David Lynch has announced the Festival of Disruption, a two-day festival that will take place October 8-9th at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles. The festival will have musical performances, talks, exhibits, and film screenings. The performers include St. Vincent, Sky Ferreira, Robert Plant & the Sensational Space Shifters, Angelo Badalamenti (performing the music of “Twin Peaks”), Xiu Xiu, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Jon Hopkins, Questlove (DJ set), and more. Blondie’s Debbie Harry and Chris Stein, Mel Brooks, “Twin Peaks” actors Kyle MacLachlan and Laura Dern, and architect Frank Gehry will talk. Some of Lynch’s photography and films will also be screened. Find more about it here.
Dinosaur Jr. are getting ready to release a new album called Give Me A Glimpse Of What Yer Not on August 5th through Jagjaguwar. The band previewed the album by premiering “Tiny” on Later… with Jools Holland last month. Now, the band have shared the single’s music video.
Directed by filmmaker Laurie Collyer, it stars J Mascis and Beefy, his bulldog. After he performed at a local roller derby with the rest of Dinosaur Jr., the frontman and his dog skateboarded around town.
Check out the clip and the Collyer’s statement on the video and how she came to know Dinosaur Jr. below:
“Having come of age in the so-called grunge era I was always about not selling out, not buying in, staying true to my identity and living low. Being a freak in a freakscene was where I found home. This meant listening to the music of the moment at maximum volume – Dinosaur Jr. being in heavy rotation on the turntables of me and my people.
“I got to know J Mascis in 2012 when we hired him to compose the score for my film, Sunlight Jr., a love story set among the ruins of the American dream starring Matt Dillon and Naomi Watts. J is nothing short of a creative genius. In the years since our work on this film, I got to know J as a friend. And what I learned is that, aside from music, J Mascis has other passions. Bulldogs and skateboarding among them. When a friend of mine told me there was such a thing as skateboarding bulldogs, I took it from there and came up with the idea for Tiny.
“J’s dog, sleeping outside his rehearsal room dreams up the perfect day with J. He wants to skate without falling down or crashing. He wants to skate with J. He waits patiently outside the roller derby for J to finish his gig. The rest is history. Enjoy Tiny!”
Last night At the Drive-In had to cancel their Terminal 5 in New York City, due to reportedly due to Cedric Bixler-Zavala losing his voice before the show. They also cancelled a show in D.C. Wednesday night for the same reason. Today, the band on Facebook announced that they would be cancelling the rest of their tour dates in North America. Tonight they were supposed to play Boston’s House of Blues. Read the band’s full statement here.
At the Drive-In:
06-18 Boston, MA – House of Blues 06-20-21 Detroit, MI – St. Andrew’s Hall 06-23 Toronto, Ontario – Phoenix Concert Hall
06-25 Montreal, Canada – Amnesia Rockfest
06-29 Roskilde, Denmark – Roskilde Festival
06-30 Norrköping, Sweden – Bråvalla Festival
07-01 Rotselaar, Belgium – Rock Werchter
07-02 Gdynia, Poland – Open’er Festival
07-22 Melbourne, Australia – Forum Theatre
07-23 Byron Bay, Australia – Splendour in the Grass Festival
07-24 Newtown, Australia – Enmore Theatre
08-13 Incheon, Korea – Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival
08-20 Tokyo, Japan – Summer Sonic Japan 2016
08-21 Osaka, Japan – Sonic Summer Japan 2016
The guitarist for My Morning Jacket, Carl Broemel has announced his latest solo album, 4th of July. The album will be released August 19 through Stocks in Asia/Thirty Tigers. Listen to the first single, “Sleep Lagoon,” below. It was recorded in his downtime from My Morning Jacket, and Broemel’s new LP will feature contributions from Neko Case, Laura Veirs, and Jacket bandmates Bo Koster and Tom Blankenship. See the cover artwork above and upcoming solo dates below.
Carl Broemel:
06-27 Boston, MA – Café 939
08-19 Nashville, TN – Grimey’s
08-20 Nashville, TN – Basement East
08-21 Louisville, KY – Zanzabar
Killer Road is the upcoming album from Soundwalk Collective—the trio of Stephan Crasneanscki, Simone Merli, and Kamran Sadeghi—with Patti Smith and her daughter Jesse Paris Smith. It is a tribute to Nico and was put together specifically as a narrative about the singer’s tragic death in 1988. Through the album, Smith reads Nico’s poetry and lyrics over music from Soundwalk Collective. The album also has melodies performed on Nico’s harmonium, which was rescued from a pawn shop by Smith in 1978. Killer Road was conceived as a live performance initially and was performed in 2014. The album is due out September 2nd through Sacred Bones in the US and Bella Union in the UK. Hear the title track below.
In a interview with Zooabout the project, Smith talked about Nico’s influence as a performer who “sung in such a unique way, not in a traditional way.” She also said, “That was interesting and instructive for me when I was young because I had no ambition to be a singer—I was simply trying to deliver my poetry as she did—in a unique way.”
Killer Road:
01 Killer Road
02 My Heart Is Empty
03 Evening of Light
04 Saeta
05 Secret Side
06 Fearfully In Danger
07 I Will Be Seven
08 The Sphinx
09 My Only Child
The Tallest Man on Earth, aka Kristian Matsson, has released a new song. “Time of the Blue” is accompanied by a video from Rolf Nylinder, where Matsson performs in a bedroom. Watch the video below, and find a full itinerary of his current tour.
Tallest Man on Earth:
06-21 London, England – Royal Albert Hall
07-01 New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall ^
07-02 Providence, RI – Columbus Theatre ^
07-03 Albany, NY – Hart Theatre ‒ The Egg ^
07-05 Portland, ME – State Theatre ^
07-06 Portsmouth, NH – Prescott Park Arts Festival ^
07-08 Ottawa, Ontario – Ottawa Bluesfest
07-09 Québec, Québec – Festival d’Ete International de Quebec
07-11 Toronto, Ontario – The Danforth Music Hall ^
07-12 Toronto, Ontario – The Opera House ^
07-13 Ann Arbor, MI – The Ark ^
07-15 Chicago, IL – Vic Theatre ^
07-16 Eau Claire, WI – State Theatre ^
07-17 Maquoketa, IA – Codfish Hollow Barnstormers ^
07-18 Omaha, NE – Waiting Room ^
07-19 Fargo, ND – The Sanctuary ^
07-21 Calgary, Alberta – Calgary Folk Festival
08-06 Edmonton, Alberta – Edmonton Folk Festival
08-13 Gothenburg, Sweden – Way Out West Festival
08-14 Copenhagen, Denmark – Konserthuset Studio 2
08-15 Leipzig, Germany – Geyserhaus
08-17 Bloemendaal, Netherlands – Openluchttheater Caprera
08-18 Hasselt, Belgium – Pukkelpop
08-19 Paredes de Coura, Portugal – Paredes de Coura Festival
08-28 Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre *
09-03 Rattvik, Sweden – Dalhalla
09-05 Helsinki, Finland – Tavastia
09-09 Gdansk, Poland – Shakespeare Theatre
09-10 Warsaw, Poland – Palladium
09-12 Prague, Czech Republic – Lucerna Bar
09-13 Budapest, Hungary – A38
09-15 Zagreb, Croatia – Kino SC
09-17 Vienna, Austria – Wiener Konserthaus
10-07 Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre *
10-08 Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre *
After his appearance on “The Best Show,” Kurt Vile was the musical guest on this morning’s episode of “CBS This Morning: Saturday.” He had a conversation with Anthony Mason, where he discussed about how he started writing music on banjo, “those sweet bubblegum harmonies” on “Pretty Pimpin’,” getting recognized in public now, his friendship and working relationship with the War on Drugs’ Adam Granduciel, and going with his family on tour. He and the Violators performed three songs from b’lieve i’m goin’ down: “Pretty Pimpin,” “Dust Bunnies,” and “I’m an Outlaw.” Watch it all below.
Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, has just released a new song called “Dec 99th – Local Time” through the A Country Called Earth Soundcloud, which he recently used to share new music. You can listen to it below. “The local time is always now,” the song’s description says on Soundcloud. “Forever is a current event.” “Dec 99th – Local Time” was produced by Ferrari Sheppard. The song was recorded at DPlanet Studios in Cape Town. It’s the second collaboration between Bey and Sheppard recently, earlier this month they also shared “Dec. 99th – Tall Sleeves.” Listen to it below, too.
Bey is currently facing legal issues in South Africa because of the use of a false passport and travel documents. Earlier this the year, he shared a freestyle on Kanye West’s website announcing his retirement from music and an upcoming final record.
Record stores recently received flyers that advertised a new record from Aphex Twin. It has now been confirmed that Richard D. James’ CheetahEP is on the way. The artist tweeted a link this morning to a website for the EP. It is due out July 8th through Warp. The follow-up to Syro, the Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2 EP, and the Orphaned Deejay Selek (2006-2008) EP will be available on vinyl, CD, cassette, and as a digital download and is seven songs long. Find the art above and tracklist below.
Bon Iver recently performed a four-night series of special concerts as a part of the Sydney Opera House’s VIVID Live series. After phone footage had surfaced of his “Cercle” shows, VIVID have released three different songs that were professionally shot. Watch Justin Vernon and the band perform “Creature Fear,” “Heavenly Father,” and “Michicant” below. Bon Iver also recently played shows in Asia and will headline Eaux Claires Music Festival again.
The Melodic Tree 