Music

It's Bandcamp Friday today, and I'd love to see what other people have bought/will buy today.

One of my favourite songs. I was lucky enough to see them play it live once and it was magical.

With this year’s summer touring season in full swing, the Dave Matthews Band’s efforts are just one example of the increased focus on sustainability in live music over the past several years. Decades after trailblazers like Bonnie Raitt began to prioritize climate, more and more artists are embracing sustainability and pushing for change — both inside and outside the industry — with the help of organizations like Reverb.

Founded in 2004 by environmentalist Lauren Sullivan and her husband Adam Gardner, a guitarist and vocalist of the alt-rock group Guster, Reverb has become a leading force in greening live music. The nonprofit sends staffers like Hutnik out on the road with acts from Matthews to Billie Eilish, setting up eco-villages and organizing volunteers. Reverb staffers serve as the bands’ de facto sustainability coordinators, allowing initiatives like RockNRefill to be scaled up, rather than every artist having to build something similar from scratch.

Reverb also coordinates with concert promoters and venues, which have their own sustainability teams and programs. As part of the recent renovation of Jones Beach, for example, Live Nation added a sorting facility out back where employees handpick recyclables and compostables out of the garbage. The company’s Road To Zero campaign, a partnership with Matthews, diverted 90 percent of landfill-bound waste at the majority of the band’s shows last summer.

Live music has grown immensely since the pandemic — the top 100 tours grossed roughly $10 billion last year, nearly double what they reached in 2019. (For various reasons unrelated to climate, the 2025 number will likely be lower.)

If abandoning climate projects is the new normal in our current political moment, the music business hasn’t gotten the memo. According to a recent Reverb study, 9 out of 10 concertgoers are concerned about climate change and are prepared to take action — and artists are ready to lead the way.

A surprise for nobody.

Catchy song with a very fun and creative music video using stop-motion technique.

Ж https://youtu.be/QwMKMPOk8UI Ж / song.link

… from the album Get Wrecked by The Vicious Cycles (Discogs)

my top ten is attached. lot of great metal this year tbh.

Been vibing to this all day, this is downright impressive.

⇧ https://youtu.be/Ew-r5atrCOE ⇧ / song.link

… from the album High in My Balloon by Thee Holy Brothers (RYM)

¡ https://youtu.be/2c5FkSXv7VQ ¡ / song.link

… from the album My Own Dead Love by Sleepersound (Discogs)

Thanks for beeing you, Beehaw

Shit this one slaps too. Go check out her new album.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVhagufyWp-Gb79jTG6NPFw

It kinda grew on me after a couple listens

One of the many bands I love that no longer exist. 😭