Adam Green and Kimya Dawson, aka The Moldy Peaches, are reissuing their debut self-titled album and it is set to be out August 10th through Rough Trade. It will be pressed on red vinyl as well as come with a bonus 7″ single of “County Fair” and “Rainbows,” and it will come out on CD. The artwork has been slightly updated. The album also features “Anyone Else But You,” which was used in the film, Juno.
“It’s been 17 years since this was last released and we are putting it out again just in time to capitalize on the popularity of Juno,” the band joked in a statement. “We decided to ignore Barbara Walters’ advice when she told us to strike when the iron was hot, and decided to wait until the iron had become safely tepid. Once a Moldy Peach, always a Moldy Peach.”
Last night, Justin Vernon, from Bon Iver, accompanied Dead & Company at Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wisconsin. The performed “Bird Song,” “Friend of the Devil,” and “Black Muddy River” together. Watch Vernon perform with John Mayer below.
My Bloody Valentine kicked off their tour this summer by playing their first show since 2013 at Birmingham’s O2 Institute. Fans received a pair of earplugs when they got to the show as the usual tradition at the band’s shows. According to fanreports, Kevin Shield had experienced technical difficulties and false starts throughout the night. Watch some of the footage from the show below.
DJ Shadow has announced a film and live album titled Live in Manchester: The Mountain Has Fallen Tour. The album/film was recorded at England’s Albert Hall in October of last year where Shadow had stopped on tour behind his latest album The Mountain Will Fall and his 2017 EP The Mountain Has Fallen. Live in Manchester is set to be out July 13th through Mass Appeal Records.
The film will be premiered at the Los Angeles’ Downtown Independent tomorrow, June 22nd and Shadow will be in attendance for a Q&A. Watch the trailer and find the album tracklist below and the artwork above.
Live in Manchester: The Mountain Has Fallen Tour:
01 Shadow Intro
02 Transmission Mountain
03 Blast Talkie
04 Berg Stem
05 Mongrel Show
06 Suicide Posse
07 Soul Days
08 Nobody Steam
09 Sideshow D
Yo La Tengo have released a cover of Neil Young’s “Time Fades Away” for a Spotify Single as well as an in-studio version for “Shades of Blue” from this year’s LP, There’s a Riot Going On. Listen to the songs below.
Matt “Guitar” Murphy, best known as the guitarist for the Blues Brothers, has died according to Rolling Stone. He was 88 years old. Murphy was also a sideman for the most well-known blues musicians like Howlin’ Wolf, Memphis Slim, Muddy Waters, James Cotton, and others.
He was born in Mississippi and raised in Memphis where him and his brother Floyd became icons in the city’s blues scene where they played sidemen, until Murphy was recruited for the Blues Brothers by Dan Ackroyd and John Belushi. He starred in the 1980 comedy and the sequel Blues Brothers 2000 (1998), where he was Aretha Franklin’s husband. He recorded solo albums as well.
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever have released their debut album, Hope Downs, stream it below via Spotify.
The LP is their first after two EPs, 2016’s Talk Tight and 2017’s The French Press. It is their first full length full-length with label Sub Pop. The album was produced by Liam Judson. The way they approached the album in an isolated influenced the majority of the album.
The vocalist and guitarist, Joe White, talked more about the house in the country where they recorded in an interview with Enmore Audio:
“It was just a very pleasant environment to be in. There was none of the dark, cramped spaces of a studio. I slept outside every night and we cooked and ate outside the whole time. It was about being in a good, comfortable headspace when we went in and attacked the recording.”
Hope Downs Tracklist:
01. An Air Conditioned Man
02. Talking Straight
03. Mainland
04. Time In Common
05. Sister’s Jeans
06. Bellarine
07. Cappuccino City
08. Exclusive Grave
09. How Long?
10. The Hammer
Josiah Wise’s, aka serpentwithfeet’s, debut album soil was released last week and has announced tour dates today in support. Although the majority of the dates are in Europe, the project is also set to perform at festivals like Fuji Rock in Tokyo, Treasure Island Music Festival in Oakland, and standard show in his hometown, Baltimore. Check out the iteniary below along with the track “Seedless.”
All dates:
06.19.18 – San Francisco, CA – Swedish American Hall *
06.21.18 – Portland, OR – Holocene *
06.22.18 – Seattle, WA – Barboza *
06.23.18 – Vancouver, BC – The Biltmore Cabaret *
06.25.18 – Washington, DC – DC9 #
06.26.18 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s #
06.27.18 – Boston, MA – Great Scott #
06.29.18 – Toronto, ON – The Drake #
07.01.18 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle #
07.06-07.18 – Eau Claire, WI – Eaux Claires
07.17.18 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
07.29.18 – Tokyo, JP – Fuji Rock
08.08.18 – London, UK – Royal Albert Hall
08.10.18 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Haven
10.09.18 – Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere
10.10.18 – Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
10.11.18 – Raleigh, NC – Kings
10.13-14.18 – Oakland, CA – Treasure Island Music Festival
10.14.18 – Atlanta, GA – Afropunk Festival
10.26.18 – Madrid, Spain – Primavera Club
10.27.18 – Barcelona, ES – Primavera Club
10.29.18 – Paris, France – Badaboum
10.30.18 – London, UK – Islington Assembly
11.01.18 – Duedingen, Switzerland – Bad Bonn
11.02.18 – Zurich, Switzerland – Exit
11.03.18 – Milan, Italy – Club to Club
11.06.18 – Cologne, Germany – Gebaude 9
11.07.18 – Berlin, Germany – Lido
11.09.18 – Utrecht, Netherlands – Le Guess Who
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