The garage rock songwriter Mikal Cronin is set to release his third album MCIII through Merge Records on May 5th. The full album is streaming on iTunes in anticipation.
The LP is the follow up to his 2012 release, MCII. Cronin plays all the instruments on his record, much like his previous works, playing saxophone, French horn, and trumpet. He also arranged parts for a string quartet.
The album is split in half, the last six tracks formed a conceptual suite about going to school in the Pacific Northwest. Cronin told Spin about his suite, “I’ve been thinking of doing something like that for a long time and always backed off. I didn’t know if I could pull that off in a way that wasn’t just lame or whiny, or just bad, you know? It was scary to actually tell that kind of story directly, instead of alluding to a non-specific breakup or something. So I just went for it.”
There are Pre-orders still going on. Watch Cronin cover Big Star’s “The Ballad of El Goodo”.
MCIII Tracklist:
01. Turn Around
02. Made My Mind Up
03. Say
04. Feel Like
05. I’ve Been Loved
06. i) Alone
07. ii) Gold
08. iii) Control
09. iv) Ready
10. v) Different
11. vi) Circle
R&B singer D’Angelo has announced a summer tour as support for Black Messiah, his comeback album. Over the course of June, the U.S. tour of the Second Coming Tour is over the course of 14 dates which includes a late night show at Bonnaroo. The itenerary is below.
Every set will have D’Angelo joined by the Vanguard, his band, which includes bassist Pino Palladino, from The Who, guitarists Jesse Johnson from The Time and Isaiah Sharkey, Chris “Daddy” Dave as drummer, keyboardist Cleo “Pookie” Sample, and vocalists Kendra Foster, Charlie “Red” Middleton, and Jermain Holmes.
D’Angelo 2015 Tour Dates:
06/07 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
06/08 – Los Angeles, CA @ Club Nokia
06/10 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater
06/11 – Kansas City, MO @ Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland
06/13 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
06/14 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
06/16 – Dallas, TX @ The Bomb Factory
06/17 – Houston, TX @ The Warehouse
06/20 – Norfolk, VA @ NorVa
06/21 – Forest Hills, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium
06/23 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Keswick
06/25 – Washington, DC @ The Fillmore
06/27 – Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
06/28 – Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
Watch D’Angelo perform “The Charade” during his recent appearance on SNL.
Music festival, Stagecoach is the country-based sister of Coachella’s that is now on its ninth year and has headliners of Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton, and Miranda Lambert. However, now it had some offensive T-shirts.
Someone on Reddit pointed out that Stagecoach vendors were selling a homophobic T-shirt that says “Titties & Beer Thank God I Ain’t Queer.” There was another that read, “Roses Are Red, Areolas Are Pink, Show Me Yours And I’ll Buy You A Drink.”
A representative from the festival stated that the vendor who was selling the shirts were removed from the grounds.
In 2009, Dan Aurrbach released his solo debut Keep It Hid and now, the frontman is planning to release another album on his own, but under a new moniker as The Arcs. The full-length album from the band will be released this summer through Nonesuch, but for a glimpse of the album, Auerbach plans on releasing a 7-inch single next month.
The single features “boxing-related” songs named “Stay in My Corner” and “Tomato Can”, and will be available in independent record stores exclusively via Nonesuch Records on May 2nd, the same day as the highly anticipated Floyd Mayweather/Manny Pacquiao match in Las Vegas.
The album was recorded in two weeks with the assistance of Leon Michaels, who also helped him in the past with collaborations with Lana Del Rey and Dr. John Auerbach said about the album: “I just wanted to do my thing and get extra weird. I wanted everything to flow [and] be cohesive. A lot of the songs bleed one into the other, a lot like the Grateful Dead – my favorite records that they did. So I’ve got a lot of connected songs. It’s basically everything I love about music all wrapped up into one record – that’s all!”
If these upcoming releases aren’t enough for the fans of Auerbach, The Black Keys, however not having plans for making up their cancelled your dates, do have a few shows planned for this summer.
The album art for “Stay in My Corner” and “Tomato Can” can be viewed above.
As the new documentary about Kurt Cobain, named Montage of Heck, promised to bring an incredibly and unprecedented look in his life through unreleased home videos and demos, fans can get an even deeper look into Cobain’s life by renting his former SoCal apartment. The apartment is currently being rented through Airbnb.
The apartment is located in the Melrose/Fairfax area in Los Angeles and is a one-bedroom place which was apparently the living space for Conain and Courtney Love between 1991 and 1992.
The owner Brandon writes: “At the time, Kurt was focused on song writing and his artwork, much of which was created in the apartment. He was particularly into painting during this time and even decorated the walls in the living room and bedroom. His favorite spot in the house: the bathtub. In it, he wrote the song ‘Heart-Shaped Box.’”
The cost to stay at the apartment is $150/night, $798/week and $3800/month. Look at the current pictures of the space below and go here for more information.
The documentary about Cobain’s life, Montage of Heck, is currently showing in select theaters before its television premiere on HBO on May 4th.
Mac DeMarco willrelease a “mini” album on August 7th through Captured Tracks. a new “mini” album titled Another One. The eight-track LP was recorded in his home in Queens, New York in March this year after spending months on tour for Salad Days.
The jizz jazzer also has planned an extensive European and North American tour that goes on into late September, including sets at festivals such as Shaky Knees, Primavera Sounds, Field Day, Bonnaroo, and Outside Lands. Below is his full itenerary as well as a promo video for the making of Another One.
Mac DeMarco 2015 Tour Dates:
04/22 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
04/23 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre
04/24 – Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
04/25 – Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
04/27 – Boston, MA @ Northeastern University
05/08 – Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Festival
05/10 – Austin, TX @ Austin Psych Festival
05/28 – Dudingchen, CH @ Bad Bonn Festival
05/29 – Toulouse, FR @ Festivals Des Curiosites
05/30 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound
06/02 – Tel Aviv, IL @ Barby
06/04 – Porto, PT @ Primavera Sound
06/06 – Manchester, UK @ Parklife Festival
06/07 – London, UK @ Field Day Festival
06/11 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo
06/26 – Londonderry, VT @ Frendly Gathering Music Festival
06/27 – North Adams, MA @ Solid Sound
07/17 – Chicago, IL @ Pitchfork Music Festival
08/08 – San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival
08/11 – Boston, MA @ Royale
08/12 – Portland, ME @ Port City Music Hall
08/13 – Montreal, QB @ Metropolis
08/15 – Toronto, ON @ Time Festival
08/16 – Buffalo, NY @ Tralf Music Festival
08/17 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
08/18 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
08/19 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
08/20 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw
09/06 – Salisbury, UK @ End of the Road Festival
09/07 – Glasgow, UK @ ABC
09/08 – Bristol, UK @ Roundhouse
09/10 – Birmingham, UK @ The Institute
09/14 – Tourcoing, FR @ Grand Mix
09/15 – Paris, FR @ La Cigale
09/16 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
09/17 – Cologne, DE @ Gebaude 9
09/18 – Berlin, DE @ Postbahnhof
09/21 – Stockholm, SE @ Debasser STrand
09/22 – Oslo, NO @ Rockefeller
09/23 – Gothenburg, SE @ Pustervik
09/24 – Aarhus, DK @ Voxhall
09/25 – Hamburg, DE @ Reeperbahn
The crossover supergroup Teenage Time Killers has announced information on their debut album, Greatest Hits Vol. 1 which will be released on July 31st via Rise Records.
The supergroup was originally started by Reed Mullin from Corrosion of Conformity as well as The Birds of Satan’s Mick Murphy, and producer John “Lou” Lousteau. Teenage Time Killers have featured a multitude of rock icons from across the spectrum: Pat Smear and Dave Grohl from Foo Fighters, Alkaline Trio’s Nick Oliveri, Matt Skiba, Blink-182, Slipknot’s Corey Taylor and Stone Sour, The Dead Kennedys’ Jello Biafra, Randy Blythe from Lamb of God, Tommy Victor from Prong and Danzig, Fear’s Lee Ving, Mike “IX” Williams of Eyehategod, Corrosion of Conformity’s Mike Dean and Woody Weatherman, and Karl Agell as well as many others.
The LP features 20 tracks, including a few covers including the song by Rudimentary Peni that gave the group its name. The instrumentals were recorded at Grohl’s Northridge, California’s 606 Studios.
Greatest Hits Vol. 1 Tracklist: 01. Exploder
Vocals: Reed Mullin
Featuring Pat Hoed (Bass), London May (Drums)
02. Crowned by the Light of the Sun
Vocals: Neil Fallon
Featuring Jim Rota (Guitar), Dave Grohl (Bass)
03. Hung Out to Dry
Vocals: Randy Blythe
Featuring Mike Schaefer (Guitar), Dave Grohl (Bass)
04. Power Outage
Vocals: Clifford Dinsmore
Featuring Dave Grohl (Bass)
05. Ode to Hannity
Vocals: Jello Biafra
Featuring Mike Dean (Bass)
06. Barrio
Vocals: Matt Skiba
Featuring Brian Baker (Guitar)
07. The Dead Hand
Vocals: Reed Mullin
Featuring Woody Weatherman (Guitar), Dave Grohl (Bass)
08. Egobomb
Vocals: Corey Taylor
Featuring Dave Grohl (Bass)
09. Plank Walk
Vocals: Pete Stahl
Featuring Greg Anderson (Guitar), Dave Grohl (Bass)
10. Time to Die
Vocals: Mike IX Williams
Featuring Greg Anderson (Guitar)
11. Days of Degradation
Vocals: Tommy Victor
Featuring Dave Grohl (Bass)
12. Clawhoof
Vocals: Tairrie B. Murphy
Featuring Dave Grohl (Bass)
13. Big Money
Vocals: Lee Ving
Featuring Pat Smear (Guitar & Bass), London May (Drums)
14. Devil in this House
Vocals: Karl Agell
Featuring Dave Grohl (Bass)
15. Say Goodnight to the Acolyte
Vocals: Phil Rind
Featuring Jason Browning (Guitar), Dave Grohl (Bass)
16. Ignorant People
Vocals: Tony Foresta
Featuring Greg Anderson (Guitar), Nick Oliveri (Bass)
17. Son of an Immigrant
Vocals: Johnny Weber
Featuring Brian Baker (Guitar)
18. Your Empty Soul
Vocals: Aaron Beam
19. Bleeding to Death
Vocals: Vic Bondi
Featuring Dave Grohl (Bass)
20. Teenage Time Killer
Vocals: Trenton Rogers
Featuring Greg Anderson (Guitar), Pat Hoed (Bass)
After two sets at Coachella, including an appearance during Flotence and the Machine’s performance, Father John Misty has added more dates to his world tour with a leg in the U.S. and Europe.
This huge addition to his tour now goes into the middle of November as it is in continued support of his acclaimed new album, I Love You, Honeybear. As well as headlining shows, the musician will perform at festivals including Sasquatch!, Bunbury, Glastonbury, Pemberton, Osheaga, and Lollapalooza.
Consult his full schedule below.
Father John Misty 2015 Tour Dates:
04/22 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
04/23 – Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s
04/24 – Austin, TX @ Stubb’s
04/25 – New Orleans, LA @ Civic Theater
05/15-17 – Gulf Shores, AL @ Hangout Music Festival
05/22-25 – George, WA @ Sasquatch! Festival
05/24 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
05/28 – St. Louis, MO @ The Fox Theatre
05/29 – Kansas City, MO @ Starlight Theatre
05/30 – Minneapolis, MN @ Hall’s Island
05/31 – Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theatre
06/02 – Indianapolis, IN @ Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn at White River
06/03 – Detroit, MI @ Masonic Temple Theatre
06/04 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
06/05-07 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bunbury Music Festival
06/06 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall
06/06-07 – Toronto, ON @ Field Trip Festival
06/24-28 – Glastonbury, UK @ Glastonbury
06/26 – Bexhill, UK @ De La Warr Pavilion
06/27-28 – Killarney, IE @ Killarney Food & Music Festival
07/01-04 – Gdnya, PL @ Open’er Festival
07/02-05 – Barcelona, ES @ Vida Music Festival
07/18 – Pemberton, BC @ Pemberton Music Festival
07/19 – Colwood, BC @ Rock the Shores
07/23-26 – Calgary, AB @ Calgary Folk Festival
07/24-26 – Edmonton, ON @ Interstellar Rodeo
07/31-08/02 – Montreal, QC @ Osheaga Festival
07/31-08/02 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
08/01 – Buffalo, NY @ Town Hall
08/03 – Portland, ME @ State Theatre
08/05 – New York, NY @ Central Park Summerstage
08/11-15 – Oslo, NO @ Oya Festival
08/13-15 – Gothenburg, SE @ Way Out West
08/14-15 – Haldern, Nordhein-Westfalen, DE @ Haldern Pop Festival
08/20-21 – Paredes de Coura, PT @ Pauredes de Coura Festival
08/21-23 – Biddinghuizen, NL @ Lowlands Festival
08/22-23 – Beacon, UK @ Green Man Festival
09/20 – Madison, WI @ Orpheum
09/25 – Rochester, NY @ Anthology
09/29 – Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
09/30 – Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre
10/01 – Birmingham, AL @ Iron Ciy
10/05 – Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom
10/08 – Louisville, KY @ Palace Theatre
10/09 – 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
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
10/29 – London, UK @ O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
11/01 – Bologna, IT @ Locomotiv
11/02 – Munich, DE @ Strom
11/03 – Weisbaden, DE @ Schlachtof
11/04-08 – Reykjavik, IS @ Iceland Airwaves
11/11 – Nantes, FR @ Stereolux
11/12 – Lyon, FR @ Epicerie Moderne
11/13 – Koln, DE @ Luxor
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