Dream-pop duo Beach House are set to release their highly anticipated album, Depression Cherry. Today, during an interview on Boston’s NPR program Here & Now, they previewed two new tracks from the album. During the 11-minute interview, you can hear a portion of “PPP” around the 4:30 mark, and a bit of “Beyond Love” at 7:00. Listen.
Depression Cherry is set to be released on August 28th through Sub Pop. If you pre-order here in the Sub Pop megamart, it begins streaming tomorrow.
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All of Foo Fighters’ Million Dollar Demos tape leaks online
Foo Fighters released Songs From the Laundry Room, a 10-inch EP which features unreleased demos from their 1995 debut on Record Store Day.
The entirety of what has become known as Million Dollar Demos have surfaced on Reddit. As the story goes, the turmoil inside the band nearly forced the Foo Fighters to break up while recording the 2002 album, One By One. They ultimately recorded two different versions of the album, the latter being released into the public. The other version has remained unreleased, even though several tracks from it have been leaked.
The Million Dollar Demos has 11 tracks, 10 were considered for the album. Out of those 10, three were officially released: “Tired Of You”, “Walking A Line”, and “Normal”. Two others, “Have It All” and “Come Back” later leaked online.
A Reddit post explains:
“For some reason, an anonymous Redditor made a new account, whose only post is a download link for the Million Dollar Demos. This is the first time these have been made available in their entirety to the public, and have been sought after by die-hard fans (myself included) for the last 13 years. Most of the songs are similar to their final counterparts, while other songs like ‘Come Back’ and ‘Lonely As You’ are drastically different.”
Find more details on Million Dollar Demos as well as a link to download through Reddit. Listen to the demo version of “Have It All” here.
Million Dollar Demos Tracklist:
01. All My Life
02. Low #
03. Walking a Line ^
04. Have It All
05. Times Like These #
06. Disenchanted Lullaby #
07. Tired of You #
08. Halo
09. Normal ^
10. Lonely As You
11. Overdrive
12. Burn Away
13. Come Back
# = Appears on One By One
^ = Released as B-side
Matt Berninger and Brent Knopf announce new album and tour as EL VY
Matt Berninger from the National and Menomena/Ramona Falls’ Brent Knopf have joined forces for a LP under EL VY. According to a press release, the name is “pronounced like a plural of Elvis; rhymes with ‘hell pie.'” The debut record, Return to the Moon, is set to come out on October 30th through 4AD. Watch the lyric video for the title track here. The album cover is above and the tracklisting is below.
Berninger and Knopf will tour under EL VY later this year.
The men discussed working together in a press release. “I never worried about sending Matt something unfinished,” Knopf said. “He’s able to imagine where it can go. He can grab the four bars that will become the core of the track and develop them into something amazing.”
“This record is more autobiographical than anything else I’ve written, but the details aren’t true,” said Berninger. “It’s written in the voices of a few invented characters, composites of different people—myself, my wife, and other people I was thinking about.”
Return to the Moon tracklist:
01 Return to the Moon (Political Song for Didi Bloome to Sing, With Crescendo)
02 I’m the Man to Be
03 Paul Is Alive
04 Need A Friend
05 Silent Ivy Hotel
06 No Time to Crank the Sun
07 It’s a Game
08 Sleepin’ Light (ft. Ural Thomas)
09 Sad Case
10 Happiness, Missouri
11 Careless
EL VY tour dates:
11-02-03 Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
11-04 Seattle, WA – Neumos
11-06 San Francisco, CA – The Independent
11-07 Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
11-10 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
11-11 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
11-13 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
11-14 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
11-15 Boston, MA – The Sinclair
11-16 Montreal, Québec – Theatre Fairmount
11-17 Toronto, Ontario – Opera House
11-19 Chicago, IL – Metro
11-20 Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall Ballroom
11-21 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
12-01 Copenhagen, Denmark – Pumpehuse
12-02 Hamburg, Germany – Knust
12-03 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Melkweg
12-04 Cologne, Germany – Kantine
12-06 Berlin, Germany – Astra
12-07 Brussels, Belgium – AB
12-08 Paris, France – Trabendo
12-10 London, England – Electric Ballroom
12-12 Manchester, England – Gorilla
12-13 Dublin, Ireland – Whelans
DIIV announce tour
Indie rock outfit, DIIV recently announced that their followup to Oshin from 2012, Is the Is Are will be out this fall through Captured Tracks. The band today announced a North American tour for this fall as well. Find the itinerary below.
DIIV fall tour:
08-15 Toronto, Ontario – Fort York
10-10 Boston, MA – The Sinclair
10-12 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
10-13 Madison, WI – Majestic
10-14 St Paul, MN – Turf Club
10-16 Denver, CO – Gothic Theatre
10-17 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
10-18 Boise, ID – Neurolux
10-19 Seattle, WA – Neumos
10-20 Vancouver, British Columbia – Fortune
10-22 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
10-24 Los Angeles, CA – Roxy
10-25 Santa Ana, CA – Beach Goth Festival
10-27 San Diego, CA – Casbah
10-28 Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
10-30 Dallas, TX – Trees
10-31 Austin, TX – Mohawk
11-01 Houston, TX – Numbers
11-03 Nashville, TN – Exit In
11-04 Atlanta, GA – The Earl
11-05 Chapel Hill, NC – Cat’s Cradle
11-06 Richmond, VA – The Broadberry
11-07 Washington, DC – Black Cat
11-08 New York, NY – Webster Hall
The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist
1. It’s Real – Real Estate
2. Revival – Deerhunter
3. Black Rice – Women
4. Feel So Sad (Glides and Chimes) – Spiritualized
5. True Blue – Dirty Beaches
6. We Bros – WU LYF
7. Shadow – Wild Nothing
8. Surreal Exposure – Ducktails
9. Stars – The Suits
10. Open Tails – Bora York
11. Unfold – Wouie
12. Don’t Stop – Future Screens
13. Hero – Wildcat! Wildcat!
14. Symmetry – Tropic of Pisces
15. Hot Blur – How Sad
16. 17 – Youth Lagoon
17. All the Things – Clifflight
18. Demon Dance – Surfer Blood
19. Words I Don’t Remember – How to Dress Well
20. New Beat – Toro Y Moi
Paul McCartney Performs “Get Back” with Brittany Howard from Alabama Shakes and “FourFiveSeconds” at Lollapalooza
Paul McCartney headlined Lollapalooza last night. His set included songs from his solo works and Beatles classics. He also performed his collaborative single with Kanye West and Rihanna, “FourFiveSeconds.” Even though neither one of the collaborators appeared, he did bring out Brittany Howard from Alabama Shakes during “Get Back.” Watch both songs below through Billboard.
Willis Earl Beal premieres new single “Survive”
After issuing it in limited quantities in January, Willis Earl Beal is planned to release his Noctunes LP wide through Tender Loving Empire on August 28th. It has been weeks since he released the first two songs from the release, “Flying So Low” and “Midnight,” now, Beal is back with his latest single, “Survive.”
Like his previous work, “Survive” is minimal but it is his voice that adds the unique texture to his music. Listen to it here:
Noctunes Tracklist:
01. Under You
02. Flying So Low
03. Like a Box
04. Lust
05. No Solution
06. Stay
07. Say the Words
08. Love Is All Around
09. Able to Wait
10. Survive
11. Start Over
12. Midnight
Twin Shadow performs “To The Top” on The Late Late Show With James Corden
Twin Shadow performed on The Late Late Show with James Corden last night, marking their second show after getting in a nasty tour bus accident in April. George Lewis Jr.’s hand is still healing after having reconstructive surgery so he is not playing the guitar but he is still clearly happy to be holding a mic. He gave an energetic performance of “To The Top” from their latest album, Eclipse which you can rewatch here.
This performance is part of preparing the band to be road-ready again as they begin making up postponed tour dates until the middle of August. They also released the free Night Rally demos mixtape which features tracks Lewis JR. rediscovered while recovering from the accident.
Foals release video for “Mountain at My Gates”
Foals will return with their fourth studio album, What Went Down, next month. The British band has premiered the music video for “Mountain at My Gates.”
The clip is a visual experience, for it is the first of its kind to be made with GoPro’s Spherical virtual reality technology. The video was directed by Nabil, who has also worked with Kanye West, FKA twigs, and Frank Ocean. The panoramic footage can be manipulated on Google Chrome or the YouTube app on phones by play with a mouse or the AWSD keys. Watch the video below.
What Went Down is due out on August 28th via Warner Music.
Deer Tick shares new acoustic track “Grandfather Song”
Amazon Music will be sharing playlists of new material called Amazon Acoustics on July 31st. Even though many of the 3o tracks will be covers such as The District’s taking on David Bowie’s “Ashes to Ashes” or Surfer Blood’s rendition of OutKast’s “Hey Ya,” the playlist will also include a handful of originals. Amazon shared one of the originals today, Deer Tick’s “Grandfather Song.”
John McCauley, the band’s frontman, told Entertainment Weekly that “Grandfather Song” was demoeed during the sessions for the band’s album Negativity from 2013. “It didn’t wind up on the record,” he said, “so I decided to revisit it recently and I finished the song in my spare time at home in Nashville.” Listen to it below.
Amazon is set to release one more track from Amazon Acoustics before it is officially released and they are allowing fans to vote. The choices are The Griswolds’ cover of Maroon 5’s “Sugar,” Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors” covered by Joshua Radin, or Peter Matthew Bauer’s cover of St. Vincent’s “Prince Johnny.” Voting will hapen on Amazon Music’s Facebook page and will only be on for 24 hours.
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