Real Estate announced earlier this year and that they partnered with Los Angeles vegan footwear company Keep to design a new shoe. Every pair comes with a cassette that features an unreleased song and demos for “Two Arrows” and “Two Part.” Listen to the cassette’s first track, “In Time” here. The net proceeds from the the Keep x Real Estate Ramos shoe will go towards the American Civil Liberties Union.
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Listen to the Roots’ “Schoolhouse Rock”-style song about slavery
During the season premiere of “Black-ish” on ABC last night m, an illustrated version of the Roots sang a “Schoolhouse Rock”-esque educational song about slavery. It opens with Black Thought singing, “I am a slave/Yes, I’m only a slave/They’ll place my body in an unmarked grave.” Watch the animated video here. The Roots also released the song “It Ain’t Fair,” in July, from the soundtrack to Detroit, Kathryn Bigelow’s film about the 12th Street riot in 1967.
Watch Cap’n Jazz and Hop Along cover Sonic Youth’s “100%”
Cap’n Jazz reunited this summer to play FYF and Riot Fest. The stayed together for a little bit longer to perform with Hop Along. The two bands covered Sonic Youth’s “100%” together for A.V. Club’s “Undercover” series. Watch it here, and go here for an interview with Tim Kinsella about the song. “100%” was on Sonic Youth’s 1992 album Dirty originally. Their FYF set was their first show together since 2010.
Watch the trailer for Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ new documentary
Yeah Yeah Yeahs have released a trailer for their upcoming tour documentary. Directed by Patrick Daughters, There Is No Modern Romance follows the band on the road during their shows in the UK in 2003 behind their album Fever to Tell. It will be bundled with their upcoming reissue of Fever to Tell on October 20th via Interscope/UMe. Watch a trailer for the doc here.
Watch The Tallest Man On Earth cover Nick Drake
Tallest Man On Earth, aka Swedish folk singer Kristian Matsson, has been working on a video series the last few months called “The Light In Demos.” He shares a little life update in every episode before performing live, and on the most recent installment, he performs a song by Nick Drake. Watch Matsson’s cover of Drake’s “Bird Flew By” here.
Watch JAY-Z and Ryan Gosling’s “SNL” promos
Ryan Gosling is hosting the 43rd season premiere of “Saturday Night Live” tomorrow. JAY-Z is also set to join him as the musical guest. The two are featured in a pair of the classic promotional teasers for the episode. Tomorrow night’s “SNL” will be JAY-Z’s first solo performance on the show in over 7 years. Watch the teasers here.
Solange returns to Twitter
Solange has returned to Twitter after deleting her account on the platform in August. She shared photos from the Hurricane Harvey benefit she played earlier tonight in Boston, and her Hollywood Bowl show from last weekend. Solange left Twitter after the rise of neo-nazi rhetoric after the violent incidents in Charlottesville, Virginia. She mentioned Takiyah Thompson, the 22-year-old Carolina Central University student in her final tweet, who was arrested for taking down a Confederate monument in Durham, North Carolina.
Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett hang out with family in new video
Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett have released a new video for their song, “Continental Breakfast,” from their upcoming album Lotta Sea Lice. The clip was directed by Danny Cohen, who says it delves “into their lives and the time spent with family and friends between recording /touring.” Watch the video below. Lotta Sea Lice is due out October 13th via Matador and Marathon Artists.
Watch Neil Young get inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall Of Fame
Neil Young got inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall Of Fame in a ceremony at Toronto’s Massey Hall last night. “I’m terribly proud to be Canadian,” Young during his speech after being introduced by Randy Bachman. “I know I’ve travelled a lot … but I’ve always been a Canadian citizen. I’ve never been a citizen of anywhere else, even though I love the USA. By the way, my message is: They’re already great.” Bruce Cockburn, Stéphane Venne, and Beau Dommage were inducted as well, and the ceremony had performances from Buffy Sainte-Marie, k.d. lang, and Randy Bachman. Watch Young’s acceptance speech here.
Day For Night lineup has been announced
The other day, Day for Night, the art and music festival in Houston, Texas, announced its 2017 lineup. Among the headliners are Nine Inch Nails, Thom Yorke, Solange, Justice, St. Vincent, Tyler, the Creator, and James Blake. Also on the lineup are Jamie xx, Pussy Riot, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Sky Ferreira, Cardi B, Perfume Genius, Laurie Anderson, Lil B, Jlin, Priests, Mount Kimbie, and Jenny Hval. GAS will also be playing the festival, making it his first show in the United States since 2009. Day for Night 201 will take place December 15-17. See the full lineup here.
On the first day of the festival, there is going to be a summit with talks by Chelsea Manning, Laurie Anderson, Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova, and Los Angeles-based artist Lauren McCarthy. After the summit, there is going to be a “Soul Cleansing,” a performance presented by Saint Heron that will feature Solange, Earl Sweatshirt, and Kaytranada. Day for Night also will have 18 installations from artists including Ryoji Ikeda, Matthew Schreiber, and Felicie D’Estienne D’Orves.
A part of the earnings from this year’s Day for Night is going to be donated to the Greater Houston Community Foundation to help people in areas affected by Hurricane Harvey.
Last year’s festival featured the first Aphex Twin set in the States since 2008.
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