Watch the Drums’ new “Blood Under My Belt” video

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 16th via 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 Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist

1. Something – Julien Baker

2. Blood Under My Belt – The Drums

3. Holocene – Bon Iver

4. Try Me Out Sometime – Broncho

5. In Dream – tomemitsu

6. Carnival – Kevin Devine

7. Mr. Window – Dada Plan

8. Club Soda – Hala

9. Washington Moon – Globelamp

10. Landlocked State – Teenage Cool Kids

11. Oh, Mojave – The Ruby Suns

12. White Seal (Shell & Spines) – Candy Claws

13. Floating In the Air – The fin.

14. Route to Palm – White Williams

15. In Love or Whatever – Future Teens

16. Inner Lover – Land of Talk

17. Impossible Gif – Jon McKiel

18. River Mansion – WALL

19. Too Beautiful to Work – The Luyas

20. Falling Out of Love (With You) – The 6ths

Ceremonia Festival canceled after inclement weather damages stage

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:

Se les cayó el escenario Vans #Ceremonia17 #Ceremonia pic.twitter.com/chWKCyDUL3

— Sahara León (@Tatei) April 1, 2017

Refunds are being offered at the point of purchase. More info can be found via the festival’s website.

Bleachers shares new song “Don’t Take the Money”

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 Desire came 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.

Kendrick Lamar shares video for new song “Humble”

Kendrick Lamar has shared a new music video for his new song, “Humble.” The video was directed by Dave Meyers & the Little Homies. The Little Homies are the duo of Kendrick and TDE president Dave Free. The new song was produced by Mike WiLL Made-It. “Humble” is the follow-up to Kendrick’s “The Heart Part 4,” which was released last week. His last studio album, To Pimp a Butterfly, was released in 2015 and last year, he released the compilation untitled unmastered. Watch the new video below.

Listen to The Washboard Abs new song “Comfortable”

Photo by: Lena Rose Hindes

Yesterday, Olympia-based indie pop outfit, The Washboard Abs shared another single from their upcoming album, Recurring Chasms. It follows their first single released at the beginning of March, “Submission.”

The album is set to be out April 7th via Antiquated Future. Pe-orders for the album have started on the label’s Bandcamp.

Listen below.

Phoenix announce world tour

After announcing a number of live shows earlier this month, Phoenix have released the itinerary for a full world tour. Find the dates below. Whitney, the Lemon Twigs, and Miike Snow will join them on select dates. The band’s last album was 2013’s Bankrupt!. They came back to cover the Beach Boys’ “Alone on Christmas Day” in 2015 with Bill Murray for his Netflix Christmas special. Phoenix also recently updated their social media accounts, hinting at new music to come.

Phoenix:

05-12 Miami, FL – Fillmore *
05-13 Orlando, FL – House of Blues *
05-14 Atlanta, GA – Shaky Knees Festival
05-15 Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium *
06-02 Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore ^
06-03 New York, NY – Governor’s Ball
06-04 Toronto, Ontario – Field Trip
06-05 Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom ^
06-07 Morrison, CO – Red Rocks ^#
06-11 San Diego, CA – 91x Valley View Casino Center
06-13 Phoenix, AZ – Marquee Theater ^
06-14 Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl ^
06-15 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl ^
06-29 Vilanova I la Geltrú, Spain – Vida Festival
06-30 Coulau, France – Garorock Festival
07-06 Lisbon, Portugal – NOS Alive
07-07 Bilbao, Spain – Bilbao BBK Live
07-08 Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France – Festival Beauregard
07-09 Belfort, France – Les Eurockeenes
07-13 Aix-Les-Bains, France – Festival Musilac
07-14 Carhaix-Plouguer, France – Festival les Vieilles Charrues
07-12-16 Dour, Belgium – Dour Festival
07-14-16 Berlin, Germany – Melt! Festival
07-20-22 Wiesen, Austria – Out of the Woods
07-22 Rome, Italy – Rock in Roma
08-11-12 Bali, Indonesia – Sunny Side Up Festival
08-11-13 Jakarta, Indonesia – We The Fest
08-15 Manila, Philippines – Araneta Coliseum
08-18-20 Osaka, Japan – Summersonic Festival
08-18-20 Tokyo, Japan – Summersonic Festival
09-02 Dublin, Ireland – Electric Picnic
09-29 Paris, France – AccorHotels Arena
09-30 London, England – Alexandra Palace

* with Whitney
^ with The Lemon Twigs
# with Miike Snow

Revisit the tour trailer, which features new music:

The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist

1. Old Friends – Pinegrove

2. The Ocean – Young Rival

3. You Belong To Me – Nico Yaryan

4. Tummy Ache – Diet Cig

5. Lonely Jones –  Post Animal

6. Scott Get the Van, I’m Moving – Cayetana

7. That Kind of Girl – All Dogs

8. Tour – The Courtneys

9. Dust In the Gold Sack – Swearin’

10. tennessee – P.s. Eliot

11. Sore Tummy – Paws

12. Dog – Lemuria

13. Get Disowned – Hop Along

14. Girl! – Terror Pigeon

15. Henry – Soccer Mommy

16. Nova Scotia 500 – Boyscott, N/A

17. Cinnamon – Palehound

18. Constant Headache – Joyce Manor

19. Emotions and Math – Margaret Glaspy

20. (I’d Rather Be) Anywhere But Here – Honeyblood