Author: bella.king

The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist

1. When the Season Ends – Hibou

2. Snack Attack – A Great Big Pile of Leaves

3. Every Night You’ve Got To Save Me – Mass Gothic

4. Bitter – Palace

5. So Sad, So Sad – Varsity

6. Mock Origami – Matthew and the Arrogant Sea

7. Prozac & Merlot – The Sea Life

8. Devil Like Me – Rainbow Kitten Surprise

9. Robotic – Hannah Georgas

10. Holy Toledo – Vundabar

11. jake – keep it together – Josh Hodges

12. Boy in Blue – The Eastern Sea

13. I’m Not Crying. You’re Not Crying – Deer and the Headlights

14. Turnstile – Lionlimb

15. Be Apart – Porches

16. Cinnamon – Palehound

17. Pariquel – Peter Cat Recording Co.

18. Old & Gray – Maps & Atlases

19. Loro – Pinback

20. Anecdote – Ambulence LTD

Watch The Who perform “Who Are You” on Fallon

The Who performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night to promote their The Who Hits 50! Anniversary Tour, which marks their first appearance on American late-night TV since their 2006 Letterman performance (and their first full-band performance since their appearance in 1967 on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour). The band played the full seven minutes of their classic “Who Are You.” Watch here. Watch their last full-band explosive performance from The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour below.

New Elliott Smith tribute album will feature J. Mascis, Lou Barlow, Sun Kil Moon, more

Many of indie’s music’s greatest are paying homage to Elliott Smith with a new tribute album on October 14th.

Named Say Yes! A Tribute to Elliott Smith, the 15-track album features artists like J. Mascis,Waxahatchee, Lou Barlow, Juliana Hatfield, and Yuck take on songs from all over the late singer-songwriter’s discography. The American Laundromat Records release will also feature a collaborative cover of “Condor Avenue” by Jesu and Sun Kil Moon. The is artwork above.

Check out Hatfield’s cover of “Needle in the Hay” below. The track is the only non-exclusive cover on Say Yes!.

For more information on Say Yes!, including pre-order bundles with CD, LP, cassette, and digital formats, go here.

Last month, the soundtrack to Smith documentary Heaven Adores You had hit stores, featuring by previously unheard demos and rarities.

Say Yes! A Tribute to Elliott Smith Tracklist (alphabetized by song):
01. Waxahatchee – “Angeles”
02. Julien Baker – “Ballad Of Big Nothing”
03. Tanya Donelly – “Between The Bars”
04. Yuck – “Bled White”
05. Jesu/Sun Kil Moon – “Condor Ave”
06. Lou Barlow – “Division Day”
07. Wild Sun – “Easy Way Out”
08. Tomo Nakayama – “Miss Misery”
09. Juliana Hatfield – “Needle In The Hay”
10. Caroline Says – “No Name #3”
11. Adam Franklin – “Oh Well, Okay”
12. Amanda Palmer – “Pictures Of Me”
13. William Fitzsimmons – “Say Yes”
14. Escondido – “Waltz #1”
15. J. Mascis – “Waltz #2”

Santigold performs “Can’t Get Enough of Myself” on “The Tonight Show”

Santigold performed her 99¢ single “Can’t Get Enough of Myself” last night on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” She wore a dress that had her own face on it and was joined by two back-up dancers. Watch it here.

Santigold tour dates:

03-21 Houston, TX – House of Blues
03-22 Dallas, TX – House of Blues
03-24 Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
03-26 Salt Lake City, UT – In the Venue
03-28 Tempe, AZ – The Marquee Theatre
03-29 San Diego, CA – House of Blues
03-31 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium
04-02 Las Vegas, NV – The Foundry Hall
04-03 Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
04-04 San Francisco, CA – The Masonic
04-06 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
04-09 Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre
04-11 Vancouver, British Columbia – Vogue Theatre
04-13 Calgary, Alberta – Flames Central
04-16 Minneapolis, MN – Mill City Nights
04-17 Chicago, IL – Concord Music Hall
04-19 Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
04-20 Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
04-22 Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
04-23 Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte
04-25 Tampa, FL – The Ritz Ybor
04-26 Fort Lauderdale, FL – Revolution Live
04-28 Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle
04-30 New York – NY – Hammerstein Ballroom
05-01 Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of the Living Arts
05-03 Boston, MA – House of Blues
05-04 Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage
05-06 Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore – Silver Springs

Mitski announces new album, Puberty 2, releases lead single “Your Best American Girl”

Today, the Brooklyn rock artist, Mitski, has announced the follow-up to her debut Bury Me At Make Out Creek named, Puberty 2, which due out June 17th throughDead Oceans.

According to the press release, Puberty 2 shows the artist born as Mitski Miyawaki exploring how happiness can be virtually as damaging as sadness. “When you realize you can’t have one without the other, it’s possible to spend periods of happiness just waiting for that other wave,” she explains. Considered “kind of a two parter” with its predecessor, the record has a similar vibe to the previous one. “I had a certain confidence this time,” Mitski says. “I knew what I wanted, knew what I was doing and wasn’t afraid to do things that some people may not like.”

You can hear that on lead single “Your Best American Girl.”

Take a listen below.

Pubert 2 Artwork:

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Puberty 2 Tracklist:
01. Happy
02. Dan the Dancer
03. Once More to See You
04. Fireworks
05. Your Best American Girl
06. I Bet on Losing Dogs
07. My Body’s Made of Crushed Little Stars
08. Thursday Girl
09. A Loving Feeling
10. Crack Baby
11. A Burning Hill

Mitski has also announced an extensive leg of North American and European tour dates in support of Puberty 2.

Mitski 2016 Tour Dates:
03/12 – McAllen, TX @ Galax Z Fair V at Yerberia (South by Southwest)
03/16 – Austin, TX @ Hype Hotel – YVYNYL x S&S x Hype Machine (South by Southwest)
03/17 – Austin, TX @ Barracuda – Secretly Group & Friends (South by Southwest)
03/18 – Austin, TX @ PEN – Portals SXSW 2016 (South by Southwest)
03/18 – Austin, TX @ Hole in the Wall – Stereogum x Exploding In Sound’s Austin Invasion 2 (South by Southwest)
03/19 – Austin, TX @ Studium – She Shreds x Punctum Records Presents (South by Southwest)
04/17 – Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique (solo show)
04/19 – London, UK @ Birthdays (solo show)
04/21 – Paris, FR @ La Mécanique Ondulatoire (solo show)
04/23 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Basement (solo show)
06/20 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
06/22 – Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
06/23 – Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle
06/24 – Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA
06/25 – Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel
06/26 – Durham, NC @ The Pinhook
06/28 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade: Purgatory
06/29 – Birmingham, AL @ The Syndicate Lounge
07/01 – Houston, TX @ Walter’s Downtown
07/02 – Austin, TX @ The Sidewinder
07/03 – Dallas, TX @ Three Links
07/05 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Rebel Lounge
07/06 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Constellation Room
07/07 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
07/08 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill
07/09 – Oakland, CA @ Starline Social Club
07/11 – Portland, OR @ Analog Theater
07/12 – Vancouver, BC @ The Cobalt
07/13 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
07/15 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
07/16 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
07/19 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
07/20 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
07/22 – Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
07/23 – Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz

Free Press Summer Fest reveals 2016 lineup

Free Press Summer Fest have announced its 2016 lineup. The two-day music festival will take place June 4th – 5th at Eleanor Tinsley Park in Houston, Texas.

The lineup features The National, Modest Mouse, Refused, Jamie xx, Mac DeMarco, Built to Spill, Big Grams (Big Boi and Phantogram), ASAP Ferg, Against Me!, Thee Oh Sees, and The Black Angels

Also playing are deadmau5, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Leon Bridges, Young the Giant, Big Giantic, Gogol Bordello, Matt and Kim, Violent Femmes, Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls, San Fermin, Matthew Logan Vasquez, Chicano Batman, White Denim, BØRNS, and more.

Single-day and two-day tickets are on sale now.

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Austin Instrumental Music Festival in photos

The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist

1. Pray for Rain – Pure Bathing Culture

2. Cut to the Chase – Fort Lean

3. No Idea – Young Buffalo

4. Little Notes – lles

5. Mystery – Boxed In

6. Good As New – Vacationer

7. Long Drive – Club Kuru

8. Lovers – Compny

9. Fly Into the Mystery – Cloud

10. Drive (Los Angeles) – Lolawolf

11. Potluck – MIAMIGO

12. Sleeptalker – TOPS

13. Disparate Youth – Santigold

14. Day Glo – Brazos

15. Balance – Opus Orange

16. White Light – Waterstrider

17. Pretend We Live Forever – Chelan

18. Lightshow – Plants and Animals

19. It’s Okay – Land of Talk

20. Don’t Wanna Be Your Girl – Wet

David Bowie’s A Reality Tour getting vinyl reissue

David Bowie released a concert film named A Reality Tour in 2004, which was filmed at the Dublin performances of his final tour in 2003. In 2010, a live album of these performances was released. On June 3rd, Friday Music will reissue the album in a 3xLP box set on 180-gram blue vinyl. Find more details here. 

Publicist Heathcliff Berru: “I Am So Sorry to Everyone I Hurt”

Publicist Heathcliff Berru has given his first interview since he was accused publicaly of sexual misconduct by many women. In a Brooklyn Magazine article about sexual assault in the music industry, Berru talked to writer Caitlin White via the phone from a rehab facility in California, where he is getting treatment for his drug, alcohol, and sex addiction. “My behavior was wildly inappropriate, hurtful, and terrible,” he said. “But I have never raped or drugged anyone. I can’t accept that.”

Read more of his statements below, and read the story here, which hass a statement from Pitchfork founder and editor-in-chief Ryan Schreiber. Berru apologized for his initial statement, which was given after the allegations first emerged:

I am so sorry to everyone that I hurt. I was made an example of in a way that was necessary given the circumstances. It was time for me to pay for all my mistakes and accept responsibility and face what I did do. When I first spoke out and made that statement, that was me reacting as a fucking publicist. That dry, almost insincere response was the last bit of publicist in me, trying to put out a fire. I tried to live this lifestyle with disgusting disregard to those I hurt.

He continued:

I was a terrible husband, a terrible friend, a terrible human being on every level, and I found my escape through my drugs, alcohol, and sex addiction. That’s something that’s hard, and really hard to admit. In the blind throes of my addiction I tried to live this lifestyle and disgusting fantasy out. What am I left with? Just a path of destruction out there. The life I built was a joke based on an unstable foundation. I can’t believe it went this far and I did so many things that upset so many people to such a degree that it consumed their lives and it is an issue they have to deal with in a very real way.

Berru maintained that even though “made mistakes,” he “never raped or drugged anyone”:

I made mistakes, but I am not a mistake. I had a hard time coming to that realization. I’m in detox and treatment right now; I’ve surrendered everything. I look back, and I can’t help but obsess over it. I look at the things I did, I have to say this: My behavior was wildly inappropriate, hurtful, and terrible. But I have never raped or drugged anyone. I can’t accept that.

He also talked about his decision to talk about his problems:

I think it’s very brave and bold when people stand up. I hope this motivates women and anyone to stand up, and put one foot forward in a situation that makes them feel uncomfortable. Particularly sexism in music or entertainment, or in industries where people drink, use drugs and do other things that they’ll use to excuse themselves the next day when they clean up. I want to be a good example for people that have addiction issues. The reason I’m even speaking today is to express sincere apology and to acknowledge that I was a really shitty person and upset a lot of women. Men everywhere are shaken as a result of these stories, and you know what? It’s time that people own up.