Car Seat Headrest has released a new song called “Does It Feel Good (To Say Goodbye?).” It was written for a short film called Loudini. The film was directed by Conor Byrne and presented by Ray-Ban Films, Loudini lays out the story of Lou (played by Henry Zebrowski), who is a down and out magician. Will Toledo, Car Seat Headrest frontman, also shows up in the film as a busker playing a portion of the song. Watch Loudini and listen to “Does It Feel Good (To Say Goodbye?)” below.
At this point in his career, Raury has shown his ability to consistently change his genre. The young Atlantian showed this off with his new song “Like A Star”
The track shows Raury collaborating with producer Donnie Trumpet, who puts down a beat the swirls around as Raury sings and eventually starts rapping.
It definitely shows the various sides Raury has, and you can listen to it below.
Singer-songwriter Kristian Matsson, The Tallest Man on Earth, has yet to confirm plans for a new album, but he has still come out this year with two beautiful singles.
“Time of the Blue,” the first, came out in June and the second, “Rivers” arrived today where it shows the delicateness of just Matsson and his guitar.
Stream “Rivers” below. Matsson is touring Europe currently and his last full-length was Dark Bird is Home last year.
As well as At the Drive-In’s summer reunion tour (and possible new music), guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López has assured that he will release 12 albums before the end of the year. He’s kept his word this far, sharing Sworn Virgins, Corazones, and more recently, Blind Worms Pious Swine. He also put out a couple of music videos from every album, including this week’s for Sworn Virgins tracks “Pineapple Face” and “Not Even Toad Loves You.”
Directed by Rodríguez-López, the black-and-white seven-minute clip shows him performing the two songs with fellow Bosnian Rainbows member Deantoni Parks. They are both joined by trippy creatures that were created by Polish graphic designer Maciej Chodziński. Watch it below.
Rodríguez-López’s next album is Arañas en La Sombra, which is slated to be out August 26th.
One of this year’s most beautiful performances was in June when Rufus Wainwright sang with 1,500 background vocalists to perform Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.” The performance, which happened in the Hearn Generating Station, a decommissioned electrical generating station in Toronto was a part of Choir! Choir! Choir!’s “Epic! Night” series.
A recording of the performance after it went viral has been released formally through evert digital retailers, including Spotify, Apple Music, and TIDAL.
The full video can be watched below via YouTube. The single’s artwork is posted above.
1. Garden – Hinds
2. Pineapple Girl – Mister Heavenly
3. La La La – Hoops
4. Hideout – Triptide
5. Parking Lots – Plums
6. Salt – Summer Daze
7. Manastra – Summer Salt
8. Orpheus Under the Influence – Buttertones
9. Problems – Hala
10. Sneakers (Sneaky Thing) – Franky Flowers
11. American Spirits – Inner Wave
12. Windowpane – Mild High Club
13. Radar – Moving Panoramas
14. Chameleon World – Jerry Paper
15. Just Like Tropica-L – Soft Powers
16. Suki and Me – Alex Calder
17. Gutter Girl – Hot Flash Heat Wave
18. Sandy Kim – Acid Ghost
19. Forever Dumb – Surf Curse
20. Love Forever – The Babe Rainbow
At the Eaux Claires Music Festival last night in Wisconsin, Bon Iver premiered songs from their upcoming album 22, A Million. The album is due out September 30th via Jagjaguwar, and it is the band’s first new release in five years. You can watch the footage below from their performance, which includes a stream of the entire set. The band has detailed the album’s tracklist as well (below), shared the artwork (above), and released two new songs: “22 (OVER S∞∞N) [Bob Moose Extended Cab Version]” and “10 d E A T h b R E a s T ⊠ ⊠ (Extended Version).”
Before Bon Iver, Justin Vernon released music under various names, including JD Vernon, DeYarmond Edison, and Mount Vernon in high school. The band in 1999 celebrated the release of their first album, We Can Look Up, at Eau Claire, Wisconsin’s Westgate Sportsman Club with a show. Today, because of YouTube user Mike Olson, who previously released the group’s performance at a 1998 battle of the bands, the release party is also available to watch. The group features Phil Cook (DeYarmond Edison, Megafaun, Gayngs), Brad Cook (DeYarmond Edison, Megafaun), and Joe Westerlund (Megafaun, Grandma Sparrow), according to the description. Watch it below.
The video came out the day before the debut of Bon Iver’s new album; it will be played in full tonight at Vernon’s Eaux Claires Music Festival.
Porter Robinson and Madeon have released a collaboration named “Shelter.” Listen to it below. The producers have announced the Shelter Live Tour, as well, a joint North American tour that will begin in September and will have a new live show that is from each of the artists’ catalogs. According to Robinson, the tour will show the two performing together. Find the list of tour dates below as well.
Porter Robinson & Madeon:
09-29 Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle
10-01 Oklahoma City, OK – The Criterion
10-02 Austin, TX – Austin City Limits
10-04 Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
10-05 Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom
10-06 Kansas City, MO – Midland Theatre
10-07 Dallas, TX – South Side Ballroom
10-08 Houstin, TX – Revention Music Center
10-09 Austin, TX – Austin City Limits
11-13 Toronto, Ontario – Danforth Music Hall
11-16 Washington, DC – Echostage
11-25 San Francisco, CA – Bill Graham Auditorium
11-26 Los Angeles, CA – Microsoft Theater
11-29 San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park
12-01 Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
12-02 Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
After finished their tour in 2013, behind Celebration Rock, Japandroids announced they were taking a break, saying “time for us to disappear into the ether for a while.” They have shared a post today on their Facebook page announcing their first tour in three years. It will start with a group of shows at Vancouver’s Cobalt in October, and finishes this November in Mexico City. You can find the full itinerary for their tour below.
Japandroids:
10-05-08 Vancouver, British Columbia – The Cobalt
10-11 Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
10-15 Toronto, Ontario – Horseshoe Tavern
10-20 London, England – Birthdays
10-28-29 Brooklyn, NY – Knitting Factory
11-25 Mexico City, Mexico – Caradura
The Melodic Tree 