Author: bella.king

Death Grips share animated video “The Caged Pillows”

Death Grips have released a short film named “The Caged Pillows.” It is released a few weeks after the group’s latest record,  Bottomless Pit. The animated trippy sequence announces the launch of a new site called RUINS, which is described as a “creative channel premiering original works intended to stimulate interest around urbanism and the future of cities.”

The video’s description has viewers explore “a fully loaded technicolor dreamscape in this original animation from Galen Pehrson, featuring a dynamic cast and Musical soundtrack by Daft Punk, Future Islands, Death Grips and Devendra Banhart.” Also appearing are Jena Malone, Rose McGowan, Gemma Ward, and James Franco.

Blood Orange shares album cover for new album Freetown Sound

Dev Hynes in April announced the title of his next Blood Orange album, Freetown Sound. “It’s like my version of Paul’s Boutique,” he said about the record. “It kind of plays like a long mix tape.” He has now shared the album art by Deana Lawson which you can check out below. Freetown Sound will be the follow-up to 2013’s Cupid Deluxe.

https://twitter.com/devhynes/status/738384570349916160

Of Montreal announce new album Innocence Reaches, shares new song “it’s different for girls”

Of Montreal have announced a new album, Innocence Reaches. This is the follow-up to 2015’s Aureate Gloom and Snare Lustrous Doomings and is set to be out on August 12th through Polyvinyl. The first single from the album, “it’s different for girls,” premiered earlier today on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 show. Listen to it and see the tracklist below and cover art above.

In a press release, Barnes said that he was immensely influenced by contemporary music while making Innocence Reaches. “Forever I’ve been detached from current music,” he explains. “I got into this bubble of only being in some other time period. I came up picking apart the Beach Boys, the Beatles, and symphonic pieces. But last year, I was hearing Jack Ü, Chairlift, Arca, and others, thinking about low end and sound collage. It was an extra layer to geek out on.”

Innocence Reaches:

01 let’s relate
02 it’s different for girls
03 gratuitous abysses
04 my fair lady
05 les chants de maldoror
06 a sport and a pastime
07 ambassador bridge
08 def pacts
09 chaos arpeggiating
10 nursing slopes
11 trashed exes
12 chap pilot

Daniel Radcliffe and Paul Dano star in Andy Hull and Robert McDowell’s “Montage” video

Swiss Army Man is an upcoming film featuring Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. The film is soundtracked by Andy Hull and Robert McDowell from Manchester Orchestra, and the first single is “Montage.” Watch a lyric video for the song that has Dano and Radcliffe singing along below. The actors provided vocal contributions as well on the recorded version. Swiss Army Man is set out on July 1st, while the soundtrack is due out on June 24th. Listen to the song below.  

Swiss Army Man is directed by Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan, also known as DANIELS. 

Art Under The Night Sky at Vapure E-Hookah Lounge in photos

The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist

1. Your Best American Girl – Mitski

2. Love Is a Losing Game – Amy Winehouse

3. Not in Luv – QUARTERBACKS

4. Bamboo – Hinds

5. Avant Gardener – Courtney Barnett

6. Wanted You – Twin Peaks

7. Berlin 1971 – Shorts

8. Sleep Deprivation – Glycerine Queens

9. Interesting Thing No. 2 – Posse

10. Going Forth – Axxa/Abraxas

11. Pretend U Are Free – Vertical Scratchers

12. Sandstorm – Popstrangers

13. Pedestrian Support League – Street Chant

14. Lichtung – Grayson Gilmour

15. Here She Comes – Ghost Wave

16. New Jacket – Literature

17. Second Skin – Zen Mantra

18. Honey Do – Beverly

19. Lights Are Low – Robert Scott

20. Something That Feels Bad Is… – Haunted Hearts

Junkie’s cassette release show with Surplus, Baby Bangs and Flowershop in photos

Listen to Swans’ new song “When Will I Return?”

Swans will release their new album The Glowing Man on June 17th via Young God/Mute. It is being called “the last album release of Swans’ current incarnation.” They have already teased the title track and shared live footage of “Cloud of Unknowing.” Now, they have released “When Will I Return?” from the album. Hear it below.

In a press release for The Glowing Man, Michael Gira explains:

I wrote the song “When Will I Return?” specifically for [my wife] Jennifer Gira to sing. It’s a tribute to her strength, courage, and resilience in the face of a deeply scarring experience she once endured, and that she continues to overcome daily.