Mumford and Sons’ concert in Charlotte scheduled on Thursday night will go on but all profits will be donated to a local LGBTQ organization in town.
“As a band that relishes welcoming everyone to our shows and promoting tolerance,” Mumford and Sons wrote in their statement, “we do want to take a stand with the people of North Carolina who this week are shouting loudly against intolerance, fear and discrimination.”
Their show at the Time Warner Center Arena was sold out, so the LGBTQ community received a lot of help in fighting back against HB2. Read the band’s complete statement below.
“Dear friends,
We will be playing a show tomorrow in Charlotte, and recent events in North Carolina have got us talking a lot as a band the last few days, so we felt compelled to say something in advance to you.
As a band that relishes welcoming everyone to our shows and promoting tolerance, we do want to take a stand with the people of North Carolina who this week are shouting loudly against intolerance, fear and discrimination.
Over the years we’ve looked for ways to contribute to the vitality of local communities and, in that spirit, we’re now creating a charitable fund to support those who have made it their mission to pursue love and justice. We will be donating all of our profits from this show to this new fund. And we will start by making a donation from it to a local LGBTQ organisation.
As always, we will open the doors to our show to anyone who wants to come, and are excited to get down with the people of Charlotte.
James Blake was a surprise host on BBC Radio 1 this evening, and he had big news. He announced that his much-anticipated new album Radio Silence is done and recorded. According to the singer, it features 18 tracks, including one that is 20 minutes.
Listen to “Timeless,” which he premiered during the two-hour 1-800 Dinosaur broadcast tonight, below.
Mitski recently announced Puberty 2, which is her follow-up to 2014’s album Bury Me at Makeout Creek, and also released a single called “Your Best American Girl.” That single now has a video, directed by Zia Anger. Watch it below, and find all of her upcoming tour dates.
According to the press release, the video “plays on the idea of, as a Japanese girl, never quite fitting in with the genre’s surplus of white American guys.” The video has cinematography from Ashley Connor, art direction by Caiti Hawkins, and styling by Creatures of the Wind. Puberty 2 is set to be out on June 17th on Dead Oceans.
Mitski:
04-17 Brussels, Belgium – Ancienne Belgique – solo show
04-19 London, England – Birthdays – solo show
04-21 Paris, France – La Mécanique Ondulatoire w/ Twin Peaks – solo show
04-23 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso Basement – solo show
06-20 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
06-22 Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
06-23 Philadelphia, PA – Boot & Saddle
06-24 Philadelphia, PA – PhilaMOCA
06-25 Washington, DC – Rock & Roll Hotel
06-26 Durham, NC – The Pinhook
06-28 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade: Purgatory
06-29 Birmingham, AL – The Syndicate Lounge
07-01 Houston, TX – Walter’s Downtown
07-02 Austin, TX – The Sidewinder
07-03 Dallas, TX – Three Links
07-05 Phoenix, AZ – The Rebel Lounge
07-06 Santa Ana, CA – The Constellation Room
07-07 Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
07-08 San Francisco, CA – Bottom Of The Hill
07-09 Oakland, CA – Starline Social Club
07-11 Portland, OR – Analog Theater
07-12 Vancouver, British Columbia – The Cobalt
07-13 Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
07-15 Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
07-16 Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge
07-19 Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
07-20 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
07-22 Toronto, Ontario – Horseshoe Tavern
07-23 Montreal, Quebec – Bar Le Ritz
Martin Scorsese’s film Taxi Driver will turn 40 this year. To celebrate, Waxwork Records will release Bernard Herrmann’s score on vinyl. The album is available on yellow and tri-color (yellow, black, and white) vinyl and comes with liner notes from Scorcese. The packaging artwork is by Rich Kelly. Find the packaging shots and previews from the soundtrack below. The soundtrack is out today.
The film’s anniversary will be celebrated on April 21 at Tribeca Film Festival. Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, and others will be on a panel for the film.
The Flying Lotus-scored documentary LoveTrue will premiere at Tribeca Film Festival later this month. Directed by Alma Har’el and executive produced by Shia LaBeouf, the documentary will tell the story of three real-life relationships. Today, they have released the trailer for LoveTrue, which features some of FlyLo’s original music. In it, several of the film’s subjects, which includes children, musicians, and dancers, talk about their experiences with love. Watch it and check out the documentary’s poster below.
We have decided to begin taking portraits of people around San Antonio’s (and soon enough, Olympia, Washington’s) music scene and this is the first of hopefully many! We are going to upload the pictures on Flickr and the first series is from the first day of Maverick Fest! Check them out here!
M83 began their extensive tour in support of their new album Junk in New Orleans at the Civic Theatre last night. The band had a few surprises, first debuting Junk’s “Laser Gun” and introducing new singer-keyboardist Kaela Sinclair, who won the spot after the band had open auditions to replace Morgan Kibby in February.
Watch a clip of M83 performing “Laser Gun” with Sinclair below, via Stereogum, and watch additional clips of ““Echoes Of Mine,” “Wait,” and “Steve McQueen”.
“Echoes Of Mine”:
“Wait”:
“Steve McQueen”:
M83’s current tour schedule:
M83 2016 Tour Dates: 04/08 – Dallas, TX @ Bomb Factory *
04/09 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall *
04/10 – Austin, TX @ Stubbs Waller Creek Amphitheater *
04/12 – Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre *
04/13 – Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theatre *$
04/15 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
04/16 – Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl *
04/17 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater *
04/09 – Ponoma, CA @ Fox Theater *
04/22 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
04/23 – Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst Club *
04/25 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater *
04/26 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater *
04/27 – Missoula, MT @ The Wilma Theatre *
04/29 – Edmonton, AB @ Winspear Centre !
04/30 – Calgary, AB @ Grey Eagle Event Centre !
05/04 – Hong Kong, CN @ Kitec Star Hall
05/07 – Kuala Lumpur, MY @ KL Live
05/10 – Melbourne, AU @ Forum Melbourne
05/11 – elbourne, AU @ Forum Melbourne
05/14 – Brisbane, AU @ Tivoli
05/16 – Sydney, AU @ Enmore Theatre
05/19 – Sentosa, SG @ Hard Rock Coliseum
05/21 – Jarkata, ID @ Lapangan D
05/24 – Seoul, KR @ Blue Square – Samsung Card Hall
05/26 – Tokyo, JP @ Studio Coast
05/28 – Quincy, WA @ Sasquatch! Music Festival
05/30 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Great Saltair #
05/31 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre #
06/01 – Kansas City, MO @ Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland #
06/03 – Columbus, OH @ Express Live!
06/04 – New York, NY @ Governors Ball Music Festival
06/06 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE #
06/07 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s #
06/08 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues #
06/10 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music Festival
06/11 – Raleigh, NC @ Red Hat Amphitheater
06/12 – Richmond, VA @ The National
06/14 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore
06/15 – Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa
06/16 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion ^
06/18 – Dover, DE @ Firefly Music Festival
06/22-26 – Pilton, UK @ Glastonbury Music Festival
06/24-26 – Paris, FR @ Solidays Festival
06/28 – Istanbul, TR @ Zorlu Center for the Performing Arts
06/30 – Gdynia, PL @ Open’er Festival
07/01-03 – Marmande, FR @ Garorock Festival
07/01-03 – Belfort, FR @ Les Eurockeenes Festival
07/07 – Bilbao, ES @ BBK Live Festival
07/09 – Lisbon, PT @ NOS Alive! Festival
07/14-17 – Ostrava, CZ @ Colours of Ostrava Festival
07/15 – Gräfenhainchen, DE @ Melt! Festival
07/17 – Suffolk, UK @ Latitude Festival
07/20 – Portland, ME @ Thompson’s Point
07/21 – Boston, MA @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
07/23 – Oro-Medonte, ON @ WayHome Music & Arts Festival
07/24 – Detroit, MI @ MoPop Festival
07/25 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
07/27 – Council Bluffs, IA @ Stir Cove
07/29 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
07/23-31 – Montreal, QC @ Osheaga Festival
08/10 – Oslo, NO @ Øya Festival
08/11 – Gothenburg, SE @ Way Out West Festival
08/13 – Helsinki, FI @ Flow Festival
08/15 – Budapest, HU @ Sziget Festival
08/19 – Hasselt, BE @ Pukkelpop
08/20-21 – Sankt Polten, AT @ Frequency Festival
08/20-21 – Biddinghuizen, NL @ Lowlands Festival
08/24 – Zurich, CH @ Zurich Openair Festival
08/25-28 – Charleville-Mézières, FR @ Le Cabaret Vert
* = w/ YACHT
$ = w/ Børns
# = w/ Bob Moses
^ = w/ Tame Impala
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