Francisco The Man, an alternative rock band hailing from Los Angeles, will release their debut album, Loose Ends, on October 27. Today, the band the band releases their first song since teasing with “Progress” and “Big Ideas” with “It’s Not Your Fault.”
With a dreamier sound to it with the wildness of Weezer, the song has a poppy bass line.
For the indie-rock band, Local Natives, this year has been fairly quiet. The band has mostly been touring for the the last year or so in support of their last album, Hummingbird. The LA band played a show at the Santa Monica pier, where they covered Little Dragon’s “After The Rain”.
With the help of former tour mate Moses Sumney (who now is in Karen O’s band) Local Natives seem to do Little Dragon justice even if soul is not their forte.
You can watch the video at revolt.tv.
The month of September has been filled with tributes to George Harrison. Capitol Records initially released George Harrison: The Apple Years 1968-1975. It is a box set filled with Harrison’s first six solo albums alongside live recordings and demos. Also, Conan O’Brien had a week-long session of performances filled with covers with artists such as Beck, Paul Simon, Harrison’s son Dhani with Big Black Delta, and Norah Jones.
At the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, Harrison was remembered with a tribute concert with artists such as The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd, Spoon’s Britt Daniel, Brian Wilson, “Weird” Al Yankovic, and The Killers’ Brandon Flowers and Mark Stoermer, as well as members of Weezer and The Strokes.
1. The Bleeding Heart Show – The New Pornographers
2. Nearly Midnight, Honolulu – Neko Case
3. This is Love (Feels Alright) – Camera Obscura
4. Clean Slate – M. Ward
5. Tamer Animals – Other Lives
6. Gun Shy – Widowspeak
7. Carissa – Sun Kil Moon
8. Black Water – Timber Timbre
9. There Can Only Be One – Cass McCombs
10. Baby’s Arms – Kurt Vile
11. From the Sun – Unknown Mortal Orchestra
12. Unless You Speak From Your Heart – Porcelain Raft
13. Sparkly – Young Magic
14. Try to Be – Blue Hawaii
15. The Rat – the Walkmen
16. Plumage – Menomena
17. I Say Fever – Ramona Falls
18. Beach – Peter Wolf Crier
19. WHALE – Yellow Ostrich
20. Forest Whitaker – Bad Books
The highly-acclaimed music festival, Rock in Rio revealed the first headliners that will be playing its first US Festival in Las Vegas next May. These headliners are: Metallica, No Doubt, Deftones, Linkin Park, John Legend, and Taylor Swift. The two-weekend festival takes place place May 8th-9th and 15th – 16th at the City of Rock MGM Resorts Festival Grounds.
Tickets can be found at Ticketmaster.com for both weekends at $298.00 GA and $498.00 VIP.
It is considered the world’s largest music festival. Rock in Rio has had festivals in Brazil, Lisbon, and Madrid. The movement to the US is due to the partnership between the festival and Cirque du Soleil, MGM Resorts International, and developer Ron Burkle of The Yucaipa Companies. A deal in which the festival is held once every two years between now and 2019, according to Billboard.
The festival will happen at the City of Rock and will be constructed by the Circus Circus, and will be a 33-acre, 80,000-person venue with five stages. As attendees walk through the grounds they will see “streetscapes” which are made to feel like the UK, Brazil, and the USA, complete with food, shopping, and art. There are plans for rides like a roulette table ferris wheel and a 400-foot zip-line.
Weezer recently released “Lonely Girl” which is featured on their new album Everything Will Be Alright In The End which will be released on October 6. It is the band’s latest album since Hurley in 2010.
in an recent interview, Rivers Cuomo said, “I think there are a few ways of adjusting to the new world where people don’t listen to albums anymore – they listen to playlists or just buy singles – and maybe we’ve tried to evolve with the time, but you know that’s not who we are, so ultimately this time we’re going all in again and we’re going to make a great rock album like the good old days and put everything we have into it,” he said. “Maybe no one will appreciate it that way but we think that it’s what our core fans really want from us and that’s what we’re best at.”
The Everything Will Be Alright In The End tracklisting is:
“Ain’t Got Nobody”
“Back to the Shack”
“Eulogy For A Rock Band”
“Lonely Girl”
“I’ve Had It Up To Here”
“The British Are Coming”
“Da Vinci”
“Go Away”
“Cleopatra”
“Foolish Father”
“The Futurescope Trilogy”
“i. The Waste Land”
“ii. Anonymous”
“iii. Return to Ithaka”
As their 50th anniversary approaches, The Who will mark this historic event by releasing an archival set that spans their career. What’s even more exciting is that The Who Hits 50! will include the band’s first new song in eight years.
Rolling Stone reported Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend recorded “Be Lucky” with Zak Starkey, bassist Pino Pallodino, keyboardist Mick Talbot, and producer Dave Eringa. The song is the band’s first release since their 2006 comeback album, Endless Wire.
Out on October 27th, The Who Hits 50! includes 41 of their greatest hits ranging the band’s history.
The Who plan to go on a final world tour next year.
In an odd attempt to revitalize his dying career, former rapper Coolio announced that he has plans to release a record through Pornhub. The website launched their label today, and have a contest to find an anthem for Pornhub.
Matt Blake, who is head of PR at the company, also told Billboard that he thought that the website had “always seen a strong music presence from the beginning.”
Vice President Cory Price said that even though Coolio achieved considerable interest in his anthem “Take it to the Hub” (which is, you guessed it, centered around masturbation), the label were “looking for acts that aren’t necessarily porn-focused.” However, who will actually go to the website to watch a music video? Price does recognize this by saying that ”we’re an ad-based network looking for content that appeals to our demographic. Mature lyrics for an adult audience; no boy bands or teen-pop, for instance.”
Producers can enter the contest and one winner will be chosen who will win $5,000 towards a music video with a minimum of 500,000 views guaranteed.
A gala concert in February will honor Bob Dylan with an impressive lineup.
Some of the artists that are set to play are: Jack White, Neil Young, Beck, The Black Keys, Norah Jones, Willie Nelson, Eddie Vedder, Tom Jones, John Mellencamp, Bonnie Raitt and Crosby, Stills and Nash.
The concert commemorates The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences’ choosing Dylan as the 2015 MusiCares Person of the Year. The concert will be held on February 6 and will be part of Grammy Week.
Neil Portnow, CEO of the MusiCares Foundation and The Recording Academy, said in a recent statement, “In celebrating the 25th anniversary of our MusiCares Person of the Year tribute, it is most fitting that we are honouring Bob Dylan, whose body of creative work has contributed to America’s culture, as well as that of the entire world, in genuinely deep and lasting ways.”
Money going to the concert will be donated to MusiCares, which is a foundation that provides help to musicians in need. The Person of the Year award honors musicians for both their artistic achievements, and their philanthropy. Recipients include Brian Wilson, James Taylor and Bruce Springsteen.
Joining together, members of Arcade Fire, The Strokes and Bon Iver perform a cover of Phil Collins’ ‘In The Air Tonight’ on Saturday (September 20).
Justin Vernon (Bon Iver), Strokes bassist Nikolai Fraiture and Arcade Fire’s Win and Will Butler performed together as Pop All Star Band at the third annual Pop Vs Jock game in Montreal at this year’s Pop Montreal festival.
The performance was held at half time during the basketball game at the McGill Sports Complex. Kid Koala, while wearing a koala costume, leading a parade of people in animal costumes, a kazoo competition and NBA player Luke Bonner sang karaoke with an Alanis Morrissette song. The supergroup performed ‘In the Air Tonight’ and “Seven Nation Army.”
Butler’s wife and bandmate Regine Chassagne played organ in the arena while Kid Koala and A-Trak played a DJ set with tracks by LL Cool J, Michael Jackson and Beastie Boys before the game. Mozart’s Sister sang the national anthem.
The game the musicians team with NBA players Brent Barry and Matt Bonner against the McGill and Concordia college basketball teams. Montreal Gazette reports that Team Pop won the game 101 points to 92. James Murphy from LCD Soundsystem DJed the afterparty.
Pop Montreal concluded September 21 and hosted performances from Twin Shadow, Panda Bear, Against Me! and Schoolboy Q.
The Melodic Tree 