Happy Halloween!! // Gerard Way’s New Song Review

Singer, song-writer, comic book writer Gerard Way released a new song five days ago-just in time for Halloween. The lead of the former band My Chemical Romance came out with his first solo album “Hesitant Alien” in 2014 and has not produced any new music until now. The lyrical music video of the spooky song “Baby, you’re a Haunted House,” has already hit over a million views on Youtube.

Bishop Briggs and her Church of Scars

Bishop Briggs, the cutest chess piece I’ve ever seen, has just released her first full-length album as of two days ago, and I am so happy. I was lucky enough to see her perform live along with Barns Courtney and New Politics at The Kerfuffle Before Christmas this past December, and from that night on, I became a bigger fan than I ever thought I would be one year prior. She was a nonstop fireball of energy, constantly running across the stage with a big, fat smile on her face. She looked as if she couldn’t believe she had gotten to where she was, but I can guarantee that her triumph is well deserved. She performed her EP in its entirety, along with her new single at the time, “Dream.”

My Top Five Songs at the Moment (on the Alternative Billboard)

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5. “Roots” by Alice Merton

As well as being the grungiest, most upbeat song on this list (I’ve been in more of a chill music mood lately), new and uprising artist Alice Merton turned heads a full year after its release with this fresh single. The beat is irresistible and the instrumentals hit hard. “Roots” currently holds the number 1 spot on the Alternative Billboard chart.

4. “Broken” by Lovelytheband

Lovelytheband is an uprising band that formed in 2016, and “Broken” is the song that has started getting them into the public’s eye. It’s an ode to those who consider themselves, well, broken, and uses the perfect blend of rock and electronic. It’s a song I fell for the instant I first heard it.

New Music to Look Forward to this Year…

I did some searching to find out which artists are releasing albums this year, and I found a link that lists practically every album and Spring/Summer U.S. release date out there. It’s all laid out and organized by date and alphabetical order.

http://www.metacritic.com/browse/albums/release-date/coming-soon/date

Here are the albums I’m particularly excited for:

April 28th

Feist-Pleasure

Gorillaz-Humanz

The Cranberries-Something Else

May 5th

Blondie-Pollinator

May 12th

Paramore-After Laughter