The War on Drugs have released a new song, “Thinking of a Place.” It was revealed previously that the band would be issuing the song on vinyl as a 12″ single on April 22nd to commemorate Record Store Day. Listen to the 11-minute track below. “Thinking of a Place” will mark the band’s first new music since the release of Lost in the Dream in 2014.
Fleet Foxes preview Crack-Up Vinyl packaging
Fleet Foxes will return on June 16th with Crack-Up, the band’s first studio album since 2011’s Helplessness Blues. After releasing the song “Third of May / Ōdaigahara” and an album trailer with excerpts of new music, Robin Pecknold is now previewed the vinyl packaging on Instagram. Find pictures the front and back covers, as well as the gatefold sleeve below. In a comment, he confirms that they are just packaging proofs and not the actual release. He also mentioned that a new single will be out in a “couplea weeks” and that they are now shooting a video.
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Watch Car Seat Headrest perform new version of “Unforgiving Girl” on “Conan”
On “Conan” last, they welcomed musical guests Car Seat Headrest where they played an updated version of their Teens of Denial track “Unforgiving Girl (She’s Not An).” Watch it below. Car Seat Headrest are between their two-weekend performances at Coachella currently. Will Toledo also shared recently a cover of the Smiths’ “That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore.”
Watch Kendrick Lamar’s new “DNA.” video starring Don Cheadle
Kendrick Lamar released his new studio album DAMN. recently. He has now released the music video for “DNA.,” directed by Nabil and the Little Homies (Kendrick and Dave Free). It stars Don Cheadle, who begins the video by interrogating Kendrick. “Kendrick Lamar, two first names, huh,” he says. “What the fuck is up with that?” He then proceeds to lip-sync the song, switching with Kendrick. The end of the video features a new outro that is not on the album version of the song, and the video ends with Schoolboy Q walking towards the camera before punching it out. Also, the Chinese characters in the video spell out “Kung Fu Kenny.” Watch it below.
Shamir surprise releases new album Hope
Shamir has released a new album, Hope by surprise. He says it was recorded this weekend as he considered quitting from music. The follow-up to Ratchet is available to stream and download for free on Soundcloud; listen to it below. Shamir wrote, played, produced, and mixed the record, which includes a cover of Blake Babies’ “Rain.” “Im not gonna lie, this album is hard to listen to, but it was even harder for me to share,” he wrote in the Soundcloud description. “I love pop music, i love outsider music, and i love lofi music, this is my way of combining all 3.” Read more of the explanation below.
I was gonna quit music this weekend. From day 1 it was clear i was an accidental pop star. I loved the idea of it, i mean who doesn’t? Still the wear of staying polished with how im presented and how my music was presented took a huge toll on me mentally. I started to hate music, the thing i loved the most! When i would listen to immaculate recordings with my friends their praise over the quality of the art as opposed to the art itself made me feel really sad for music as a medium in general. My music only feels exciting for me if its in the moment, and thats what this album is. I made this album this past weekend stuck in my room with just a 4 track feeling hopeless about my love for music. … I played, wrote, produced, and mixed everything and big thanks to Kieran Ferris for Mastering an album with an hours notice! its free! Enjoy! Love Yall! Still more 2 come!!!!!!!
The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist
1. Afterthought – Ings
2. Key Largo – Arbes
3. Eliot St. – Quilt
4. Sun In An Empty Room – The Weakerthans
5. we’ll both apologise- Trust Fund
6. Cosmos – Yabadum
7. Apple Pie Bed – Lawrence Arabia
8. Quite Like – Her
9. Skeleton Dance – Teleman
10. Open Rhythms – Bodies of Water
11. I Heard – Young Fathers
12. I’m to Blame – Boardwalk
13. Moonwalk Away – GoldFish
14. Billions of Eyes – Lady Lamb
15. Peanut Dreams – Grand National
16. Lose Your Mind – So Many Wizards
17. On Top of the World – Ninca Leece
18. Above – Reptile Youth
19. My Made up Spook – The/Das
20. What a Pleasure – Beach Fossils
Watch Radiohead play “Creep,” “Karma Police,” “Paranoid Android,” more during Coachella set
Radiohead headlined the first night of Coachella’s opening weekend yesterday. Racked by technical difficulties throughout the set, the band seemed to be mostly unruffled, with Thom Yorke making jokes in a seemingly dry manner. The career-spanning concert included a number of their classics, including “Creep,” “Karma Police,” “Paranoid Android,” as well as songs from A Moon Shaped Pool. Watch clips from their performance below. Once they finish their second Coachella set on April 21st, they will go overseas for the European leg of their tour.
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Phoenix tease new song “J-Boy”
Phoenix have released a new 13-second video on their Twitter. It shows various song titles, including some of their hits including “Lisztomania” and “1901.” At the end, there’s one unfamiliar name: “J-Boy.” The “J-Boy” clip follows speculations about a new record when the band changed their profile images on various social media accounts last fall. Shortly after, they announced their return to live performances.
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