Father John Misty, Josh Tillman, has released the video for “I Love You, Honeybear”, the title track of his standout new album. The clip is “a portrayal of an average night in the lives of two EMTs,” played by Brett Gelman and Susan Traylor, according to the singer-songwriter. The director Grant James, who has also directed for “This is Sally Hatchet” and “Funtimes in Babylon” comes back with this visual, which also shows a tragic scene between Tillman and his Honeybear. Watch here.
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Foo Fighters cancel tour dates after Dave Grohl breaks leg
Even though Dave Grohl still continued on through the rest of Foo Fighter’s set in Gothenberg, Sweden Friday night after fracturing his leg, that will not happen continuing forward.
It was confirmed by doctors that Grohl did fracture a leg after falling off the stage. The band has been forced to cancel two dates as a result, which includes a headlining performance af Pinkpop Festival in the Netherlands on June 14th. The band also cancelled the June 16th concert in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
For now, Foo Fighter’s next planned concert is June 19th at the iconic Wembley Stadium in London.
Ratatat expand North American tour
Alternative rock duo Ratatat have expanded their upcoming tour. The new dates in North America will take place in September and will include sets in Montreal, Detroit, Chicago, and Minneapolis. These live performances are in support of their upcoming fourth studio album, Magnifique, which is set to be released through XL Recordings on July 17th.
See the full schedule below.
Ratatat 2015 Tour Dates:
07/17 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
07/24-26 – Seattle, WA @ Capitol Hill Block Party
07/27 – Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
07/29 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre
07/31 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom
08/02 – Pomona, CA @ HARD Summer Music Festival
08/14 – Saint-Malo, FR @ Route du Rock Festival
08/17 – Copenhagen, DK @ Vega Festival
08/19 – Cologne, DE @ C/O Pop Festival
08/21 – Charleville-Mezieres, FR @ Cabaret Vert Festival
08/22 – Paredes de Coura, PT @ Paredes de Coura Festival
09/01 – Montreal, QC @ Metropolis
09/02 – Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy
09/03 – Niagara Falls, NY @ Rapids Theatre
09/04 – Columbus, OH @ The LC Indoor Pavilion
09/05 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
09/06 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Intersection
09/08 – Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre
09/09 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
09/10 – Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theatre
09/11 – Madison, WI @ Orpheum Theatre
09/12 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
Foals announce new album, What Went Down
Except for a few festival shows and remixes, Foals have been fairly quiet since their 2013 release, Holy Fire. That will change though this August with their much anticipated follow-up, What Went Down.
The 10-track LP, which is set to be released on August 28th through Warner Music, was recorded with producer James Ford, who is known for his work with Arctic Monkeys, Haim, and Florence and the Machine, in France. The title track, which is the lead single, will air on Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 show Tuesday.
Check out the artwork above and the Tracklist below.
What Went Down Tracklist:
01. What Went Down
02. Mountain at My Gates
03. Birch Tree
04. Give It All
05. Albatross
06. Snake Oil
07. Night Swimmers
08. London Thunder
09. Lonely Hunter
10. A Knife in the Ocean
The band have a line of festival dates planned, including Sziget Festival and Krakow Live, which you can find here.
Take a first look at Mulder and Scully in the latest season of the X-Files
The X-Files production is officially underway for its new season, and with that comes the first look at Fox Mulder and Dana Scully being reunited.
The photo, which comes from X-Files Twitter account and can be seen above, also shows creator Chris Carter behind the camera. As well as writing the six-episode return, Carter is directing the first episode.
The show’s new season will premiere January 26th, 2016 on FOX. Cast members include David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as Mulder and Scully, as well as Mitch Pileggi as Walter Skinner, William B. Davis as The Smoking Man, and Joel McHale as Tad O’Malley.
Palma Violets give an energetic performance on Late Late Show
Indie rock outfit, Palma Violets have been performing with new album, Danger in the Club in festivals throughout the US the last few months, creating new audiences throughout. The British band will likely gain a broader fan base with their performance last night on Late Late Show with James Corden where they performed a high-energy rendition of the LP track, “Girl, You Couldn’t Do Much Better On The Beach”. Compared to a festival, a TV studio is not as comparable but the band performed the same way nevertheless. Watch the replay below.
The Lighthouse and the Whaler share new song “I Want to Feel Alive”
If the band name has not already given it away, The Lighthouse and The Whaler are literary fans. The Moby Dick allusion is perfect for the indie rock outfit from Cleveland, having done most of their early career across the country looking out for their sound and getting new members since their creation in 2008. Now, two albums and three EPs later, the band is beginning to go on a new voyage. They holed themselves up in Montreal to record their latest album, Mont Royal, which is due out on August 28th through Roll Call Records. They are now giving a sample of the new LP through their latest single, “I Want To Feel Alive”.
The band has said in a statement: “This song almost didn’t come with us to Canada, before we left we were kind of stuck on where to go with it, but once we got in the studio and really began to feel the connection we had with the place, it evolved into a song that really moved us.”
The track has the drama of classic literature with their significant vocals and guitars that have an emphasis on reverb. Listen to it here.
Buzz Osborne says Kurt Cobain documentary Montage of Heck is “90% bullshit”
Frontman of the Melvins, Buzz Osborne, is giving shade to Brett Morgen’s recent documentary, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, and declared that 90% of the film is “total bullshit.”
In his recent op-ed for The Talkhouse, the frontman questioned the facts behind the film, and claimed that most of what was said from Courtney Love was not completely consistent with what Cobain has told him personally. Osborne was a mentor and friend of Cobain’s during his early years and the pair attended high school together as well.
Including the issues that Love’s story had, Osborne also argued against other stories that were put in the film as facts. He claims that Cobain did not have any issues with his stomach saying, “[Cobain] made it up for sympathy and so he could use it as an excuse” in order to use heroin.
He also contested a story about how Cobain tried to sleep with a mentally handicapped female fellow student in high school. “I know the whole ‘I tried to fuck a fat retard’ story is complete bullshit. Not even an inkling of truth. That’s too good a story to have gone this long without me hearing about it, especially if, as he suggests, the girl’s father freaked out about it at the high school,” said Osborne, also adding, “In that small-town shit-hole, exciting news of that nature would have been common knowledge before the sun set. It never happened.”
Osborne added: “[Cobain] was a master of jerking your chain.”
Read the entire op-ed at Talkhouse and watch the Montage of Heck below.
Paul Westerberg says the Replacements just played their final show
During The Replacements’ performance at Primavera Sound today, Paul Westerberg announced that this would be he final time band would play together. After saying that the band stayed at the hotel instead of going for sound check, it has also said “lazy bastards to the end” and smashed his guitar.
During the band’s reunion tour over the pat two months, Weaterberg has worn a t-shirt every night with spray-painted letters on the front and back, spelling out two sentences on both sides. Fans who have been following the tour have pieced together the sentences on the Facebook page, Paul’s Shirt, and according to it, the message says: “I have always loved you. Now I must whore my past.”
Billboard reported last month that the reunited band has made seven or eight songs over the course of two recording sessions. “It’s just a question of what the band wants to ultimately do with them,” Darren Hill, the band’s co-manager said.
In a more recent article from Billboard, a source is cited that their reunion could be short-lived and the band announced that they were canceling two make-up shows that were planned for next month.
Stephen Colbert chooses Jon Batiste as Late Show band leader
As the first promo video gets out of the way, Stephen Colbert has checked off a second item off of his checklist. The host of CBS’s Late Show has chosen Jonathan Batiste as the new bandleader.
As a native to Louisiana and a graduate of Julliard, Batiste is a big name in the world of jazz and blues music. He is a prolific solo artist on his own terms but he has also worked with artists such as Prince, Wynton Marsalis, Allen Toussaint, and Dr. John over the years. He has an immensely charismatic personality, which can be seen on-stage with his rowdy live performances and off-stage in his acting such as his roles on HBO’s Treme and Spike Lee’s Red Hook Summer.
Colbert has also shared a new promo video introducing Batiste which can be seen here.
Colbert said in a statement: “His music makes the audience feel so good, we may have to install a ‘Do Not Make Love’ sign.”
Late Show with Stephen Colbert will premiere on September 8th.
The Melodic Tree 