Encore

Topics include: the Paramore and Copeland tour wrapping up, the Mad Men finale, how music die-hards should tackle getting getting into huge "classic" catalogs, and do pieces from reviewers about the classics help kickstart that process? Then we talk about how Jason found a whole bunch of old reviews in the archives and debate what he should do with them. Is it ok to make edits? Is it ok to keep them and let them just fade away? What about a director's commentary version? How does reflecting on and reading your past writing influence your current and future writing? We end with a news lightning round covering Rise Records being sold, Fireworks and Polar Bear Club going on hiatus, and NFG and YC going on tour.

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This week's episode has us looking at Thomas's change in career and the stages of life and jobs and everything related to growing up and older. We talk about what Jason's long term plans for running AbsolutePunk may look like, or turn into, and where we see ourselves in a few years. We spend some time looking back at everything that's gone on over the past two weeks with Pure Noise Records, Set if Off, Warped Tour, the YouTubers, and that whole ... thing. Then, thanks to listener Lauren, we're able to take a lighthearted break to fantasize about where we'd want to live if we weren't living in the United States. Beer and beach please. We finish up this week's episode talking about Acceptance, their new song, Thomas seeing them live, and just how happy we are they're making music. We talk a little about Skate and Surf and the draw of festivals and end talking about Taylor Swift's new video rollout and the feeling of "Big Event" video releases and how they seem so few and far between these days.

Show Notes: absolutepunk.net/podcast/83

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This week's episode has us looking at Thomas's change in career and the stages of life and jobs and everything related to growing up and older. We talk about what Jason's long term plans for running AbsolutePunk may look like, or turn into, and where we see ourselves in a few years. We spend some time looking back at everything that's gone on over the past two weeks with Pure Noise Records, Set if Off, Warped Tour, the YouTubers, and that whole ... thing. Then, thanks to listener Lauren, we're able to take a lighthearted break to fantasize about where we'd want to live if we weren't living in the United States. Beer and beach please. We finish up this week's episode talking about Acceptance, their new song, Thomas seeing them live, and just how happy we are they're making music. We talk a little about Skate and Surf and the draw of festivals and end talking about Taylor Swift's new video rollout and the feeling of "Big Event" video releases and how they seem so few and far between these days.

Show Notes: absolutepunk.net/podcast/83

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Topics include: answering some user feedback like "are you ethically allowed to download music you bought on vinyl?" before talking a little about Fall Out Boy's 'From Under the Cork Tree' turning 10, some of the issues facing the whole Pure Noise Records stuff and why I feel obligated to use our platform for things that I find important (note: this episode was recorded on Monday), and then the obviousness of Matt Skiba saying he would would join Blink-182 if asked.

Show Notes: absolutepunk.net/podcast/82

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Topics include: answering some user feedback like "are you ethically allowed to download music you bought on vinyl?" before talking a little about Fall Out Boy's 'From Under the Cork Tree' turning 10, some of the issues facing the whole Pure Noise Records stuff and why I feel obligated to use our platform for things that I find important (note: this episode was recorded on Monday), and then the obviousness of Matt Skiba saying he would would join Blink-182 if asked.

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This week's episode has our hosts tackling the question of the best opening album tracks. We pick our three favorites and discuss why they stand out above all the rest. We also discuss the importance of the first track on an album and if that importance is lessened in a world where most people are consuming music a la carte. We'd love to hear your thoughts on this topic, as well as your favorite album openers, so hit up the show thread and let us know. This episode also has us touching on The New Yorker's 'The Man Who Broke the Music Business' article, new music from Refused, The Story So Far, Four Year Strong, Panic! at the Disco, and mewithoutYou.

Show Notes: absolutepunk.net/podcast/81

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This week's episode has our hosts tackling the question of the best opening album tracks. We pick our three favorites and discuss why they stand out above all the rest. We also discuss the importance of the first track on an album and if that importance is lessened in a world where most people are consuming music a la carte. We'd love to hear your thoughts on this topic, as well as your favorite album openers, so hit up the show thread and let us know. This episode also has us touching on The New Yorker's 'The Man Who Broke the Music Business' article, new music from Refused, The Story So Far, Four Year Strong, Panic! at the Disco, and mewithoutYou.

Show Notes: absolutepunk.net/podcast/81

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On this week's episode we talk a little about the Star Wars trailer, the acceptance of nerd culture in the mainstream, Brand New playing "Sealed to Me" live and if listening to live videos ruins the experience and creates unfair expectations about new music. We also touch on The Ataris as the lost band from a specific wave of pop-punk -- which leads into a talk about the things that could have been in the scene. We talk about The Wonder Years' new album being finished and what our expectations and excitement for that release are before finishing this week's episode with a look at Tidal and the future of music streaming services and how Apple's new music app may be the one ring to rule them all.

Show Notes: absolutepunk.net/podcast/80

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On this week's episode we talk a little about the Star Wars trailer, the acceptance of nerd culture in the mainstream, Brand New playing "Sealed to Me" live and if listening to live videos ruins the experience and creates unfair expectations about new music. We also touch on The Ataris as the lost band from a specific wave of pop-punk -- which leads into a talk about the things that could have been in the scene. We talk about The Wonder Years' new album being finished and what our expectations and excitement for that release are before finishing this week's episode with a look at Tidal and the future of music streaming services and how Apple's new music app may be the one ring to rule them all.

Show Notes: absolutepunk.net/podcast/80

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We recorded this week's episode mere hours before Brand New debuted a new song live ... we made a few predictions that come true and others that fail almost in real time. We talk a lot about Brand New's marketing roll out for "Mene," talk a lot about the song itself, and speculate on the band's future and what they may do next. Then we move into talking about All Time Low selling the most albums in a week but not having the "number one album" of the week and why that bothered Thomas enough to write an article about it. Can it be fixed? Should it be fixed? There's some Apple Watch tossed in here and some talk about Four Year Strong's new song as well. Good times are had.

Show Notes: absolutepunk.net/podcast/79

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