Anthony Green & The High & Driving Band Share Singles "Don't Dance" & "Maybe This Will Be The One" from Upcoming Album Boom. Done. (Born Losers Records)

After Anthony Green left rehab in 2020, he started writing a song called "I Don't Want to Die," a sentiment that captures the raw, sometimes heartbreaking, but, also, hopeful nature of his new solo record, Boom. Done. It turned out to be a lightning strike to his song-writing and, with the help of long-time friends and bandmates Tim Arnold & Keith Goodwin of Good Old War, Green wrote one of the most intentional and formidable bodies of work in his expansive career. Out everywhere this July on Born Losers Records, Boom. Done. was written over the last couple of years following an overdose where Green's struggle with addiction led to him, actually, losing his life for up to eight minutes.

Around this time, Green was, also, formally diagnosed with bipolar disorder and while most of his music has grappled with the realities of addiction and mental illness, there's something different about the songs on Boom. Done. "I don't dance, the world around me spins like a tornado," Green passionately sings on album stand-out "Don't Dance"—out today. Its video, directed by Bob Sweeney, finds our protagonist performing at a skate park alongside listeners of all ages, including his own kids. It's a perfect visual representation of the vast world and people that Green's music appeals to with a mid-tempo Emo bounce that keeps listeners in motion throughout.

Widely known as the lead/co-lead singer of Circa Survive, Saosin, The Sound of Animals Fighting, F**kin' Whatever, and Zolof The Rock & Roll Destroyer, Anthony Green has always turned to music to find strength, but after his overdose, something changed: "I did not want to live the remainder of my life as an addict. Writing this record was a way to cope." Boom. Done. is Green's first solo album to feature a full band—The High & Driving Band—members of which Green called upon to help him write and create. Featuring Tim Arnold & Keith Goodwin of Good Old War, their earnest playing pull us through Green's introspective journey to recovery. All across this record, we watch as he stumbles and grows... we watch him move from isolation, "hanging vulnerable in darkness on the ocean floor," to triumphantly asserting his will to live.

Today, Anthony Green & The High & Driving Band have shared horn-laden singles "Don't Dance" & "Maybe This Will Be The One" from their forthcoming debut full-length, Boom. Done. Last week, Green, as part of F**kin' Whatever with Adam Lazzara, John Nolan (Taking Back Sunday,) Benjamin "Ben" Homola (Grouplove, Twin Forks,) shared a new single called "Houdini" in honor of Anthony Green's birthday with profits raised over a two-week period being donated to Prevention Point Philadelphia. Anthony Green has a string of West Coast solo dates scheduled for April and in May, will head out on The Carousel Tour with Laura Jane Grace (Against Me!, Laura Jane Grace and The Devouring Mothers) & Tim Kasher (Cursive, The Good Life) with special guests Mikey Erg, Home Is Where & Oceanator on select dates. Anthony Green & The High & Driving Band's Boom. Done. is out 7/22 on Born Losers Records.

"Let Me Shine for You:" Lindsay Lohan for Playboy (Winter 2011-12 Leak)

Lindsay Lohan essentially embodies exactly "What NOT to Do In Hollywood :" Fame, fortune, success... sex, drugs & Rock "N" Roll . Within a fairly short period of time, Lohan somehow managed to obtain a plentiful helping of POWER @ a very young age. This gradual rise-downfall was captured on film; Between 1998-2010, she portrayed a wide array of roles across the silver screen in movies including: Mean Girls, Bobby , Herbie Fully Loaded , Georgia Rule, Machete , and Freaky Friday . Between rapid-paced film shoots, Lindsay Lohan also found time to record 2 Pop Rock albums for Casablanca , Speak (2004) and A Litter More Personal-Raw (2005). Needless to say, Lindsay Lohan has gotten roped up in a lot of troubles and woes with the law over the last 3-5 years... a vicious cycle of drugs, arrest, court, rehab, "daddy issues," jail time [Repeat]. That's the pure basics of it - But Google that shit for additional info, if necessary. Towards the end of...

[W]reckless, Topless American Youth: Lana del Rey - "Born 2 Die" (Britney Spears Birthday 30)

Lana del Rey [Lizzy Grant] effectively became 2011's "It Girl" with the release of her phenomenal debut single, "Video Games" (Stranger) . Like many struggling singer-songwriters, Grant has been signed, dropped, and significantly changed her public image since bursting onto the scene (2009). With that said, it can be assumed that Lana del Rey has collected just as many "haters" as she has avid supporters. To be perfectly honest, the only other artist I can think of that made this much commotion... garnered so much wide-spread buzz/hate and critical acclaim -- right out of the gates -- with just one track is Britney Spears . And maybe in this post- Mike musical era, that's the true synthesis of Pop Culture: Britney Lynn Spears . After months of repeated teasing and speculation, Lana del Rey 's major label debut, Born 2 Die will [finally] be released this coming Jan. 30-31, 2012. Pitchfork reports that it will feature "Off to The Ra...

Liberty Bell Cracked In 1/2: Ween - "Freedom of '76" (Gene Ween's Final Send-Off)

Chocolate & Cheese (1994) was one of the first albums I bought with my own money. I was in some sort of BMG Music Club , where you'd buy 5 CD's and then get 10 for "FREE." It was all sent through mail order and you picked the titles from some special booklet. I'm almost positive that Chocolate & Cheese's side boob-baring album cover was what initially drew me in... mind you, I was 12-15 and the zany Ween logo/middle finger CD graphic really didn't hurt either. Honestly, I forget how I really felt about it @ the time, but a few years later, my older cousin Josh told me that Ween were this BIG college "jam band." CKY did some sort pf 93.3 radio takeover to promote their new album and played "Freedom of '76" late that night on air. Needless to say, I re-visited Chocolate & Cheese @ about 20-something this go 'round and I fucking loved it! Ween were really weird, yet talented... almost too talented. I can vaguel...

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