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Mitski announces tour

Mitski has announced a tour backing her upcoming album Be The Cowboy. Following a number of U.S. solo shows this month, she will tour with a full-band in Europe, the UK, Canada, and the United States. Check out Mitski’s tour schedule below. A number of tickets are available to buy here.

Be The Cowboy will come out August 17th via Dead Oceans and Mitski recently shared “Geyser” from the album along with its music video.

Mitski:

06-09 Bozeman, MT – Rialto Bozeman (solo)
06-12 Fort Collins, CO – The Armory (solo) ^
06-14 Santa Fe, NM – Meow Wolf (solo) ^
06-15 El Paso, TX – The Lowbrow Palace (solo) ^
06-16 Marfa, TX – Crowley Theater (solo) ^
06-20 Oxford, MS – Proud Larry’s (solo) ^
06-22 Gainesville, FL – High Dive (solo) ^
06-23 Savannah, GA – El Rocko (solo) ^
06-30 Woodstock, NY – Colony (solo) %
09-19 Manchester, England – Manchester Gorilla !
09-20 Glasgow, Scotland – Saint Luke’s !
09-22 Dublin, Ireland – Tivoli Theatre !
09-24 Leeds, England – Brudnell Social Club !
09-25 Bristol, England – Trinity Arts Centre !
09-26 London, England – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire !
09-28 Paris, France – La Maroquinerie !
09-29 Antwerp, Belgium – TRIX !
10-01 Cologne, Germany – Gebäude 9 !
10-02 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso Noord (Tolhuistuin) !
10-04 Berlin, Germany – Musik & Frieden !
10-05 Vesterbro, Denmark – Vega !
10-06 Hamburg, Germany – Uebel & Gefährlich !
10-19 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer &
10-20 Boston, MA – House of Blues &
10-21 Montreal, Quebec – L’Astral &
10-22 Toronto, Ontario – Opera House &
10-23 Detroit, MI – Magic Stick &
10-25 Chicago, IL – Vic Theatre &
10-26 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue &
10-30 Vancouver, British Columbia – Imperial &
10-31 Seattle, WA – The Showbox &
11-01 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom &
11-03 San Francisco, CA – Warfield Theatre &
11-07 Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern &
11-08 Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom &
11-10 Austin, TX – Emo’s Austin &
11-11 Dallas, TX – Trees &
11-13 Nashville, TN – The Basement East &
11-14 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade: Hell Stage &
11-16 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club &
11-30 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
12-01 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel

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Watch Lorde cover Frank Ocean’s “Lost” at Primavera Sound 2018

Lorde performed tonight at Primavera Sound 2018 where during her set, she covered Frank Ocean’s track “Lost.” Watch a clip of the cover below. It is the second time this year she has covered Frank Ocean, the first at her Milwaukee stop on her recent tour.

St. Vincent shares “fast” version of “Slow Disco”

St. Vincent has released a new version of her Masseduction song “Slow Disco.” “I always felt this song could wear many different outfits and live many different lives,” she wrote in a statement. “Here she is in disco pants, sweating on a New York dance floor.” St. Vincent made the song with Jack Antonoff and co-wrote it with Joy Williams from the Civil Wars. Hear “Fast Slow Disco” below.

Gorillaz announce new Album and tour, release two new songs

Gorillaz have shared two new songs, “Humility,”(which features jazz and soul legend George Benson and came with a Jack Black-featured music video) as well as “Lake Zurich.” Listen to both tracks below.

Gorillaz have also shared details about their new record The Now Now which is set to arrive June 29th via Warner Bros./Parlophone. The group have announced a tour as well, and confirmed that their Demon Dayz Festival will have a second year on October 20th in Los Angeles. Check out the tracklist below and artwork above Find Gorillaz’s tour dates below also, and buy tickets here.

The Now Now:

01 Humility [ft. George Benson]
02 Tranz
03 Hollywood [ft. Snoop Dogg and Jamie Principle]
04 Kansas
05 Sorcererz
06 Idaho
07 Lake Zurich
08 Magic City
09 Fire Flies
10 One Percent
11 Souk Eye

Gorillaz:

06-01 Nuremberg, Germany – Rock Im Park
06-09 Dublin, Ireland – Malahide Castle
06-14 Barcelona, Spain – Sonar Festival
06-21 Chiba, Japan – Makuhari Messe
06-30 Roskilde, Denmark – Roskilde Festival
07-04 Gydnia, Belgium – Open’er Festival
07-05 Werchter, Belgium – Rock Werchter
07-07 Lucca, Italy – Lucca Summer Festival
07-11 Bern, Switzerland – Gurtenfestival
07-12 Bilbao, Spain – Bilbao BBK Live
07-19 Carhaix, France – Vieilles Charrues
07-21 Paris, France – Lollapalooza
07-25 Kyiv, Ukraine – U-Park Festival
07-27 Moscow, Russian Federation – Park Live Festival
08-08 Budapest, Hungary – Sziget Festival
08-09 Ovington, England – BoomTown Fair
08-16 St Pölten, Austria – FM4 Frequency Festival
08-17 Biddinghuizen, Netherlands – Lowlands Festival
10-08 Toronto, Ontario – Air Canada Centre &
10-09 Montreal, Quebec – Bell Centre &
10-11 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center &
10-13 New York, NY – Barclays Center &
10-14 Boston, MA – TD Garden $
10-16 Chicago, IL – United Center &
10-20 Los Angeles, CA – Demon Dayz Festival

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Trevor Powers announces new album, shares 2 songs

Trevor Powers has made his return two years after he announced the ending of the project, Youth Lagoon. He has officially announced today that his new album, Mulberry Violence is set to be out August 17th through Baby Halo. The album will feature two new songs he has shared today. Listen to “Ache” and ”Plaster Saint” below. Check out above for Powers’ statement about the record.

Trevor Powers is also set to be on tour this fall, with dates in North America and Europe. Find the itinerary at his website.

Justin Vernon teases at new song “Shittiest Day in American History”

Justin Vernon posted on Twitter to tease a new release from the PEOPLE mixtape, a project he has apparently been working on with Bryce and Aaron Dessner of the National. Vernon retweeted what seems to be a tracklist with new songs from artists such as Big Red Machine, Psymun, Marijuana Deathsquads, Poliça, and himself. Justin Vernon’s two apparent contributions on the tracklist are called “Shittiest Day in American History” and “Thoughts on People 1.” Find the tweet in question below.

Watch Anderson .Paak perform “Bubblin” on “Kimmel”

Last night, Anderson .Paak and the Free Nationals appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” to perform his single “Bubblin,” which also has a music video which came out last week. Watch the performance below.

.Paak’s last album was 2016’s Malibu.

Haruomi Hosono reissue series announced

Haruomi Hosono, who performed in Yellow Magic Orchestra and Happy End and is a staple in Japanese music, is getting his music reissued via Light in the Attic. Five of his albums are getting for the first time outside of Japan. The series, which contains Paraiso (1978), Philharmony (1982), and omni Sight Seeing (1989) are set to be out August 10th while Hosono House (1973) and Cochin Moon (1978) are set to be reissued on September 28th. The records include translated interviews with Hosono. Watch the trailer below and find information on the label’s website.

The series’ press release also contains quotes about Hosono’s influence from the likes of Mac DeMarco, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Miho Hatori. “Hosono has been the main reason I’ve continued making music since I was like 19,” said DeMarco.

Björk gives first TV performance in 8 years on “Jools Holland”

Björk was a the musical guest on last night’s episode of “Later… With Jools Holland.” It was her first TV performance in eight years and she performed with an ensemble of flutists for Utopia’s “Courtship” and “The Anchor Song” from her album Debut. Watch it below.

Mutual Benefit announces new album Thunder Follows the Light, shares 2 songs

Jordan Lee, aka Mutual Benefit, has announced a new album called Thunder Follows the Light, set to be out on September 21st via Transgressive. In anticipation of the album release, the project shared two new songs, “New History” and “Storm Cellar Heart.” Listen below.

“I think people in power benefit greatly from a general lack of historic memory in the United States,” Lee explained “New History” in a statement. “I’ve been wondering if the first step in imagining a more just world is to study our history better, not just the linear revisionist one that is oft-repeated but all the unsung champions of equal rights as well as the acts of unthinkable cruelty that humans are also capable of.”