The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist

1. Falling Asleep – Painted Palms

2. Darlin’ You’re Sweet – Wise Blood

3. Weapons For War – A Lull

4. Dissolve – Abstofacto

5. Crawl – Bear Lake

6. Electronic Fences – Computer Magic

7. Pantyhose – TV Girl

8. You – We Are Trees

9. The Guest – Geographer

10. Airliner – Cheers Elephant

11. Oh, Naoko – Sun Airways

12. Omamori – Elite Gymanistics

13. Lemonade – Braid

14. Sweat – Moss of Aura

15. True Loves – Hooray For Earth

16. Somewhere Else – Mesita

17. Pairs – Made in Japan

18. Wilson – The Salvadors

19. Botanist – Guineafowl

20. Home – Dog & Panther

YACHT outline new album I Thought the Future Would Be Cooler with GIFs

Using the headline with “11 Ways We Thought the Future Would Be Cooler” published on Buzzfeed, YACHT have outlined their fifth album, I Thought The Future Would Be Cooler with GIFs.
Using the GIFs and writing a blurb for each track, the band released their “tracklisticle” with the following: “We are the band YACHT. This is the tracklisticle for our new album, I Thought The Future Would Be Cooler. We chose to unveil it here on BuzzFeed because it’s 2015 and the album is dead, the novel is dead, but the GIF loops forever. ♥ ♫.”
View the said “tracklisticle” on Buzzfeed.

I Thought the Future Would Be Cooler tracklist:
1. “Miles & Miles””

2. “White Mirror”

3. “Matter”

4. “Ringtone”

5. “I Thought The Future Would Be Cooler”

6. “L.A. Plays Itself”

7. “I Wanna Fuck You Till I’m Dead”

8. “Hologram”

9. “Don’t Be Rude”

10. “War on Women”

11. “The Entertainment”
There is no word when the album will be released but their YouTube channel claimed that it will be out this fall through Downtown Records. Until then, watch the announcement teaser from last month. 

Bruce Springsteen closes out Jon Stewart’s last Daily Show

Jon Stewart hosted his final episode of The Daily Show after 16 years last night. The show featured a lot of people who have been on the show during his tenure, including Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, Steve Carrell, Rob Corddry, Lewis Black, Aasif Mandvi, Wyatt Cenac, Samantha Bee, and John Hodgman. He also had some prominent appearances from people like Wolf Blitzer, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and his predecessor Craig Kilborn. Stewart may have been the most excited for his final guest as a person who grew up in New Jersey:  Bruce Springsteen, who performed “Land Of Hopes And Dreams,” from the 2012 album Wrecking Ball, per Stewart’s request, with the E Street Band backing him up. Then, as the other guests on the show rushed to the stage, Sprinsteen closed out with “Born To Run.” Watch it here.

Preview new Beach House songs “PPP” and “Beyond Love”

Dream-pop duo Beach House are set to release their highly anticipated album, Depression Cherry. Today, during an interview on Boston’s NPR program Here & Now, they previewed two new tracks from the album. During the 11-minute interview, you can hear a portion of “PPP” around the 4:30 mark, and a bit of “Beyond Love” at 7:00. Listen.
Depression Cherry is set to be released on August 28th through Sub Pop. If you pre-order here in the Sub Pop megamart, it begins streaming tomorrow.

All of Foo Fighters’ Million Dollar Demos tape leaks online

Foo Fighters released Songs From the Laundry Room, a 10-inch EP which features unreleased demos from their 1995 debut on Record Store Day. 

The entirety of what has become known as Million Dollar Demos have surfaced on Reddit. As the story goes, the turmoil inside the band nearly forced the Foo Fighters to break up while recording the 2002 album, One By One. They ultimately recorded two different versions of the album, the latter being released into the public. The other version has remained unreleased, even though several tracks from it have been leaked. 

The Million Dollar Demos has 11 tracks, 10 were considered for the album. Out of those 10, three were officially released: “Tired Of You”, “Walking A Line”, and “Normal”. Two others, “Have It All” and “Come Back” later leaked online.

A Reddit post explains:

“For some reason, an anonymous Redditor made a new account, whose only post is a download link for the Million Dollar Demos. This is the first time these have been made available in their entirety to the public, and have been sought after by die-hard fans (myself included) for the last 13 years. Most of the songs are similar to their final counterparts, while other songs like ‘Come Back’ and ‘Lonely As You’ are drastically different.”

Find more details on Million Dollar Demos as well as a link to download through Reddit. Listen to the demo version of “Have It All” here. 

Million Dollar Demos Tracklist:

01. All My Life

02. Low #

03. Walking a Line ^

04. Have It All

05. Times Like These #

06. Disenchanted Lullaby #

07. Tired of You #

08. Halo

09. Normal ^

10. Lonely As You

11. Overdrive

12. Burn Away

13. Come Back

# = Appears on One By One

^ = Released as B-side

Matt Berninger and Brent Knopf announce new album and tour as EL VY

Matt Berninger from the National and Menomena/Ramona Falls’ Brent Knopf have joined forces for a LP under EL VY. According to a press release, the name is “pronounced like a plural of Elvis; rhymes with ‘hell pie.'” The debut record, Return to the Moon, is set to come out on October 30th through 4AD. Watch the lyric video for the title track here. The album cover is above and the tracklisting is below. 

Berninger and Knopf will tour under EL VY later this year.  

The men discussed working together in a press release. “I never worried about sending Matt something unfinished,” Knopf said. “He’s able to imagine where it can go. He can grab the four bars that will become the core of the track and develop them into something amazing.”

“This record is more autobiographical than anything else I’ve written, but the details aren’t true,” said Berninger. “It’s written in the voices of a few invented characters, composites of different people—myself, my wife, and other people I was thinking about.”
Return to the Moon tracklist:

01 Return to the Moon (Political Song for Didi Bloome to Sing, With Crescendo)

02 I’m the Man to Be

03 Paul Is Alive

04 Need A Friend

05 Silent Ivy Hotel 

06 No Time to Crank the Sun

07 It’s a Game

08 Sleepin’ Light (ft. Ural Thomas)

09 Sad Case

10 Happiness, Missouri

11 Careless

EL VY tour dates:

11-02-03 Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge

11-04 Seattle, WA – Neumos

11-06 San Francisco, CA – The Independent

11-07 Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour

11-10 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer

11-11 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club

11-13 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom

11-14 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg

11-15 Boston, MA – The Sinclair

11-16 Montreal, Québec – Theatre Fairmount

11-17 Toronto, Ontario – Opera House

11-19 Chicago, IL – Metro

11-20 Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall Ballroom

11-21 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue

12-01 Copenhagen, Denmark – Pumpehuse

12-02 Hamburg, Germany – Knust

12-03 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Melkweg

12-04 Cologne, Germany – Kantine

12-06 Berlin, Germany – Astra

12-07 Brussels, Belgium – AB

12-08 Paris, France – Trabendo

12-10 London, England – Electric Ballroom

12-12 Manchester, England – Gorilla

12-13 Dublin, Ireland – Whelans

DIIV announce tour

Indie rock outfit, DIIV recently announced that their followup to Oshin from 2012, Is the Is Are will be out this fall through Captured Tracks. The band today announced a North American tour for this fall as well. Find the itinerary below.

DIIV fall tour:

08-15 Toronto, Ontario – Fort York
10-10 Boston, MA – The Sinclair
10-12 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
10-13 Madison, WI – Majestic
10-14 St Paul, MN – Turf Club
10-16 Denver, CO – Gothic Theatre
10-17 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
10-18 Boise, ID – Neurolux
10-19 Seattle, WA – Neumos
10-20 Vancouver, British Columbia – Fortune
10-22 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
10-24 Los Angeles, CA – Roxy
10-25 Santa Ana, CA – Beach Goth Festival
10-27 San Diego, CA – Casbah
10-28 Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
10-30 Dallas, TX – Trees
10-31 Austin, TX – Mohawk
11-01 Houston, TX – Numbers
11-03 Nashville, TN – Exit In
11-04 Atlanta, GA – The Earl
11-05 Chapel Hill, NC – Cat’s Cradle
11-06 Richmond, VA – The Broadberry
11-07 Washington, DC – Black Cat
11-08 New York, NY – Webster Hall

The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist

1. It’s Real – Real Estate

2. Revival – Deerhunter

3. Black Rice – Women

4. Feel So Sad (Glides and Chimes) – Spiritualized

5. True Blue – Dirty Beaches

6. We Bros – WU LYF

7. Shadow – Wild Nothing

8. Surreal Exposure – Ducktails

9. Stars – The Suits

10. Open Tails – Bora York

11. Unfold – Wouie

12. Don’t Stop – Future Screens

13. Hero – Wildcat! Wildcat!

14. Symmetry – Tropic of Pisces

15. Hot Blur – How Sad

16. 17 – Youth Lagoon

17. All the Things – Clifflight

18. Demon Dance – Surfer Blood

19. Words I Don’t Remember – How to Dress Well

20. New Beat – Toro Y Moi

Paul McCartney Performs “Get Back” with Brittany Howard from Alabama Shakes and “FourFiveSeconds” at Lollapalooza

Paul McCartney headlined Lollapalooza last night. His set included songs from his solo works and Beatles classics. He also performed his collaborative single with Kanye West and Rihanna, “FourFiveSeconds.” Even though neither one of the collaborators appeared, he did bring out Brittany Howard from Alabama Shakes during “Get Back.” Watch both songs below through Billboard.

Willis Earl Beal premieres new single “Survive”

After issuing it in limited quantities in January, Willis Earl Beal is planned to release his Noctunes LP wide through Tender Loving Empire on August 28th. It has been weeks since he released the first two songs from the release, “Flying So Low” and “Midnight,”  now, Beal is back with his latest single, “Survive.”

Like his previous work, “Survive” is minimal but it is his voice that adds the unique texture to his music. Listen to it here:

Noctunes Tracklist:
01. Under You
02. Flying So Low
03. Like a Box
04. Lust
05. No Solution
06. Stay
07. Say the Words
08. Love Is All Around
09. Able to Wait
10. Survive
11. Start Over
12. Midnight