Broken Social Scene have been working on the follow-up to 2010’s Forgiveness Rock Record. The Canadian band performed a new song called “Gonna Get Better” at their show in Chicago Thursday, and last night at Pitchfork Music Festival again. Watch professional-quality footage of their performance below.
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Kishi Bashi announces new album, Sonderlust, shares “Say Yeah”
Singer and multi-instrumentalist Kishi Bashi will release a new album on September 16th. Named Sonderlust, it will be his third full-length after 2014’s Lighght and his first big release since his live record, String Quartet: Live last year. The 10-track LP features production from Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor as well as drums by Matt Chamberlain (Morrissey, Fiona Apple, of Montreal).
For Kishi Bashi, who was a member of of Montreal, Sonderlust represents his most personal effort to date, one “forged through heartbreak” as he and his wife of 13 years struggled to stay afloat. “As I sat down to write songs last summer, I went to all my usual conduits of creation: violin loops, guitar, piano, and I came up with the musical equivalent of fumes,” he said in a press statement. “I tried to create orchestral pop recordings that I assumed were my forte, and in turn I found myself standing in front of a creative wall of frightening heights.”
“This album is straight from my soul,” he added. “I questioned everything about what it means to love and desire. The difference between loving someone and being in love.”
Kishi Bashi has shared “Say Yeah,” stream it below.
Jagwar Ma announce new album, share “OB1” video
Jagwar Ma released their debut album Howlin’ in 2013. They have now announced its follow-up, called Every Now & Then, and it is due out this fall via Mom + Pop. The announcement is joined by the video for the album’s first song “OB1.” Watch the video below. It was produced by the band and mixed by DJ Ewan Pearson, the track features drumming from Stella Mozgawa (of Warpaint). Gabriel Winterfield from the band said that the song is about “moving through the motions of life under the influence of lost love, the fear of letting go of the past when not having anything set in place in the future to hold on to.” Jono Ma added that the song was “designed for nocturnal road trips and foraging through forests for morning fresh champignons.”
The band also will go on an international tour, starting at Splendour in the Grass Festival in Australia on July 24th, and ending in November in Bordeaux, France. Find their tour dates below.
Real Estate announces fall tour
Real Estate announced that guitarist Matt Mondanile was leaving the band in May in order to focus on his own Ducktails project. After his departure, the band played a few shows with new member and guitarist Julian Lynch as “a prelude to the recording of their next album.” They have announced a fall U.S. tour today.Check out Real Estate’s upcoming itinerary below.
In May, Real Estate stated that their next album is “tentatively slated” to be released early 2017.
Real Estate:
07-31 Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Ampitheater *
08-26 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
09-29 Charlottesville, VA – Jefferson Theater $
09-30 Saxapahaw, NC – Haw River Ballroom $
10-01 Atlanta, GA – Project Pabst
10-02 Knoxville, TN – Bijou Theatre #
10-04 Bloomington, IL – Castle Theater $
10-05 Champaign, IL – The Accord $
10-07 Lincoln, NE – Bourbon Theater
10-08 Madison, WI – Club Majestic $
10-10 Grand Rapids, MI – The Pyramid Scheme $
10-11 Columbus, OH – Skully’s Music Diner $
10-12 Ithaca, NY – The Haunt $
* with The National
# with Blitzen Trapper
$ with EZTV
Bon Iver announce West Coast shows
Bon Iver have announced shows on the West Coast, which will happen in October. One of them is at the Beach Goth Festival. They will be joined by Francis and the Lights in Oakland, and by Julianna Barwick in San Diego. Check out the dates below. The shows are paired with a previously announced West Coast show with Patti Smith and Hiss Golden Messenger, which will happen in October also. Last week, Bon Iver and Kanye West appeared on Francis and the Lights’ “Friends,” which had a video where Justin Vernon did a synchronized dance. Watch it below.
Vernon said earlier this year announced that new Bon Iver music would debut at the band’s headlining gig at Eaux Claires Festival, which is curated by Vernon. The band’s last release was 2011’s self-titled record.
Bon Iver:
08-12-13 Eau Claire, WI – Eaux Claires Festival
10-18 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater *
10-22 Santa Ana, CA – Beach Goth Festival
10-23 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl &%
10-26 San Diego, CA – Copley Symphony Hall ^
* with Francis and the Lights
& with Patti Smith
% with Hiss Golden Messenger
^ with Julianna Barwick
The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist
1. No Stranger – Small Black
2. Embraces – The Black and White Years
3. Cannons – Youth Lagoon
4. Shut Up Kiss Me – Angel Olsen
5. Since I’ve Been Thinking – NE-HI
6. It’s A War – Blackbird Blackbird
7. lovers’ carvings – Bibio
8. Heaven’s On Fire – The Radio Dept.
9. Know Me – Frankie Rose
10. Collapsing Outside Your Doorstep – Air France
11. Hey Moon – John Maus
12. A Great Design – Black Marble
13. Love Fade- Tamaryn
14. Memories Boat Club
15. I Don’t Mind – Keeps
16. Turning into Water – Maybird
17. Alright – Henry Chadwick
18. Don’t Wanna Move – New Move
19. The Morning – No No Yeah Okay
20. Road to Ruin – Captiva
Sun’s Out tour kick-off at Imagine Books & Records in photos
Watch Cat Power, Wayne Coyne, Michael Stipe, more pay tribute to David Bowie in new documentary
In April, Carnegie Hall and Radio City Music Hall hosted a pair of sold-out tribute shows in tribute of David Bowie. Artists such as Michael Stipe, the Flaming Lips, Cat Power, Blondie’s Debbie Harry, Laurie Anderson, and more covered songs that spanned throughout Bowie’s career. Okayplayer TV has shared a documentary, directed by Rafe Scoobey-Thal, that features interviews with many of the concert’s participants. Recorded backstage during rehearsals for the show, the artists revealed some of their favorite songs and talked about their favorite memories of Bowie. Cat Power, Stipe, the Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle, Esperanza Spalding, Anderson, Cyndi Lauper, Harry, the Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne, Bilal, Perry Farrell, Rickie Lee Jones, Robyn Hitchcock, and Heart’s Ann Wilson talked in the video. You can watch it below.
The documentary also featured footage of Bowie live shows and music videos, mixed with the interviews.
Father John Misty, André 3000, Lizzo to appear on new Adult Swim show
“Brad Neely’s Harg Nallin’ Sclopio Peepio” is a new cartoon that will premiere on July 10th on Adult Swim. The show stars Ilana Glazer (“Broad City”), Gabourey Sidibe (Precious), Darrell Hammond (“Saturday Night Live”) and more. It will also star one guest star per episode, some will perform music for the show. Father John Misty, André 3000, and Lizzo will appear on the first season, singing songs written by Neely. “This show for me is an opportunity to make a lot of music and have fun people sing my songs,” Neely said in a press release. Below, watch a clip from the show.
Flying Lotus makes directorial debut with short film
Sundance NEXT FEST is a film and music festival that takes place August 12-14 at The Theatre at Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles. It premieres the Los Angeles six new independent films from the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and are “paired with a music act, live performance, or conversation with an icon of independent cinema.” The 2016 festival will show the directorial debut of Flying Lotus, under his alias “steve,” premiering a short film called Royal. Shamir will perform at this year’s event with a screening of So Yong Kim’s Lovesong, which features Jena Malone and Riley Keough. Sunflower Bean has been paired with Andrew Neel’s Goat, which stars Nick Jonas. Nick Kroll, Craig Robinson, and a “surprise music artist” are also set to appear.
The Flying Lotus-scored short film FUCKKKYOUUU premiered at Sundance last year which can be watched below.
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