Kurt Vile will reissue a pair of EPs released in 2010 and 2011 on May 19th, both sides of his Smoke Ring for My Halo LP. The EPs, Square Shells and So Outta Reach, will be repressed on opaque and blue vinyl respectively, via Matador. Vile’s latest record, b’lieve i’m goin’ down, came out in 2015 and he was recently recording in an Australian studio with Courtney Barnett. Revisit his cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “Downbound Train” which is on So Outta Reach below.
Gorillaz will release “Let Me Out,” their Humanz collaboration with Pusha T and Mavis Staples, tomorrow at midday Eastern. It will premiere on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 show. The program begins at 12 p.m. Eastern. Zane revealed on air also that he will speak with Damon Albarn and Push. It is the latest from the guest-packed LP which also features Popcaan (“Saturnz Barz”), Noel Gallagher and Savages’ Jehnny Beth (“We Got the Power”), D.R.A.M. (“Andromeda”), Benjamin Clementine (“Hallelujah Money”), and many more. The band announced also that “spirit houses” modelled on the “Saturn Barz” video will pop up around the world.
The Drums have shared the video for their latest track “Blood Under My Belt.” Watch it below. The clip was directed by CYCY Sanders. The colorful video nods at racing culture, with frontman Jonny Pierce appearing in Moschino gear. “I hate making music videos,” Pierce said in a statement. “But, alas, sometimes you need to feed the beast, and I decided to make a music video that explores some visual fetishes of mine—mainly sportswear and a new exploration of colors that I’ve long-loved but hadn’t been a part of the band’s aesthetic until now.” The track is on “Abysmal Thoughts,” which is set to be out June 16thvia Anti-. The Drums will tour starting in July. See the full itinerary of dates below.
The Drums:
07-17 Seattle, WA – Neumos
07-18 Vancouver, British Columbia – Venue
07-19 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
07-28 Vancouver, British Columbia – Venue
07-19 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
07-21 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
07-22-23 Los Angeles, CA – FYF Festival
07-30 Oro-Medonte, Ontario – Wayhome Music and Arts Festival
08-03 Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza
09-14 Madrid, Spain Teatro Barcelo
09-15 Barcelona, Spain – Razmatazz
09-16 San Sebastian, Spain – Donostia Kutxa Kultur Festibala
09-18 Brescia, Italy – Latteria Molloy
09-19 Lausanne, Switzerland – Les Docks
09-20 Paris, France – La Gaite Lyrique
09-24 Copenhagen, Denmark – Pumperhuset
09-25 Oslo, Norway – Parkteateret
09-26 Stockholm, Sweden – Kraken
09-28 Berlin, Germany – Lido
09-29 Brussels, Belgium – Orangerie
09-30 Amsterdam, Holland – Paradiso Noord
10-02 Bristol, England – Thekla
10-03 Dublin, Ireland – Whelans
10-04 Manchester, England – Gorilla
10-05 Glasgow, Scotland – Art School
10-07 London, England – o2 Shepherds Bush Empire
The Ceremonia Festival was supposed to happen today in Toluca, Mexico, featuring a lineup led by Björk, M.I.A., Underworld, Beach House, James Blake, Nicolas Jaar, and more. The festival, however, has been canceled due to inclement weather.
Photos posted on social media shows that a portion of the festival’s stage was damaged due to the weather:
Jack Antonoff has released a new Bleachers song, “Don’t Take the Money.” It is from the band’s forthcoming yet unannounced sophomore album. The song seems to feature vocals from Lorde, who Antonoff co-wrote the song with, he confirmed in a tweet. Antonoff left a piñata effigy of himself in New York City’s Union Square earlier today and when fans broke it open, they found USB drives with the new song. Bleachers’ last album Strange Desirecame out in 2014.
It was announced earlier this month that Antonoff is set to live-score a screening of The Breakfast Club in Los Angeles which will happen tomorrow. Check out Bleachers’ upcoming tour dates below as well as his statement about the song.
“Don’t Take the Money” is a phrase I say in my head all the time. It has nothing to do with actual money. It means to follow the light. Don’t ignore a gut feeling. “Don’t take the money.” I repeat it to myself when I’m trying to stay on track. Specifically in this song I’m writing about my relationship and the verse and chorus run quickly through the past and the fight leading to the euphoria of seeing the light with someone else.
The Melodic Tree 