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We'll admit, "dreamy" is a bit of a lazy descriptor for Beach House this late in the game, though they keep earning it with the lovely dream-pop synth and soft croons we've come to expect from the Baltimore-based duo.
"Sparks" is the first single from the band's forthcoming record Depression Cherry and you can listen to the fuzzy track's official stream below.
"Sparks" is the debut single from the forthcoming album Depression Cherry out worldwide August 28th, 2015.
Depression Cherry is out worldwide August 28.
Modest Mouse revealed the new music video for "The Ground Walks, with Time in a Box," a track featured in both their latest LP Strangers To Ourselves and our 2015 summer playlist, today and it's quite the show.
Isaac Brock, or should we say Sir Isaac Brock, plays the part of a raving lunatic of a king presiding over his scorched earth kingdom with an Erector Set crown and shattered lightbulb for a scepter. The mad monarch experiences some psychedelic confusion and even goes as far as to gouge out a man's eyes.
Check it out below.
Download "Strangers To Ourselves" at iTunes: http://smarturl.it/StrangersToOurselves Download "Strangers To Ourselves" at Amazon: http://smarturl.it/Strangers2Orslvs Spotify: http://smarturl.it/StrangersSpotify www.modestmouse.com https://www.facebook.com/ModestMouse https://twitter.com/modestmouseband instagram.com/modestmouse (c) 2015 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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
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
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.
Future Islands frontman Sam Herring doesn't need a special occasion to become one of our generation's most passionate and moving performers, but it certainly doesn't hurt.
In the new Jay Buim directed music video for "A Song For Our Grandfathers" the band is seen at an actual family reunion in their native North Carolina where they greet relatives, have a meal, and eventually performing the song during which Herring is immensely emotional. They are also seen in the cabin where they started writing their breakout album Singles which came out last year.
Just in time for Father's Day, Future Islands have made the video available to be sent as an e-card which you can send to your dad and, even more appropriately, your grandfathers, here.
From the album Singles, available now: http://smarturl.it/Singlesi Directed by Jay Buim (http://www.beardwizard.com/) - video credits below http://www.future-islands.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Future-Islands/ https://twitter.com/futureislands http://4AD.com/artists/futureislands Purchase Singles at iTunes: http://smarturl.it/Singlesi Purchase Singles at 4AD: http://shopusa.4ad.com/singles Purchase Singles at Amazon: Singles at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1dKh4z5Aayt8FFDWjO5FDh Director: Jay Buim Producer: Alexis Celic DP: Kyle Repka Editor: Rachel Webster Colorist: James Tillett Production Company: Pomp&Clout
After teasing fans with several bizarre stills over the past few weeks, Beirut have finally released their music video for "No No No," the title track off their forthcoming record due out September 11 via 4AD.
Pastel and peculiar, the Brother Willis directed, American Bandstand-esque performance is riddled with oddities from a skunk being used as a trumpet to an odd man smashing a bottle over frontman Zach Condon's head as he sings, showing the band at their most playful. Check it out below.
'No No No' by Beirut, the title track from the new album released 11th Sept.
Earlier today Foals debuted the title track from their upcoming album What Went Down on Annie Mac's BBC Radio 1 show, and now we have a visual to go along with the sound.
Frontman Yannis Philippakis went on air after the song and described it as "animalistic," but went on to say that "there's a little bit of everything" on the new record. "What Went Down" takes the visceral, brutal themes explored on the band's last record Holy Fire and runs with them, as Philippakis chants possessed, altering between distrust and affection.
Directed by Niall O’Brien, the music video isn't quite as explosive as "Inhaler" or as jarring as "Late Nite," but fits restlessly in the middle hinting at what will surely be one of this year's most compelling records.
'What Went Down' Directed by Niall O'Brien Pre-order the new album WHAT WENT DOWN now: http://foals.co.uk. In stores 28 August. http://instagram.com/foals http://twitter.com/foals http://facebook.com/foals
Father John Misty has released a soul-crushing new video for the title track to this year’s standout album I Love You, Honey Bear, which was co-directed by Josh Tillman himself as well along with longtime collaborator Grant James.
Tillman describes the video as “an average night in the lives of two EMTs,” portrayed by comedians Brett Gelman (The Other Guys) and Susan Traylor (Greenberg), who go from being drunk and high in the back of an ambulance to getting called to the scene of an emergency. The victims, played by Tillman and his wife Emma (who also co-wrote the song), are seen peacefully sleeping through a gas leak. Check out the video in its entirety below.
I Love You, Honeybear, is out now on SubPop.
Tour Dates:
6/24 - Glastonbury, UK @ Glastonbury
6/26 - Bexhill, UK @ De La Warr Pavilion
6/27 - Killarney, IE @ Killarney Food & Music Festival
7/1 - Gdnya, PL @ Open'er Festival
7/2 - Roskilde, DK @ Roskilde
7/2-5 - Barcelona, ES @ Vida Music Festival
7/18 - Pemberton, BC @ Pemberton Music Festival
7/19 - Colwood, BC @ Rock the Shores
7/23 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Twilight Concert Series @ Pioneer Park
7/ 24 - Calgary, AB @ Calgary Folk Festival
7/ 25 - Edmonton, AB @ Interstellar Rodeo
7/26 - Seattle, WA @ Capitol Hill Block Party
7/31 - Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
8/ 01 - Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
8/ 02 - Montreal, QC @ Osheaga Festival
8/ 03 - Portland, ME @ State Theatre
8/ 05 - New York, NY @ Central Park Summerstage^ [Sold Out]
8/ 11-15 - Oslo, NO @ Oya Festival
8/ 13-15 - Gothenburg, SE @ Way Out West
8/ 14-15 - Haldern, Nordrhein@Westfalen, DE @ Haldern Pop Festival
8/ 16 - Saint Malo, FR @ La Route Du Rock Festival
8/18 - Vienna, AT @ The Full Hit of Summer Festival
8/20 - Hasselt, BE @ Pukkelpop Music Festival
8/20-21- @ Paredes de Coura, PT @ Pauredes de Coura Festival
8/21-22 @ Biddinghuizen, NL @ Lowlands Festival
8/23 - Beacon, UK @ Green Man Festival
9/18 - Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room at Old National Centre #
9/19 - Shakopee, MN @ Festival Palomino
9/20 - Madison, WI @ Orpheum #
9/21 - Covington, KY @ Madison Theatre #
9/23 - Columbus, OH @ LC Pavillion *
9/24 - Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre *
9/25 - Rochester, NY @ Anthology *
9/26 - Boston, MA @ Boston Calling
9/28 - Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live *
9/29 - Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz *
9/30 - Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre *
10/1 - Birmingham, AL @ Iron City *
10/2-4 - Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Festival
10/5 - Tulsa, OK @ Cain's Ballroom #
10/7 - St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant #
10/8 - Louisville, KY @ Palace Theatre #
10/9 - 11 @ Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Festival
10/9 - Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Hall #
10/12 - Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre *
10/15 - Las Vegas, NV @ Pool at the Cosmopolitan *
10/16 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern * [Sold Out]
10/17 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern *
10/18 - San Francisco, CA @ Treasure Island Music Festival
10/22 - Galway, IE @ Roisin Dubh
10/23 - Belfast, UK @ Mandela Hall
10/24 - Dublin, IE @ Vicar Street
10/26 - Sheffield, UK @ Plug
10/27 - Cambridge, UK @ The Junction
10/28 - London, UK @ O2 Shepherds Bush Empire [Sold Out]
10/29 - London, UK @ O2 Shepherds Bush Empire [Sold Out]
10/31 - Paris, FR @ Pitchfork Music Festival
11/1 - Bologna, IT @ Locomotiv
11/2 - Munich, DE @ Strom
11/3 - Weisbaden, DE @ Schlachtof
11/4-8 - Reykjavik, IS @ Iceland Airwaves
11/11 - Nantes, FR @ Stereolux
11/12 - Lyon, FR @ Epicerie Moderne
11/13 - Koln, DE @ Luxor
11/16 - Copenhagen, DK @ Vega
11/21-22 - Mexico City, MX @ Corona Capital Music Festival
* w/ Mikal Cronin
^ w/ Angel Olsen
# w/ Tess & Dave
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.
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
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