Author: bella.king

The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist

1. Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins) – Father John Misty

2. Civilian – Wye Oak

3. Roscoe – Midlake

4. This Year – The Mountain Goats

5. Despite What You’ve Told Me – Two Gallants

6. Strange Eyes – Murder By Death

7. Byegone – Volcano Choir

8. Queen – Perfume Genius

9. Blue Eyes – Destroyer

10. All Fires – Swan Lake

11. Black Hills – Gardens and Villas

12. No Stranger – Small Black

13. Variable – Millionyoung

14. Triangle Waves – Teeel

15. Faded High – Gayngs

16. Diamond – Lightning Dust

17. Open Rhythms – Bodies of Water

18. Morning Song – Le Loup

19. In Real Life – The Ruby Suns

20. Strangers – Lotus Plaza

The War On Drugs announce new tour dates

Rock band, The War on Drugs, have announced new tour dates for their upcoming North American tour. This is in support of their 2014 Lost in the Dream, and the band is lined up for new dates in places such as California, New York, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. This long leg of the tour is set to run from the end on March o the end of June with stops at Sasquatch! Festival and Field Trip Music Festival.

The full itinerary is below. 

The War on Drugs 2015 Tour Dates:
03/27 – Philadelphia, PA @ Tower Theater
03/28 – Norfolk, VA @ The Norva *
03/29 – Richmond, VA @ The National *
03/31 – Knoxville, TN @ Bijou Theatre *
04/01 – Chattanooga, TN @ Track 29 *
04/02 – Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre *
04/03 – Birmingham, AL @ Iron City *
04/04 – Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Hall *
04/05 – Tulsa, OK @ Cains Ballroom *
04/07 – Albuquerque, NM @ Historic El Rey Theatre *
04/08 – El Paso, TX @ Tricky Falls *
04/09 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Pressroom *
04/11 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
04/14 – Ventura, CA @ Ventura Theater
04/15 – Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy & Harriet’s
04/18 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
05/21 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
05/23 – George, WA @ Sasquatch! Festival
05/24 – Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
06/05-07 – New York, NY @ Governors Ball Music Festival
06/06 – Toronto, ON @ Field Trip Music Festival
06/08 – Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall
06/09 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
06/10 – Covington, KY @ The Madison Theater
06/11-14 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music Festival
06/12 – Indianpolis, IN @ Vogue
06/15 – Tampa, FL @ The Ritz
06/16 – Miami Beach, FL @ The Fillmore at Jackie Gleason
06/17 – Orlando, FL @ The Beacham Theatre
06/18 – Charlotte, NC @ Amos’ Southend
06/20 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
06/21 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
06/25-28 – Werchter, BE @ Rock Werchter
06/26 – St. Gallen, CH @ Open Air
06/28 – De Groene Heuvels, NL @ Down The Rabbit Hole
07/01-04 – Roskilde, DK @ Roskilde Festival
07/02-05 – Barcelona, ES @ Vida Festival
08/11-15 – Oslo, NO @ Øya Festival
08/13-15 – Gothenburg, SE @ Way Out West Festival
08/14-16 – Helsinki, FI @ Flow Festival
09/04-06 – Laois, IE @ Electric Picnic
09/06 – Wiltshire, UK @ End of the Road Festival

Prince to play spontaneous concerts across the U.S. starting next week

Prunce had spent much of last year playing spontaneous shows across Europe and the UK in promotion of his new albums, Art Official Age which was solo and Plectrumelectrum, his debut with 3rdEyeGirl. He has now announced that he has plans to do the same thing in the United States.

The first date on the Hint and Run tour is in Louisville, Kentucky on March 14th. There is no venue details yet announced but tickeys begin to go on sale Monday, March 9th at 10:00 a.m. local time via Live Nation. 

Thee Oh Sees announce new album, Mutilator Defeated At Last, and premieres “Web”

San Francisco band, Thee Oh Sees, have announced their sixth album in five years. The album entitled, Mutilator Defeated At Last, is set to be released on April 19th through the band’s frontman’s, John Dwyer’s, Castle Face Records.

Mutilator Defeated At Last serves as the follow-up for Drop which was released last year and features Dwyer, Tim Hellman, Nick Murray, Chris Woodhouse, and Brigid Dawson as the line-up. The album was mixed by Woodhouse and mastered by John Golden who also produced bands such as Soundgarden, the Melvins, and Ty Segall.

The band have released the opening track, “Web”, which you can listen to here.

Mutilator Defeated At Last Tracklist:

01. Web
02. Withered Hand
03. Poor Queen
04. Turned Out Light
05. Lupine Ossuary
06. Sticky Hulks
07. Holy Smoke
08. Rogue Planet
09. Palace Doctor

Tv show based on Weezer’s River Cuomo’s life found leading actor

The upcoming Fox series that is based on River Cuomo, frontman of Weezer, is entitled Detour. The show is produced by Cuomo and it was recently decided to cast British actor Ben Aldrige as the leading man. The character will have the name of Michael Sturges.

Aldrige may not be exactly like Cuomo, he has stared in several TV shows such as a recurring role on Reign on the CW. 

The pilot was written by the creator of Psych, Steve Franks and directed by Jeremy Garelick who also directed The Wedding Ringer. There is not yet an announcement on an official air date. No word yet on an official air date.

The White Stripes to release Get Behind Me Satan on vinyl for first time

The White Stripes will release the first commercially available  vinyl version of Get Behind Me Satan on this year’s Record Store Day on April 18th. The vinyl will come as a double LP and will come in red and white cord with alternative artwork that changes as it moves. It will be sold later this in the standard black vinyl and with the regular cover. The album will also include new artwork inside. 

Watch a teaser for the release below.

The Helio Sequence announces new album

The Helio Sequence will release their upcoming self-titled album May 19th from Sub Pop. The 10-track album will be their sixth and is the follow-up to Negotiations, released in 2012. It was produced and mixed by the band in the Old Jantzen Building in Portland and mastered by Greg Calbi, who also worked with Father John Misty, Sleater-Kinney, and The War on Drugs, at Sterling Sound.

The album came from a session of “The 20-Song Game” according to a press release:

Songwriters would arrive in their studios at prearranged times and spend all day recording 20 complete songs. When they were finished, they’d have a party, listen to the results and talk about the process — of taking the good with the bad, of letting creativity push past constraint, of simply making music in the moment. Brandon Summers and Benjamin Weikel took the spirit of the “The 20-Song Game” to heart, and forged ahead writing a new record.

In May of 2014, inspired by the “20-Song Game”, they began arriving each morning in their Portland space — housed in the cafeteria and break room of an old warehouse — with the mission of making as much music as possible in one month.

The first preview of The Helio Sequence comes from “Stoic Resemblance,” which you can listen to below.

The Helio Sequence Tracklist:
01. Battle Lines
02. Stoic Resemblance
03. Red Shifting
04. Upward Mobility
05. Leave Or Be Yours
06. Deuces
07. Inconsequential Ties
08. Seven Hours
09. Phantom Shore
10. Never Going Back

The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist

1. Somebody – Jukebox the Ghost

2. My Fater Was A Horse – Wild Light

3. Love Underground – Robbers on High Street

4. The Suggestion Box – Aqueduct

5. Cinnamon – The Long Winters

6. Hopeless – The Wrens

7. Sleepdriving – Grand Archives

8. Undertaker – The Moondoggies

9. The Way We Move – Langhorne Slim

10. I Feel Weird – Steel Train

11. My Name is Trouble – Nightmare of You

12. Strange Attractor – Animal Kingdom

13. Eleven a.m. – Bears

14. Onshore – LA Font

15. Find Me A Place – Jupiter One

16. Hey Now Now – The Cloud Room

17. A Strange Education – The Cinematics

18. Fever – Takka Takka

19. Modern Day Saint – Via Audio

20. Man of the People – Middle Distance Runner

Damien Rice announces world tour

Singer-songwriter Damien Rice has expanded his world tour. The new dates go from the end of April to the beginning of August. Rice will play shows in major cities in the US and Europe.

See the full list of shows below.

Damien Rice 2015 Tour Dates:
03/31 – Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle
04/01 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
04/03 – Washington, DC @ The Lincoln Theatre
04/04 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
04/07 – Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre
04/08 – Philadelphia, PA @ Academy of Music
04/11 – Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
04/13 – Indianapolis, IN @ Murat Theatre at Old National Centre
04/14 – Chicago, IL @ Auditorium Theatre
04/15 – Minneapolis, MN @ Carlson Family Stage at Northrop Auditorium
04/17 – Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theater
04/20 – Portland, OR @ Keller Auditorium
04/21 – Seattle, WA @ Marion Oliver McCaw Hall
04/23 – Oakland, CA @ The Fox Theater
04/24 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre
04/27 – Mexico City, MX @ El Plaza Condesa
05/29 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound Festival
06/09 – Edinburgh, UK @ Usher Hall
06/11 – Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall
06/13 – London, UK @ Live at Chelsea
06/17 – Brooklyn, NY @ Prospect Park Bandshell
06/18 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
06/20 – Columbus, OH @ LC Pavilion
06/21 – Chicago, IL @ Prirzker Pavilion
06/22 – Toronto, ON @ Echo Beach
06/27 – Wechter, BE @ Rock Werchter
07/12 – Dublin, IE @ The Iveagh Gardens
07/13 – Cork, IE @ Ireland Live at the Marquee
07/16 – Galway, IE @ Galway Arts Festival Big Top
07/20 – Paris, FR @ Le Grand Rex
07/22 – Lucerne, CH @ Blue Balls Festival
08/02 – Copenhagen, DK @ Koncerhuset
08/04 – Berlin, DE @ Tempodrom

Björk pulls new album from Spotify

Björk’s latest album, Vulnicura, is not on Spotify at the moment. In a recent alvum with Fast Company, she explained that “streaming thing just does not feel right. I don’t know why, but it just seems insane.” 

She went on to detail: 

To work on something for two or three years and then just, Oh, here it is for free. It’s not about the money; it’s about respect, you know? Respect for the craft and the amount of work you put into it. But maybe Netflix is a good model. You go first to the cinema and after a while it will come on ­Netflix. Maybe that’s the way to go with streaming. It’s first physical and then maybe you can stream it later.

Her upcoming video for “Stonemilker” on Vulnicura will be made available on the Oculus Rift, a virtual reality headset. Björk was asked later in the interview if she would consider releasing an album on the Oculus Rift as she released Biophilia as an app.  

She responded with: “You can do apps cheaply,” she said. “Apps was kind of punk, actually. It was like starting a punk band again. Filming for Oculus Rift is not.”

The Haxan Clock has contributed the sound design to the “Black Lake” which is a part of her upcoming Museum of Modern Art showing which opens on March 7.

Read the interview here and watch the trailer for “Black Lake” below.