Watch Cat Power, Wayne Coyne, Michael Stipe, more pay tribute to David Bowie in new documentary
In April, Carnegie Hall and Radio City Music Hall hosted a pair of sold-out tribute shows in tribute of David Bowie. Artists such as Michael Stipe, the Flaming Lips, Cat Power, Blondie’s Debbie Harry, Laurie Anderson, and more covered songs that spanned throughout Bowie’s career. Okayplayer TV has shared a documentary, directed by Rafe Scoobey-Thal, that features interviews with many of the concert’s participants. Recorded backstage during rehearsals for the show, the artists revealed some of their favorite songs and talked about their favorite memories of Bowie. Cat Power, Stipe, the Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle, Esperanza Spalding, Anderson, Cyndi Lauper, Harry, the Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne, Bilal, Perry Farrell, Rickie Lee Jones, Robyn Hitchcock, and Heart’s Ann Wilson talked in the video. You can watch it below.
The documentary also featured footage of Bowie live shows and music videos, mixed with the interviews.
Father John Misty, André 3000, Lizzo to appear on new Adult Swim show
“Brad Neely’s Harg Nallin’ Sclopio Peepio” is a new cartoon that will premiere on July 10th on Adult Swim. The show stars Ilana Glazer (“Broad City”), Gabourey Sidibe (Precious), Darrell Hammond (“Saturday Night Live”) and more. It will also star one guest star per episode, some will perform music for the show. Father John Misty, André 3000, and Lizzo will appear on the first season, singing songs written by Neely. “This show for me is an opportunity to make a lot of music and have fun people sing my songs,” Neely said in a press release. Below, watch a clip from the show.
Flying Lotus makes directorial debut with short film
Sundance NEXT FEST is a film and music festival that takes place August 12-14 at The Theatre at Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles. It premieres the Los Angeles six new independent films from the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and are “paired with a music act, live performance, or conversation with an icon of independent cinema.” The 2016 festival will show the directorial debut of Flying Lotus, under his alias “steve,” premiering a short film called Royal. Shamir will perform at this year’s event with a screening of So Yong Kim’s Lovesong, which features Jena Malone and Riley Keough. Sunflower Bean has been paired with Andrew Neel’s Goat, which stars Nick Jonas. Nick Kroll, Craig Robinson, and a “surprise music artist” are also set to appear.
The Flying Lotus-scored short film FUCKKKYOUUU premiered at Sundance last year which can be watched below.
Watch Cassius’ new interactive video for “The Missing”
In April, French electronic duo Cassius shared “The Missing,” a new song from their upcoming album, Ibifornia, which features OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder. They have now shared a new interactive video for the song, which shows tons people making out. Directed by We Are From LA, the video allows viewers to change the many actors around, swapping who is making out with whom, by clicking on them during the video. Head here to see the video.
Ibifornia is set to be out August 26 through Interscope / Polydor.
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The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist
1. Bop Bop – Mean Lady
2. Telephone – Most People
3. 1000 Boys – Matt Duncan
4. poor old ra – The Pica Beats
5. Tibetan Pop Stars – Hop Along
6. Water – Jamaican Queens
7. Paia – Wild Ones
8. Prank Calls – Kelley Stoltz
9. Ozma – Shannon and the Clams
10. I Will Light You on Fire – Golden Shoulders
11. Springful – Adult Jazz
12. Come On and Move Me – Monarchs
13. Carl Sagan – Night Moves
14. Lovely You – Monster Rally
15. Just Like You – Bosley
16. Warned You – Good Morning
17. What You Run – Comforter
18. The Sound – Human Highway
19. Green – Diane Coffee
20. Indian Food – Dumbo Gets Mad
A$AP Ferg joined By Tyler, the Creator, A$AP Rocky, Young Thug, Schoolboy Q
WOO HAH! Festival happened tonight in Tilburg, Netherlands. Due to the festival’s huge lineup, A$AP Ferg was joined by some guests during his set. While he performed “Work,” “Shabba,” and “New Level,” he was joined by A$AP Rocky, Tyler, the Creator, Young Thug, Schoolboy Q, and others. Watch professionally shot footage of the set here via 3voor12.
The Shins putting final touches on their first album in four years
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Watch Schoolboy Q perform “THat Part” on “Colbert”
Schoolboy Q was the musical guest on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” last night. He performed “THat Part” from his upcoming album Blank Face, which is due out July 8th through Top Dawg Entertainment. Watch the performance below.
Angel Olsen rollerskates in “Shut Up Kiss Me” video
Angel Olsen’s new album My Woman is due out on September 2nd via Jagjaguwar. After releasing “Intern,” she returns with another track from her follow-up to Burn Your Fire for No Witness. It is called “Shut Up Kiss Me,” and in the self-directed video, she rollerskates while wearing a glittery silver wig. She relaxes on top of a car, rolls downhill, and gets dragged around a roller rink.
Angel Olsen:
09-09 Atlanta, GA – Terminal West *
09-10 Nashville, TN – Exit/In *
09-11 Cincinatti, OH – Woodward Theater *
09-12 Millvale, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre *
09-14 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer *
09-15 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club *
09-16 Hudson, NY – Basilica Soundscape *
09-17 New York, NY – Webster Hall *
09-18 Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw *
09-20 Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair *
09-21 Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair &
09-22 South Burlington, VT – Higher Ground Ballroom &
09-23 Montreal, Québec – Pop Montreal &
09-24 Toronto, Ontario – Virgin Mobile Mod Club &
09-26 Detroit, MI – The Loving Touch &
09-27 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall &
09-30 St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway &
10-01 Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle &
10-13 Brighton, England – Concorde 2 ^
10-14 Manchester, England – Club Academy ^
10-15 Glasgow, Scotland – SWG3 Studio Warehouse ^
10-16 Bristol, England – The Marble Factory ^
10-17 London, England – KOKO ^
10-19 Hamburg, Germany – Kampnagel ^
10-20 Copenhagen, Denmark – Koncerthuset, Studie 2 ^
10-21 Oslo, Norway – John Dee ^
10-22 Stockholm, Sweden – Debaser Strand ^
10-23 Goetborg, Sweden – Pustervik ^
10-25 Berlin, Germany – Columbia Theater ^
10-26 Munich, Germany – Ampere ^
10-27 Zuerich, Switzerland – Bogen F ^
10-28 Koeln, Germany – Stadtgarten ^
10-29 Brussels, Belgium – Botanique ^
11-04 Paris, France – La Gaîté Lyrique ^
11-05 Den Haag, Netherlands – Crossing Border Festival
11-06 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Tolhuistuin ^
* with Alex Cameron
& with Rodrigo Amarante
^ with Little Wings