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Wild Nothing announces new album Life of Pause, shares “TV Queen” and “To Know You”

Jack Tatum will return on February 19th with his latest Wild Nothing album. Life of Pause, which is the follow-up to Nocturne, will arrive through Captured Tracks (Bella Union in the UK/Europe). It has the first two singles “TV Queen” and To Know You.” Listen below.

The album was recorded in Stockholm and Los Angeles with Thom Monahan as producer. Peter Bjorn & John’s John Eriksson and Medicine’s Brad Laner guest on the album as well.

In a statement, Tatum discussed working on the new album:

I desperately wanted for this to be the kind of record that would displace me. I’m terrified by the idea of being any one thing, or being of any one genre. And whether or not I accomplish that, I know that my only hope of getting there is to constantly reinvent. That reinvention doesn’t need to be drastic, but every new record has to have it’s own identity, and it has to have a separate set of goals from what came before.

Life of Pause:

01 Reichpop
02 Lady Blue
03 A Woman’s Wisdom
04 Japanese Alice
05 Life of Pause
06 Alien
07 To Know You
08 Adore
09 TV Queen
10 Whenever I
11 Love Underneath My Thumb

The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist

1. Magic Mountain – firekid

2. Glory Days – 1955

3. Pain – Silk Rhodes

4. Everything – Kaptan

5. Julia – Fast Romantics

6.  Ride With You – Soren Bryce

7. Loudspeaker – MUNA

8. Nagasaki – The Edward Furlongs

9. By the Lakeside – Katie Day

10. High Strung – Shy Technology

11. I Love You So – The Walters

12. Rockaway – Summer Salt

13. Show Me – Team Me

14. Seventeen – Sjowgren

15. Empress – Morningsiders

16. Celeste – Ezra Vine

17. Anything That’s Bad – Deal Casino

18. Parasite – Armors

19. Charlie Grey – Valise

20. Overdose – Maudlin Strangers

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Saint Motel
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Tokyo Police Club
Metric

Watch Boots perform “C.U.R.E” on Colbert

Boots performed on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night for his first television performance after the release of his solo debut AQUARIA. The Beyoncé and Run the Jewels producer, known for his unique arrangements, gave the audience a spirit rendition of “C.U.R.E.” The performance was shown in a psychedelic way, with a glowing light show and morphed visuals. Watch the replay below.

M.I.A. releases new song “Borders”

M.I.A. announced Matahdatah, her upcoming new album/film about borders over the summer. It is described as “truly global and characteristically DIY,” and the release will have “a collection of new M.I.A. songs, each accompanied by videos directed and edited by M.I.A. herself with each video filmed in a different country,” according to an official statement.

“The concept for this LP is ‘broader then a border’ and MATAHDATAH is the journal ofMATANGI,” the singer said, adding, “Sometimes I move vertical and sometimes I move horizontal.”

There was already a preview of the LP with the audiovisual piece “Broader Than a Border,” that featured Matangi cut “Warriors” and a new song named “Swords.” Today, M.I.A.has released another installment as the beat-heavy track “Borders”. Listen below.

Watch Albert Hammond Jr. perform “Razor’s Edge” on Kimmel

In August, Albert Hammond Jr. performed The Tonight Show in support of his solo record, Momentary Masters, which had then recently dropped. Last night, Hammond performed on the late-night circuit again with his LP, playing standout track “Razor’s Edge” for Jimmy Kimmel audiences. Throughout the interview, The Strokes’ guitarist swung his guitar around as if it was a toy, slinging it over his back and holding it over his face.

Watch the replay below.

Iron & Wine performs a folk version of GWAR’s “Sick of You”

Through the ongoing AV Undercover series, there has been artists tackling some unlikely songs. Natalie Prass performed a Slayer classic as a jazzy lounger, Screaming Females turned Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” into a punk anthem, and They Might Be Giants performed ’90s R&B with Destiny’s Child’s “Bills, Bills, Bills.”

There is nothing different about this week’s installment with Iron & Wine’s Sam Beam putting his twist on GWAR’s “Sick of You.” Monsters and thrash metal does not really coexist with folk, and somehow Beam still managed to turn the track from Scumdogs of the Universe sound like it was naturally a part of his repertoire.

Iron & Wine is not new to covers. Beam and Band of Horses’ Ben Bridwell worked together for a covers album named Sing Into My Mouth. The same can be said about GWAR, who covered Kansas, Billy Ocean, Pet Shop Boys, and Cyndi Lauper for AV Undercover.

Mogwai announce departure of guitarist John Cummings

As they celebrate their 20th anniversary, Mogwai announced the departure of guitarist John Cummings. The post-rock outfit from Scotland released the news through a post on their website saying that Cummings wants to focus on personal projects for the foreseeable future.

Here is the statement from the band:

“We are sad to announce that John Cummings has decided to leave Mogwai to pursue his own musical projects.

We will continue as a four piece of Dominic Aitchison, Stuart Braithwaite, Martin Bulloch and Barry Burns and shall be joined on our upcoming live shows by Scott Paterson and Luke Sutherland.

We wish John all the best with the future.”

Cummings joined Mogwai after they were formed becoming the fourth member of the band. This last summer, the group commemorated their 20th year as a band by the Central Belters box set of rarities and hits. They will continue as a quartet, but guitarist/vocalist Braithwaite has also started a side project with members from Slowdive and Editors called Minor Victories.

The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist

1. Billions of Eyes – Lady Lamb

2. Bad Ideas – Saintseneca

3. Tickle – Eyes Lips Eyes

4. Powerlines – The Western States Motel

5. Will Do – TV On the Radio

6. Bizzare Love Triangle – Apostle of Hustle

7. Dancing Anymore – Is Tropical

8. Roman – Housse De Racket

9. Time To Dance – The Shoes

10. Baby I’m Yours – Breakbot

11. Embody – Sebastian

12. Daisy – Fang Island

13. WHALE – Yellow Ostrich

14. Stars – Buried Beds

15. Gone – JR JR

16. Heart to Tell – The Love Language

17. Better Run – Royal Bangs

18. Fog – Mason Proper

19. Out of Style, Out of Touch – Eulogies

20. Episodes – Pela