Author: bella.king

Leonard Cohen’s cause of death revealed

Leonard Cohen’s death was announced to the public on Friday night, and today, Cohen’s manager Robert B. Kory has released a statement revealing his cause of death, The New York Times reports. “Leonard Cohen died during his sleep following a fall in the middle of the night on Nov. 7,” Kory wrote. “The death was sudden, unexpected and peaceful.” The New Yorker reported on their radio program that Cohen had been battling cancer, and Cohen talked about his declining health in his recent interview with the magazine.

Cohen recently released his final studio LP, You Want It Darker where he addressed the end of his life. He was frank about his opinions on his unfinished work in an interview with the New Yorker, where he said, “I don’t think I’ll be able to finish those songs. Maybe, who knows? And maybe I’ll get a second wind, I don’t know… I am ready to die. I hope it’s not too uncomfortable. That’s about it for me.” He took back the quote later, telling fans, “I’ve always been into self-dramatization. I intend to live forever.”

Pleasure Systems, Gourmet, Cocordion at Le Voyeur in photos

Rugby, The Washboard Abs, Le Grotto at Le Voyeur in pictures

The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist

1. Sensitivity – Worn-Tin

2. New Friends – Haybaby

3. All Skaters Go to Heaven – IAN SWEET

4. Baby’s a Liar – Beach Skulls

5. Dionysus – The Buttertones

6. Young in a Garden – Sexy Girls

7. Lupo – Cairobi

8. Marzipan – Fauna Shade

9. Hazy Past – Four Visions

10. Sick Shit – together PANGEA

11. 16-17-18 Living – The Zoltars

12. Lovefool – No Vacation

13. Future Primitive – Papercuts

14. Full Moon, Hungry Sun – Kane Strang

15. Dance Square – Video Age

16. The Dolphin Turned into a Cat – Jackson Boone

17. Are You With Me Now? – Cate le Bon

18. Anemone – The Brian Jonestown Massacre

19. Airport Bar – Martin Courtney

20. Would You? – Richard Swift

Logan & Lucille, Blood Orphans, Worry Doll, She’s a Cover Band at the Doodle Pad in photos!

Bon Iver’s 22, A Million newspaper goes to record stores

Bon Iver initially shared 22, A Million to their fans with listening events, where they gave out a special newspaper containing imagery related to the album. When copies of the paper in September showed on eBay for over $1,000,  Jagjaguwar,the band’s label, urged fans to wait for it to become widely available. Leftover copies of the newspaper have now been sent out to record stores around the world. “Call your local shop to see if they have ’em & snag a copy!” the band tweeted.

Watch a video showing the newspaper below:

Watch the lyric video for “33 ‘GOD’”:

Leonard Cohen died Monday and was buried yesterday

Last night, the news came out that Leonard Cohen has passed away at 82. Few details of his death have been disclosed but it is now revealed that he died Monday, confirmed by a spokesperson for Sony Music confirmed to Billboard. He was not buried until yesterday, The New York Times’ Ben Sisario reports. In a statement from the rabbi and cantor at Montreal’s Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, “Leonard’s wish was to be laid to rest in a traditional Jewish rite beside his parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents.” Read the full statement below.

Donald Glover details new Childish Gambino album Awaken, My Love!

Donald Glover has shared the details for his third album as Childish Gambino. After teasing the artwork and releasing the first song, “Me and Your Mama,” he has revealed now the full tracklist for Awaken, My Love!, which is out December 2nd through Glassnote.

Awaken, My Love!:

01 Me and Your Mama
02 Have Some Love
03 Boogieman
04 Zombies
05 Riot
06 Redbone
07 California
08 Terrified
09 Baby Boy
10 The Night Me and Your Mama Met
11 Stand Tall

Watch Cloud Nothings’ New “Modern Act” video

Cloud Nothings have released a new music video for “Modern Act,” the lead single from their upcoming album, Life Without Sound which is due out January 27th via Carpark/Wichita. The video was directed by Michael J.S. Murphy and shows the older versions of the band getting haunted by a demon while mourning the loss of drummer Jayson Gerycz. Watch the video below (via A.V. Club) and also find the band’s tour dates.

Cloud Nothings:

11-12 Santa Ana, CA – Outpost Festival
11-14 Oakland, CA – Starlite Social Club
11-16 Los Angeles, CA – Hi Hat
01-26 Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom
01-27 Toronto, Ontario – Lee’s Palace
01-28 Montreal, Quebec – Fairmount Theatre
01-30 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
01-31 Boston, MA – Paradise
02-01 New York, NY – Webster Hall
02-03 Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
02-04 Columbus, OH – A&R Music Bar
02-06 Grand Rapids, MI – Calvin College
02-07 Detroit, MI – El Club
02-09 Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon
02-10 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
02-11 Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line
02-12 Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall
03-01 Copenhagen, Denmark – Loppen
03-02 Malmo, Sweden – Babel
03-03 Stockholm, Sweden – Debaser Strand
03-05 Oslo, Norway – Parkteatret
03-06 Hamburg, Germany – Knust
03-07 Berlin, Germany – Bi Nuu
03-08 Munich, Germany – Kranhalle
03-09 Cologne, Germany – Luxor
03-11 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
03-12 Brussels, Belgium – Botanique
03-14 Paris, France – Petit Bain
03-16 Bristol, England – Thekla
03-17 Glasgow, Scotland – Stereo
03-18 Manchester, England – Deaf Institute
03-19 Leeds, England – Brudenell Social Club
03-21 London, England – Koko
03-22 Birmingham, England – The Hare & Hounds
03-23 Brighton, England – The Haunt

Vic Mensa calls Trump racist, performs with Travis Barker on “Kimmel”

Last night, Vic Mensa performed his song “16 Shots” on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” with Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker. Mensa was also accompanied on stage by dancers dressed as police in riot gear, who he begins struggling near the end of the song. Mensa also abruptly stopped short to monologue.

“I’m a young black man from Chicago and I’m tired of not being able to trust the police,” he said. “I don’t want to see another 17-year-old kid like Laquan McDonald murdered in the street. So when I hear a candidate talking about law and order, and stop and frisk as the answer to our problems… You don’t know our problems in Chicago, and you damn sure don’t speak for us. Tomorrow we have the biggest election of our lifetime. You gotta get out and vote against hate, because Donald Trump is a racist and if you don’t vote, racism wins.” Watch the performance below.