Alabama Shakes

Alabama Shakes announce summer tour

After their wins at the Grammys last night, Alabama Shakes have announced a tour. Find the itinerary below.

Alabama Shakes won Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Song, Best Alternative Music Album, and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.

Alabama Shakes:

03-11 Bogota, Colombia – Festival Estereo Picnic
03-13 São Paulo, Brazil – Lollapalooza Brazil
03-14 São Paulo, Brazil – Lollapalooza Brazil Sideshow at Club Audio
03-15 São Paulo, Brazil – Lollapalooza Brazil Sideshow at Circo Voador
03-17 Buenos Aires, Argentina – Lollapalooza Argentina Sideshow at Niceto Club
03-19 Buenos Aires, Argentina – Lollapalooza Argentina
03-20 Santiago, Chile – Lollapalooza Chile
04-21 Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater *
04-22 Charlotte, NC – Uptown Amphitheater *
04-23 Charleston, SC – Volvo Cars Stadium *
04-25 Chattanooga, TN – Track 29 *
04-26 Asheville, NC – ExploreAsheville.com Arena *
04-27 Athens, GA – The Classic Center *
04-29 Ybor City, FL – Cuban Club *
04-30 St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheater *
05-21 Gulf Shores, AL – Hangout Festival
05-27 Bend, OR – Les Schwab Amphitheater ^
05-28 Burnaby, British Columbia – Festival Lawn at Deer Lake Park !
05-29 George, WA – Sasquatch! Music Festival
07-08 London, England – Hyde Park ‒ British Summer Time
07-09 Barcelona, Spain – Cruilla Barcelona Summer Festival
07-15 Memphis, TN – Mud Island Amphitheater
07-16 Louisville, KY – Forecastle
07-19 Chicago, IL – Civic Opera House
07-20 Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom
08-06 Taos, NM – Kit Carson Park #
08-07 Phoenix, AZ – Comerica Theatre #
08-09-10 Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theater #
08-12 Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre !

* with Dylan LeBlanc
^ with Hop Along
! with Kurt Vile and the Violators
# with Dawes

Watch Alabama Shakes perform “Don’t Wanna Fight” at the Grammys:

Austin City Limits reveals 2015 webcast schedule

Austin City Limits will live stream a variety of this weekend’s performance on Red Bull TV.

The Strokes, Run the Jewels, Father John Misty, ASAP Rocky, Alabama Shakes, The Decemberists, Gary Clark Jr., Royal Blood, Brand New, Billy Idol, Kurt Vile are among the scheduled artists.

Watch here, or watch through the Red Bull TV’s app on Android, iOS and Windows phone, through Apple TV, and Samsung TV’s Red Bull channels, and a free app on Amazon Fire TV, Kindle Fire, Nexus Player, Roku Players, Roku TV models, and Xbox 360.

Friday, October 2nd:
02:15pm – Talking in Tongues (1)
02:15 – Asleep at the Wheel (2)
03:00 – Royal Blood (1)
03:00 – In the Whale (2)
03:45 – Meg Myers (2)
04:00 – Nate Ruess (1)
04:30 – Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors (2)
05:00 – Leon Bridges (1)
05:15 – Brand New (2)
06:00 – Walk The Moon (1)
06:15 – Albert Hammond Jr. (2)
07:15 – Moon Taxi (1)
07:15 – Cherub (2)
08:15 – Gary Clark Jr. (1)
08:15 – George Ezra (2)
09:15 – Flosstradamus (1)
09:15 – Run the Jewels (2)

Saturday, October 3rd:
02:15pm – Waters (3)
02:30 – Milo Greene (1)
02:30 – Glass Animals (2)
03:15 – Echosmith (1)
03:30 – Misterwives (2)
04:00 – Father John Misty (1)
04:30 – Shakey Graves (2)
04:30 – San Fermin (3)
05:30 – Houndmouth (2)
07:20 – Alabama Shakes (1)
07:30 – G-Eazy (2)
07:30 – TV on the Radio (3)
08:20 – deadmau5 (1)
08:30 – ASAP Rocky (2)
08:30 – Unknown Mortal Orchestra (3)

Sunday, October 4th:
02:15pm – Boom Forest (3)
02:30 – BØRNS (2)
03:00 – Jidenna (3)
03:15 – Lord Huron (1)
03:30 – Daughter (2)
03:45 – Amason (3)
04:30 – The Decemberists (1)
04:40 – Ben Howard (3)
05:30 – Vance Joy (1)
05:30 – Sylvan Esso (2)
05:30 – Strand of Oaks (3)
06:30 – Of Monsters and Men (1)
06:30 – Kurt Vile and the Violators (3)
07:30 – Hozier (2)
07:30 – NERO (3)
07:45 – Billy Idol (1)
08:45 – The Strokes (1)
09:30 – Dwight Yoakam (2)

The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist

1. Aurora – Foo Fighters

2. Under the Cover of Darkness – The Strokes

3. Often – The Weeknd

4. Every Other Freckle – Alt-J

5. Blame It On Me – George Ezra

6. Fire and the Flood – Vance Joy

7. Car Radio – Twenty One Pilots

8. Better Man – Leon Bridges

9. Funtimes in Babylon – Father John Misty

10. Black Mambo – Glass Animals

11. Let It Carry You – José González

12. On the Road – Houndmouth

13. Sound & Color – Alabama Shakes

14. 10,000 Emerald Pools – BØRNS

15. Can’t Keep Checking My Phone – Unknown Mortal Orchestra

16. Smother – Daughter

17. Anna Sun – Walk the Moon

18. Love Like Ghosts – Lord Huron

19. Make Your Mind Up – Moon Taxi

20. Can’t Deny My Love – Brandon Flowers

Brittany Howard releases debut album as Thunderbitch

Alabama Shakes frontwoman Brittany Howard has released a new album under the side project, Thunderbitch. The group, which also features members of Fly Golden Eagle and Clear Plastic Masks, surfaced in 2012 but this is their first full-length release. 

The 10 tracks include “Leather Jacket,” “I Just Wanna Rock n Roll,” and “Wild Child.” It also features early cuts including “I Don’t Care” and “My Baby Is My Guitar.” 

Stream the full album through Thunderbitch’s website; and is also here.

Watch the trailer for the release here. 

Thunderbitch Tracklist:

01. Leather Jacket

02. I Don’t Care

03. I Just Wanna Rock n Roll

04. Eastside Party

05. Closer

06. Wild Child

07. Very Best Friend

08. My Baby Is My Guitar

09. Let Me Do What I Do Best

10. Heavenly Feeling

Alabama Shakes perform two stellar songs on Conan

Typically, a rock band choose a song that is high energy for a talk show to catch the attention of the audience. However, Alabama Shakes delivered a the slow “Gimmie All Your Love” and still caught the attention of the crowd. Supporting their sophomore LP, Sound & Color, the band also performed “Future People” for a web exclusive. Watch “Gimme All Your Love” here and “Future People” here. 

Paul McCartney Performs “Get Back” with Brittany Howard from Alabama Shakes and “FourFiveSeconds” at Lollapalooza

Paul McCartney headlined Lollapalooza last night. His set included songs from his solo works and Beatles classics. He also performed his collaborative single with Kanye West and Rihanna, “FourFiveSeconds.” Even though neither one of the collaborators appeared, he did bring out Brittany Howard from Alabama Shakes during “Get Back.” Watch both songs below through Billboard.

Stream Alabama Shakes’ spohomore album, Sound & Color

Alabama Shakes, an American roots band will release their sophomore album Sound & Color through ATO Records on April 21st and in anticipation, the album is streaming in its entirety through NPR.org.

The second album will arrive three years after their Grammy Award nominated debut record, Boys & Girls and is one of the most anticipated albums of the year. The band, however, admits that they are feeling pressure but according frontwoman Brittany Howard, “We took our time to write this record, and I’m really glad we did. We were able to sit down and think about what’s exciting to us, explore all the things we wanted to on our first album. This record is full of genre-bending songs—it’s even harder now when people ask, ‘What kind of band are you?’ I have no clue.”

Album pre-orders are still going on. Watch the band perform their new single, “Future People” at Coachella this last weekend and the tracklisting for Sound & Color below. 

Sound & Color Tracklist:
01. Sound and Color
02. Don’t Wanna Fight
03. Dunes
04. Future People
05. Gimme All Your Love
06. This Feeling
07. Guess Who
08. The Greatest
09. Shoegaze
10. Miss You
11. Gemini
12. Over My Head

Coachella’s 2015 line-up has been announced

The 2015 Coachella line-up has been revealed including headliners such as Jack White, Drake, and AC/DC, as well as sub-headliners such as Florence & the Machine, Tame Impala, St. Vincent, Ryan Adams, Interpol, Belle & Sebastian, Alt-J, Ride, and The Weeknd.

Amongst the other acts are Steely Dan, Alabama Shakes, Lykke Li, Caribou, Ratatat, Azealia Banks, Flying Lotus, Raekwon and Ghostface Killah, Tyler the Creator, Father John Misty, Jenny Lewis, SBTRKT, The War on Drugs, Run the Jewels, Swans, Toro y Moi, Panda Bear, FKA twigs, Drive Like Jehu, Desparecidos, Built to Spill, Action Bronson, Jamie xx, Perfume Genius, Mac DeMarco, Eagulls, Angel Olsen, Vic Mensa, Todd Terje, Squarepusher, The Orwells, The Cribs, Brand New, Antemasque, Marina and the Diamonds, Haerts, St. Lucia, and Parquet Courts.

The California-based music festival will take place between the weekends of April 12th – 14th and April 17th – 19th. Tickets will go on-sale tomorrow (January 7th).

The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist

1. Lonesome – Dr. Dog

2. Turn on Me – The Shins

3. We Will Become Silhouettes – The Postal Service

4. Havana Affair – Ramones

5. Put Me to Work – PAPA

6. Dancing Song – Little Comets

7. High – Young Rising Sons

8. No Fit State – Hot Chip

9. Cheated Hearts – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

10. Wolf Like Me – TV On the Radio

11. Small Stakes – Spoon

12. Little Numbers – BOY

13. Mayonnaise – The Woolen Men

14. Old White Lincoln – The Gaslight Anthem

15. Hang Loose – Alabama Shakes

16. Lady Touch – Sugar Glyder

17. Santa Fe – Beirut

18. If You Wanna – The Vaccines

19. A Little – Carlos Arzate and the Kind Souls

20. Doctor – Finish Ticket

Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist