Protomartyr share “Dope Cloud” video, tour dates

Protomartyr’s The Agent Intellect track “Dope Cloud” now has a music video which is directed by all-time video great Lance Bangs who has worked with Pavement, Sonic Youth, Kanye West, Arcade Fire. A kid gets terrorized in a phone booth during the video. Find the video and their tour dates below.

Protomartyr:

02-17 Savannah, GA – The Jinx >
02-18 Tallahassee, FL – Club Downunder >
02-19 St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheater >
02-20 Miami, FL – Gramps >
02-21 Ybor City, FL – New World Brewery >
02-23 Birmingham, AL – The Saturn >
02-24 New Orleans, LA – Gasa Gasa >
02-25 Houston, TX – Walters Downtown (Bad Ass Weekend IV) >
02-26 Austin, TX – The Sidewinder >
02-27 Dallas, TX – RBC >
02-28 Norman, OK – Opolis Production
03-01 Tucson, AZ – Club Congress <
03-02 San Diego, CA – Soda Bar $
03-03 Los Angeles, CA – Echo $
03-04 San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill $?
03-05 Sacramento, CA – Blue Lamp $+
03-07 Portland, OR – The Doug Fir Lounge $
03-08 Vancouver, British Columbia – Fortune Sound Club $
03-11 Fargo, ND – The Aquarium
03-12 Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
03-13 Madison, WI – The Frequency
03-16-19 Austin, TX – SXSW
03-16 San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger
03-31 Dublin, Ireland – Workman’s Club
04-01 Liverpool, England – Magnet
04-02 Glasgow, Scotland – Broadcast
04-03 Sheffield, England – Picture House Social
04-04 London, England – 100 Club
04-05 Reims, France – La Catonnerie
04-06 Antwerp, Belgium – Het Bos
04-07 Groningen, Netherlands – Vera
04-08 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
04-09 Rotterdam, Netherlands – Motel Mozaigue — Rotown
04-11 Dusseldorf, Germany – Zakk
04-12 Stuttgart, Germany – Club Schocken
04-13 Munich, Germany – Orangehouse
04-14 St. Gallen, Switzerland – Palace
04-15 Bologna, Italy – Covo Club
04-16 Rome, Italy – Monk
04-18 Ljubljana, Slovenia – Gala Hala
04-19 Zagreb, Croatia – Culture Factory
04-20 Vienna, Austria – Chelsea
04-21 Prague, Czech Republic – Basement Bar
04-22 Poznan, PL – Spring Break Festival
04-23 Berlin, Germany – Nothing Nice To Say
05-03 Guelph, Ontario – eBar
05-04 Ottawa, Ontario – Babylon Club
05-05 Montreal, Quebec – Virtola
05-07 Winooski, VT – Waking Windows Music & Arts Festival
05-08 Allston, MA – Great Scott
05-09 Portsmouth, NH – 3S Artspace
05-10 Buffalo, NY – Mohawk Place
05-28 George, WA – Sasquatch Festival
06-01-05 Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Sound
06-03 Nimes, France – This Is Not a Love Song
06-09-11 Porto, Portugal – Nos Primavera Sound
06-22-23 Calgary, Alberta – Sled Island Festival
06-29 – 07-02 Roskilde, Denmark – Roskilde Festival
08-05-07 Happy Valley, Oregon – Pickathon

> with Spray Paint
$ with Chastity Belt
< with Prom Body
? with Violent Change
+ with G. Green

Alabama Shakes announce summer tour

After their wins at the Grammys last night, Alabama Shakes have announced a tour. Find the itinerary below.

Alabama Shakes won Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Song, Best Alternative Music Album, and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.

Alabama Shakes:

03-11 Bogota, Colombia – Festival Estereo Picnic
03-13 São Paulo, Brazil – Lollapalooza Brazil
03-14 São Paulo, Brazil – Lollapalooza Brazil Sideshow at Club Audio
03-15 São Paulo, Brazil – Lollapalooza Brazil Sideshow at Circo Voador
03-17 Buenos Aires, Argentina – Lollapalooza Argentina Sideshow at Niceto Club
03-19 Buenos Aires, Argentina – Lollapalooza Argentina
03-20 Santiago, Chile – Lollapalooza Chile
04-21 Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater *
04-22 Charlotte, NC – Uptown Amphitheater *
04-23 Charleston, SC – Volvo Cars Stadium *
04-25 Chattanooga, TN – Track 29 *
04-26 Asheville, NC – ExploreAsheville.com Arena *
04-27 Athens, GA – The Classic Center *
04-29 Ybor City, FL – Cuban Club *
04-30 St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheater *
05-21 Gulf Shores, AL – Hangout Festival
05-27 Bend, OR – Les Schwab Amphitheater ^
05-28 Burnaby, British Columbia – Festival Lawn at Deer Lake Park !
05-29 George, WA – Sasquatch! Music Festival
07-08 London, England – Hyde Park ‒ British Summer Time
07-09 Barcelona, Spain – Cruilla Barcelona Summer Festival
07-15 Memphis, TN – Mud Island Amphitheater
07-16 Louisville, KY – Forecastle
07-19 Chicago, IL – Civic Opera House
07-20 Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom
08-06 Taos, NM – Kit Carson Park #
08-07 Phoenix, AZ – Comerica Theatre #
08-09-10 Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theater #
08-12 Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre !

* with Dylan LeBlanc
^ with Hop Along
! with Kurt Vile and the Violators
# with Dawes

Watch Alabama Shakes perform “Don’t Wanna Fight” at the Grammys:

The San Marcos AIMFest pre-show in photos

The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist

1. God Only Knows – The Beach Boys

2. I Can’t Make You Love Me – Bonnie Raitt

3. Ask Her to Dance – Coconut Records

4. So Many Things to Tell You – Mark Redito

5. Cavalier – James Vincent McMorrow

6. Callow – Novo Amor

7. Francis Forever – Mitski

8. I Wanna Boi – PWR BTTM

9. Lousy Connection – Ezra Furman

10. Listen to the Man – George Ezra

11. I Love You So – The Walters

12. Sleepwalking – Modest Mouse

13. All I Want Is You – Barry Louis Pollsar

14. A Crack in Time – Ferraby Lionheart

15. Friday I’m In Love – The Cure

16. Our Love – Sharon Van Etten

17. Heartbeats – The Knife

18. Flaws – Vancouver Sleep Clinic

19. Say Yes – Elliott Smith

20. Maps – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Watch Ween’s first reunion show

After three years of being broken up, Ween announced that they were going to return for a pair of shows. The first of the pair occurred last night at the 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colorado. Videos from that set have appeared online—find footage in the playlist below (thanks to Stereogum).

The Internet cover N.E.R.D.’s “Tape You”

The Internet currently are in Australia for St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival. While there, the band went to the famous Australian radio station triple j to play a couple of tracks in studio, which includes a cover of N.E.R.D.‘s “Tape You.” The song is from N.E.R.D.’s album In Search of…. Watch the Internet’s cover below.

The Internet worked with Chad Hugo fromN.E.R.D. in 2013. He produced “Dontcha” from their album Feel Good.

Listen to N.E.R.D.’s “Tape You”:

James Blake shares “Modern Soul”

During his BBC Radio 1 residency, James Blake played a brand new song of his. The song is called ‘Modern Soul” and can be listened to below.

Blake stated that his new album would be named Radio Silence. He later confirmed that Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and Kanye West both would appear on the new album. There is no word still on the album’s details or release date.

Paul McCartney records music for Skype’s romance-themed animated emojis

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and Skype has launched “Love Mojis,” a series of romantic animated emojis, which can be used when on the service to celebrate. The Love Mojis are set to music created by Paul McCartney, who used guitar, drums, synthesizers, xylophones, and his voice to make the compositions. You can watch a short video showing his time in the studio below.

McCartney talked about the process on his website:

It turned out to be a great laugh at the same time as challenging because you suddenly realise you’ve got to compress a musical interpretation of an expression into less than five seconds. It was like doing a huge crossword puzzle and coming up with all these solutions. And at the same time it was musical so it was great practise for me in the studio.

Thundercat shares new untitled song

Thundercat sat down for an interview recently with Sydney’s FBi Radio, but he had brought more to the table than just his thoughts on collaborator Flying Lotus and Erykah Badu. The producer also debuted a previously unheard song.

The untitled jazz number features guest contributions from Mono/Poly, an electronic musician who previously was featured on Thundercat’s instrumental tribute to the victims of November’s Paris terror attacks. Thundercat can be heard referencing Kendrick Lamar a few minutes into the song, singing, “Bitch, don’t kill my vibe.”

Stream the song here (find it at the 14:20 mark).

The Shins tease at new music

The Shins released their last record in 2012, Port of Morrow. Now, however, it seems as though new material is on its way. In a “#shinstagram” post tagged under the name of James Mercer’s record label, Aural Apothecary, the band released a snippet yesterday of what sounds like new music. Hear it below.

Since Port of Morrow, the Shins have released a new song, “So Now What,” for the soundtrack for Zach Braff’s film Wish I Was Here in 2014. Mercer also released After the Disco with Broken Bells, his duo with Danger Mouse that year. Mercer’s band before the Shins, Flake Music, also reissued the 1997 album When You Land, It’s Time to Return,.

Watch the video for Port of Morrow‘s “It’s Only Life:”