The Dead Weather are Resurrected, Announce New Album 'Dodge & Burn'

Five long years after their last record Sea Of Cowards, The Dead Weather are releasing a new album titled Dodge & Burn this September via Third Man Records.

The supergroup consisting of Jack White (The White Stripes, The Raconteurs), Alison Mosshart (The Kills), Dean Fertita (Queens of the Stone Age), and Jack Lawrence "spent their rare and sporadic free moments over the past year recording together in Nashville" to create something "thick and heavy" that "will satisfy your urges for the dark magic that is The Dead Weather for a very long time." 

There will be no tour in support of the album, but there will be a deluxe version released in typical Jack White flair as Vault Package #25, which you can order here:

The LP will consist of eight new tracks and four singles that were previously released through Third Man's Vault subscription series, which you can sample below.

Way back in October 2013, The Dead Weather and Third Man Records announced an incredibly special 7” featuring “Open Up (That’s Enough)” b/w “Rough Detective” as part of Vault Package #18. These two tracks were a fierce battle cry heralding the announcement of a brand new Dead Weather album that was to be released in a revolutionary fashion. Teased out over the past year and a half via a series of 7” singles, the physical versions of which were ONLY available via The Vault (Third Man’s one-of-a-kind subscription mail-order service), the band promised this would culminate in a brand new album in 2015. The third Dead Weather LP would be a full length album comprised not only of the previously released 7” singles, but newly recorded, previously-unheard material. Today, The Dead Weather officially announce their new album Dodge & Burn. Dodge & Burn will be released worldwide in September 2015 on Third Man Records and will feature eight brand new songs, along with the four previously released tracks remixed and remastered. Alison Mosshart, Jack White, Dean Fertita and Jack Lawrence spent their rare and sporadic free moments over the past year recording together in Nashville. With the members of the band heavily involved in other projects, The Dead Weather will not be touring in support of the new album. Thankfully the thick and heavy Dodge & Burn will satisfy your urges for the dark magic that is The Dead Weather for a very long time. To learn more about Vault Package #25, visit http://thirdmanrecords.com/vault To subscribe to the Vault, visit http://thirdmanstore.com/vault/vault-subscriptions/tmr-vault-platinum-subscription

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Download Fallow Land's First Single, "Are All My Bad Decisions Rock And Roll?"

Ann Arbor, Michigan based indie outfit Fallow Land have finally released their first single today, and though it's titled "Are All My Bad Decisions Rock And Roll?" there's nothing bad about it.

With lyrics like "Slurred speech in a parking lot / Regurgitate words that don't mean a lot / But for now they're the best that I've got" it's one of the most self-aware pop songs in recent memory, but by mixing a touch of grunge with the remnants of frontman Whit Fineberg's jazz band schooling, it becomes much more. Mixed by Jonathan Visger (Absofacto, Hollow & Akimbo) and reminiscent of an early-2000s OK Go, Fallow Land takes a Heyrocco-esque playfulness but grounds it in maturity. 

As a non-album single, "Are All My Bad Decisions Rock And Roll?" is not necessarily a sign of things to come, though. 

"We were trying to put something out there that was hella poppy before recording the really weird EP that we are working on," Fineberg told Transverso, hinting at more experimentation in future releases.

In the meantime we can reflect on the fact that one of the best tracks so far this summer will start sing-alongs of "It reminds me that we're all doomed to die." Download the track and check out the tour dates below.

Tour Dates:

7/1 - Detroit, MI @ The Sanctuary 
7/3 - Ann Arbor, MI @ The Vail House
7/4 - Mt Pleasant, MI @ The 906
7/5 - Toronto, Ontario @ The Cavern
7/6 - Grand Rapids, MI @ The DAAC
7/7 - Muncie, IN @ Be here Now
7/8 - Chicago, IL @ The Abbey Pub
7/11 - Dekalb IL @ The Seventh Street

Members of The Shins, Cold War Kids, and Tijuana Panthers Form New Supergroup, Coromandelles

Photo by Sean Flynn

Meet the newest supergroup on the scene, Coromandelles, a self-described "faux-French contemporary punk" trio fronted by Tijuana Panthers' Daniel Michicoff with Cold War Kids members Matt Maust (his second side-project in barely a year, after French Style Furs) and Joe Plummer on bass/artwork and drums, respectively. (Plummer, who also plays the role of engineer for the group, has apparently started a quest to become a member of every band ever after his eight-year stint with Modest Mouse ended in 2012, and is also a member of The Shins and yet another supergroup, Mister Heavenly.)

Their debut album Late Bloomers' Bloomers will be released October 20 on vinyl via Porch Party Records and tape cassette via Burger Records, and has been mixed by Plummer's Shins bandmate Yukki Matthews. According to a press release, the album "is about finding the enjoyment in being derailed [and] rolls through moments of anxiety, doubt, and hope." Oddly enough, the lyrics are also largely in French.

Only an incredibly brief teaser has been released officially, though a twitter exchange between Michikcoff and comedian Cameron Esposito last December reveals the first track, "Cameronrhea" (or "Cameronria," depending where you look), was written about Esposito and her fiancee Rhea Butcher, and links to a playlist on Michicoff's Soundcloud page that appears to contain all 10 tracks plus an 11th non-album track, "Précision." Check them both out, along with the official album artwork and tracklist, below.

Late Bloomers' Bloomers

1. Cameronria – 4:07
2. New Ordain – 2:30
3. The Project – 3:39
4. Mon Chemin – 4:25
5. Jaq – 4:09
6. Late Bloomers – 2:06
7. Bumble Bee – 3:20
8. Le Revev – 3:30
9. End Of Mad Men – 3:58
10. Seaudeaux – 4:32

NEW VINYL COMING OUT ON PORCH PARTY RECORDS BURGER RECORDS IS PUTTING OUT THE CASSETTE www.porchpartyrecords.com/coromandelles www.facebook.com/coromandelles www.instgram.com/coromandelles www.burgerrecords.org www.facebook.com/burgerrecords Coromandelles' debut album Late Bloomers' Bloomers reminds us there is no line to tow. Dan Michicoff of the Tijuana Panthers started writing and recording songs in his Los Angeles apartment.

There is Now a Campaign to Get Musicians to Stop Playing "Wagon Wheel"

Let's be honest, "Wagon Wheel" was a fun song the first time you heard it. Maybe it even continued to be an entertaining sing-along the second or third time you witnessed it being performed. But now? Now it has been played far, far too much.

And now someone has finally had the courage to say what we've all been thinking for years: Please stop playing "Wagon Wheel." The brave folks behind the aptly-named site stopplayingwagonwheel.com have started a campaign to make the world a "'Wagon Wheel'-free zone," imploring artists everywhere to "Improve your gig, jam, or open mic today by not playing 'Wagon Wheel.'"

The site features a handy FAQ should you need anything cleared up:

“Q: Why?
A: It’s overplayed.

Q: Really?
A: Absolutely.

Q: But I/we put a new spin on this song by...
A: Please stop playing ‘Wagon Wheel.’

Q: But...
A: Please stop playing ‘Wagon Wheel.’

Q: Are there exceptions that should be considered?
A: Yes. If...

1. your name is Bob Dylan;
2. your band is Old Crow Medicine Show; or
3. your name is Matt Andersen

Then you should play this song.

Q: What if my name is Darius Rucker?
A: Please stop playing ‘Wagon Wheel.’”

Like any good social movement, there is merch. The online store features anti-"Wagon Wheel" shirts, mugs, and this poster:

Just say no!

Watch Jon Hamm Feed Gummy Bears to Belle & Sebastian Onstage at Bonnaroo

Photo: John Connor Coulston / MTSU Seigenthaler News Service

While it’s now expected that comedian Ed Helms will make an appearance on the farm at Bonnaroo each year, his Hangover co-star Zach Galifianakis and Mad Men man Jon Hamm's antics were a little more of a surprise. They joined Helms onstage during the Superjam and preformed “We Are The World" after crashing the Comedy Tent earlier in the day and performing a bit in which Hamm made Galifianakis his dog and fed him the live-giving treat of gummy bears.

This was largely unknown to the audience for Belle & Sebastian's set in This Tent, though, so when Galifianakis abruptly and energetically introduced the indie-darlings by shouting, “Hey Everybody! My name is Chad Farmhouse, I run Bonnaroo. We’re really excited to have one of the greatest bands of this generation…in my opinion. Please welcome the glorious Belle and/or Sebastian!” it was hilariously confusing, with many not even recognizing the actor with his new beard-cut.

After a few songs, frontman Stuart Murdoch stops and tells the audience that he ran into Zach and the comedy tent where he saw him being fed the gummies. Murdoch wondered aloud, “I thought why doesn’t that ever happened to me? Why can’t I ever be fed gummy bears onstage by a famous person… I wonder, could you come feed me gummy bears” and all of a sudden, Jon Hamm appeared on stage, a jar of gummy bears in hand. The crowed went wild as Don Draper silently tossed the succulent sweets into Murdoch’s mouth and the crowd before scurrying off stage again as quickly as he had come.

#jonhamm throwing gummy bears into #stuartmurdoch's gob after being introduced by #zakgalifianakis "Hi I'm Chad, I own Bonnaroo..." #Bonnaroo #belleandsebastian

A video posted by Andrew Moynehan (@strangenewsprod) on Jun 14, 2015 at 6:20am PDT

Watch Tears for Fears Cover Radiohead's "Creep" at Bonnaroo

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"I cannot tell you how excited we are to be here," Tears for Fears' Roland Orzabel said after the band opened its classics-laden set with surefire fan favorite, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World". But an unlikely highlight took place a few songs later, as the English 80's legends covered Radiohead's "Creep," which you can watch below.

"We have a word in England that expresses this joy - yabba dabba doo," Orzabel concluded in the most English deadpan imaginable before seeing out the set with a one-two punch of "Head Over Heels" and "Shout."

Mac DeMarco Impersonates Michael Jackson in New Video, Announces Contest For 69¢

Have you ever wondered what it would look like if Michael Jackson was resurrected and sang a new Mac DeMarco song? Do you like contests? Do you like the number 69?

If you answered "yes" to any of those questions (or even if you didn't; I'd be impressed if you'd thought of the first one before now), you'll want to check out the music video for "Another One," the title track off of Mac's forthcoming mini-LP. 

Uploaded by CapturedTracks on 2015-05-18.

The video sees our favorite slacker rock weirdo playing every instrument on the track while standing in the ocean, as he makes even the lyrical themes of anxiety and jealousness sound smooth and chill in that signature DeMarco way.

In a follow-up video today Mac teaches his fans how to play the song and challenges them to cover it, the best of which he will award the coveted prize of... 69 cents. I wonder how he came up with that number. Maybe it's what a Canadian dollar is worth these days, who knows.

HEY WSUP I HOPE YOU MAKE A VERSION GOD BLESS YE HAVE A LITTLE FUN WHY DON'T YOU? JAH BLESS YE CAN'T WAIT 2 HEAR YA LYRICS: YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AFRAID SHE MIGHT NOT LOVE YOU ANYMORE AND THOUGH SHE SAYS SHE DOES AND HASN'T LOST YOUR TRUST WHO COULD THAT BE KNOCKING AT HER DOOR?

The description states, "DON'T BE CONCERNED WIT A DEADLINE, JUST HAVE A LIL FUN, WE'LL SEE HOW SHE'S GOIN IN A COUPLE DAYS OR SOME SHIT."

Another One is due out August 7 via Captured Tracks.

Foals Announce New Album 'What Went Down,' Release Teaser

If the teaser is any indication, Oxfordshire rockers Foals have not become complacent after the success of their last LP, 2013's Holy Fire, announcing today the news of their fourth record What Went Down which will be released via Warner Music this August 28th.

The album was recorded in France with producer James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Florence + the Machine) while the band "drank about 130 bottles of red wine," resulting in a "heavier, poppier, weirder" sound influenced by Nick Cave, according to NME.

The title track will debut on Annie Mac's BBC Radio 1 show this Tuesday, June 16 at 19:30 BST, the same day on which What Went Down will become available for preorder.

FOALS What Went Down New album in stores 28 August. Pre-order available 16 June. http://foals.co.uk http://instagram.com/foals http://twitter.com/foals http://facebook.com/foals

It's clear something went down, we'll just have to wait until the fall to find out what.

What Went Down

1. What Went Down
2. Mountain At My Gates
3. Birch Tree
4. Give It All
5. Albatross
6. Snake Oil
7. Night Swimmers
8. London Thunder
9. Lonely Hunter
10. A Knife In The Ocean

Current Tour Dates:

7/3 - Hassleholm, Sweden @ Siesta Festival
7/5 - Turku, Finland @ Ruisrock
7/12 - Montreux, Switzerland @ Montreux Jazz Festival
7/17 - Bern, Switzerland @ Gurten Festival
7/26 - Benidorm, Spain @ Low Festival
8/8 - Buftea, Romania @ Summer Well Festival
8/13 - Budapest, Hungary @ Sziget Festival
8/14 - Piestany, Slovakia @ Grape Festival
8/20 - Krakow, Poland @ Krakow Live Festival 2015

Beirut Announce New Album 'No No No,' World Tour, Share Title Track

Four years after The Rip Tide and two after the breakdown that resulted in a tour cancellation and Australian hospital checkin, Zach Condon and his band Beirut have emerged from the ashes of hiatus, announcing a new album titled No No No and an itinerary of support dates.

The record, which will be pressed on colored vinyl and is due this September 11th via 4AD in North America and Resident in Europe, was incubated in both literal and emotional coldness as Condon dealt with a divorce and one of New York's most frigid winters to date.

But soon after things started to look up for the Santa Fe native, as a press release explains:

“‘I couldn’t fathom how one day I was capable of [writing songs] and one day I wasn’t,’ Condon remarks. The darkness clouding his physical and mental health had fully infected his creative and artistic abilities.

But this darkness contained a spark of light: he had fallen in love with a woman who inspired him to turn it around. Condon recalls, ‘having a positive presence like her both provides a healthy guiding force and shines a light on all the negative things in your life. I definitely wouldn’t be where I am now without her.’”

The title track offers the first taste of things to come, with Condon and co. seeming as spry and soulful as ever.

Check out the tracklist and tour dates below. You can preorder the record here.

No No No

1. Gibraltar
2. No No No
3. At Once
4. August Holland
5. As Needed
6. Perth
7. Pacheco
8. Fener
9. So Allowed

Beirut World Tour:

6/19 - Woodstock, NY @ Bearsville Theatre
6/26 - Montreal, Québec @ Festival International de Jazz de Montreal
6/28 - Ottawa, Ontario @ Ottawa Jazz Festival
7/16 - Pemberton, British Columbia @ Pemberton Music Festival
8/22 - Portland, OR @ Musicfest NW
9/14 - Brussels, Belgium @ Ancienne Belgique
9/17 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
9/20 - Berlin, Germany @ Columbiahalle
9/22 - Paris, France @ Zenith
9/24 - London, England @ Brixton Academy 
10/1 - New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall
10/4 - Santa Fe, NM @ Santa Fe National Historic Landmark
10/6 - San Diego, CA @ Open Air Theatre
10/7 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
10/8 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
10/10 - Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre
10/13 - Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
11/3 - Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theatre
11/6 - Philadelphia, PA @ Tower Theatre
11/7 - Boston, MA @ House of Blues
11/10 - Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre
10/13 - Toronto, Ontario @ Danforth Music Hall
10/14 - Toronto, Ontario @ Danforth Music Hall

St. Vincent Survives Stage Accident, Proves Immortality

Photo by Kara Smarsh

Annie Clark, the goddess better known as St. Vincent, has done a lot lately: released a self-titled #1 album, won a Grammy, and fronted Nirvana at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Now, it seems, she has also defied death itself.

During her show at Tennessee Theater in Knoxville last night Clark apparently climbed onto a 300 lbs speaker, causing it to fall and strike both her and one of the venue's security personnel who then managed to rescue the performer.

She tweeted this after the incident:

Patrick, security guard at Tennessee Theater in Knoxville, likely saved my life tonight. #cutsbutnoconcussions #emt #300lbspeakercollapse

— St. Vincent (@st_vincent) June 1, 2015

You're a prince, sir. “@PcoachGreen52:see all better pic.twitter.com/16ZVTCan88”

— St. Vincent (@st_vincent) June 1, 2015

Amazingly, some fans happened to break St. Vincent's no photography policy at just the right moment and caught the near death experience on camera:

Before... (Photo by Eric Budzielek)

...and after. (Photo by Chris Hill)

According to another fan it seems Clark thankfully recovered in style:

ST. VINCENT CLIMBED ON A SPEAKER AND IT FELL ON TOP OF HER AND HIT ANOTHER GUY AND THEN SHE JUST GOT UP AND RIPPED A GUITAR SOLO

— Matthew Sykes (@MattSykes357) June 1, 2015

UPDATE: A video of the incident has surfaced and St. Vincent has posted an image of the aftermath as well:

@st_vincent falling off a speaker last night

A video posted by @vargasm01 on Jun 1, 2015 at 7:44am PDT

This is a very unfortunate place to have cut myself while falling off a speaker. #thankgodeveryoneisok #couldhavebeenmuchworse

"This is a very unfortunate place to have cut myself while falling off a speaker. #thankgodeveryoneisok #couldhavebeenmuchworse"

You can catch St. Vincent at one of her remaining tour dates, which you can find here.