In case you didn't you, Apple's WWDC 2013 begins today at 10 AM PST. You can watch a live stream of the keynote here and discuss with fellow fans and critics in the official Apple thread.
Bastille's "Pompeii" is iTunes single of the week which you can download for free. Remember, the band just released their new EP, Haunt on Tuesday, which you can also purchase on iTunes. Also, the band's show at the Troubadour in California sold out in three hours last week.
Paradise Fears' new song, "Lullaby," (co-written by Brian Dales of The Summer Set and Kevin Bard) is now available on iTunes and the lyric video can be seen in the replies.
You can stream The National's stellar new album, Trouble Will Find Me, one weeks early over at iTunes (click "View in iTunes"). The record is available on May 21st.
UK emo band Moose Blood have released a new, two-song single, Boston/Orlando, on iTunes via Venn Records (Gallows). I recommend checking it out. To accompany the release, a limited edition shirt is available here.
The deluxe version of Phoenix's new album will have 71 bonus tracks (one hour and four minutes). Demos, sketches, and other recordings will be known as "The Bankrupt! Diaries" via iTunes.
Mosh Pit is a bit of mix of game, music platform and a virtual world entertainment device. The game angle is you set off your characters to create a 'total mosh'; meaning you get your 'moshnoids' to complete their routines which include stage diving, crowd surfing, jump in, circle pit, wall to wall as I call it, then finally a quick free style before jumping out.
Apple has announced that music fans have purchased and downloaded more than 25 billion songs from the iTunes Store. Kind of related: yesterday I was trying to find stats about iTunes charts when I was writing up this commentary, and found this cool site that lets you search for songs that have been on the charts and get all kinds of information about them.
Slospeak Records (a small Christian Indie Label) has released a Christmas compilation on iTunes. The album features songs from House of Heroes, Reliant K, Deas Veil, Matt Shelton of the Wedding, Sons, Pioneer, and Ravenhill featuring David Curtis from Run Kid Run/Side Walk Slam.
Track Listing
1. Sherane a.k.a. Master Splinter's Daughter
2. Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe
3. Backseat Freestyle
4. The Art of Peer Pressure
5. Money Trees (feat. Jay Rock)
6. Poetyic Justice (feat. Drake)
7. good kid
8. m.A.A.d city (feat. Eiht)
9. Swimming Pools (Drank) [Extended version]
10. Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst
11. Real (feat. Anna Wise)
12. Compton (feat. Dr. Dre)
13. The Recipe (feat. Dr. Dre) [Bonus Track]
14. Black Boy Fly [Bonus Track]
15. Now or Never (feat. Mary J. Blige) [Bonus Track]
16. Collect Calls [Bonus Track]
17. Swimming Pools ...
Update: Apple has announced the iPhone 5. Pre-orders being Friday, with the phone shipping on September 21st. iOS6 will be released to the public on September 19th, and iTunes 11 will arrive in late October. The iPod nano and iPod Touch also received an update.
Apple is holding a media event today at 1 PM EST/10 AM PST to apparently announce the iPhone 5, a new line of iPods, iTunes 11, and maybe the rumored iPad Mini. Here's a list of live blogs (as well as our official Apple thread) that you can follow to keep up with the announcements. What are you expecting and/or hoping Apple to announce?
