The Firefly Music Festival, which takes place between June 18 to 21 in Dover, Delaware has released its 2015 lineup. At the beginning of the least there is Kings of Leon, the Killers, and an act that is yet to be announced, with rumors pointing it towards Paul McCartney. Also on the list are Modest Mouse, Spoon, Morrissey, Cage the Elephant, Gary Clark Jr., Run the Jewels, Snoop Dogg, Foster the People, Empire of the Sun, Hozier, Bastille, Zedd, Matt & Kim, Tove Lo, the Kooks, How to Dress Well, Sylvan Esso, Betty Who, Clean Bandit, and many more. Tickets from the pre-sale have been sold out but general admission and VIP passes are still available on the festival’s website. The entire lineup can be seen above.
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Passion Pit premieres new song, “Lifted Up (1985)”
Passion Pit has a forthcoming album entitled Kindred coming out on April 21st via Columbia records. Today, the new album was previewed with the release of new single, “Lifted Up (1985).”
The track was premiered during Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio One show. Listen to the track below which is played along with the cover for the album in motion.
Along with releasing this new song, the band has also confirmed the tracklisting for the album. A new single, “Where the Sky Hangs,” will be released tomorrow (February 17th) for the people who pre-ordered the album on iTunes.
Kindred Tracklist:
01. Lifted Up (1985)
02. Whole Life Story
03. Where the Sky Hangs
04. All I Want
05. Five Foot Ten (I)
06. Dancing on the Grave
07. Until We Can’t (Let’s Go)
08. Looks Like Rain
09. My Brother Taught Me How to Swim
10. Ten Feet Tall (II)
The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist
1. Wait – M83
2. Closer – Kele
3. All The Eastern Girls – Chapel Club
4. Corner of an English Field – Tribes
5. Minute Mile – The Rifles
6. Heart and Soul – Twin Atlantic
7. Dominos – The Big Pink
8. Kemosabe – Everything Everything
9. Jump in the Pools – Friendly Fires
10. Disconnected – Shy Child
11. Take Me Over – Cut Copy
12. Echoes – The Rapture
13. Honey – CSS
14. Anyone – Moving Units
15. Crystal Ball – Death From Above 1979
16. Paloma – We Are Wolves
17. Luna – Malajube
18. Lost in the Plot – The Dears
19. Sweet Sixteen – Think About Life
20. On the Line – Small Sins
Watch the Death Grips’ new performance footage
Hip-hop group, Death Grips, seem to continue to release stuff that suggests that they are not actually broken up. Even though they announced in July they announced that they are not together anymore, MC Ride, Zach Hill, and Flatlander threw the fans off with the release of a new album in January. As well as these surprises, fans are waiting for their band’s final album, jenny death.
Death Grips have now released a 19-minute video which shows the band in rehearsal, performing “Inanimate Sensation” and “Lock Your Doors” as well as what seems to be new material. This has sparked speculations of whether or not they will return to the stage.
Justin Vernon and the Staves perform new song “Make It Holy”
Justin Vernon earlier this week announced the lineup for his first Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival in his hometown of Eau Claire, Wisconsin this summer. The news however did not distract Vernon from other projects, especially with the English folk trip, The Staves.
Bon Iver last night joined the Staveley-Taylor sisters on stage during their show at the Hackney Empire in London. They performed “Make It Holy” together and will appear on the upcoming The Staves album, If I Was which is produced by Vernon. Watch the video here.
Little Dragon announce new North American tour dates
The synth pop outfit, Little Dragon, has announced a new batch of tour dates in North America in support of their Grammy-nominated Nabuma Rubberband. The band will start in Las Vegas in the middle of May, go through California and then around Canada and the United States through June. They will have dates at Sasquatch! and will end their North American tour at Governors Ball before going to Europe for a string of festivals.
Find the full tour dates below.
Little Dragon 2015 Tour Dates:
05/15 – Last Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas
05/16 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre
05/18 – San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park
05/19 – Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst
05/21 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
05/22 – George, WA @ Sasquatch! Music Festival
05/23 – Vancouver, BC @ Malkin Bowl
05/25 – Edmonton, AB @ The Starlite Room
05/26 – Calgary, AB @ Flames Central
05/28 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave
05/29 – Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall
05/30 – Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot
05/31 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
06/01 – Montreal, QC @ Virgin Mobile Corona Theatre
06/03 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues
06/06 – New York, NY @ Governors Ball Music Festival
06/12-16 – Aarhus, DK @ NorthSide Festival
06/17-19 – Dublin, IE @ Longitude Festival
Jack White shares new song “Blue Light, Red Light (Someone’s There)”
Jack White recently announced that “That Black Bat Licorice” is the latest single off of his sophomore album as a solo artist, Lazaretto. The 7-inch single will be available February 17th on Third Man Records and it contains a new song for the B-Side, a cover of “Blue Light, Red Light (Someone’s There)” by Harry Connick, Jr.
The rendition has the intensity of classic White but yet an element of a jazz rock musician. Listen to the track in here.
Jon Stewart leaving the Daily Show
Host of the widely acclaimed The Daiy Show on Comedy Central, Jon Stewart, will leave the show later this year according to the president of the network. Stewart has been the host of The Daily Show for over 15 years. He is expected to talk about his retirement on Tuesday night.
“For the better part of the last two decades, I have had the incredible honor and privilege of working with Jon Stewart. His comedic brilliance is second to none,” Michele Ganeless, President of Comedy Central, said in a statement.
Jon has been at the heart of Comedy Central, championing and nurturing the best talent in the industry, in front of and behind the camera,” Ganeless continued. “Through his unique voice and vision, ‘The Daily Show’ has become a cultural touchstone for millions of fans and an unparalleled platform for political comedy that will endure for years to come.
Jon will remain at the helm of ‘The Daily Show’ until later this year,” she wrote. “He is a comic genius, generous with his time and talent, and will always be a part of the Comedy Central family.”
Justin Vernon and the National announce initial lineup for festival
Justin Vernon and Aaron Dessner from the National are working towards starting the inaugural Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival a two-day music and arts festival set to take place in July at Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Vernon’s hometown.
Stereogum reports that the line-up is being revealed. Vernon and Dessner have sent letters to those who had ordered presage tickets, each announcing an individual artist as well as confirmed by the Eaux Claire’s Twitter. The lineup as of now includes Low, Melt-Banana, Phox, Boys Noize, Tallest Man on Earth, Sam Amidon, S. Carey and Field Report, Phil Cook, Poliça, Colin Stetson, and Doomtree. The full lineup will be announced here on February 11th.
Here’s the letter that was sent out to those who preordered:
We took a leap of faith. We didn’t know if anyone would leap with us. And then there you were.
Sight unseen, you’ve agreed to join us at the inaugural Eaux Claires Festival along the banks of the Chippewa River this July.
We hope you can feel our gratitude.
Eaux Claires is more than just music. It will be an experience including and celebrating art in a multitude of forms — from the paintbrush to the pen, from the plow to the plate, from local brews to local bootstrappers. Above all, we want to share this place — the Chippewa Valley that has been so good to so many of us.
To make this work, we need early leaders. You are among them. To show our appreciation for your support at the start, here’s a sneak peek at just one of the many artists from the lineup we’re assembling:
We encourage you to share your artists by tagging this information #eauxclaires and broadcasting it in any way you choose. In this way, three quarters of the lineup can be discovered before the full reveal.
We also invite you to join us at http://www.eauxclaires.com on February 11th when we officially announce our lineup along with other surprises.
Right now the Chippewa River slips dark and silent beneath the sheeted ice. come summer, the water will flow warm and slow. Along the banks the grass will grow, and the night will fill with music and light.
We’ll join you there.
Michael Perry, Eaux Claires Narrator
Justin Vernon, Eaux Claires Curator
The trailer for the festival can be found here.
The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist
1. Electric Love – Borns
2. Kites – Geographer
3. We Can’t Ever Die – White Arrows
4. Rain of Gold – Young Empires
5. Colors – The Pass
6. Blood Red Youth – California Wives
7. Color of Sin – Vanaprasta
8. Crosseyed – Bad Veins
9. Baby Teeth – the Envy Corps
10. Sideways Walking – Eastern Conference Champions
11. Buildings and Mountains – The Republic Tigers
12. Oscar Wilde – Company of Thieves
13. From Now On – The Features
14. The Whip – Locksley
15. Turn the Lights Off – Tally Hall
16. Satellite – Guster
17. Always Love – Nada Surf
18. In the Beginning – The Stills
19. Sweater Weather – Earlimart
20. Nice Fox – The Rosebuds
