Spoon’s newest release, Hot Thoughts, is set to be out March 17th via Matador. The band went on stage on “The Late Late Show With James Corden” last night to perform “I Ain’t the One” from the new album. Check out the performance below. Spoon announced that they had partnered with an Austin restaurant to create a Spoon signature taco and performed “Hot Thoughts” on “Kimmel” earlier this week.
Watch P.O.S and Justin Vernon’s new “Faded” video
Minneapolis rapper P.O.S released a new album called Chill, dummy in January. It features collaborations with Kathleen Hanna, Allan Kingdom, Lizzo, Open Mike Eagle, and Busdriver. Today, he has shared the video for the song “Faded,” which has vocals from Justin Vernon and Lady Midnight. In the clip, directed by James Gundersen, P.O.S is in the woods as images are projected onto him. Watch it below.
Woods announce new album Love Is Love, share new song
Woods have announced a new album, Love Is Love. It is the follow-up to last year’s City Sun Eater in the River of Light and is set to be out April 21st via Woodsist. Love Is Love was written and recorded in the few months after the election and is “a meditation on love, and on what life means now,” according to the press release. The announcement is joined by the title track. Find it below, along with the tracklisting. Find the album art above.
Love Is Love:
01 Love Is Love
02 Bleeding Blue
03 Lost in a Crowd
04 Spring Is in the Air
05 I Hit That Drum
06 Love Is Love (Sun on Time)
Verisimilitude release Liquid Sunshine Experience video
Psychedelic instrumental band, Verisimilitude, have shared the video for Liquid Sunshine Experience, their interactive liquid light show.
The San Antonio-based outfit use several colors, oil, and water on overhead projectors to create the projected “liquid sunshine.” The band calls to their fans to be in the show with them as they create the moving backdrop to their shows.
Watch the video below and you can catch them next at the second ever Imagine Fest on March 12th.
Anna Don’t Disappear, album review
Anna Don’t Disappear is a strong showing out of Toronto based indie band Red Nightfall. The front half of the album sounds okay, slightly predictable even. The front half is reminiscent of bands trying too hard to fit a specific mold. On the second half however, the music becomes more stripped and raw. The band seems to really find a rhythm and a purpose. The second half is considerably more soul baring and raw than the first. It is refreshing to see a band evolve throughout the album. Namely, on the track “St. Petersburg”, it feels like the band is coming into their own as soul felt indie rockers. The track seems to highlight just what the band can do.
All in all, the album warrants a listen. The emotional honesty of the second half is enjoyable and nice listening. While the front half of the album could use some work, the second half cements Red Nightfall as a band to keep an eye on.
You can listen to the album here.
Car Seat Headrest announce tour
Car Seat Headrest have announced a number of new tour dates for 2017. The band will be performing headlining shows as well as festival appearances at Coachella, Governor’s Ball, Bonnaroo, and more. Check out the full itinerary below. The band’s latest album, Teens of Denial was No. 1 on Melodic Tree’s Top Six Albums of 2016.
Car Seat Headrest:
03-10 New Orleans, LA – The Buku Music + Art Project
03-14 Amsterdam, the Netherlands – Paradiso Grote Zaal
03-15 Brussels, Belgium – Botanique
03-16 Cologne, Germany – Gebäude 9
03-17 Berlin, Germany – Musik & Frieden
03-18 Schorndorf, Germany – Manufaktur
03-19 Munich, Germany – Feierwerk / Kranhalle
03-20 Zürich, Switzerland – Mascotte
03-22 Paris, France – Divan du Monde
03-23 London, England – Electric Ballroom
03-24 Manchester, England – Manchester Gorilla
03-24-26 Glasgow, Scotland – BBC Radio 6 Music Festival
03-26 Leeds, England – Brudenell Social Club
03-27 Dublin, Ireland – Academy
04-15 Indio, CA – Coachella Valley Music and Arts
04-17 Los Angeles, CA – The Regent Theatre *
04-19 Pomona, CA – The Glass House ^
04-20 Pioneertown, CA – Pappy & Harriets *
04-22 Indio, CA – Coachella Valley Music and Arts
05-12 Atlanta, GA – Shaky Knees Music Festival\
05-26 Allston, MA – Boston Calling
05-28 George, WA – Sasquatch Music Festival
06-01 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
06-03 New York, NY – Governors Ball Music Festival
06-04 Charlottesville, VA – Jefferson Theater
06-05 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
06-07 Asheville, NC – Orange Peel
06-08 Louisville, KY – Headliners
06-09 Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Music Festival
06-18 Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre $
06-24 Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre #
06-30 Richmond, VA – Brown’s Island
07-28-30 Oro-Medonte, Ontario – WayHome Music and Arts Festival
08-01 Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom
08-03 South Burlington, VT – Higher Ground Ballroom
08-04-06 Montreal, Quebec – Osheaga Festival
* with Preoccupations
^ with Future Islands
$ with Local Natives and Portugal, the Man
# with Weezer
The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist
1. Psycho Killer – Talking Heads
2. Scotty Pippin – Booty Feet
3. Now It’s On – Grandaddy
4. Desiree – Smokey Brights
5. You’re Not – Wet Wings
6. Mornings – Lowly
7. Crank – Palm
8. Be OK – Deep Throat Choir
9. Love Is – Dude York
10. Dundee Man – Spiral Stairs
11. Illegal and Free – Milk Music
12. Springtime – Rumskip
13. The Helicopter Spies – Swell Maps
14. No Light – Meat Wave
15. All For Everything – The Luyas
16. Folios – The New Year
17. Lose – Dinosaur Jr.
18. There Are No Words – The Sadies
19. Fast Canoe – Polvo
20. D – Codeine
Watch Dave Chappelle join Thundercat and Robert Glasper onstage
Thundercat was joined by two special guests when he performed at Irving Plaza in New York City tonight over the course of his set: Robert Glasper, who came to sit in on keys, and later Dave Chappelle, who came on the stage to take the mic as Thundercat and Glasper played behind him. While talking to the crowd, Chappelle said, “Ladies and gentlemen: on stage tonight is the musical virtuosos… They spent hours and hours of their life practicing their craft, and tonight we get to enjoy the sum total of their work. Make some noise for your band.” He went on, “Thundercat, take this bass solo wherever you wanna go, ’cause we with you all the way, my brother, for real.” Watch it below, as well as some other clips from the show.
Listen to the Shins’ new song “Painting a Hole”
The Shins are getting ready to release their new album Heartworms, which is set to be out March 10th via Aural Apothecary/Columbia. Today, they have released another new track from the record, “Painting a Hole.” It follows the already released “Dead Alive,” “Name for You,” and “Mildenhall,” as well as “The Fear,” which they premiered on the radio show “A Prairie Home Companion.” Listen “Painting a Hole” below.
The Washboard Abs share new song “Submission”
Today, Olympia-based indie pop outfit, The Washboard Abs, shared “Submission.” It is their first single from their upcoming album, Recurring Chasms which is due out April 7th via Antiquated Future. The album will be the follow-up to 2016’s Have U Scanned Ur Club Card, one of our favorite albums from last year.
Listen to it below.
The Melodic Tree 