hex album that we’re not getting. That would be a mistake, and it would be a mistake that we’ve made before. Because Bat Fangs kick ####ing ass on their own terms. And if Laura King goes off and forms a new band of her own in a couple of years, that’ll probably rule, too. That seems to be how this thing works.
Bat Fangs work from a playbook not too dissimilar from what Wild Flag and Ex Hex did before them. The stew of influences is similar: twinkling power-pop, hessian riff-rock, kitsch-damaged new wave, rip-snorting garage, hooks-first early-’90s riot grrrl. But Bat Fangs are different because Wright is different. As two-piece, Wright and King thrive on simplicity and chemistry
I saw these guys in 2013 at Sled Island at the Royal Canadian Legion before the festival was cancelled. They plowed through two albums worth of material in less than 45 minutes. Boy, have things changed.
New Brigade (2011) - average song length: 2:01
You're Nothing (2013) - average song length: 2:23
Plowing Into the Field of Love (2014) - average song length: 3:59
New song (2018) - song length: 5:45