After his appearance on “The Best Show,” Kurt Vile was the musical guest on this morning’s episode of “CBS This Morning: Saturday.” He had a conversation with Anthony Mason, where he discussed about how he started writing music on banjo, “those sweet bubblegum harmonies” on “Pretty Pimpin’,” getting recognized in public now, his friendship and working relationship with the War on Drugs’ Adam Granduciel, and going with his family on tour. He and the Violators performed three songs from b’lieve i’m goin’ down: “Pretty Pimpin,” “Dust Bunnies,” and “I’m an Outlaw.” Watch it all below.
Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, has just released a new song called “Dec 99th – Local Time” through the A Country Called Earth Soundcloud, which he recently used to share new music. You can listen to it below. “The local time is always now,” the song’s description says on Soundcloud. “Forever is a current event.” “Dec 99th – Local Time” was produced by Ferrari Sheppard. The song was recorded at DPlanet Studios in Cape Town. It’s the second collaboration between Bey and Sheppard recently, earlier this month they also shared “Dec. 99th – Tall Sleeves.” Listen to it below, too.
Bey is currently facing legal issues in South Africa because of the use of a false passport and travel documents. Earlier this the year, he shared a freestyle on Kanye West’s website announcing his retirement from music and an upcoming final record.
Record stores recently received flyers that advertised a new record from Aphex Twin. It has now been confirmed that Richard D. James’ CheetahEP is on the way. The artist tweeted a link this morning to a website for the EP. It is due out July 8th through Warp. The follow-up to Syro, the Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2 EP, and the Orphaned Deejay Selek (2006-2008) EP will be available on vinyl, CD, cassette, and as a digital download and is seven songs long. Find the art above and tracklist below.
Bon Iver recently performed a four-night series of special concerts as a part of the Sydney Opera House’s VIVID Live series. After phone footage had surfaced of his “Cercle” shows, VIVID have released three different songs that were professionally shot. Watch Justin Vernon and the band perform “Creature Fear,” “Heavenly Father,” and “Michicant” below. Bon Iver also recently played shows in Asia and will headline Eaux Claires Music Festival again.
Local Natives have announced their third album, Sunlit Youth. The follow-up to Hummingbird is set to be out on September 9th thro ugh Loma Vista Recordings/Infectious Music. It will include previously shared “Past Lives” and “Villainy,” which has a new lyric video, which can be seen below, directed by Andrew Droz Palermo. Check out the Sunlit Youth album art above and tracklist, and the band’s newly announced world tour dates below.
In a press release, the band’s Ryan Hahn said of the new record:
A lot of the excitement in making this new album came from discovering how to make songs in different ways. You start thinking, “What do I want to hear?” Forget about what we’ve done and what people expect. This is a song that I would want to hear. Lyrically, “Villainy” is about realising that you have the ability to change your situation, that you can start again everyday. We applied that to how we made music this time around. We wanted all the new songs to have a different energy, to challenge ourselves to do something different each time.
Sunlit Youth:
01 Villainy
02 Past Lives
03 Dark Days
04 Fountain of Youth
05 Masters
06 Jellyfish
07 Coins
08 Mother Emanuel
09 Ellie Alice
10 Psycho Lovers
11 Everything All at Once
12 Sea of Years
Local Natives tour:
07-16 Louisville, KY – Forecastle Festival
07-31 Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza
08-19 Hasselt, Belgium – Pukkelpop
08-20 Stockholm, Sweden – Gainesville
08-21 Biddinghuizen, Netherlands – Lowlands
08-22 Winterthur, Switzerland – Musikfestwochen
08-24 Paris, France – La Boule Noire
08-26 Cologne, Germany – c/o pop Festival
08-28 Turin, Italy – Todays Festival
08-29 Ljubljana, Slovenia – Kino Siska Festival
09-02 San Sebastián, Spain – Kutxa Kultur Festival
09-03 Salisbury, England – End of the Road Festival
09-04 Stradbally, Ireland – Electric Picnic Festival
09-14 Tempe, AZ – The Marquee Theater
09-15 San Diego, CA – The North Park Theatre
09-16 Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre
09-17 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
09-19 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
09-20 Seattle, WA – Moore Theatre
09-22 Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
09-23 Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
09-24 Kansas City, MO – Crossroads KC
09-27 Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theater
09-28 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
09-30 Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom
10-02 Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Festival
10-05 St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
10-07 New Orleans, LA – The Civic Theatre
10-09 Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Festival
10-11 Birmingham, AL – Iron City Birmingham
10-12 Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle
10-14 Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
10-15 Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte
10-16 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
10-17 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
10-19 Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
10-21 Providence, RI – Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel
10-22 Boston, MA – House of Blues – Boston
10-25 New York, NY – Terminal 5
10-26 New York, NY – Terminal 5
11-01 Oxford, England – Academy 1
11-02 London, England – Koko
11-04 Bristol, England – Motion
11-06 Glasgow, Scotland – QMU
11-07 Leeds, England – Stylus
11-08 Manchester, England – Albert Hall
11-10 Paris, France – Le Trianon
11-11 Zürich, Switzerland – Rote Fabrik
11-12 Brussels, Belgium – Cirque Royale
11-13 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
11-15 Milan, Italy – Magnolia
11-16 Hamburg, Germany – Uebel & Gefaehrlich
11-17 Berlin, Germany – Bi Nuu
11-19 Stockholm, Sweden – Debaser Media
11-20 Oslo, Norway – Rockfeller
11-21 Gothenburg, Sweden – Pustervik
11-22 Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega Main Hall
Death Grips have released a short film named “The Caged Pillows.” It is released a few weeks after the group’s latest record, Bottomless Pit. The animated trippy sequence announces the launch of a new site called RUINS, which is described as a “creative channel premiering original works intended to stimulate interest around urbanism and the future of cities.”
The video’s description has viewers explore “a fully loaded technicolor dreamscape in this original animation from Galen Pehrson, featuring a dynamic cast and Musical soundtrack by Daft Punk, Future Islands, Death Grips and Devendra Banhart.” Also appearing are Jena Malone, Rose McGowan, Gemma Ward, and James Franco.
Dev Hynes in April announced the title of his next Blood Orange album, Freetown Sound. “It’s like my version of Paul’s Boutique,” he said about the record. “It kind of plays like a long mix tape.” He has now shared the album art by Deana Lawson which you can check out below. Freetown Sound will be the follow-up to 2013’s Cupid Deluxe.
Of Montreal have announced a new album, Innocence Reaches. This is the follow-up to 2015’s Aureate Gloom and Snare Lustrous Doomings and is set to be out on August 12th through Polyvinyl. The first single from the album, “it’s different for girls,” premiered earlier today on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 show. Listen to it and see the tracklist below and cover art above.
In a press release, Barnes said that he was immensely influenced by contemporary music while making Innocence Reaches. “Forever I’ve been detached from current music,” he explains. “I got into this bubble of only being in some other time period. I came up picking apart the Beach Boys, the Beatles, and symphonic pieces. But last year, I was hearing Jack Ü, Chairlift, Arca, and others, thinking about low end and sound collage. It was an extra layer to geek out on.”
Innocence Reaches:
01 let’s relate
02 it’s different for girls
03 gratuitous abysses
04 my fair lady
05 les chants de maldoror
06 a sport and a pastime
07 ambassador bridge
08 def pacts
09 chaos arpeggiating
10 nursing slopes
11 trashed exes
12 chap pilot
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