Author: bella.king

Arcade Fire’s Tim Kingsbury announces Sam Patch album, shares new song

Tim Kingsbury from Arcade Fire has announced his first solo album as Sam Patch, a project he started last year. The album is called Yeah You, And I, and it is set to be out February 17th through Dep Records. Kingsbury started writing and recording the self-produced album during the summer of 2014 after the band’s Reflektor tour. It includes contributions on drums from Arcade Fire’s Jeremy Gara. Listen to the first single from the LP, “St. Sebastian” here. Find the tracklist below and the cover artwork above. Kingsbury’s upcoming tour dates are below as well.

Yeah You, And I:

 01 Must Have Been an Oversight
02 100 Decibels
03 St. Sebastian
04 Waiting to Wait
05 Listening
06 No No No No
07 Never Meant No Harm
08 Up All Night
Sam Patch:

03-02 Montreal, Quebec – Bar Le Ritz PDB
03-03 Ottawa, Ontario – Zaphod Beeblebrox
03-04 Quebec City, Quebec – Anti
03-09 Allston, MA – Great Scott
03-10 New York, NY – Mercury Lounge
03-11 Philadelphia, PA – Boot & Saddle
03-12 Washington, DC – Black Cat
03-16 Toronto, Ontario – The Drake
03-17 Detroit, MI – El Club
03-18 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle

Listen to the Jesus and Mary Chain’s new song “Amputation”

The Jesus and Mary Chain earlier today announced Damage and Joy, their first album since 1998’s Munki. They have shared the first song from the record today. Listen to “Amputation,” which premiered on Steve Lamacq’s BBC Radio 6 show, below. Damage and Joy is due to be out March 24th via ADA/Warner Music.

Damage and Joy was recorded with the producer, Youth, who also played bass on the LP. The album will also feature the band’s touring drummer Brian Young and Lush’s former bassist, Phil King.

Bon Iver, the Shins, Ryan Adams, Regina Spektor planned for “A Prairie Home Companion”

Bon Iver, the Shins, Regina Spektor, and Ryan Adams are all planned to be on the Minnesota Public Radio program “A Prairie Home Companion” in January. The show is hosted by mandolinist Chris Thile and will be on the road for several episodes. On January 7th, the Shins and Spektor will be on a live broadcast from the Paramount Theatre in Seattle. On January 14th, Justin Vernon and Beth Stelling will go live from the Symphony Center in Chicago. Ryan Adams will appear live on January 21st from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California.

Also, there will be a broadcast from the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on February 4th, before the show heads back to St. Paul, Minnesota for February 11th and 18th.

New Orleans’ Buku Music + Art Project reveals 2017 lineup

Buku Music + Art Project in New Orleans has announced its initial lineup for 2017. The two-day festival, now in its sixth year, will happen from March 10th and 11th at the Mardi Gras World.

So far, the lineup includes: deadmau5, Travis Scott, Zeds Dead, Vince Staples, Young Thug, Car Seat Headrest, 21 Savage, Lil Yachty, Tycho, Sleigh Bells, Washed Out, Thundercat, Clams Casino, Lil Dicky, ZHU, Jauz, The Floozies, Sophie, Lane 8, and Nin Kravitz. More artists will be revealed after the New Year.

General admission and VIP passes will be on sale starting Saturday, December 8th through the festival’s website.

Mogwai announce 2017 Atomic U.S. tour

Mogwai have announced a tour for 2017 for their latest album Atomic, performing it for the first time in the United States. The dates are set to start January 18th in Los Angeles at the Theatre at Ace Hotel, and will have stops in Chicago, Montreal, and New York as well. Check out the full itinerary below. Atomic features material that was reworked from the band’s soundtrack for the BBC documentary, Atomic: Living In Dread and Promise.

Mogwai:

01-18 Los Angeles, CA – The Theatre at Ace Hotel
01-19 Berkeley, CA – The UC Theatre
01-21 Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
01-22 Boulder, CO – Boulder Theater
01-24 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall.
01-25 Munhall, PA – Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead
01-27 Boston, MA – Berklee Performance Center
01-28 Washington, DC – Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
01-29 New York, NY – Town Hall Theatre
01-30 Toronto, Ontario – Danforth Music Hall
01-31 Montreal, Quebec – St. Denis Theatre

The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist

1. Seperations – Diarrhea Planet

2. No Waves – FIDLAR

3. World of Pleasures – Radioactivity

4. One Million Lovers – The Growlers

5. Alone & Stoned – King Tuff

6. Teenage Girls – Bleeding Knees Club

7. Answer to Yourself – The Soft Pack

8. Teen Creeps – No Age

9. Fun Time – Skeggs

10. You Are Dead – Mind Spiders

11. I Don’t Think You Like Me – Tired Lion

12. Uptown Folks – DOPE LEMON

13. At Your Convenience – Playdate

14. Supersonic Casualties – The Delta Riggs

15. Pride – The Pretty Littles

16. Peculiar – Harts

17. City – Spring King

18. Overflow – Hein Cooper

19. Elvis’ Flaming Star – Pond

2o. Guess Work – The Ocean Party

Watch Chance the Rapper play dodgeball at Chicago Bulls game

Chance the Rapper attended a Chicago Bulls game last night. During a break in the game, he played dodgeball with a special guest, Clark, the Chicago Cubs’ mascot. It was a hectic game that eventually Clark came away unhurt. Clark even tried to throw a ball at Chance. Watch the game below, via Noisey.

https://twitter.com/NBA/status/804879131603247105

Chris Tomson shares new Dams of the West video for song “Tell the Truth”

On February 24th, Chris Tomson from Vampire Weekend will release a solo project under Dams of the West. The album is named Youngish American, and it will be out via 30th Century Records/Columbia. Youngish American is produced by the Patrick Carney, as well as Tomson and Roger Moutenot. The latest update from the project is a video for the new song “Tell the Truth.” Watch the video, directed by Edward Bursch, below.

Tomson also shared a statement about the song and video:

“Tell the Truth,” to me, is a song about objectivity and/or the “blame America first” phenomenon. When I wrote the song, I believed that facts, at some future endpoint, would conquer all. But then last week the guy at my bodega told me we are now “living in a post-truth world” while looking at his Samsung Galaxy Stardust 8GB and selling me a sleeve of honey roasted peanuts so perhaps I was mistaken. Either way, the tune’s got a good beat and you can skank to it.

This video was inspired by the oppressive sense of paranoia that has come to define 2k16 for me. I am fascinated by the way the most trivial bits of footage can be used as definitive proof that, say, a certain televangelist is a shape-shifting reptilian overlord or Hillary def has a malignant brain tumor. While I’m not yet a political figure, I thought it would be a worthwhile exercise to see what a closer examination of my own actions might reveal. The results, as you can see, are provocative yet not entirely unexpected.

Watch Car Seat Headrest perform “Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales” on “Fallon”

Car Seat Headrest were on“Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” as the musical guests. They performed a completely revamped (and shorter) version the Teens of Denial hit “Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales” with help from members of the Roots. Watch it below.

Hangout Festival reveals 2017 lineup: Frank Ocean, Chance the Rapper set to headline

Hangout Music Festival have released its 2017 lineup. The three-day festival will take place May 19th – 21st in Gulf Shores, Alabama.

Frank Ocean will headline with Chance the Rapper and Mumford and Sons. Other acts include MGMT, Weezer, Sigur Rós, Band of Horses, Franz Ferdinand, Mac DeMarco, Local Natives, Charli XCX, Warpaint, ASAP Ferg, Lil Yachty, DJ Snake, and Young the Giant.

Three-day tickets will be on sale starting Thursday, December 1st at 11:00 a.m. CT.