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The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist
1. God Only Knows – The Beach Boys
2. I Can’t Make You Love Me – Bonnie Raitt
3. Ask Her to Dance – Coconut Records
4. So Many Things to Tell You – Mark Redito
5. Cavalier – James Vincent McMorrow
6. Callow – Novo Amor
7. Francis Forever – Mitski
8. I Wanna Boi – PWR BTTM
9. Lousy Connection – Ezra Furman
10. Listen to the Man – George Ezra
11. I Love You So – The Walters
12. Sleepwalking – Modest Mouse
13. All I Want Is You – Barry Louis Pollsar
14. A Crack in Time – Ferraby Lionheart
15. Friday I’m In Love – The Cure
16. Our Love – Sharon Van Etten
17. Heartbeats – The Knife
18. Flaws – Vancouver Sleep Clinic
19. Say Yes – Elliott Smith
20. Maps – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Watch Ween’s first reunion show
After three years of being broken up, Ween announced that they were going to return for a pair of shows. The first of the pair occurred last night at the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colorado. Videos from that set have appeared online—find footage in the playlist below (thanks to Stereogum).
The Internet cover N.E.R.D.’s “Tape You”
The Internet currently are in Australia for St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival. While there, the band went to the famous Australian radio station triple j to play a couple of tracks in studio, which includes a cover of N.E.R.D.‘s “Tape You.” The song is from N.E.R.D.’s album In Search of…. Watch the Internet’s cover below.
The Internet worked with Chad Hugo fromN.E.R.D. in 2013. He produced “Dontcha” from their album Feel Good.
Listen to N.E.R.D.’s “Tape You”:
James Blake shares “Modern Soul”
During his BBC Radio 1 residency, James Blake played a brand new song of his. The song is called ‘Modern Soul” and can be listened to below.
Blake stated that his new album would be named Radio Silence. He later confirmed that Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and Kanye West both would appear on the new album. There is no word still on the album’s details or release date.
Paul McCartney records music for Skype’s romance-themed animated emojis
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and Skype has launched “Love Mojis,” a series of romantic animated emojis, which can be used when on the service to celebrate. The Love Mojis are set to music created by Paul McCartney, who used guitar, drums, synthesizers, xylophones, and his voice to make the compositions. You can watch a short video showing his time in the studio below.
McCartney talked about the process on his website:
It turned out to be a great laugh at the same time as challenging because you suddenly realise you’ve got to compress a musical interpretation of an expression into less than five seconds. It was like doing a huge crossword puzzle and coming up with all these solutions. And at the same time it was musical so it was great practise for me in the studio.
Thundercat shares new untitled song
Thundercat sat down for an interview recently with Sydney’s FBi Radio, but he had brought more to the table than just his thoughts on collaborator Flying Lotus and Erykah Badu. The producer also debuted a previously unheard song.
The untitled jazz number features guest contributions from Mono/Poly, an electronic musician who previously was featured on Thundercat’s instrumental tribute to the victims of November’s Paris terror attacks. Thundercat can be heard referencing Kendrick Lamar a few minutes into the song, singing, “Bitch, don’t kill my vibe.”
Stream the song here (find it at the 14:20 mark).
The Shins tease at new music
The Shins released their last record in 2012, Port of Morrow. Now, however, it seems as though new material is on its way. In a “#shinstagram” post tagged under the name of James Mercer’s record label, Aural Apothecary, the band released a snippet yesterday of what sounds like new music. Hear it below.
Since Port of Morrow, the Shins have released a new song, “So Now What,” for the soundtrack for Zach Braff’s film Wish I Was Here in 2014. Mercer also released After the Disco with Broken Bells, his duo with Danger Mouse that year. Mercer’s band before the Shins, Flake Music, also reissued the 1997 album When You Land, It’s Time to Return,.
Watch the video for Port of Morrow‘s “It’s Only Life:”
The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist
1. Luv, Hold Me Down – Drowners
2. King City – Swim Deep
3. Fast Food – D.I.D
4. Bridge Burn – Little Comets
5. Happy Slow Riverbends – Redspencer
6. Carousel Rides – Rubblebucket
7. Go Ego – Eights and a Half
8. Echo of Love – The Shutes
9. Key to My Heart – Zulu Winter
10. Party Talk – Craft Spells
11. Back of Your Neck – Howler
12. Solar Laws – Yellerkin
13. Kalifornia – Goodbye Chanel
14. I Saw You – Beach Vacation
15. Chevy Thunder – Spector
16. Deliver Me – The Milk
17. Something Good – Theme Park
18. All Eyes – Post War Years
19. Enough Time – The Ghosts
20. We Never Win – Whales in Cubicles
James Blake and Justin Vernon to perform together as Fall Creek Boys Choir
James Blake and Justin Vernon teamed up for “Fall Creek Boys Choir” five years ago. The two seem to be set to reunited and they are bringing the collaboration to the live setting.
Fans who purchased the early-bird tickets to Vernon’s second annual Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival have also received a cassette tape containing b-sides, demos, and home recordings from a few of the acts on this year’s lineup. One track is attributed to Fall Creek Boys Choir.
Eaux Claires will take place August 12th – 13th in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The cassette tapes seem to show that Vernon will play three separate sets during the festival weekend; in addition to Fall Creek Boys Choir, he will lead Bon Iver and perform alongside The National’s Aaron Dessner.
Other artists that are expected to appear at the festival: Bruce Hornsby, Jon Hopkins, Shabazz Palaces, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, and Arcade Fire members Richard Reed Parry and Sarah Neufeld, the latter of will perform with Colin Stetson.
