††† (Crosses) Return With Cover Of A Cause & Effect Hit

What a great Christmas present from Chino Moreno and company!

After being inactive for over six years, electronic rock/dream pop trio ††† (pronounced as Crosses) have returned with a cover of Cause & Effect’s hit “The Beginning Of The End”.

†††, the side project of Deftones’s Chino Moreno, Far’s Shaun Lopez, and bassist Chuck Doom, unveiled their cover of Cause & Effect’s “The Beginning Of The End” yesterday as a Christmas gift for their fans who’ve waited for new material from the group for half a decade. Check out the cover and original below.

Cause & Effect originally released “The Beginning Of The End” back in 1990 on their self-titled debut and later appeared on Another Minute, which was re-release of their debut record through BMG (The All-American Rejects, Elvis Costello, Yellowcard). Hear it below.

†††’s last album was ††† aka Crosses, released back in 2014 on Sumerian Records (CHON, Meg Myers, Sleeping With Sirens). They were last active in 2014 when they did a U.S. tour and appeared at festivals like Sunset Strip Music Festival (Cold War Kids, Failure, Jane’s Addiction), Pointfest (AFI, Neon Trees, Queens Of The Stone Age), Coachella (Dum Dum Girls, OutKast, Title Fight), and Soundwave (Glassjaw, In Hearts Wake, Panic! At The Disco).

My Chemical Romance, Pepper, Britney Spears, More Announced For Record Store Day 2020

In a few Saturdays, thousands of people (myself included) will be flocking to record stores in hopes of copping some new, exclusive vinyl records for Record Store Day 2020.

This year’s event which takes place on Saturday, April 18, will feature over hundreds of artists and musicians dropping rare, exclusive, or reissuing old records. Mainstream acts like Maroon 5, The Rolling Stones, Post Malone, Sam Smith, and Britney Spears are dropping records (ex. Spears’s release is a remix and B-sides record featuring tracks from Oops!…I Did It Again.) Scene bands like CHON, The Menzingers, Bayside, Asking Alexandria, and My Chemical Romance, will also have content.

Others dropping records of all speeds and sizes include Pepper, August Burns Red, Glass Animals, Ice Nine Kills, Hootie And The Blowfish, Odd Future, Snoop Dogg, U2, HUNNY, and Eve 6, just to name a few. To see the full RSD 2020 lineup, look for the full list here.

If you want to see if any record stores in your area are participating, click or tap here to find out.

Calpurnia Announce Breakup, New Projects

Calpurnia, the indie rock band fronted by Stranger Things‘s Finn Wolfhard, are calling it a day.

The Canadian quartet who were one of the bands on last year’s Prenatt’s Picks list took to Instagram to announce their end. In their statement, the group wrote:

“Dear Friends,

It’s bittersweet to share this news, but we want to let you know that our time playing together as Calpurnia has come to an end. We are extremely grateful for the support we’ve received over the past few years. What seemed to us like an unimaginable reality came to be, and we have been thrilled to share the ride with you. It’s been an honour and a gift to meet, work with, and play for so many wonderful people. We feel lucky and hugely grateful for the many fantastic opportunities that came our way. We’re all going to be starting fresh chapters in our lives: new projects, new music, new creative ventures, and new experiences to come. One last giant thank you to our friends at Royal Mountain Records, our manager Bix, our families, and especially our amazing fans. We’ll never forget you!

– Calpurnia”

Calpurnia formed in 2017 but first came together when Wolfhard and drummer Malcolm Craig met on the set of PUP’s video for “Guilt Trip” in 2014. Dazed Digital said that “guitarist Ayla Tesler-Mabe was a friend from rock camp and bassist Jack Anderson was recruited for a charity fundraiser.” They dropped their only EP Scout earlier this year on Royal Mountain Records (Hollerado, Mac DeMarco, Pottery.) The band have also covered songs by Twin Peaks, New Order, Pixies, Television, and Weezer. Speaking of Weezer, they invited Calpurnia to appear in their video for “Take On Me,” originally by a-ha.

The band also played festivals like Fiji Rock Festival 2019 (American Football, CHON, Gary Clark Jr.,) Shaky Knees Music Festival 2018 (Beck, I Don’t Know How But They Found Me, The Struts,) Osheaga 2018 (Arctic Monkeys, Lights, Two Feet,) and Riot Fest 2018 (Alkaline Trio, The Dangerous Summer, Underoath.)

Backtrack Are Breaking Up, Announce World Tour

Hardcore legends Backtrack are calling it quits after 11 years.

The Long Island quintet broke the news earlier today, showing a spray painted wall with the words “RIP BACKTRACK 2008-2019.” The group wrote a short statement, saying, “We appreciate everyone who has shown this band love over the past 11 years. Thanks to anyone who has supported us along the way and we look forward to seeing you one last time.”

Backtrack will be doing a farewell world tour starting next month. Check out the dates below.

The band formed in 2008 and released three albums, two of them with Bridge 9 Records (BoySetsFire, H2O, War On Women.) Their last record was 2017’s Bad To My World. They’ve toured with Terror, Bane, Madball, Every Time I Die, and Comeback Kid, and appeared at festivals such as Vainstream Rockfest 2016 (Attila, Flogging Molly, Thy Art Is Murder,) Jera On Air 2016 (Beartooth, Deez Nuts, Pennywise,) Montebello Rockfest 2017 (311, Good Charlotte, Queens Of The Stone Age,) So What?! Music Festival 2017 (CHON, Fit For An Autopsy, Set Your Goals,) and Outbreak Fest 2019 (Defeater, Jesus Piece, Such Gold.)