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Yesterday, Olympia-based indie pop outfit, The Washboard Abs shared another single from their upcoming album, Recurring Chasms. It follows their first single released at the beginning of March, “Submission.”
The album is set to be out April 7th via Antiquated Future. Pe-orders for the album have started on the label’s Bandcamp.
Listen below.
After announcing a number of live shows earlier this month, Phoenix have released the itinerary for a full world tour. Find the dates below. Whitney, the Lemon Twigs, and Miike Snow will join them on select dates. The band’s last album was 2013’s Bankrupt!. They came back to cover the Beach Boys’ “Alone on Christmas Day” in 2015 with Bill Murray for his Netflix Christmas special. Phoenix also recently updated their social media accounts, hinting at new music to come.
Phoenix:
05-12 Miami, FL – Fillmore *
05-13 Orlando, FL – House of Blues *
05-14 Atlanta, GA – Shaky Knees Festival
05-15 Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium *
06-02 Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore ^
06-03 New York, NY – Governor’s Ball
06-04 Toronto, Ontario – Field Trip
06-05 Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom ^
06-07 Morrison, CO – Red Rocks ^#
06-11 San Diego, CA – 91x Valley View Casino Center
06-13 Phoenix, AZ – Marquee Theater ^
06-14 Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl ^
06-15 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl ^
06-29 Vilanova I la Geltrú, Spain – Vida Festival
06-30 Coulau, France – Garorock Festival
07-06 Lisbon, Portugal – NOS Alive
07-07 Bilbao, Spain – Bilbao BBK Live
07-08 Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France – Festival Beauregard
07-09 Belfort, France – Les Eurockeenes
07-13 Aix-Les-Bains, France – Festival Musilac
07-14 Carhaix-Plouguer, France – Festival les Vieilles Charrues
07-12-16 Dour, Belgium – Dour Festival
07-14-16 Berlin, Germany – Melt! Festival
07-20-22 Wiesen, Austria – Out of the Woods
07-22 Rome, Italy – Rock in Roma
08-11-12 Bali, Indonesia – Sunny Side Up Festival
08-11-13 Jakarta, Indonesia – We The Fest
08-15 Manila, Philippines – Araneta Coliseum
08-18-20 Osaka, Japan – Summersonic Festival
08-18-20 Tokyo, Japan – Summersonic Festival
09-02 Dublin, Ireland – Electric Picnic
09-29 Paris, France – AccorHotels Arena
09-30 London, England – Alexandra Palace
* with Whitney
^ with The Lemon Twigs
# with Miike Snow
Revisit the tour trailer, which features new music:
Last night, Olympia-based singer-songwriter, Laith Scherer, aka Sob Dylan, has shared, “who knows?” The Le Grotto frontman’s latest project’s EP, Boi Bizkit, is set to be out on April 1st via 2060 Records. This is the first single off of the EP and released under the new project. It will be his first release since last year’s Le Grotto’s self-titled debut album.
Junkie, San Antonio-based surf rock band, released a new song today titled “32oz Fountain Drink.” The song is the second single from their upcoming album, feliz, the follow-up to last year’s w/e.
Listen to the track below.
Kendrick Lamar has posted an “IV” image on Instagram and cleared all of his other posts, sparking rumors that his fourth album is coming soon. See the post below. Kendrick also hinted at some themes of the upcoming record. “I think now, how wayward things have gone within the past few months, my focus is ultimately going back to my community and the other communities around the world where they’re doing the groundwork,” he said. “To Pimp a Butterfly was addressing the problem. I’m in a space now where I’m not addressing the problem anymore.”
Local Natives have released their new song “I Saw You Close Your Eyes.” Before you give the song a listen on its website, CloseYourEyes.net, the band have a very specific set of instructions that you need to follow. “In order for this experience to work best, please turn the lights off in your room and turn the brightness up on your laptop,” begins the directions. “If you’re wearing glasses, remove them for a moment. Then click the link to grant access to your eyes below, position your head about 12 inches from the screen and close your eyes when you’re ready to listen.” The website will then use your computer’s camera, and the song will play only if you keep your eyes closed the entire time. Listen to it here if you are ready.
The band also shared their cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Tusk.” They recorded the cover in the same studio where Fleetwood Mac recorded their original. It is part of a new Spotify series called “Music Happens Here.” Listen to it below.
Missy Elliott’s debut album, Supa Dupa Fly, is finally getting reissued on vinyl, as The FADER points out (via Modern Vinyl). It is set to be out July 14th via Atlantic. This new reissue is the first vinyl repress of the album since it initially came out in 1997. Pre-order the Supa Dupa Fly reissue here. Missy was announced to perform at this year’s FYF Fest in Los Angeles. It is her only show set for 2017 so far and is also her first show in the United States since 2008.
Spoon have extended their world tour in support of their new album Hot Thoughts. The new dates include shows with Tennis, the New Pornographers, and Cherry Glazerr in the U.S. and Canada. Find the list of newly announced dates below.
Spoon:
03-23 Sydney, Australia – Metro Theatre
03-25 Thornbury, Australia – The Croxton Bandroom
04-27 Mobile, AL – Soul Kitchen
04-28 Oxford, MS – The Lyric
04-29 Baton Rouge, LA – Varsity Theatre
05-01 Tampa, FL – The Ritz Ybor
05-02 Lake Buena Vista, FL – House of Blues
05-03 Athens, GA – Georgia theater
05-05 Charleston, SC – Music Farm
05-06 Asheville, NC – TBA *
05-07 Raleigh, NC – The Ritz
05-09 Knoxville, TN – The Mill & Mine
05-11 Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
06-17 Berlin, Germany – Festaal Kreuzberg
06-18 Mannheim, Germany – Maifeld Derby Festival
06-19 Munich, Germany – Technikum
06-27 Manchester, England – Gorilla
06-28 Glasgow, Scotland – The Arts School
06-30 London, England – O2 Forum
07-07 Madrid, Spain – Mad Cool Festival
07-08 Lisbon, Portugal – NOS Alive
07-14 Louisville, KY – Forecastle Festival
07-15 Birmingham, AL – Sloss Festival
07-18 Charlotte, NC – Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre ^
07-19 Charlottesville, VA – Sprint Pavilion ^
07-21 Boston, MA – TBA
07-22 Portland, ME – State Theatre ^
07-23 Montreal, Quebec – Métropolis ^
07-25 Toronto, Ontario – TBA #
07-26 Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE ^
07-28 New York, NY – Panorama Festival
07-30 Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
08-01 Detroit, MI – TBA #
08-06 Hollywood, CA – Hollywood Bowl
08-08 Aspen, CO – Belly Up Aspen
08-09 Bellvue, CO – Mishawaka Amphitheatre
08-19 New Orleans, LA – TBA
08-20 Jacksonville, FL – TBA
08-22 Savannah, GA – TBA
08-23 Columbia, SC – TBA
08-28 Spokane, WA – TBA
08-30 Edmonton, Alberta – TBA
08-31 Calgary, Alberta – TBA
09-02 Vancouver, British Columbia – TBA
09-05 Boise, ID – TBA
09-06 Salt Lake City, UT – TBA
09-08 Omaha, NE – TBA
09-10 Kansas City, MO – TBA
09-13 Milwaukee, WI – TBA
09-14 – Madison, WI – TBA
09-15 Saint Paul, MN – TBA
* with Tennis
^ with the New Pornographers
& with Cherry Glazerr
ANOHNI has released a new EP named PARADISE, a companion piece to last year’s album HOPELESSNESS. Stream it here and here. The new EP was made in collaboration with producers Oneohtrix Point Never and Hudson Mohawke like HOPELESSNESS.
ANOHNI announced that she will give the final song from PARADISE, “I Never Stopped Loving You,” to fans in exchange for “a gesture of anonymous vulnerability.” ANOHNI described the track as “the final piece of the puzzle.”
Phil Elverum, aka Mount Eerie’s new album, A Crow Looked at Me, is streaming now via NPR. Listen to it here. The album, set to be out next week, was written and recorded in the weeks after the death of his wife, the artist Geneviève Castrée. Elverum recently announced a short North American tour, find the dates below as well.
Mount Eerie:
04-04 Eugene, OR – WOW Hall
04-06 Big Sur, CA – Henry Miller Library
04-09 Santa Ana, CA – When We Were Young Fest @ Observatory
04-10 San Diego, CA – Irenic
04-11 Los Angeles, CA – The Masonic Lodge @ Hollywood Forever
04-14 Oakland, CA – Starline Social Club
04-17 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
04-18 Olympia, WA – Obsidian
04-12-14 Arcosanti, AZ – FORM Arcosanti
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