The Jesus and Mary Chain earlier today announced Damage and Joy, their first album since 1998’s Munki. They have shared the first song from the record today. Listen to “Amputation,” which premiered on Steve Lamacq’s BBC Radio 6 show, below. Damage and Joy is due to be out March 24th via ADA/Warner Music.
Damage and Joy was recorded with the producer, Youth, who also played bass on the LP. The album will also feature the band’s touring drummer Brian Young and Lush’s former bassist, Phil King.
Bon Iver, the Shins, Regina Spektor, and Ryan Adams are all planned to be on the Minnesota Public Radio program “A Prairie Home Companion” in January. The show is hosted by mandolinist Chris Thile and will be on the road for several episodes. On January 7th, the Shins and Spektor will be on a live broadcast from the Paramount Theatre in Seattle. On January 14th, Justin Vernon and Beth Stelling will go live from the Symphony Center in Chicago. Ryan Adams will appear live on January 21st from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California.
Also, there will be a broadcast from the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on February 4th, before the show heads back to St. Paul, Minnesota for February 11th and 18th.
Buku Music + Art Project in New Orleans has announced its initial lineup for 2017. The two-day festival, now in its sixth year, will happen from March 10th and 11th at the Mardi Gras World.
So far, the lineup includes: deadmau5, Travis Scott, Zeds Dead, Vince Staples, Young Thug, Car Seat Headrest, 21 Savage, Lil Yachty, Tycho, Sleigh Bells, Washed Out, Thundercat, Clams Casino, Lil Dicky, ZHU, Jauz, The Floozies, Sophie, Lane 8, and Nin Kravitz. More artists will be revealed after the New Year.
General admission and VIP passes will be on sale starting Saturday, December 8th through the festival’s website.
Mogwai have announced a tour for 2017 for their latest album Atomic, performing it for the first time in the United States. The dates are set to start January 18th in Los Angeles at the Theatre at Ace Hotel, and will have stops in Chicago, Montreal, and New York as well. Check out the full itinerary below. Atomic features material that was reworked from the band’s soundtrack for the BBC documentary, Atomic: Living In Dread and Promise.
Mogwai:
01-18 Los Angeles, CA – The Theatre at Ace Hotel
01-19 Berkeley, CA – The UC Theatre
01-21 Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
01-22 Boulder, CO – Boulder Theater
01-24 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall.
01-25 Munhall, PA – Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead
01-27 Boston, MA – Berklee Performance Center
01-28 Washington, DC – Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
01-29 New York, NY – Town Hall Theatre
01-30 Toronto, Ontario – Danforth Music Hall
01-31 Montreal, Quebec – St. Denis Theatre
Chance the Rapper attended a Chicago Bulls game last night. During a break in the game, he played dodgeball with a special guest, Clark, the Chicago Cubs’ mascot. It was a hectic game that eventually Clark came away unhurt. Clark even tried to throw a ball at Chance. Watch the game below, via Noisey.
On February 24th, Chris Tomson from Vampire Weekend will release a solo project under Dams of the West. The album is named Youngish American, and it will be out via 30th Century Records/Columbia. Youngish American is produced by the Patrick Carney, as well as Tomson and Roger Moutenot. The latest update from the project is a video for the new song “Tell the Truth.” Watch the video, directed by Edward Bursch, below.
Tomson also shared a statement about the song and video:
“Tell the Truth,” to me, is a song about objectivity and/or the “blame America first” phenomenon. When I wrote the song, I believed that facts, at some future endpoint, would conquer all. But then last week the guy at my bodega told me we are now “living in a post-truth world” while looking at his Samsung Galaxy Stardust 8GB and selling me a sleeve of honey roasted peanuts so perhaps I was mistaken. Either way, the tune’s got a good beat and you can skank to it.
This video was inspired by the oppressive sense of paranoia that has come to define 2k16 for me. I am fascinated by the way the most trivial bits of footage can be used as definitive proof that, say, a certain televangelist is a shape-shifting reptilian overlord or Hillary def has a malignant brain tumor. While I’m not yet a political figure, I thought it would be a worthwhile exercise to see what a closer examination of my own actions might reveal. The results, as you can see, are provocative yet not entirely unexpected.
Car Seat Headrest were on“Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” as the musical guests. They performed a completely revamped (and shorter) version the Teens of Denial hit “Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales” with help from members of the Roots. Watch it below.
Hangout Music Festival have released its 2017 lineup. The three-day festival will take place May 19th – 21st in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
Three-day tickets will be on sale starting Thursday, December 1st at 11:00 a.m. CT.
Devendra Banhart has announced tour dates throughout the United States for 2017. The newly announced dates start January 23rd at the Showbox in Seattle, and will play shows Portland, Austin, Chicago, Toronto, Montreal, New York, and more. Find the full tour itinerary below; tickets for shows through February 4 are available now.
Devendra Banhart:
12-02 Mexico City, Mexico – El Plaza
12-03 Acapulco, Mexico – Trópico
01-23 Seattle, WA – The Showbox
01-24 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
01-26 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
01-28 San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park
01-29 Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
01-31 Los Angeles, CA – Mayan Theater
02-01 Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
02-03 Boulder, CO – Boulder Theatre
02-04 Telluride, CO – Club Red
02-12 Taos, NM – Mesa Brewery
02-13 Santa Fe, NM – Meow Wolf
02-15 Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
02-16 Austin, TX – Emo’s
02-17 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
02-18 Baton Rouge, LA – Varsity Theatre
02-20 Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
02-21 Athens, GA – Georgia Theater
02-23 St. Petersburg, FL – State Theatre
02-24 Orlando, FL – Beacham Theater
02-25 Miami Beach, FL – North Beach Bandshell
03-05 Minneapolis, MN – Cedar Cultural Center
03-06 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
03-07 Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
03-09 Toronto, Ontario – Phoenix Concert Theater
03-10 Montreal, Quebec – Metropolis
03-11 Portland, ME – Port City Music Hall
03-12 Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
03-14 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
03-15 Washington, DC – Sixth & I
03-16 New York, NY – Webster Hall
04-01 Brooklyn, NY – BAM
04-20 Tokyo, Japan – Billboard Live
04-22 Osaka, Japan – Billboard Live
Kanye West has not much good news lately, but his fellow Chicagoan Rhymefest did a good deed on behalf of West’s charity Donda’s House. Fest purchased West’s childhood home and wants to convert it into a “community arts incubator” with a state-of-the-art recording studio. He plans also for the home to a curriculum space for Donda’s House and music museum for Chicago’s Southside. Read the official statement from Donda’s House 2011 below.
In order to deepen the organization’s impact, Donda’s House has acquired a home facility that will provide a permanent location for all of the Donda’s House family to gather, offer programming, and grow. Donda’s House envisions this facility as not only a homegrown hub of economic activity for the southside but also a gathering place for the community with events and concerts. Donda’s House selected this location in particular, because it is the former home of the organization’s namesake Dr. Donda West, who at one time provided similar services and support to incubate young artists. Donda’s House is committed to the success of Chicago’s young creatives and this property will help these young people flourish.
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