Author: bella.king

Devendra Banhart announces new album Ape in Pink Marble, shares new track “Middle Names”

Devendra Banhart has announced that his ninth album, Ape in Pink Marble, is due to be out on September 23rd through Nonesuch. Ape in Pink Marble is his follow-up to Mala. He made it in collaboration with Noah Georgeson and Josiah Steinbrick. Banhart has released the album’s first song, “Middle Names,” which you can listen to below. You can find Ape in Pink Marble’s artwork above and tracklist below, below.

Ape in Pink Marble:
01 Middle Names

02 Good Time Charlie

03 Jon Lends a Hand

04 Mara

05 Fancy Man

06 Fig in Leather

07 Theme for a Taiwanese Woman in Lime Green

08 Souvenirs

09 Mourner’s Dance

10 Saturday Night

11 Linda

12 Lucky

13 Celebration

Chance the Rapper announces European Magnificant Coloring Book tours

Chance the Rapper earlier this week announced the North American dates for his upcoming Magnificent Coloring World tour, to delete his latest release, Coloring Book. Today, he shared dates for the European leg of the tour, and said that Australian dates will be announced soon as well. Chance will play in Copenhagen on November 15th and make stops in Berlin and London. He will finish it in Paris on November 21st. He will be with Samm Henshaw and Jay Prince during the European dates. You can find the full itinerary for his tour below.

Chance the Rapper:

08-07 San Francisco, CA – Outside Lands
08-12 Minneapolis, MN – Summer Set
09-03 Philadelphia, PA – Made in America Festival
09-15 San Diego, CA – Calcoast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
09-17 Los Angeles, CA – The Greek Theatre
09-18 Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl
09-20 Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
09-21 Kansas City, MO – Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland
09-25 Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre
09-27 Toronto, Ontario – Canada Echo Beach
09-29 Boston, MA – Blue Hills Bank Pavillion
10-02 New York, NY – The Meadows
10-06 Washington, DC – Eaglebank Arena
10-07 Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Ampitheater
10-08 Atlanta, GA – The Fox Theater
10-10 Miami, FL – The Fillmore Miami Beach
10-13 New Orleans, LA – Mardi Gras Ballroom
10-15 Houston, TX – Revention Music Center
10-16 Dallas, TX – The Bomb Factory
10-19 Phoenix, AZ – Mesa Amphitheatre
10-21 San Francisco, CA – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
11-15 Copenhagen, Denmark – Falconer ^#
11-16 Berlin, Germany – Columbia Halle ^#
11-17 Tilburg, Netherlands – 013 ^#
11-19 Manchester, England – Academy ^#
11-20 London, England – Brixton Academy ^#
11-21 Paris, France – Zenith ^#

^ with Samm Henshaw
# with Jay Prince

Of Montreal announces tour

Of Montreal’s new release Innocence Reaches is set to be out on August 12th via Polyvinyl. After the album’s release, the band will set out on a massive tour. They will have dates all over North America, starting in Athens, Georgia and ending, in Atlanta. During several dates, they’ll be joined by TEEN.

Of Montreal:

09-02 Athens, GA – 40 Watt Club
09-03 Charleston, SC – Charleston Pour House
09-04 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
09-05 Norfolk, VA – Work Release
09-06 Charlottesville, VA – The Jefferson
09-07 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
09-08 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
09-09 New York, NY – Webster Hall
09-10 Boston, MA – Paradise
09-11 New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall
09-12 Northampton, MA – Pearl Street Ballroom
09-13 South Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
09-14 Ithaca, NY – The Haunt
09-15 Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom
09-16 Detroit, MI – The Majestic Theatre
09-17 Grand Rapids, MI – Pyramid Scheme
09-18 Kalamazoo, MI – Bells Eccentric Café
09-19 Chicago, IL – Metro
09-20 Madison, WI – The Majestic Theatre
09-21 Cincinnati, OH – The Woodward Theater
09-22 St. Louis, MO – Ready Room
09-23 Memphis, TN – The Hi Tone Café
09-24 Chattanooga, TN – Revelry Room
10-12 Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle *
10-13 Louisville, KY – Headliner’s Music Hall *
10-14 Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall *
10-15 Minneapolis, MN – The Cedar Cultural Center *
10-16 Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room *
10-17 Denver, CO – The Bluebird *
10-18 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge *
10-19 Boise, ID – El Korah Shrine *
10-20 Seattle, WA – Neumos *
10-21 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom *
10-22 Arcata, CA – The Kate Buchanan Room at Humbolt State University *
10-23 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore *
10-24 Los Angeles, CA – The Regent *
10-25 Phoenix, AZ – The Crescent *
10-26 Santa Fe, NM – Meow Wolf *
10-27 Dallas, TX – Trees *
10-28 Austin, TX – The Mohawk *
10-29 Houston, TX – Walter’s Downtown *
10-30 Mobile, AL – Soul Kitchen *
10-31 Atlanta, GA – Terminal West *

David Lynch Festival to Feature St. Vincent, Robert Plant, Sky Ferreira, more

David Lynch has announced the Festival of Disruption, a two-day festival that will take place October 8-9th at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles. The festival will have musical performances, talks, exhibits, and film screenings. The performers include St. Vincent, Sky Ferreira, Robert Plant & the Sensational Space Shifters, Angelo Badalamenti (performing the music of “Twin Peaks”), Xiu Xiu, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Jon Hopkins, Questlove (DJ set), and more. Blondie’s Debbie Harry and Chris Stein, Mel Brooks, “Twin Peaks” actors Kyle MacLachlan and Laura Dern, and architect Frank Gehry will talk. Some of Lynch’s photography and films will also be screened. Find more about it here.

 

J Mascis’ bulldog stars in the Dinosaur Jr.’s new video for “Tiny”

Dinosaur Jr. are getting ready to release a new album called Give Me A Glimpse Of What Yer Not on August 5th through Jagjaguwar. The band previewed the album by premiering “Tiny” on Later… with Jools Holland last month. Now, the band have shared the single’s music video.

Directed by filmmaker Laurie Collyer, it stars J Mascis and Beefy, his bulldog. After he performed at a local roller derby with the rest of Dinosaur Jr., the frontman and his dog skateboarded around town.

Check out the clip and the Collyer’s statement on the video and how she came to know Dinosaur Jr. below:

“Having come of age in the so-called grunge era I was always about not selling out, not buying in, staying true to my identity and living low. Being a freak in a freakscene was where I found home. This meant listening to the music of the moment at maximum volume – Dinosaur Jr. being in heavy rotation on the turntables of me and my people.

“I got to know J Mascis in 2012 when we hired him to compose the score for my film, Sunlight Jr., a love story set among the ruins of the American dream starring Matt Dillon and Naomi Watts. J is nothing short of a creative genius. In the years since our work on this film, I got to know J as a friend. And what I learned is that, aside from music, J Mascis has other passions. Bulldogs and skateboarding among them. When a friend of mine told me there was such a thing as skateboarding bulldogs, I took it from there and came up with the idea for Tiny.

“J’s dog, sleeping outside his rehearsal room dreams up the perfect day with J. He wants to skate without falling down or crashing. He wants to skate with J. He waits patiently outside the roller derby for J to finish his gig. The rest is history. Enjoy Tiny!”

R.I.P. Anton Yelchin, actor killed in tragic car accident

Early Sunday morning, actor Anton Yelchin was killed in a fatal traffic collision; he was 27 years old.

According to TMZ, Yelchin’s body was found between his car and a mailbox at his home in the San Fernando Valley. The engine was still running when his body was discovered according to police and it was in neutral.

At the Drive-In cancel tour

Last night At the Drive-In had to cancel their Terminal 5 in New York City, due to reportedly due to Cedric Bixler-Zavala losing his voice before the show. They also cancelled a show in D.C. Wednesday night for the same reason. Today, the band on Facebook announced that they would be cancelling the rest of their tour dates in North America. Tonight they were supposed to play Boston’s House of Blues. Read the band’s full statement here.

At the Drive-In:

06-18 Boston, MA – House of Blues
06-20-21 Detroit, MI – St. Andrew’s Hall
06-23 Toronto, Ontario – Phoenix Concert Hall
06-25 Montreal, Canada – Amnesia Rockfest
06-29 Roskilde, Denmark – Roskilde Festival
06-30 Norrköping, Sweden – Bråvalla Festival
07-01 Rotselaar, Belgium – Rock Werchter
07-02 Gdynia, Poland – Open’er Festival
07-22 Melbourne, Australia – Forum Theatre
07-23 Byron Bay, Australia – Splendour in the Grass Festival
07-24 Newtown, Australia – Enmore Theatre
08-13 Incheon, Korea – Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival
08-20 Tokyo, Japan – Summer Sonic Japan 2016
08-21 Osaka, Japan – Sonic Summer Japan 2016

My Morning Jacket’s Carl Broemel announces new solo album 4th of July

The guitarist for My Morning Jacket, Carl Broemel has announced his latest solo album, 4th of July. The album will be released August 19 through Stocks in Asia/Thirty Tigers. Listen to the first single, “Sleep Lagoon,” below. It was recorded in his downtime from My Morning Jacket, and Broemel’s new LP will feature contributions from Neko Case, Laura Veirs, and Jacket bandmates Bo Koster and Tom Blankenship. See the cover artwork above and upcoming solo dates below.

Carl Broemel:

06-27 Boston, MA – Café 939
08-19 Nashville, TN – Grimey’s
08-20 Nashville, TN – Basement East
08-21 Louisville, KY – Zanzabar

Patti Smith recites Nico poetry on “Killer Road” from new album

Killer Road is the upcoming album from Soundwalk Collective—the trio of Stephan Crasneanscki, Simone Merli, and Kamran Sadeghi—with Patti Smith and her daughter Jesse Paris Smith. It is a tribute to Nico and was put together specifically as a narrative about the singer’s tragic death in 1988. Through the album, Smith reads Nico’s poetry and lyrics over music from Soundwalk Collective. The album also has melodies performed on Nico’s harmonium, which was rescued from a pawn shop by Smith in 1978. Killer Road was conceived as a live performance initially and was performed in 2014. The album is due out September 2nd through Sacred Bones in the US and Bella Union in the UK. Hear the title track below.

In a interview with Zoo about the project, Smith talked about Nico’s influence as a performer who “sung in such a unique way, not in a traditional way.” She also said, “That was interesting and instructive for me when I was young because I had no ambition to be a singer—I was simply trying to deliver my poetry as she did—in a unique way.”

Killer Road:

01 Killer Road
02 My Heart Is Empty
03 Evening of Light
04 Saeta
05 Secret Side
06 Fearfully In Danger
07 I Will Be Seven
08 The Sphinx
09 My Only Child

The Tallest Man on Earth shares new song and video “Time of the Blue”

The Tallest Man on Earth, aka Kristian Matsson, has released a new song. “Time of the Blue” is accompanied by a video from Rolf Nylinder, where Matsson performs in a bedroom. Watch the video below, and find a full itinerary of his current tour.

Tallest Man on Earth:

06-21 London, England – Royal Albert Hall
07-01 New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall ^
07-02 Providence, RI – Columbus Theatre ^
07-03 Albany, NY – Hart Theatre ‒ The Egg ^
07-05 Portland, ME – State Theatre ^
07-06 Portsmouth, NH – Prescott Park Arts Festival ^
07-08 Ottawa, Ontario – Ottawa Bluesfest
07-09 Québec, Québec – Festival d’Ete International de Quebec
07-11 Toronto, Ontario – The Danforth Music Hall ^
07-12 Toronto, Ontario – The Opera House ^
07-13 Ann Arbor, MI – The Ark ^
07-15 Chicago, IL – Vic Theatre ^
07-16 Eau Claire, WI – State Theatre ^
07-17 Maquoketa, IA – Codfish Hollow Barnstormers ^
07-18 Omaha, NE – Waiting Room ^
07-19 Fargo, ND – The Sanctuary ^
07-21 Calgary, Alberta – Calgary Folk Festival
08-06 Edmonton, Alberta – Edmonton Folk Festival
08-13 Gothenburg, Sweden – Way Out West Festival
08-14 Copenhagen, Denmark – Konserthuset Studio 2
08-15 Leipzig, Germany – Geyserhaus
08-17 Bloemendaal, Netherlands – Openluchttheater Caprera
08-18 Hasselt, Belgium – Pukkelpop
08-19 Paredes de Coura, Portugal – Paredes de Coura Festival
08-28 Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre *
09-03 Rattvik, Sweden – Dalhalla
09-05 Helsinki, Finland – Tavastia
09-09 Gdansk, Poland – Shakespeare Theatre
09-10 Warsaw, Poland – Palladium
09-12 Prague, Czech Republic – Lucerna Bar
09-13 Budapest, Hungary – A38
09-15 Zagreb, Croatia – Kino SC
09-17 Vienna, Austria – Wiener Konserthaus
10-07 Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre *
10-08 Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre *

^ with Lady Lamb
* with The Head and the Heart