“We liked how politically loaded and conversational the lyrics are. We wanted the animation to have a stylistic and organic look, hence most of the drawings were done on paper rather than digitally. To further compliment the lyrics, we thought it would be funny to have the animals in the video look as cynical as possible, as if they’d had enough with how humans are treating them.”
Watch the animated clip below.
1. Just A Dream – Tobias Jesso Jr.
2. Exploding – Jim James
3. Sedona – Houndmouth
4. Black Metal – Max Jury
5. Reunion – Still Parade
6. Coins On Your Eyes – Revier
7. Collapse – Vancouver Sleep Clinic
8. For My Help – Hayden Calnin
9. A Thin Line – Blackchords
10. My Own – Whitaker
11. For You – Parallel Lions
12. Bridge -High Highs
13. Hold My Hand – Jen Cloher
14. I Would Die for You – Matt Walters
15. Brother – Matt Corby
16. Boardwalks – Little May
17. By Night – Puzzle Muteson
18. Baiulus – The Black Atlantic
19. Love Songs For Robots – Patrick Watson
20. Reconfiguration – Other Lives
Alt-rock band, Future Islands are auctioning off some of their stuff to help their hometown according to Billboard. The fund, The Fund for Rebuilding Baltimore, hopes to help “repair the physical and emotional damage that has been done” due to recent events.
Currently the cue cards from their last appearance on “Late Show With David Letterman”, sneakers frontman Samuel T. Herring wore during the taping, a signed print of the artwork from On the Water, a signed copy of Singles, an out-of print 12′ from 2010 and a copy of their split 7″ with Music Beat are up for grabs. Future Islands will match all of the proceeds from the auction exactly up to $5,000.
Here’s that “Letterman” performance:
Watch the band do “Seasons” at Primavera Sound 2014:
Tobias Jesso Jr.’s latest single off of his debut album, Goon, “Without You”, has been quite a bit of attention. After his performance on Conan with Danielle Haim, the singer-songwriter revealed the music video.
Jesso took “Without You” across the Atlantic to a performance on Later … with Jools Holland. The lyrics speaks volumes but there is something about the anguish he has on his face when he performs it.
Not even halfway through 205, Modest Mouse has had quite an important year. Not only have they released their first album in eight years, Strangers to Ourselves, they also have been making appearances on late-night television, and working already on another LP with Krist Novoselic. With all this hectic scheduling, the band still had the time for a summer tour.
this lengthy leg of dates in both North America and Europe includes headlining sets as well as festival sets. Modest Mouse are to perform the stages at Sasquatch!, Firefly Festival, Open’er Festival, and WayHome Music and Arts Festival, as well as many others before joining the Austin City Limits lineup in October.
Modest Mouse 2015 Tour Dates:
05/23 – George, WA @ Sasquatch! Music Festival
06/06 – Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
06/07 – Chula Vista, CA @ Sleep Train Amphitheater
06/19 – Dover, DE @ Firefly Festival
06/21 – Minneapolis, MN @ Rock the Garden
06/26 – Odense, DK @ Tinderbox Festival
06/27 – Norrkoping, SE @ Bravalla Festival
06/28 – Oslo, NO @ Piknik | Parken
06/30 – Berlin, DE @ Columbiahalle
07/01 – Gdynia, PL @ Open’er Festival
07/03 – Utrecht, NL @ Tivolivredenburg
07/04 – London, UK @ Calling Festival
07/05 – Birmingham, UK @ The Institute
07/07 – Manchester, UK @ The Ritz
07/08 – Leeds, UK @ O2 Academy Leeds
07/09 – Newcastle, UK @ O2 Academy
07/10 – Dublin, IE @ The Helix
07/12 – Perth, UK @ T in the Park
07/18 – Birmingham, AL @ Sloss Music and Arts Festival
07/19 – Louisville, KY @ Forecastle Festival
07/22 – Brooklyn, NY @ Prospect Park Bandshell
07/23 – Boston, MA @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
07/25 – Oro-Medonte, ON @ WayHome Music and Arts Festival
07/26 – Detroit, MI @ Mo Pop Festival
08/15 – Omaha, NE @ Maha Music Festival
08/18 – Albuquerque, NM @ Villa Hispana
08/19 – Flagstaff, AZ @ Orpheum Theater
08/20 – Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl
08/21 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery
08/23 – Portland, OR @ MusicFest NW
10/10 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
Watch the video for “Lampshades on Fire” below:
Christoph Waltz will make his directorial debut with The Worst Marriage in Georgetown as well as star in it. The announcement comes just as the production company, V0ltage Pictures, has agreed to finance and produce the film, which will be pitched at Cannes in the coming weeks.
Based on a New York Times Magazine article of the same name written by Franklin Foer, the film tells the story of Albercht Muth, an eccentric socialite who married at 26 to a 71-year-old wealthy widow named Viola Drath. Now 30 years later, Muth beats Drath to death in their bathroom, something he was found guilty of in 2014 and is sentenced to serve 50 years in a federal prison.
Muth, during their marriage, took up the personas of a US Army officer, a count, a spy, and an Iraqi general, all tho his wife’s amusement and pleasure. Regardless of trying to plead insanity before being found same, Muth maintains that he is innocent. He claims an Iranian hit was put on him due to his allegiance to Iraq, and Drath was murdered in a fight with an assassin. In a letter he wrote about his conviction, he called “on my Iranian brothers to advise the U.S. government of my innocence.”
The representation of the story on screen will start production on October 12th. David Auburn, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Proof, is writing the script. Waltz will also produce along with Erica Steinberg, from Inglorious Basterds, and Nicolas Chartier.
Grooveshark last week has announced that it would be shutting down after a long legal battle with major record labels. As a way to avoid a multi-million dollar lawsuit, the site announced it would be closing down immediately, removing all of its mobile apps and intellectual property.
Users were quick to mourn as others hurried to retrieve their song collections and playlist that were made during the streaming service’s seven years of existence. Days later, however, it appears that Grooveshark is back online, kind of.
The replica platform, Grooveshark.io, is currently up and promises to “reproduce the old Grooveshark UI in its entirety” over time, according to BGR.com. BGR.com also claims that they have spoken with someone who is involved with the project.
The source for Grooveshark IO, known as “Shark” told the tech website:
“Well, I started backing up all the content on the website when I started suspecting that Grooveshark’s demise is close and my suspicion was confirmed a few days later when they closed. By the time they closed I have already backed up 90% of the content on the site and I’m now working on getting the remaining 10%.”
“Shark” also said, “We have all the servers/domains infrastructure in place, it’s going to be a roller coaster and we’re ready for it,” which refers to the legal issues that will appear in the coming days. It is uncertain whether or not “Shark” and the rest of their team were former Grooveshark employees or music fans who know how to build a website.
Considering the fact that major labels and a federal judge were already set to sue Grooveshafk, and that the original site’s copyright/parents were seized, it is too soon to be able to tell whether Grooveshark IP will be able to still around.
METZ, the Toronto noise rock band, know that life is simply s series of moments; thus in their new video for “The Swimmer”, one man’s experience is shared through seemingly GIF-like moments. Going from being hit by a lady friend, smiling on panic propaganda on the news, or getting beat up by young punks, it seems to repeat itself in a perpetual loop. Deep within the video, there is a metaphor for modern-day society in America, but watch the Michael Leblanc and Scott Cudmore-directed video before to dig it out.
“The Swimmer” is from the band’s second album, METZ II, which will come out tomorrow through Sub Pop, internationally today. They have also announced a series of European tour dates, which can be found below.
METZ 2015 Tour Dates:
05/08 – Austin, TX @ Levitation 2015
05/09 – Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Festival
05/11 – St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre *
05/12 – Orlando, FL @ The Social *
05/13 – Birmingham, AL @ Work Play *
05/14 – Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge *
05/19 – St. Louis, MO @ The Firebird *
05/20 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
05/21 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry *
05/22 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry *
05/23 – Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon *
05/26 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom *
05/27 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg *
05/28 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club *
05/29 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer *
05/30 – Boston, MA @ Paradise *
06/05 – Athens, GR @ Plissken Fest
06/06 – Thessaloniki, GR @ Plissken Fest
06/07 – Skopje, MK @ Zdravo Mladi Festival
06/16 – London, UK @ Underworld #
06/17 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique – Rotonde #
06/19 – Hilvarenbeek, NL @ Best Kept Secret Festival
06/20 – Scheesel, DE @ Hurricane Festival
06/21 – Neuhausen ob Eck, DE @ Southside Festival
06/22 – Leipzig, DE @ Taubchenthal
06/24 – Berlin, DE @ Cassiopeia
06/25 – Cologne, DE @ MTC
06/27 – Evreux, FR @ Le Rock Dans Tous ses Etats
07/10 – Montreal, QC @ Piccolo Rialto
07/12 – Quebec City, QC @ Imperial De Quebec
07/14 – Ottawa, ON @ Ottawa Blues Fest
07/21 – Cincinnati, OH @ The Woodward Theatre ^
07/22 – Columbus, OH @ The Basement ^
07/23 – Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place ^
07/24 – 26 – Oro-Medonte, ON @ WayHome Music & Arts Festival
07/27 – Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club !%
07/29 – Winnipeg, MB @ Pyramid Cabaret !%
07/30 – Saskatoon, SK @ Amigos Cantina !%
07/31 – Calgary, AB @ The Republik !%
08/01 – Edmonton, AB @ The Starlite Room !%
08/03 – Vancouver, BC @ The Rickshaw Theatre !%
08/04 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos !%
08/05 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge !%
08/06 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Twilight Concert Series @ Pioneer Park $
08/09 – San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands
08/11 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge !%
09/04 – Larmer Tree Gardens, UK @ End of the Road Festival
09/06 – Dublin, IE @ Electric Picnic
09/08 – Vienna, AT @ Arena
09/09 – Zagreb, HR @ Culture Factory (Small Room)
09/10 – Bologna, IT @ Freakout Club
09/11 – Rome, IT @ INIT
09/12 – Milan, IT @ Lo Fi Club
09/14 – Zurich, CH @ Kinski Club
09/15 – Lausanne, CH @ Le Romandie
09/17 – Toulouse, FR @ Le Metronum
09/19 – Madrid, ES @ Sala Lemon
09/21 – Bilbao, ES @ Kafe Antzokia
09/23 – Lyon, FR @ Le Transbordeur
09/25 – Dusseldorf, DE @ Zakk
10/16 – Stockholm, SE @ Debaser
10/17 – Lund, SE @ Mejeriet
10/18 – Oslo, NO @ John Dee
10/19 – Aarhus, DK @ Atlas
10/20 – Copenhagen, DK @ Loppen @ Christiana
10/27 – Paris, FR @ La Maroquinerie
10/28 – Lille, FR @ L’ Aeronef
* = w/ FIDLAR
^ = w/ Viet Cong
# = w/ Bad Breeding|
! = w/ Big Ups
% = w/ Dilly Dally
$ = w/ The Kills
1. Avalanche – Walk The Moon
2. Art Smock – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
3. Si un jour – La Femme
4. All Our Love – Gentlemen Hall
5. Treehouse – Gold Fields
6. The Suburbs – Mr Little Jeans
7. Get Me Golden – Terraplane Sun
8. House of Fire – Black Taxi
9. Atonement – The Kickdrums
10. People Change – Wildlife Control
11. Late Nights – Brown Shoe
12. Kick It – Dirt Farmer
13. Jumanji – Glass Towers
14. Fly Under the Radar – Stillwater Giants
15. Top Floor – Split Seconds
16. Dead Loss – Little Scout
17. Fire Fire Fire – Dappled Cities
18. Dance Again – Skipping Girl Vinegar
19. Vitriol – Bluejuice
20. Coca Cola – Little Red
Sir Paul McCartney has managed to perform a few US tour dates between his upcoming Firefly Music Festival and Lollapalooza this summer.
McCartney is performing his first ever Chatlottesvile, Virginia and return to Columbia, South Carolina for the first time in 22 years. Macca is also due to play Philadephia. See the full tour schedule below.
Paul McCartney 2015 Tour Dates:
06/19 – Dover, DE @ Firefly Music Festival
06/21 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
06/23 – Charlottesville, VA @ John Paul Jones Arena
06/25 – Columbia, SC @ Colonial Life Arena
07/04 – Roskilde, DK @ Roskilde Festival
07/31 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
The Melodic Tree 