Clarke Sondermann,’s, from the Washboard Abs, released a new album named Antumbra Pull yesterday via Antiquated Future. It is his first full-length album released under the name and it can be rlistened to below.
Listen to the Killers talk about “Rut” on “Song Exploder”
Brandon Flowers and Ronnie Vannucci from the Killers are the guests on the latest “Song Exploder,” the podcast dedicated to having musicians dissect their music and creative process. During this episode, they talk about the song “Rut” from the band’s newest album Wonderful Wonderful. They talk about how Flowers’ wife’s childhood trauma influenced the songwriting, and trying to figure out the rhythms for the song. Listen to the full episode here.
Real Estate share new song to benefit ACLU
Real Estate announced earlier this year and that they partnered with Los Angeles vegan footwear company Keep to design a new shoe. Every pair comes with a cassette that features an unreleased song and demos for “Two Arrows” and “Two Part.” Listen to the cassette’s first track, “In Time” here. The net proceeds from the the Keep x Real Estate Ramos shoe will go towards the American Civil Liberties Union.
Listen to the Roots’ “Schoolhouse Rock”-style song about slavery
During the season premiere of “Black-ish” on ABC last night m, an illustrated version of the Roots sang a “Schoolhouse Rock”-esque educational song about slavery. It opens with Black Thought singing, “I am a slave/Yes, I’m only a slave/They’ll place my body in an unmarked grave.” Watch the animated video here. The Roots also released the song “It Ain’t Fair,” in July, from the soundtrack to Detroit, Kathryn Bigelow’s film about the 12th Street riot in 1967.
Watch Cap’n Jazz and Hop Along cover Sonic Youth’s “100%”
Cap’n Jazz reunited this summer to play FYF and Riot Fest. The stayed together for a little bit longer to perform with Hop Along. The two bands covered Sonic Youth’s “100%” together for A.V. Club’s “Undercover” series. Watch it here, and go here for an interview with Tim Kinsella about the song. “100%” was on Sonic Youth’s 1992 album Dirty originally. Their FYF set was their first show together since 2010.
Watch the trailer for Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ new documentary
Yeah Yeah Yeahs have released a trailer for their upcoming tour documentary. Directed by Patrick Daughters, There Is No Modern Romance follows the band on the road during their shows in the UK in 2003 behind their album Fever to Tell. It will be bundled with their upcoming reissue of Fever to Tell on October 20th via Interscope/UMe. Watch a trailer for the doc here.
The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist
1. Plastic – Moses Sumney
2. Cranes in the Sky – Solange
3. Something For Your M.I.N.D. – Superorganism
4. Keep Pushing On – John Maus
5. Why Didn’t I? – Palberta
6. I’m a Kid – Jadu Heart
7. Deathless – Ibeyi
8. Wednesday Night Atonement – Curtis Harding
9. Close But Not Quite – Everything is Recorded
10. Cupid – The Big Moon
11. Feel it Out – yaeji
12. Pillow Palace – Cherusii
13. No worries – Suzanne Kraft
14.Nakhodka – Khotin
15. Depths (Pt.1) – Yumi Zouma
16. Faithless – Heavenly Beat
17. Close Your Eyes – Tape Wave
18. Essence – Jade TV
19. Value – Hideous Towns
20. Get High – Tender Age
Watch The Tallest Man On Earth cover Nick Drake
Tallest Man On Earth, aka Swedish folk singer Kristian Matsson, has been working on a video series the last few months called “The Light In Demos.” He shares a little life update in every episode before performing live, and on the most recent installment, he performs a song by Nick Drake. Watch Matsson’s cover of Drake’s “Bird Flew By” here.
Watch JAY-Z and Ryan Gosling’s “SNL” promos
Ryan Gosling is hosting the 43rd season premiere of “Saturday Night Live” tomorrow. JAY-Z is also set to join him as the musical guest. The two are featured in a pair of the classic promotional teasers for the episode. Tomorrow night’s “SNL” will be JAY-Z’s first solo performance on the show in over 7 years. Watch the teasers here.
Solange returns to Twitter
Solange has returned to Twitter after deleting her account on the platform in August. She shared photos from the Hurricane Harvey benefit she played earlier tonight in Boston, and her Hollywood Bowl show from last weekend. Solange left Twitter after the rise of neo-nazi rhetoric after the violent incidents in Charlottesville, Virginia. She mentioned Takiyah Thompson, the 22-year-old Carolina Central University student in her final tweet, who was arrested for taking down a Confederate monument in Durham, North Carolina.
