Black Thought from the Roots has released a song for the JAY-Z-produced docuseries “Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story.” The song, which is titled “Rest in Power,” Black Thought raps about the killing of Trayvon Martin and the inequality in America, the music video also features images of Trayvon, Black Lives Matter activists, and more. Watch below.
The first episode of “Rest in Power” premieres on Monday, July 30th at 10 p.m. Eastern on the Paramount Network.
Diarrhea Planet have announced their final two shows. The band wrote in a statement: “we’ve had an incredible run largely thanks to all of you incredible people, but we’ve decided to bring it to a close. It has truly been amazing to share our music with y’all onstage and off.” The two shows will be on September 7th and 8th, at Exit/In in Nashville. Find the Facebook post and their full statement below.
Diarrhea Planet:
Planeteers! We would like to announce that on September 7th and 8th Diarrhea Planet will perform our FINAL TWO SHOWS as a band in Nashville, TN at the Exit/In. Whenever a band breaks up, it’s really annoying when there isn’t an explanation. So here it is: Nothing really happened. We all feel that Diarrhea Planet has run its course (yeah we finally made a poop joke but fuck it y’all love it) and are ready to move on to the next chapters of our lives. So here’s to living the good life and catching up on the things we all lived without while basically living on the road the last 7ish years. We will always cherish the time we spent playing together. The connection was real, it was exciting and electric. And most of all; we will always be grateful for each and every one of you who came to our shows. We did this for you. We lived this for you. Thank you for receiving our message, we love you all, and look forward to shredding for 2 final nights, DP with the home court advantage at EXIT/IN 9/7 and 9/8 ~ Nashville, TN
1. I Want to Kiss You – The Spook School
2. Handsome – Drug Cabin
3. 50 Lashes – Floating Action
4. Gloom Cruise – Walter Etc.
5. Fifteen on a Skateboard – Diners
6. Surfer Rosa – The Obsessives
7. What is Love? Tell Me, Is It Easy? – Hala
8. Like Yesterday – Paul Cherry
9. Stranger Feelings – Dreamgirl
10. Blue Water – Boys Age
11. Gutter Girl – Hot Flash Heat Wave
12. Lucky Love – Michael Seyer
13. Feels Like We’re Dying – Johnny Goth
14. Swing Lynn – Harmless
15. Hey Good Lookin’ – Blonde Tongues
16. It Was Gone – Orchid Mantis
17. Girl – Sobs
18. Wonder – Launder
19. It’s Time – Foliage
20. Sun Kissed Skin – Subsonic Eye
Former Majical Cloudz singer, Devon Welsh, has announced he is self-releasing his debut solo album called Dream Songsand it will come out August 24th. It was recorded and produced by Austin Tufts from Braids , the LP will have the previously shared songs, “I’ll Be Your Ladder” and “Vampires.” Welsh also has shared a new album cut, “By the Daylight.” Welsh said in a statement, “sometimes it feels like we’re just swept along in a tide we don’t really understand, and this song is about experiencing that feeling.” Watch the video for “By the Daylight” below.
Ryan Heffington, the choreographer for the 2015 Grammy-nominated music videos, Sia’s “Chandelier” and Arcade Fire’s “We Exist,” has released a new short film that is set to Fleet Foxes’ song “If You Need To, Keep Time on Me” from Crack-Up. The film shows Heffington hosting a dinner party where it explores what seems to be a conflict with romance. Watch the Heffington directed and choreographed clip below.
In a statement, Heffington said “It was the pure honesty of the music and Robin Pecknold’s voice that originally drew me to direct/choreograph ‘If You Need To, Keep Time on Me.’” He continued, “Heartbreak being one of the most honest and visceral symptoms of love, I wanted to paint a realistic picture of humanity and share a story that so many of us have encountered. Using dance as an offering has defined my adult life and I believe in its healing power—for both the dancer and the witness. I wanted to capture this in the film, whether it is seen as surreal or organic.”
Hoops have announced an indefinite hiatus. The band, started by frontman Drew Auscherman, released a statement on Facebook that said that “letting this project rest and taking some time to focus on life/work/school/other projects/etc” and thanking fans for their support. An earlier Facebook post in April announced that they canceled their upcoming tour dates.
Find the statement and the project’s music videos below.
Waxahatchee, aka Katie Crutchfield, has announced a new EP called Great Thunder which comes out out September 7th via Merge. Crutchfield has shared a new music video for the lead track off the EP, “Chapel of Pines.” The video is directed by Christopher Good and it follows Crutchfield out in nature before things become surreal. Watch it and find the Great Thunder tracklist below.
Great Thunder EP:
01 Singer’s No Star
02 You’re Welcome
03 Chapel of Pines
04 You Left Me With an Ocean
05 Slow You Down
06 Take So Much
On July 15th, four members of Pussy Riot rushed onto the field during the 2018 World Cup final in Moscow wearing police uniforms. All four of the members, Veronica “Nika” Nikulshina, Olga Kuracheva, Olga Pakhtusova, and Petya Verzilov, were sentenced to “15 days in Russian jail,” they are also prohibited from attending sports events for three years.
Pussy Riot claimed responsibility for the action in a statement on social media. The collective said it was a protest of Russia’s political and prison systems and they also released a list of demands to the Russian government: free political prisoners, end “illegal arrests at protests,” and “allow political competition in the country.”
1. Memorabilia – Mimicking Birds
2. Foreign Bodies – Radiation City
3. Malibu Yurt – Charles Brand
4. Airwalker – Jeremy Jay
5. Birds – Electrelane
6. Rip It Up – Orange Juice
7. Born Too Late – Dent May
8. Tony Stark – The Symposium
9. Snack Attack – A Great Big Pile of Leaves
10. Ann Wants to Dance -Papooz
11. Extremely Bad Man – Shintaro Sakamoto
12. Accidents – The One AM Radio
13. firefly – gobbinjr
14. Glue – Bernice
15. Crying On The Subway – Hana Vu
16. Walk Away – Buzzy Lee
17. Ballad 5 – Tess Roby
18. Pews – NADINE
19. Winter is Cold – Caroline Says
20. Takes One to Know One – Olden Yolk
Massive Attack canceled their performance last night at Mad Cool Festival in Madrid, Spain, due to a scheduling conflict with Franz Ferdinand. According to a statement from Mad Cool, Massive Attack said that “the sound of the stage where Franz Ferdinand was playing at the time would bother them during the performance of their show.” The festival organizers said that they “did everything possible to delay schedules of other bands,” but Massive Attack had already made the “unilateral decision” cancel.Franz Ferdinand’s frontman, Alex Kapranos, responded to the statement with an emoji. See the full statement.
https://twitter.com/madcoolfestival/status/1017946923167252480
Franz Ferdinand played from 1:30 to 2:50 a.m. at the Madrid te Abraza stage, while Massive Attack were supposed to to play at the Loop stage from 1:45 to 3:00 a.m.
The Melodic Tree 