Netflix looking into reviving Full House for a 13-episode season

According to TVLine.com, streaming-service Netflix wants to bring back the famous ABC series Full House for a 13-episode season named Fuller House. 

The show will have Candace Cameron Bure as D.J. as well as Andrea Barber Kimmy Gibbler. Bob Saget, John Stamos, and Dave Coulier will appear as cameos, returning as their cast. Show creator, Jeff Franklin has a plan to be executive producer as well as original executive producers Thomas L. Miller and Robert L. Boyett.

The final episode of Full House aired in 1995. Recently, the original show’s cast have been open to a possible revival. John Stamos reunited Jesse and the Rippers in 2013 for a performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Last year, members of the cast reunited and sang the Full House them song for the birthday party for Franklin. 

Previously, Stamos mentioned he was working on a Full House movie but it seems to have transitioned to a new series. 

Alt-J performs “Every Other Freckle” on The Tonight Show and announced new tour dates

Monday, alt-J headlined their largest US show to date at New York’s Madison Square Garden. But, that did not stop them from performing “Every Other Freckle” last night on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon from their latest Grammy-nominated album, This Is All Yours.  Watch the performance here.

As well as performing twice this week in New York City, alt-J will play shows around their show on their massive upcoming world tour that goes deep into October.

alt-J 2015 Tour Dates:
04/01 – Cleveland, OH @ State Theater at Playhouse Square
04/02 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Benedum Center
04/03 – Raleigh, NC @ Red Hat Ampitheatre
04/04 – Atlanta, GA @ Chastain Park Ampitheatre
04/06 – Nashville, TN @ Grand Ole Opry
04/08 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Chevy Bricktown Events Center
04/11 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
04/13 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint
04/14 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl
04/16 – Berkley, CA @ Greek Theatre
04/18 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
05/08 – Brisbane, AU @ Riverstage
05/09 – Sydney, AU @ Qantas Credit Union Arena
05/10 – Melbourne, AU @ Rod Laver Arena
05/13 – Adelaide, AU @ AEC Theatre
05/15 – Perth, AU @ HBF Stadium
05/17 – Singapore, SG @ The Coliseum
05/28-30 – Barcelona, ES @ Primaversa Sound
06/02 – Reykjavik, IS @ Vodafone Hall
06/12-14 – Adalen, DK @ NorthSide Festival
06/14 – Rome, IT @ Rock in Roma
06/19-21 – Scheessel, DE @ Hurricane Festival
06/19-21 – Neuhausen ob Eck, DE @ Southside Festival
06/19-21 – Hilvarenbeek, NL @ Best Kept Secret
06/25-28 – Werchter, BE @ Rock Werchter Festival
06/26-28 – Marmonde, FR @ Garorock Festival
07/01-04 – Gdynia, PL @ Open’er Festival
07/03 – Herouville Saint Clair, FR @ Festival Beauregard
07/09 – Maritimo, PT @ Nos Alive Festival
07/09-11 – Bilbao, ES @ Bilbao BBK Live
07/12 – Aix-Les-Bains, FR @ Musilac
07/17-19 – Ferropolis, DE @ Melt! Festival
07/24-26 – Oro-Medonte, ON @ WayHome Music & Arts Festival
07/25 – Kansas City, KS @ Sporting Park
07/27 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
07/28 – Council Bluffs, IA @ Stir Concert Cove
07/31-08/02 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
07/31-08/02 – Montreal, QC @ Osheaga Festival
08/10-17 – Budapest, HU @ Sziget Festival
08/11-15 – Oslo, NO @ Oya Festival
08/13-15 – Gothenburg, SE @ Way Out West
08/14-16 – Helsinki, FI @ Flow Festival
08/20-22 – St. Polten, AT @ Frequency Festival
09/12 – Burnaby, BC @ Festival Lawn
09/14 – Edmonton, AB @ Shaw Conference Centre
09/15 – Calgary, AB @ Stampede Corral
09/17 – St. Paul, MN @ Roy Wilkins Auditorium
09/19 – Indianapolis, IN @ Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn
09/21 – Cincinnati, OH @ PNC Pavilion at Riverbend Music Center
09/22 – Rochester Hills, MI @ Meadow Brook
09/23 – East Rochester, NY @ The Armory
09/25 – Philadelphia, PA @ Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing
09/29 – Charlotte, NC @ Uptown Amphitheatre
09/30 – Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live
10/01 – Miami, FL @ Klipsch Amphitheater
10/07 – New Orleans, LA @ Bold Sphere Music
10/08 – Birmingham, AL @ Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
10/09 – Southaven, MS @ BankPlus Amphitheater
10/14 – Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theatre
10/17 – Portland, OR @ Veterans Memorial Coliseum
10/18 – Seattle, WA @ Key Arena

Watch Future Islands debut two new songs “The Chase” and “Haunted”

Indie-rockers Future Islands have been in London’s Abbey Studios working on their follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2014 Singles. While performing in Sheffield this weekend, the band gave fans a preview from the new album, debuting two new songs, “The Chase” and “Haunted”.

Listen to the fan-caught videos below which includes the infamous dance moves from frontman Samuel T. Herring.  

“The Chase”:

“Haunted”:

As well as the new Future Islands’ new record, Herring has been seen working with Earl Sweatshirt on “Play It Cool” as well as on Beth Jeans Houghton’s “Mind Is On My Mind”. 

Streaming service TIDAL promises “to re-establish the value of music”

Jay Z has formally launched his streaming service TIDAL at an all-star event in New York City. Apparently, Jay Z is simply a co-owner and shares ownership with Win Butler and Régine Chassagne from Arcade Fire, Kanye West, Jack White, Daft Punk, Beyoncé, Chris Martin of Coldplay, and Madonna.

These artists all were at the event today and signed their commitment on-stage by signing a declaration. 

The streaming service is described as a “platform owned by artists” and has a goal “to re-establish the value of music.” Keys explained on the behalf of the group, “We want to create a better service and experience for fans and artists. Our mission goes beyond commerce and technology.”

The video following the event had footage from a summit recently where the owners of TIDAL to talk about their vision. Daft Punk talked about the summit as “the Avengers of Music.”

It was previously reported that TIDAL offers two different subscription offers: $19.99 for a month of high-fidelity audio and $9.99 for standard audio. TIDAL could be streamed on the web, and downloaded with iOS and Android devices. 

TIDAL owners will exclusively release music through the platform but it is not yet confirmed. 

The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist

1. Chinese New Year – Sales

2. Air – Waxahatche

3. Dust in the Gold Sack – Swearin’

4. Hadley, MA – California X

5. Tame – The History of Apple Pie

6. Teenage – Veronica Falls

7. First Love/Late Spring – Mitski

8. Above My Ground – Landlady

9. Southern Skies – Yuck

10. Teen Creeps – No Age

11. Chambers – Cymbals Eat Guitars

12. California Nights – Best Coast

13. Crystal Veins – Hanoi Janes

14. Bed Island – Christmas Island

15. Hair – Ganglians

16. No Time to Live – Times New Viking

17. Creepy Crawl – Lovvers

18. Black Sail – Chasity Belt

19. Borders – Honduras

20. Foot – Krill

Brian May says Freddie Mercury biopic announcement was merely a joke

It was announced yesterday that Sacha Baron Cohen had rejoined the long in the making biopic about Freddie Mercury and would be the writer, director and star in the film. This announcement came from longtime Queen manager, Jim Beach during his Artist and Manager Awards speech this week. However, it now seems that it was all just a joke. 

Brian May, the guitarist for Queen, said that Beach was simply kidding when he announced Cohen’s participation and he was misquoted by the press. In a recent posting on his website, he explained, “There’s a report … but it doesn’t mention a small joke that Jim threw in during his acceptance speech. He said that, in response to enquiries about the progress on the Freddie feature film, that Sacha Baron Cohen had been re-engaged to write, produce, and direct the film, as well as starring in all four major roles! I’m afraid some folks might have taken it seriously!”

Cohen left the project after being cast for Mercury for years, because of disagreements with the surviving members of Queen about the tone and direction of the film.  in 2013 due to disagreements with the surviving members of Queen over the film’s direction and tone. It was reported previously that Ben Whishaw, who played in movies such as Skyfall, Cloud Atlas, and I’m Not There has been a favorite to play Mercury in place of Cohen. It remains unclear what will happen however. 

Update: Sacha Baron Cohen will not write, direct,  and star in new Freddie Mercury biopic

The on-and-off again biopic about Freddie Mercury starring Sacha Baron Cohen seems to be back in progress. Cohen, last year, had reportedly left the project because of disagreements with the surviving members of Wueen over the direction and tone of the film. However, now Jim Beach, the manager for Queen, has announced that Cohen is back on the project and will also be writing and directing the project. 

Beach said during a speech at the Artist and Manager Awards this week: “You have probably followed the saga of the famous Queen-Freddie Mercury biopic which has been developing in Hollywood for the last seven years. An important breakthrough is that we have now managed to persuade Sacha Baron Cohen to write, produce and direct this movie, and he has also agreed to star.”

Update March 29th: According to Brian May, guitarist for Queen, Beach was just joking about his new participation in the Mercury biopic.

“You have probably followed the saga of the famous Queen-Freddie Mercury biopic which has been developing in Hollywood for the last seven years,” Beach said during a speech at the Artist and Manager Awards this week. “An important breakthrough is that we have now managed to persuade Sacha Baron Cohen to write, produce and direct this movie, and he has also agreed to star.”

Even though Beach did not talk about the timetable for the film production, the IMDB shows that there is nothing scheduled for Cohen once he finished filming a comedy named  Grimsby so production could begin even this year presumably. 

New albums will be released on Fridays and not Tuesdays beginning July 10th

It was announced last month that Friday will become the new global release date for new music releases. This was to put into motion by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry as a hope to prevent music piracy. The first international Friday date is set to be July 10, 2015.

The IFPI wrote last month about the industry shift: “The compelling logic of Friday is that it is the day that best suits consumers … the highest footfall in physical retail stores and the highest levels of purchasing traffic online. It’s also the time of greatest activity on social media, helping amplify the buzz around new releases everywhere. And the weekend is a time for greater spontaneous purchasing.”

However, this news does not been widely accepted by everyone. Beggar’s Group found Martin Millis said: “I fear this move will also lead to a market in which the mainstream dominates, and the niche, which can be tomorrow’s mainstream, is further marginalised, I fear it will further cement the dominance of the few – and that that is exactly what it is intended to do.”

The co-founder of Play It Again Sam, Michel Lambot also had similar concerns. He wrote in a blog post: “If a global chart reigns supreme, development artists and local artists will have to get used to hearing the voice of America, everywhere. Big money, big global campaigns, will dominate.”

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin announces new album and release new song “Step Brother City”

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin return with a new album, The High Country, which is set to be released through Polyvinyl Records on June 2nd. This is the follow-up to their 2013 Fly By Wire and features eleven tracks. The album was recorded in the Hall of Justice studio, owned by Chris Walla, with Beau Sorenson who also engineered for Garbage and Superchunk. The former member of Death Cab for Cutie said that he helped “in an unofficial capacity” durijg the early stages of the recording process. 

The press release names this upcoming album something that Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin “has been building up to its entire career,” and described the album as “a raw pop record infused with undeniable hooks, distortion pedals, passion, grit, and maybe a little insanity.” Philip Dickey, guitarist and vocalist, also adds, “We’ve always cranked our amps up in practice and at shows, but we always kept it off our records. This time we wanted to go beyond our mid-tempo tendencies and make something really satisfying.”

The first look at The High Country is the new song, “Step Brother City”. Listen to the track below.

The High Country Tracklist:
01. Line On You
02. Step Brother City
03. Goal Mind
04. Full Possession
05. Madeline
06. What I Won
07. Trevor Forever
08. Foreign Future
09. Song Will
10. Magnet’s New Summer ‘Do
11. Total Meltdown

Kendrick Lamar performs a surprise show on the back of a truck
After dropping a sudden album, Kendrick Lamar seems to continue surprising fans with a surprise concert. His groundbreaking album does not seem to need much of a boost from the media as To Pimp A Butterfly is currently the most streamed album on Spotify ever but Lamar still rode around the streets of Los Angeles for a show Tuesday night. Rather than a traditional stage, he performed on the back of moving trucks as his fans ran behind and next to the vehicles to catch a glimpse of the rapper. 

This was apparently another collaboration with Reebok after the “I am” campaign in December and a few days after thousands of Compton fans lined up for an intimate signing event for the album.