At SXSW yesterday, Eric Andre shared a preview of his upcoming season of “The Eric Andre Show,” as Pigeons and Planes pointed out. He premiered a sketch called “Rapper Warrior Ninja,” a hip-hop parody version of “Ninja Warrior,” the show where people attempt to complete a strenuous obstacle course. Danny Brown, A$AP Rocky, and Go Dreamer freestyled their way through Andre’s hazardous course while blindfolded. The MCs attempted to perform while they navigated through soiled underwear, a mouse trap plank, “ball swing alley,” and a snake pit. Co-host Hannibal Buress watched, telling them, “Don’t stop rapping!”
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Watch Majical Cloudz perform their final set
Last week, Majical Cloudz announced that they would be breaking up. The duo played their final live show on Thursday at La Sala Rossa in their hometown of Montreal. As announced, there was no opening performance, with the band choosing to play an extended set as a farewell to their fans. See fan-shot footage from the concert below via Stereogum.
Both members of Majical Cloudz are going to continue working on music after the band splits. Devon Welsh will pursue a solo project as Matt Otto will release music under The Dahlia while continuing to compose and produce records.
Welsh formed Majical Cloudz with Matthew E. Duffy, and the duo released their self-titled debut cassette in 2010. Otto joined the band after Duffy’s departure in 2011. Welsh and Otto released two albums, 2013’s Impersonator and last year’s Are You Alone?, and the EPs Turns Turns Turns and Wait & See.
Watch EL VY’s “Sad Case/Happiness, Missouri” and “It’s A Game” videos
EL VY have released videos for “Sad Case/Happiness, Missouri” and “It’s A Game,” continuing their journey of releasing a clip for every song from last year’s Return to the Moon. “Sad Case/Happiness, Missouri,” was filmed by Michael Brown and Ben Krall and edited by Kelly Lyon and is a lyric video with EL VY performance footage. “It’s A Game” is directed by Tom Berninger, Matt Berninger’s brother, who also directed the award-winning film Mistaken for Strangers and features a time lapse of his art. Watch the videos below.
Peter Bjorn and John announce new album Breakin’ Point, share “What You Talking About”
Peter Bjorn and John have announced their seventh studio album, Breakin’ Point, the band’s follow-up to Gimme Some. It will feature collaborations with high-profile producers, including Paul Epworth (U2, Paul McCartney), Greg Kurstin (Adele), and Emile Haynie (FKA Twigs, Lana Del Rey). They have shared the first single, “What You Talking About” also today. You can listen to it and check out the single art below; Breakin’ Point will be out June 10 on INGRID.
Courtney Barnett wins Australian Music Prize
Courtney Barnett has won the Australian Music Prize, an annual award that is given to an album made by an Australian artist. Her album Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit came out on top, beating out Tame Impala and Royal Headache, and others. She was given the award by Henry Rollins, and she will take home $30,000 Australian ($22,450).
“I respect so many Australian artists so to be picked as the one that wins is pretty amazing,” she told the audience, according to Triple J. “Plus, I’ve never had a novelty cheque before – I’m a bit nervous to hold it. One thing I like about this award, it’s judged on the art and the music and it’s not on sales or other boring shit like that; so thanks.”
Record Store Day 2016 announces release list
Record Store Day will return on April 16th. The list of releases available at independent record stores exclusively that day was announced today. Find the full list here for the U.S. and here for the UK. Artists like David Bowie, Run the Jewels, the Weeknd, Outkast, J Dilla, Mac DeMarco, Bob Dylan, Chvrches, the Flaming Lips, Jay Reatard, the Shaggs, Big Star, Fleetwood Mac, Foals, Best Coast, Jason Molina, and many more are included. Here are a few of the highlights of what is coming out:
- David Bowie reissues of “TVC 15” and “The Man Who Sold the World” on picture disc, and the 50th anniversary release of his singles, I Dig Everything – The Pye Years 1966
- A 16-track album of Mac DeMarco demos, Another (Demo) One, which were in his bedroom
- Unheard songs by the Shaggs on a 7″, “Sweet Maria” b/w “The Missouri Waltz (Missouri State Song)”
- J Dilla’s long-lost vocal album The Diary
- Big Star’s reunion show Complete Columbia: Live at Missouri University 4/25/93, on double-LP
- Patti Smith’s Horses Live Electric Lady Studios, a live version of the classic album, recorded last year in the same studio
- The Weeknd’s The Hills Remixes, which features Eminem and Nicki Minaj
- Run the Jewels’ own virtual reality viewer (for watching their “Crown” VR video, which is coming soon)
- Metz and Mission of Burma cover one another on “Good Not Great” b/w “Get Off,” available on starburst 7″
- Florence + the Machine’s “Delilah / Only Love Can Break Your Heart,” which has studio and demo versions of “Delilah” alongside the Neil Young cover
- Outkast’s “Elevators (Me & You),” reissued as a “glow-in-the-dark alien vinyl” for the 20th anniversary of ATLiens
- The Feelies’ Uncovered, which features covers of Bob Dylan, Neil Young, the Doors, Patti Smith, and more
- Fleetwood Mac’s (Alternative) Tusk, that features the alternative version of the album on double-LP
- A 7″ including new songs from Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval
- Best Coast’s “Late 20s” b/w “Bigger Man” 7″, including two previously unreleased B-sides
- Chvrches’ Every Open Eye Remix EP, including takes on the song by Four Tet and others
- Low/S. Carey’s 10″ single “Not a Word” b/w “I Won’t Let You,” including two exclusive seven-minute collaborations
- The Flaming Lips’ alternate mix for Cloud Tastes Metallic, which also includes an accompanying comic written and illustrated by Wayne Coyne, and an 8xLP albums boxset called Heady Nuggs Vol.II Studio Albums 2006 – 2012
- Jay Reatard’s Blood Visions 10th anniversary reissue on red vinyl, with a bonus demos 7″
- A Bob Dylan EP called Melancholy Mood backed by four tracks from his upcoming Fallen Angels album
- Husker Du’s “In A Free Land” with the long out-of-print 1982 single to 7″
- A 7″ featuring Townes Van Zandt covers by the late Jason Molina
- Death Cab for Cutie’s “Tractor Rape Chain”/”Black Sun,” two live tracks that also includes a Guided by Voices cover
- The Runaways’ single “Right Now/Black Leather” reissued on cherry-red vinyl
- Lush’s five album reissues in the Origami boxset
- New York performances by Sun Ra and His Arkestra, recorded in 1966 and ’68, on colored vinyl
- Foals’ “Rain” 7″ backed by a cover of Mark Ronson and Kevin Parker’s “Daffodils”
Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold joins Joanna Newsom for “On a Good Day”
Robin Pecknold from Fleet Foxes is currently opening on tour for Joanna Newsom while she supports her 2015 album, Divers. Last week, at a show in Dublin, Pecknold joined Newsom for a version of Newsom’s “On a Good Day.” Watch the video below, via Consequence of Sound. Also, check out the pair’s upcoming tour dates below. Pecknold has previously covered the Have One on Me song when he toured with Newsom in 2010.
Joanna Newsom and Robin Pecknold:
03-25 Los Angeles, CA – Orpheum Theatre
03-26 Los Angeles, CA – Orpheum Theatre
03-27 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
03-28 Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
03-29 Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
03-30 Vancouver, British Columbia – Vogue Theatre
03-31 Spokane, WA – Bing Crosby Theater
04-01 Boise, ID – Egyptian Theatre
04-02 Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
04-03 Boulder, CO – Boulder Theater
04-05 Sacramento, CA – Crest Theatre
04-06 Big Sur, CA – Henry Miller Library
Watch The Who perform “Who Are You” on Fallon
The Who performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night to promote their The Who Hits 50! Anniversary Tour, which marks their first appearance on American late-night TV since their 2006 Letterman performance (and their first full-band performance since their appearance in 1967 on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour). The band played the full seven minutes of their classic “Who Are You.” Watch here. Watch their last full-band explosive performance from The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour below.
New Elliott Smith tribute album will feature J. Mascis, Lou Barlow, Sun Kil Moon, more
Many of indie’s music’s greatest are paying homage to Elliott Smith with a new tribute album on October 14th.
Named Say Yes! A Tribute to Elliott Smith, the 15-track album features artists like J. Mascis,Waxahatchee, Lou Barlow, Juliana Hatfield, and Yuck take on songs from all over the late singer-songwriter’s discography. The American Laundromat Records release will also feature a collaborative cover of “Condor Avenue” by Jesu and Sun Kil Moon. The is artwork above.
Check out Hatfield’s cover of “Needle in the Hay” below. The track is the only non-exclusive cover on Say Yes!.
For more information on Say Yes!, including pre-order bundles with CD, LP, cassette, and digital formats, go here.
Last month, the soundtrack to Smith documentary Heaven Adores You had hit stores, featuring by previously unheard demos and rarities.
Say Yes! A Tribute to Elliott Smith Tracklist (alphabetized by song):
01. Waxahatchee – “Angeles”
02. Julien Baker – “Ballad Of Big Nothing”
03. Tanya Donelly – “Between The Bars”
04. Yuck – “Bled White”
05. Jesu/Sun Kil Moon – “Condor Ave”
06. Lou Barlow – “Division Day”
07. Wild Sun – “Easy Way Out”
08. Tomo Nakayama – “Miss Misery”
09. Juliana Hatfield – “Needle In The Hay”
10. Caroline Says – “No Name #3”
11. Adam Franklin – “Oh Well, Okay”
12. Amanda Palmer – “Pictures Of Me”
13. William Fitzsimmons – “Say Yes”
14. Escondido – “Waltz #1”
15. J. Mascis – “Waltz #2”
Santigold performs “Can’t Get Enough of Myself” on “The Tonight Show”
Santigold performed her 99¢ single “Can’t Get Enough of Myself” last night on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” She wore a dress that had her own face on it and was joined by two back-up dancers. Watch it here.
Santigold tour dates:
03-21 Houston, TX – House of Blues
03-22 Dallas, TX – House of Blues
03-24 Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
03-26 Salt Lake City, UT – In the Venue
03-28 Tempe, AZ – The Marquee Theatre
03-29 San Diego, CA – House of Blues
03-31 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium
04-02 Las Vegas, NV – The Foundry Hall
04-03 Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
04-04 San Francisco, CA – The Masonic
04-06 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
04-09 Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre
04-11 Vancouver, British Columbia – Vogue Theatre
04-13 Calgary, Alberta – Flames Central
04-16 Minneapolis, MN – Mill City Nights
04-17 Chicago, IL – Concord Music Hall
04-19 Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
04-20 Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
04-22 Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
04-23 Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte
04-25 Tampa, FL – The Ritz Ybor
04-26 Fort Lauderdale, FL – Revolution Live
04-28 Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle
04-30 New York – NY – Hammerstein Ballroom
05-01 Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of the Living Arts
05-03 Boston, MA – House of Blues
05-04 Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage
05-06 Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore – Silver Springs
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