Childish Gambino is linked to a series of “Summertime Starts Here” events that are taking place overthe course of this weekend in New York, L.A., and London. A website and Instagram account appeared the promoting events at New York City’s Union Square on July 13th, and Fort Greene Park on July 14th, L.A.’s Santa Monica Pier on July 14th and Fairfax High School July 15th. As well as London’s Lovebox festival on Saturday, the same night Childish Gambino headlines the festival.
Baltimore-based experimental rapper and producer, JPEGMAFIA, has announced “The Reverse Christopher Columbus Tour” to support his recent album, Veteran. The beatmaker will start his journey in Vancouver, BC on August 29th and will play through the upper and lower United States before heading to Brussels, Belgium on November 11th.
He has also shared a new track from recording Veteran called “Millennium,” which the press release calls a “half remix/half cover inspired by the Backstreet Boys’ 1999 classic ‘I Want It That Way’ but touched by JPEG’s signature eclectic production and flowing lyricism.” Listen to it below as well as the tour dates.
The Reverse Christopher Columbus tour:
08.29.18 – Vancouver, BC – Fortune
08.30.18 – Portland, OR – Peter’s Room at Roseland Theater
08.31.18 – Seattle, WA – Bumbershoot Festival
09.02.18 – Philadelphia, PA – Made in America
09.14.18 – Baltimore , MD – Metro Gallery
09.15.18 – Washington DC – Songbyrd
09.18.18 – Philadelphia PA – PhilaMOCA
09.23.18 – Allston, MA – Great Scott
09.25.18 – Toronto, ON – Drake Hotel
09.27.18 – Montreal, QC – Le Ministere
09.28.18 – Urbana, IL – Pygmalion Festival
09.30.18 – Phoenix, AZ – Gold Rush
10.14.18 – San Francisco, CA – Treasure Island Music Festival
10.30.18 – Paris, France – Pitchfork Avant-Garde
11.01.18 – London, UK – Scala
11.02.18 – Manchester, UK – Charles Street Auction House
11.03.18 – Frankfurt, Germany – Mousonturm
11.06.18 – Berlin, Germany – Berghain
11.07.18 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Loppen
11.09.18 – Utrecht, Netherlands – Le Guess Who
11.10.18 – Köln, Germany – Veedel Club
11.11.18 – Brussels, Belgium – AB Club
Los Campesinos! have announced a North American tour in November in support of the 10-year anniversaries of their first albums, Hold On Now, Youngster… and We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed. They will head out on the road with Adult Mom and Illuminati Hotties. Check out the tour poster below.
Toro Y Moi has announced the Outer Peace Tour which starts in November. Chaz Bear will perform songs from his last year’s Boo Boo. The U.S. trek takes place in November. Find Chaz Bear’s upcoming dates below.
Toro Y Moi:
08-03 Montreal, Quebec – Osheaga Music and Arts Festival %
08-04 Long Island City, New York – MoMA PS1 %
08-04 Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere %
09-22 Los Angeles, CA – 88rising: Head in the Clouds %
10-13-14 Oakland, CA – Treasure Island Music Festival %
11-01 Santa Barbara, CA – Soho Music Club
11-02 Los Angeles, CA – The Novo
11-06 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
11-07 Detroit, MI – El Club
11-09 Boston, MA – Royale
11-10 Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere
11-12 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
11-13 Philadelphia PA – Union Transfer
11-15 Asheville, NC – Orange Peel
11-16 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
11-17 Columbia, SC – The Senate
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Jaden Smith has released a new album exclusively on Instagram called SYRE: The Electric Album. It is all on Smith’s account and is not yet available on streaming platforms. It includes “electric” versions of tracks from last year’s SYRE. Each track comes with its own visuals visuals. Listen to the full album on Smith’s Instagram.
1. The Sorcerer – Twain
2. To Connect – Floating Action
3. I m The Changer – Cotton Jones
4. In Love With the Afternoon – The Rotten Mangos
5. Soaring – Puzzle
6. Shallow Dive – The Pica Beats
7. Yesterday’s World – Circulatory System
8. Television – You Won’t
9. Important – Way Yes
10. Advanced Falconry – Mutual Benefit
11. LVSK – Nomadic Firs
12. Phospholipid – Blood Cultures
13. Thank You – Bombadil
14. Put the Days Away – Sun Airway
15. Clasped Hands – Blithe Field
16. Misunderstanding – This Is The Kit
17. Happy Alone – Saintseneca
18. Bobby Malone Moves Home – Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
19. Natural – Okay
20. Erica Western Teleport – Emperor X
Last night, Radiohead played at the United Center in Chicago for their first show of their U.S. tour. For their second encore, the band pulled out a song they haven’t performed live in a decade: Pablo Honey’s “Blow Out.” Watch footage of that going down below. Radiohead last played the track during their 2008 Tokyo shows, touring behind In Rainbows.
Drone pop duo, Midwife (Madeline Johnston from Sister Grotto and guitarist Tucker Theodore) have announced a new EP, Prayer Hands, a follow-up to last year’s Like Author, Like Daughter. To coincide with the announcement, they have also shared a dreamy song called “Angel.” Listen to it below.
Pryer Hands is set to be out July 29th through Antiquated Future. Pre-order the EP here.
The Islands and Unicorns frontperson, Nick Thorburn, has announced a new graphic novel about and aptly named Penguins and the 288-page book will come out via Fantagraphics in September.
“Penguins go through a lot of hell that could be avoided if they had the ability to fly,” Thorburnsays about the story, which is mostly wordless. “This cruel irony lends itself to humor, as well as sadness. Death and the desperate search for love and companionship seem so tethered to life as a penguin, as well as for humans, and so the goal was to bridge those two and make them funny.”
A book with Norman Seeff’s photography of Joni Mitchell is on its way. With over a decade worth of photos together, Joni Mitchell: The Norman Seeff Sessions is set to come out November 6th through Insight Editions. The release also happens to be the day before Mitchell’s 75th birthday, which takes place the following day. Seeff’s photographs were used for Mitchell’s album covers for Hejira and Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter.
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