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 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.
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.
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 Shins have announced their much-anticipated new album, Heartworms. The follow-up to Port of Morrow is set to be out March 10th via Columbia. It includes the previously released “Dead Alive,” and a new track called “Name for You,” which you can listen to below as well as the tracklist.
They also announced tour dates in support of the album. See the itinerary below. James Mercer will be joined by Yuuki Matthews (bass), Jon Sortland (drums), Mark Watrous (guitar, keys, vocals), Casey Foubert (guitar) and Patti King (keys) on this tour, according to a press release.
Heartworms:
01 Name for You
02 Painting a Hole
03 Cherry Hearts
04 Fantasy Island
05 Mildenhall
06 Rubber Ballz
07 Half a Million
08 Dead Alive
09 Heartworms
10 So Now What
11 The Fear
The Shins:
03-02 Albuquerque, NM – El Rey Theatre
03-03 Phoenix, AZ – McDowell Mountain Music Festival
03-04 Pomona, CA – Fox Theater
03-06 San Diego, CA – Observatory North Park
03-07 San Diego, CA – Observatory North Park
03-28 Paris, France – Le Trianon
03-29 London, England – Eventim Apollo Hammersmith
03-30 Amsterdam, the Netherlands – Paradiso
04-22 North Charleston, SC – High Water Festival
04-23 North Charleston, SC – High Water Festival
06-15 Brooklyn, NY – Prospect Park Bandshell
The Philadelphia band, Modern Baseball, is set to go on a tw0-month long US tour joined by Kevin Devine, who will bring along The Goddamn Band, Sorority Noise and The Obsessives.
Find the complete itinerary below.
Modern Baseball 2017 Tour Dates: 03/17 – Huntington, NY @ Paramount Theater ^
03/18 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw ^
03/19 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw ^
03/21 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club ^
03/22 – Wilmington, DE @ World Cafe Live ^
03/24 – Norfolk, VA @ The Norva ^
03/25 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel *
03/26 – Charleston, SC @ Music Farm ^
03/28 – Jacksonville, FL @ Mavericks ^
03/29 – St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theater ^
03/31 – Birmingham, AL @ Saturn ^
04/01 – Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works ^
04/02 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall ^
04/04 – Austin, TX @ Emos ^
04/05 – Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey Live ^
04/07 – Scottsdale, AZ @ Livewire ^
04/08 – Pomona, CA @ The Glasshouse ^
04/09 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda ^
04/10 – Berkley, CA @ Berkley Theater ^
04/11 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades ^
04/13 – Denver, CO @ Summit Theater ^
04/14 – Omaha, NE @ Waiting Room ^
04/15 – Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s ^
04/17 – Grand Rapids, MI @ 20 Monroe Live ^
04/18 – Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall ^
04/19 – Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room ^
04/20 – Columbus, OH @ Park Street ^
04/21 – Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom ^
04/22 – Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom ^
* = w/ Sorority Noise, The Obsessives
^ = w/ Kevin Devine and the Goddamn Band, Sorority Noise, The Obsessives
Watch Modern Baseball’s video for “Wedding Singer:”
Dirty Projectors have released a teaser for a new piece of music in a video posted to Twitter. Check it out below. The video came with the cryptic text, “Do Not Wanna Live In A Li t t le Bub b l e.”
The band shared “Keep Your Name,” in September. It is their first new song since 2012’s About to Die EP. Their last LP was Swing Lo Magellan, released in 2012 as well.
Sleater-Kinney celebrated the new year with a special show at San Francisco’s Masonic, and they were supported by the Thermals and a DJ set from Spoon’s Britt Daniel. They covered George Michael’s “Faith” as a tribute to the late singer, then they were joined by Daniel and members of the Thermals to end their set with David Bowie’s “Rebel Rebel,” as Consequence of Sound points out. Watch it below as well as watch them lead a new year’s countdown (around the nine-minute mark).
The Melodic Tree 