Footballhead have released a video for their new song “Tightrope”, The video was directed and edited by TJ Martell. The song is off their upcoming album Overthinking Everything which will be out on March 1 via Tiny Engines. Footballhead released Kitchen Fly in 2022. Check out the video below.

As Detailed by Billboard, Spotify will significantly change its royalty structure in 2024. The most significant changes are three main items: 1) If a track generates less than 1,000 plays in a year, that artist/rights holder will receive no payout(Spotify claims those micro-payments will then be distributed into the larger royalty pool); 2) Labels and distributors will be fined roughly $90 for any track that is determined to have 90% or higher fraudulent streams (streams played by non-humans for the purpose of generating income); 3) Non-music noise tracks must now be at least two minutes long in order to qualify for royalties and each play will count for one-fifth of a music track’s stream. Spotify states that this move is due to the fact that a significant portion of money for non-popular tracks never makes it to the end party since digital distributors will hold back payments until the payout reaches a certain number. Since spotify pays roughly between $0.003 – $0.005 per stream, it is likely most distributors hold back payments for tracks that do not even stream 1,000 plays per year.Interestingly, this apparently will mean 2/3 of tracks on Spotify will never get a payout because most tracks on spotify receive no plays or very few plays- a number of tracks on spotify are even artificially generated for the purpose of making money off "autoplay." Spotify estimates that about $40 million that would have been paid to the non-popular tracks will be shifted to the remaining artists. Spotify adds that the demonetization represents only .5% of money that would have been paid out, not being paid out, under the old model.

The Damned have announced their final Australian tour. They'll be playing five dates in late March with the "new" Vania, Sensible, Scabies, Gray, Monty Oxymoron lineup. The band did not issue a statement detailing why this jaunt is the "final Australian" tour, specifically… and if we should expect final tours in other countries. You can see the dates below.

The Slackers have announced tour dates for spring 2024. They will be playing in the US and Canada. The Slackers are currently touring the US and released their album Don’t Let The Sunlight Fool Ya in 2022. Check out the dates below.

Destiny Bond have announced tour dates for the Western US and BC. The tour will take place in January with Planet on A Chain and Cosmic Joke joining them on select dates. Destiny Bond released their album Be My Vengeace earlier this year and we spoke to lead vocalist Cloe Madonna about it in June. Check out the dates below.

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Sweet Pill have announced that they will be releasing a new EP. The EP is called Starchild and will be out on March 15 via Hopeless Records. The band has also released a new song called “Chewed Up” and announced tour dates with Equipment for the spring. Zeta, Great Time, Have A Good Season, and Taking Meds will be joining them on select dates. Sweet Pill released their album Where The Heart Is in 2022. Check out the song, tracklist, and tour dates below.

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