Portugal. The Man, JoJo to perform at The Vote Ready Festival

LiveXLive will promote voter registration with The Vote Ready Festival.

Announced today, LiveXLive will team up with Headcount, Atlantic Records’ ATL Votes Initiative, and Elektra Music Group for the event. “Music is a uniting force that we’ve watched bring the global village together during this pandemic and every other major movement in history. Joining forces with Atlantic Records on the ATL Votes initiative in association with HeadCount to encourage Americans to vote is an important partnership as we head toward Election Day,” LiveXLive’s president Dermot McCormack said in a statement.

All Time Low, Ava Max, Electric Guest, Fitz & the Tantrums, flor, grandson, Grouplove, Jax Andreson, JoJo, jxdn, Larkin Poe, MICHELLE, MILCK, Misterwives, Pink Sweat$, Portugal. The Man, Raiche, Rival Sons, Rob Thomas, Royal & the Serpent, Tayla Parx, Wafia, and White Reaper will be performing throughout the three-hour event.

The Vote Ready Festival, which will be hosted by Ayydé and Carly Henderson, takes place on Friday, October 2 at 8:00pm ET/5:00pm PT. To watch the event, head here to register to vote or check your voter registration status.

Grandson releases new single "Riptide"

Grandson has unveiled a brand new tune titled “Riptide” today.

The music video for the tune, which you can watch below, was directed by Karl Jungquist (Krewella, Marshmello). “Riptide” follows their previously released single “Identity.” When discussing the new music, Grandson said:

“These songs have a lot to do with the conflict we find between making painful change or dealing with the pain from staying the same with those familiar bad habits. One way or another, it’s gonna hurt like hell. Mike Shinoda co-produced and mentored me through this process, which began in a writing session at his studio with my longtime collaborator Boonn in early 2019. We had tried a couple ideas earlier in the day that I couldn’t get into, and then I picked up the guitar and played the intro riff and the song practically wrote itself. It was the first of this new era written, and while it addresses the pain of regret, the places we go to avoid confrontation, I’m proud to tell my story and hope that someone that hears it will find the strength to tell theirs.”

Earlier this year, Grandson started releasing songs under the Text Voter XX to 40649 collection, which gives listeners information on voter registration.

Last September, Grandson unveiled A Modern Tragedy Vol. 3.