Sinkholes, Heat Shimmer, BIG IDIOT, Person Whale at the Friday the 13th Standing Rock Benefit in photos
Watch Sampha perform “(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano” on “Fallon”
Sampha’s latest album Process is due to be out February 3rd via Young Turks. He was the musical guest on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” last night. Watch him perform his new single “(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano.”
Walter TV, Tonstartssbandht, Jerry Paper, Heavy Meadow All Star Band at the Obsidian in photos
Foxygen shares video for new song “On Lankershim”
Foxygen have released the video for their new song “On Lankershim,” off of their upcoming album Hang. Directed by Foxygen and Danny Lacy, the lo-fi clip shows the band driving around Los Angeles and hang out around the house, dancing and playing video games. Watch it below.
Hang is due to be out January 20th via Jagjaguwar.
Watch Flaming Lips perform, play Game with Fred Armisen and Queen Latifah on “Fallon”
On last night’s episode of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” they featured a ton of music-related segments. Watch the Flaming Lips perform “The Castle” from their upcoming album Oczy Mlody, and talk about having multiple Hells Angels encounters while on tour; “Portlandia”’s Fred Armisen chat with Jimmy Fallon and read fake proverbs; the Roots do their classic reenactment of “The Bachelor” and freestyle songs about audience members; and John Legend jokily break down the lyrics of his song “All of Me” below. Wayne Coyne and Armisen played a game called “Humannequins” with Queen Latifah as well which is below too.
The Flaming Lips also appeared on “Portlandia” as two different sets of Flaming Lips.
Nicolas Jaar shares Sirens “Network Version” with bonus tracks
Nicolas Jaar released his latest studio album Sirens last fall. Today, he shared the “Network Version” of the album that was streamed on his Other People online radio channel before the actual release date of the album. It includes bonus tracks, including “Wildflower,” which can be listened to below.
Le Grotto, Fake Awake , Molten Salt, Holy Tentacles at the Obsidian in photos
The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist
1. Name for You – the Shins
2. Sleep Apnea – Beach Fossils
3. Let Down – Bored Nothing
4. 17 – Youth Lagoon
5. Paul – Big Thief
6. Rituals – Pill Friends
7. Anthems for a 17 Year Old Girl – Broken Social Scene
8. Mood – Porches
9. Nobody’s Baby – The Sweater I Gave You
10. Swing Lo Magellan – Dirty Projectors
11. Radical – It Looks Sad.
12. White Gloves – Khruangbin
13. Katy Song – Red House Painters
14. Little Fang – Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks
15. Spoiled – Infinity Crush
16. Told Ya So – Adult Mom
17. Gloomy Planets – The Notwist
18. Goddess On A Hiway – Mercury Rev
19. Black Rice – Women
20. Sandy – Jackson Scott
Spoon debuted five new songs at secret show in Austin
Spoon played a somewhat secret show at Antone’s in Austin, their hometown, Friday night where they five songs from their upcoming ninth studio album. It is due out in March via Matador. The band announced the set to select fans on their email list Thursday night, including the link to an already-booked show which featured local acts Jai Malano and Don Leady & His Rockin’ Revue. As Austin 360 reports, both acts moved their sets back to allow Spoon to appear as the show’s opener.
After premiering the new songs from their untitled ninth LP, Spoon also played four of their other hits. As described by Austin 360, the new material as “mostly of a piece with the sharp-edged, punk-fueled pop that dominates the band’s back catalog, with no major sonic departures other than their gradual shift in recent years toward more reliance on keyboards.”
Check out the full setlist below, via a tweet the band sent out after the show.
Watch Whitney perform “Golden Days” on “Colbert”
Whitney were on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” as the musical guests last night. On their TV debut, the performed “Golden Days” from Light Upon the Lake. Watch the performance below.
The Melodic Tree 