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Osheaga Music festival announces 2015 lineup through mobile driving game

Montreal’s Osheaga Music Festival released its 3015 lineup in a immensely creative way today by releasing a mobile driving game called The Road to Osheaga which gives the users the ability to find out the names of the artists through collecting musical notes.

Some of the lineup includes The Black Keys, Kendrick Lamar, Florence and the Machine, St. Vincent, Alt-J, The Decemberists, Hot Chip, Weezer, Nas, Tyler the Creator, Interpol, The Kills, Caribou, Run the Jewels, Future Islands, The War on Drugs, and Father John Misty.

Also on the lineup is Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, The Avett Brothers, Of Monsters and Men, Brand New, Tove Lo, Charli XCX, Gary Clark Jr., Action Bronson, ScHoolboy Q, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Young the Giant, Patrick Watson, Twin Shadow, First Aid Kit, Toro y Moi, Philip Selway, MS MR, Viet Cong, Alvvays, Slyvan Esso, Milky Chance, Marina and the Diamonds, Raury, Strand of Oaks, Glass Animals, San Fermin, and Young Fathers. 

The music festival will take place the weekend of July 31st – August 2nd at the Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal. The full lineup will be released on March 24th which is the same day that tickets go on sale. 

Ryan Adams announces live album for Carnegie Hall

Ryan Adams performed two career-spanning shows at Carnegie Hall in New York in November. Adams now is set to release a compilation of recordings from both nights into a live album through is Pac-Am Records. 

The album, named Live at Carnegie Hall, spans 42 tracks including “My Winding Wheel”, “Am I Safe”, “Come Pick Me Up,” and previously unreleased songs, “This Is Where We Meet In My Mind” and “How Much Light.” The album is set to be released on April 21st in a six album 180-gram box set and will also be available digitally.

The abridged version entitled Ten Songs From Live at Carnegie Hall will be available then as well. The track list includes 10 tracks including the previously unheard songs. The abridged version is due out on June 9th in an 140-gram vinyl, CD, and a digital download. 

Pre-orders have begun for both albums here. The tracklisting for both can be found below.  

Live at Carnegie Hall Tracklist:
01. Gimme Something Good
02. Oh My Sweet Carolina
03. Damn, Sam (I Love A Woman That Rains)
04. My Winding Wheel
05. Trouble
06. Nobody Girl
07. On Broadway
08. Halloween
09. New York, New York
10. Please Do Not Let Me Go
11. Rats In The Wall
12. Why Do They Leave
13. Sylvia Plath
14. Crossed-Out Name
15. This Is Where We Meet In My Mind
16. If I Am A Stranger
17. Amy
18. English Girls Approximately
19. Avenues
20. Come Pick Me Up
21. Oh My Sweet Carolina
22. My Winding Wheel
23. Dirty Rain
24. My Wrecking Ball
25. New York New York
26. Friends
27. Am I Safe
28. Ashes And Fire
29. Gimme Something Good
30. Why Do They Leave
31. Off Broadway
32. The Hardest Part
33. The Rescue Blues
34. Lucky Now
35. Dear Chicago
36. Desire
37. How Much Light
38. Firecracker
39. Kim
40. Call Me On Your Way Back Home
41. Black Sheets Of Rain
42. Come Pick Me Up

Ten Songs From Live At Carnegie Hall Tracklist:
01. Oh My Sweet Carolina (11/15)
02. Nobody Girl (11/15)
03. New York, New York (11/15)
04. Sylvia Plath (11/15)
05. This Is Where We Meet In My Mind (11/15)
06. My Wrecking Ball (11/17)
07. Gimme Something Good (11/17)
08. How Much Light (11/17)
09. Kim (11/17)
10. Come Pick Me Up (11/17)

The Vaccines release details about new album “English Graffiti”

English rock band the Vaccines have released details for their upcoming third album, English Graffiti, which is due out via Columbia Records on May 26. This follow-up for critically acclaimed 2012 Come of Age is the first album recorded by the band in the United States at at Tarbox Road Studio in New York and was co-produced by Dave Fridmann who also produced The Flaming Lips, Tame Impala, and Sleater-Kinney’s The Woods and Cole MGN who produced Ariel Pink and Beck. Earlier this month, the band released the first single, “Handsome.”

English Graffiti track list:

1. “Handsome”
2. “Dream Lover”
3. “Minimal Affection”
4. “20/20”
5. “(All Afternoon) In Love”
6. “Denial”
7. “Want U So Bad”
8. “Radio Bikini”
9. “Maybe I Could Hold You”
10. “Give Me A Sign”
11. “Undercover”

The Vaccines tour dates:

March 16 -20 – Austin, TX @ SXSW 
March 25 – Paris, FR @ Fleche D’or, Paris
March 27 – Nottingham, UK @ Rock City 
March 28 – Hartlepool, UK @ Borough Hall
March 29 – Glasgow, UK @ Old Fruitmarket
March 30 – Scunthorpe, UK @ Baths Hall
April 1 – Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall
April 3 – Porstmouth, UK @ Pyramids 
April 4 – Bath, UK @ Pavilion, 
April 5 – Folkestone, UK @ The Leas Cliff Hall 
April 7 – Norwich, UK @ UEA
April 8 – London, UK @ Brixton Electric SOLD OUT
May 22 – Liverpool, UK @ Sound City
June 6 – Seaside Heights, NJ @ Seaside Heights Beach*
August 1 – Aviemore, Scotland* 
August 15  –  Walla Walla, WA @ Whitman College*
August 22 – Salida, CO @ Vandeer Ranch*

* = Mumford & Sons Gentlemen of the Road tour (w/ Alabama Shakes, Flaming Lips + more)

The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist

1. For Emma – Bon Iver

2. Glory – Radical Face

3. Stay Alive – José González

4. Passion Play – William Fitzsimmon

5. For A Nightengale – Fionn Regan

6. I Don’t Know – Lisa Hannigan

7. Love No Less Worthy – J. Tillman

8. Charlie Darwin – The Low Anthem

9. The Story I Heard – Blind Pilot

10. Orange Sky – Alexi Murdoch

11. To Be Alone With You – Joshua James

12. Mr. Pitiful – Matt Costa

13. Giant of Illinois – Andrew Bird

14. You Are The Best Thing – Ray LaMontagne

15. Better Than Love – Griffin House

16. Relator – Pete Yorn, Scarlett Johansson

17. Quiet Town – Josh Rouse

18. Out On A Limb – Joseph Arthur

19. I Was Just Thinking – Teitur

20. Drifting – Tina Dico

Kevin Smith confirms new Clerks and Mallrats films

Actor and director Kevin Smith has announced that he will begin work on a third  Clerks film which will be the sequel to 1995’s Mallrats.

The filming for Clerks III will begin in May in Philadelphia. Both Jason Mewes and Smith will return as their roles as Jay and Silent Bob. Rosario Dawson, Brian O’Halloran, Jeff Anderson, and Marilyn Ghigliotti are also set to return to the film.

At the same time, Mallrats 2 production will begin in 2016. Smith told Tucson radio station Rock 102 KFMA: “It’s half scripted right now and we’re pulling our loot together. We’ve got up until the beginning of 2016. By the time we get to May 2016, we’re going to be shooting.”

Smith explained that the concept for Mallrats 2 “kind of came out of nowhere. Lately I’ve been doing this thing where I’m like ‘Do you want to do what’s good for your career or do you just want to have fun?’ Nobody’s clamoring for a ‘Mallrats’ sequel, but I would love to make one. It’s been like 20 years.”

The original Mallrats cast included starred Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, Shannen Doherty, and Jeremy London as well as Mewes and Smith.

In the midst of these announcements, Smigh is also working on both another horror film in the concept of his 2014 project Tusk entitled Moose Jaws as well as a hockey film named Hit Someone. 

Originally wanting to retire after Clerks III, Smith said his creativity was rejuvenated with the success of Tusk.  

Iron & Wine releases Dreamers and Makers Are My Favorite People short film

Sam Beam from Iron & Wine worked with the production group, Picture Show, to make a short film entitled Dreamers and Makers Are My Favorite People. The film has live footage of Beam performing in Cleveland, West Virginia at the Jerry Run Summer Theater. It was also announced that alongside the first volume of the new archival series from Iron & Wine. Watch the whole film below and it is also avaliable for purchaseNow, you can watch the whole thing below; it’s also available for purchase.

Sharon Van Etten made a surprise appearance on New Zealand television makes newscaster break down in tears

John Campbell, a New Zealand newscaster is a fan of Sharon Van Etten and was sad that he could not go to her show in Auckland tonight because of a previous plan. However, his colleagues did not want him to be bummed thus they had Van Etten appear to his surprise during his show, “Campbell Live”. Campbell was so overwhelmed, he began to cry. After the welcome, Van Etten began to perform “Tarifa” from Are We There, which was released last year. You can watch the video here.

Watch the trailer for Kurt Cobain documentary “Montage of Heck”

The authorized Kurt Cobain documentary, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, will air on HBO on May 4. According to the Playlist, the first official trailer for the film is out which can be watched below. 

Cobain and Courtney Love’s daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, is one of the executive producers of the film. The documentary will have, according to the press release, “dozens of Nirvana songs and performances as well as previously unheard Cobain originals,” as well as “no-holds-barred access to Kurt Cobain’s archives, home to his never-before-seen home movies, recordings, artwork, photography, journals, demos, personal archives, family archives and songbooks.”

The Hollywood Reporter says that the documentary will feature a 12-minute unreleased acoustic song by Cobain. 

Tame Impala releases new single “Let It Happen”

Tame Impala this year is planned to return with a highly anticipated follow-up to their 2012 Lonerismf. Even though the band has not yet announced an official date of release yet, they offered a new single called “Let It Happen” which can be downloaded here.

“Let It Happen” is the first new Tame Impala released material in three years and it is most definitely work the wait. 

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The indie rock band also announced a huge tour in North America, playing festivals such as at Coachella, Sasquatch!, Governors Ball, and Boston Calling. Consult the full itinerary.

Tame Impala 2015 Tour Dates:
04/08 – Pomona, CA @ Fox Theater
04/10 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
04/17 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
05/08 – Austin, TX @ Austin Psych Fest
05/08 – Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Festival
05/11 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
05/13 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
05/14 – Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theatre
05/15 – Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre
05/16 – Columbus, OH @ LC Pavilion
05/18 – Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
05/19 – Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
05/20 – Montreal, QC @ Metropolis
05/22 – George, WA @ Sasquatch! Festival
05/25 – Boston, MA @ Boston Calling
05/26 – Vancouver, BC @ Malkin Bowl
05/27 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Ballroom
05/29 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
05/30 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
05/31 – Kansas City, KS @ Uptown Theatre
06/01 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
06/03 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
06/04 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
06/05 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bunbury Music Festival
06/06 – Washington, DC @ Echostage
06/07 – New York, NY @ Governors Ball Music Festival
08/20 – Viana Do Castelo, PT @ Parades de Coura
09/04 – Gardenstown, UK @ End of the Road Festival
09/04 – Dublin, IE @ Electric Picnic
09/06 – Co. Laois, IE @ Stradbally Hall
09/08 – Glasgow, UK @ Barrowland
09/09 – Liverpool, UK @ Olympia
09/11 – Isle of Wight, UK @ Bestival
09/12 – Berlin, DE @ Lollapalooza Berlin

Watch Spoon perform “I Just Don’t Understand” and “Inside Out” on La Blogothèque

Spoon recently filmed another session of the “Take Away Show” for La Blogothèque. In the clip, singer Britt Daniel and drummer Jim Eno performed the songs from their latest album, They Want My Soul, “I Just Don’t Understand” and “Inside Out” in the Knockdown Center in  Maspeth, New York.

The band, according to La Blogothèque, was being watched by Hannah Epperson who is eating oatmeal off camera. Watch the session below.