Sam Smith will be singing the next James Bond theme

With only a couple of months until the release of the new James Bond film, Spectre, there has been speculation on who will be singing the new theme song. Considered include Lana Del Rey, Lorde, Ed Sheeran, Adele, and Sam Smith. Although today, Smith tweeted and Instagrammed a black-and-white photo of his hand wearing a hand, with the octopus symbol for SPECTRE, the long-running set to make its first appearance in the modern movies with Spectre. See below. 

 

Smith confirmed this morning on Twitter that he will be singing the theme to Spectre. It is called “Writing’s On The Wall,” and he wrote it with frequent collaborator Jimmy Napes. Disclosure also provided production. The single will be out on 9/25. Here are the Teerts about it:
   
    
 

St. Vincent stars in new mini-documentary, returns home to Texas

Nowness has released a short documentary film that is following St. Vincent’s Annie Clark returning to her hometown of Marfa, Texas. The film is directed by Alan Del Rio Ortiz, who has been with St. Vincent on tour for years, and it sees Clark talking about her creative drive, and the fear and satisfaction in performing. She sings a jerky rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner” at a local small baseball game and creates a scene from a track from St Vincent, “Rattlesnake” by walking naked in a field. There is also a dance number that is narrated by Clark as she says, “There’s nothing more interesting to me than human nature, because it’s infinitely strange and just infinitely fascinating.”

Watch St. Vincent: Lone Star here.

The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist

1.We Try but We Don’t Fit In – Day Wave

2. Suicide Saturday – Hippo Campus

3. Hands Down – The Greeting Committee

4. Skeleton – Sun Bones

5. Wasted Days – Made Violent

6. Alexander -The Faults

7. Shadow of Love – Royal Tusk

8. I’m Ready – The Eiffels

9. Bear Hands – Private Island

10. All Your Words Are Gone – Avid Dancer

11. Belly – Swimm

12. I Can’t Control Myself – Strange Names

13. The Lonely – The Ugly Club

14. Wallflowers – The Static Jacks

15. oOoO – Oberhofer

16. Bear Creek – Glow Marrow

17. Source – Fever the Ghost

18. Of Age – The Rotaries

19. Simple Fiction – Ghost Hotel

20. Bright Lights – Fine Times

Titus Andronicus covers the Weeknd’s “The Hills” on SiriusXMU

Anyone who has seen Titus Andronicus can say, Patrick Stickles loves to play covers. Like the rest of their shows, the covers can be sweaty in the best possible way. When he stopped by SiriusXMU, for an performance in-studio, he played a stripped-down emotional cover of the Weeknd’s “The Hills.” Listen here.  

D’Angelo gives first TV interview in over a decade on Tavis Smiley

D’Angelo’s year-end release of the long anticipated Voodoo took the world of music by surprise. It was his first release in almost 15 years and there was clamor for him to do press for the record. Eventually he broke the silence with an interview with Rolling Stone, teasing a companion piece to the album. He has now broken another silence and returned to do a TV interview on Tavis Smiley. This is his first TV interview in over a decade. Watch it here. Watch it here. 

Black Messiah is out now on RCA or buy it on iTunes. 

Stream Gary Clark Jr.’s new album The Story of Sonny Boy Slim

Gary Clark Jr. is set to release his new album, The Story of Sonny Boy Slim, on September 11th through Warner Bros. Records. The LP is currently streaming in full here via NPR.

The 13-track album is the blues rocker’z second LP following the Grammy-nominated Blak and Blu. Clark wrote, produced, and arranged the entire album, including playing the majority of the instruments himself. Shawn and Savannah Clark, his sisters, performed on the record as backing vocalists. In s promo video for the record, Clark noted, “The underlying tone of this album is faith and hope really at the end of the day. ‘Cause that’s all we need.”

Pre-orders are currently going on for the album. Clark will go on an extensive world tour later this year.

The Story Of Sonny Boy Slim Tracklist:

01. The Healing

02. Grinder

03. Star

04. Our Love

05. Church

06. Hold On

07. Cold Blooded

08. Wings

09. BYOB

10. Can’t Sleep

11. Stay

12. Shake

13. Down To Ride

Explosions In The Sky offshoot Inventions announce new Blanket Waves EP

Mark T. Smith from Explosions in the Sky and Eluvium aka Matthew Cooper, have teamed up for a new EP under their pseudonym Inventions. Blanket Waves is set to be released on October 16th through Temporary Residence and has two 12-minute songs. It is the followup to the band’s Maze Of Woods from earlier this year and their self-titled debut from 2014. 

Watch the teaser trailer here. 

Check out the Blanket Waves artwork above. 

Blanket Waves EP Tracklist:

01. Blanket Waves

02. Hearing Loss

Brittany Howard releases debut album as Thunderbitch

Alabama Shakes frontwoman Brittany Howard has released a new album under the side project, Thunderbitch. The group, which also features members of Fly Golden Eagle and Clear Plastic Masks, surfaced in 2012 but this is their first full-length release. 

The 10 tracks include “Leather Jacket,” “I Just Wanna Rock n Roll,” and “Wild Child.” It also features early cuts including “I Don’t Care” and “My Baby Is My Guitar.” 

Stream the full album through Thunderbitch’s website; and is also here.

Watch the trailer for the release here. 

Thunderbitch Tracklist:

01. Leather Jacket

02. I Don’t Care

03. I Just Wanna Rock n Roll

04. Eastside Party

05. Closer

06. Wild Child

07. Very Best Friend

08. My Baby Is My Guitar

09. Let Me Do What I Do Best

10. Heavenly Feeling

The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist

1. Dear Corrine – Ferraby Lionheart

2. While You Were Sleeping – Elvis Perkins

3. Snow in Newark – Ryan Hemsworth

4. You’re the Best – Wet

5. Teen Angst – M83

6. She Comes In Waves – Bright Like the Sun

7. San Diego – Last Nighters

8. It Was Written – Jonah Vin

9. Hello, Goodbye – Buttercup

10. Golden Circles – Secrets & Irises

11. Kisser – Step Rockets

12. Strut – Foe Destroyer

13. Melt – The Roofer’s Union

14. Alchemy – Sun Hotel

15. Body Language – Tie These Hands

16. Alligator – Carroll

17. Friends of the Year – Pageantry

18. Sold My Soul – Such Hounds

19. The Night Air – Shady Elders

20. I Love CA – Be Calm Honcho