Alt-J

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

Alt-J performs “Every Other Freckle” on The Tonight Show and announced new tour dates

Monday, alt-J headlined their largest US show to date at New York’s Madison Square Garden. But, that did not stop them from performing “Every Other Freckle” last night on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon from their latest Grammy-nominated album, This Is All Yours.  Watch the performance here.

As well as performing twice this week in New York City, alt-J will play shows around their show on their massive upcoming world tour that goes deep into October.

alt-J 2015 Tour Dates:
04/01 – Cleveland, OH @ State Theater at Playhouse Square
04/02 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Benedum Center
04/03 – Raleigh, NC @ Red Hat Ampitheatre
04/04 – Atlanta, GA @ Chastain Park Ampitheatre
04/06 – Nashville, TN @ Grand Ole Opry
04/08 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Chevy Bricktown Events Center
04/11 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
04/13 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint
04/14 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl
04/16 – Berkley, CA @ Greek Theatre
04/18 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
05/08 – Brisbane, AU @ Riverstage
05/09 – Sydney, AU @ Qantas Credit Union Arena
05/10 – Melbourne, AU @ Rod Laver Arena
05/13 – Adelaide, AU @ AEC Theatre
05/15 – Perth, AU @ HBF Stadium
05/17 – Singapore, SG @ The Coliseum
05/28-30 – Barcelona, ES @ Primaversa Sound
06/02 – Reykjavik, IS @ Vodafone Hall
06/12-14 – Adalen, DK @ NorthSide Festival
06/14 – Rome, IT @ Rock in Roma
06/19-21 – Scheessel, DE @ Hurricane Festival
06/19-21 – Neuhausen ob Eck, DE @ Southside Festival
06/19-21 – Hilvarenbeek, NL @ Best Kept Secret
06/25-28 – Werchter, BE @ Rock Werchter Festival
06/26-28 – Marmonde, FR @ Garorock Festival
07/01-04 – Gdynia, PL @ Open’er Festival
07/03 – Herouville Saint Clair, FR @ Festival Beauregard
07/09 – Maritimo, PT @ Nos Alive Festival
07/09-11 – Bilbao, ES @ Bilbao BBK Live
07/12 – Aix-Les-Bains, FR @ Musilac
07/17-19 – Ferropolis, DE @ Melt! Festival
07/24-26 – Oro-Medonte, ON @ WayHome Music & Arts Festival
07/25 – Kansas City, KS @ Sporting Park
07/27 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
07/28 – Council Bluffs, IA @ Stir Concert Cove
07/31-08/02 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
07/31-08/02 – Montreal, QC @ Osheaga Festival
08/10-17 – Budapest, HU @ Sziget Festival
08/11-15 – Oslo, NO @ Oya Festival
08/13-15 – Gothenburg, SE @ Way Out West
08/14-16 – Helsinki, FI @ Flow Festival
08/20-22 – St. Polten, AT @ Frequency Festival
09/12 – Burnaby, BC @ Festival Lawn
09/14 – Edmonton, AB @ Shaw Conference Centre
09/15 – Calgary, AB @ Stampede Corral
09/17 – St. Paul, MN @ Roy Wilkins Auditorium
09/19 – Indianapolis, IN @ Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn
09/21 – Cincinnati, OH @ PNC Pavilion at Riverbend Music Center
09/22 – Rochester Hills, MI @ Meadow Brook
09/23 – East Rochester, NY @ The Armory
09/25 – Philadelphia, PA @ Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing
09/29 – Charlotte, NC @ Uptown Amphitheatre
09/30 – Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live
10/01 – Miami, FL @ Klipsch Amphitheater
10/07 – New Orleans, LA @ Bold Sphere Music
10/08 – Birmingham, AL @ Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
10/09 – Southaven, MS @ BankPlus Amphitheater
10/14 – Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theatre
10/17 – Portland, OR @ Veterans Memorial Coliseum
10/18 – Seattle, WA @ Key Arena

Osheaga Music festival announces 2015 lineup through mobile driving game

Montreal’s Osheaga Music Festival released its 3015 lineup in a immensely creative way today by releasing a mobile driving game called The Road to Osheaga which gives the users the ability to find out the names of the artists through collecting musical notes.

Some of the lineup includes The Black Keys, Kendrick Lamar, Florence and the Machine, St. Vincent, Alt-J, The Decemberists, Hot Chip, Weezer, Nas, Tyler the Creator, Interpol, The Kills, Caribou, Run the Jewels, Future Islands, The War on Drugs, and Father John Misty.

Also on the lineup is Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, The Avett Brothers, Of Monsters and Men, Brand New, Tove Lo, Charli XCX, Gary Clark Jr., Action Bronson, ScHoolboy Q, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Young the Giant, Patrick Watson, Twin Shadow, First Aid Kit, Toro y Moi, Philip Selway, MS MR, Viet Cong, Alvvays, Slyvan Esso, Milky Chance, Marina and the Diamonds, Raury, Strand of Oaks, Glass Animals, San Fermin, and Young Fathers. 

The music festival will take place the weekend of July 31st – August 2nd at the Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal. The full lineup will be released on March 24th which is the same day that tickets go on sale. 

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 full list of the 2015 Grammy Nominees have been revealed

Except for the Album of the Year, the list in full o the 2015 Grammy Awards nominees have been revealed. The album of the year nominees will be announced during the Ll Cool J hosted “A Very Grammy Christmas.” The program will air on CBS tonight at 9:00pm EST. The special will have performances from Sam Smith, Mary J. Blige, Pharrell Williams, Ariana Grande, Maroon 5 and Tim McGraw.

UK singer Sam Smith and Australian rapper Iggy Azalea are among the big nominees, dominating the categories And picked up five nominations respectively. Also, Beyoncé has become the most nominated female in the award’s history after receiving five nominations.

The nominations for Record of the Year are Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me,” Sia’s “Chandelier,” Iggy Azalea and Charli XCX’s “Fancy,” and Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off.” Smith, Sia, and Swift also are nominated for the Song of the Year.

The category for Best Rock Song features Jack White’s “Lazaretto,” Ryan Adams’ “Gimme Something Good,” Beck’s “Blue Moon,” and The Black Keys’ “Fever.” All of these artists and also nominated for Best Rock Performance along with “Do I Wanna Know” by the Arctic Monkeys.

The Best Rock Album nominees features Ryan Adams’ self-titled album, Beck’s Morning Phase, The Black Keys’ Turn Blue, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ Hypnotic Eye, and U2’s Songs of Innocence.

The Best Alternative Album includes Arcade Fire’s Reflektor, St. Vincent’s self-titled album, Jack White’s Lazaretto, Alt J’s This is All Yours, and Cage the Elephant’s Melophobia. These nominations were announced by Ezra Koenig, Vampire Weekend’s frontman.

HAIM, Sam Smith, Iggy Azalea, Bastille, and Brandy Clark are the nominees for Best New Artist.

Nominations for Best Rap Album are Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP 2, ScHoolboy Q’s Oxymoron, Childish Gambino’s Because the Internet, Common’s Nobody’s Smiling, and Iggy Azalea’s The New Classic.

Nominees in the Best Rap Song category are Kanye West’s “Bound 2,” Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda,” Kendrick Lamar’s “i,” and Drake’s “0 to 100 / The Catch Up.”

Nominees for Best Rap Performance category are Drake’s “0 to 100 / The Catch Up,” Kendrick Lamar’s “i,” Eminem’s “Rap God,” and Donald Glover’s “3005.”

Among the nominations for Best Pop Vocal Album are Coldplay’s Ghost Stories, Miley Cyrus’ Bangerz, Ariana Grande’s My Everything, Sam Smith’s In the Lonely Hour, and Katy Perry’s Prism.

Best Urban Contemporary Album will have Beyoncé’s self-titled album will be up against Pharrell’s G I R L. She is also nominated for Best R&B Performance and R&B Song for “Drunk in Love” with her husband, Jay Z.

Aphex Twin’s Syro, Röyksopp & Robyn’s Do It Again, and Little Dragon’s Nabuma Rubberband are the nominees for Best Electronic Album.

Karen O’s “The Moon Song” received a nomination for Best Song Written For Visual Media; Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross relieved a Best Score Soundtrack for their soundtrack for Gone Girl; FKA Twigs for Best Recording Package for LP1; and Tegan & Sara and The Lonely Island for their song “Everything Is Awesome!!!” for Best Song Written for Visual Media.

The Grammy Awards will take place on Sunday, February 8th, 2015 in Los Angeles at the Staples Center. The awards will be broadcasted on CBS.

Album of the Year: Yet to be announced.

Record of the Year:
Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX – “Fancy”
Sia – “Chandelier”
Sam Smith – “Stay With Me”
Taylor Swift – “Shake It Off”
Meghan Trainor – “All About That Bass”

Song of the Year:
Meghan Trainor – “All About That Bass”
Sia – “Chandelier”
Taylor Swift – “Shake It Off”
Sam Smith – “Stay With Me”
Hozier – “Take Me to Church”

Best New Artist:
Bastille
Iggy Azalea
Brandy Clark
HAIM
Sam Smith

Best Rock Song:
Paramore – “Ain’t It Fun”
Beck – “Blue Moon”
The Black Keys – “Fever”
Ryan Adams – “Gimme Something Good”
Jack White – “Lazaretto”

Best Rock Album:
Ryan Adams – Ryan Adams
Beck – Morning Phase
The Black Keys – Turn Blue
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Hypnotic Eye
U2 – Songs of Innocence

Best Rock Performance:
Ryan Adams – “Gimme Something Good”
Arctic Monkeys – “Do I Wanna Know?”
Beck – “Blue Moon”
The Black Keys – “Fever”
Jack White – “Lazaretto”

Best Alternative Album:
Alt J – This is All Yours
Arcade Fire – Reflektor
Cage the Elephant – Melophobia
St. Vincent – St. Vincent
Jack White – Lazaretto

Best Rap Album:
Eminem – Marshall Mathers LP 2
Iggy Azalea – The New Classic
Childish Gambino – Because the Internet
Common – Nobody’s Smiling
ScHoolboy Q – Oxymoron
Wiz Khalifa – Blacc Hollywood

Best Rap Song:
Nicki Minaj – “Anaconda”
Kanye West – “Bound 2″
Kendrick Lamar – “i”
Wiz Khalifa – “We Dem Boyz”
Drake – “0 to 100 / The Catch Up”

Best Rap Performance:
Donald Glover – “3005”
Drake – “0 to 100 / The Catch Up”
Eminem – “Rap God”
Kendrick Lamar -“i”
Lecrae – “All I Need Is You”

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
Iggy Azalea feat. Charli – “Fancy”
Coldplay – “A Sky Full of Stars”
A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera – “Say Something”
Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj – “Bang Bang”
Katy Perry feat. Juicy J – “Darkhorse”

Best Pop Vocal Album:
Coldplay – Ghost Stories
Miley Cyrus – Bangerz
Ariana Grande – My Everything
Katy Perry – Prism
Ed Sheeran – X
Sam Smith – In the Lonely Hour

Best Pop Vocal Performance:
John Legend
Sia
Sam Smith
Taylor Swift
Pharrell Williams

Best Dance/Electronica Album:
Aphex Twin – Syro
deadmau5 – While (1
Little Dragon – Nabuma Rubberband
Röyksopp & Robyn – Do It Again
Mat Zo – Damage Control

Best Dance Recording:
Basement Jaxx – “Never Say Never”
Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne – “Rather Be”
Disclosure feat. Mary J. Blige – “F For You”
Duke Dumont feat. Jax Jones – “I Got You”
Zhu – “Faded”

Best Urban Contemporary Album:
Jhené Aiko – Sail Out
Beyoncé – Beyoncé
Chris Brown – X
Mali Music – Malis Is…
Pharrell Williams – G I R L

Best Comedy Album:
“Weird Al” Yankovic – Mandatory Fun
Jim Gaffigan – Obsessed
Louis C.K. – Oh My God
Patton Oswalt – Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time
Sarah Silverman – We Are Miracles

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media:
American Hustle
Frozen
Get On Up: The James Brown Story
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media:
Christophe Beck – Frozen
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Gone Girl
Alexandre Desplat – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Steven Price – Gravity
Thomas Newman – Saving Mr. Banks

Best Song Written For Visual Media:
Tegan and Sara feat. The Lonely Island – “Everything Is Awesome!!!”
Ed Sheeran – “I See Fire”
Glen Campbell – “I’m Not Gonna Miss You”
Idina Menzel – “Let It Go”
Karen O – “The Moon Song”

Best Music Video:
Arcade Fire – “We Exist”
DJ Snake and Lil Jon – “Turn Down For What”
Sia – “Chandelier”
Pharrell Williams – “Happy”
Woodkid feat. Max Richter – “The Golden Age”

Best Music Film:
Beyoncé and Jay Z – On the Run Tour
Coldplay – Ghost Stories
Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hill – 20 Feet From Stardom
Metallica – Through the Never
Pink – The Truth About Love Tour: Live From Melbourne

Alt-J announce new US tour dates

Alternative rock band, Alt-J, a few months back announced their plans for a performance at Madison Square Garden on March 30th, 2015. As it appears to be, it is one of many shows in a much more extensive US tour, playing shows in cities such as Cleveland, Atlanta, and Nashville. The tour, including a series of radio festivals in December and a few South American shows in March, is in support of the their latest LP, This Is All Yours.

Alt-J 2014-2015 Tour Dates:
11/30 – Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room (Alt 103.3 Deck the Hall Ball)
12/01 – Columbus, OH @ LC Pavilion (CD 102.5 Holiday Show)
12/02 – Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Ballroom (WLUM Big Snow Show 9)
12/03 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant (KPNT HoHo Show)
12/05 – Jacksonville, FL @ Met Park Big Ticket
12/06 – St. Petersburg, FL @ Vinoy Park (97X Next Big Thing ’14)
12/12 – San Diego, CA @ Valley View Casino (91X Wrek the Halls)
12/13 – Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena (Live 105′s Not So Silent Night)
12/14 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum (KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas)
12/16 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom (KNRK A December to Remember)
12/30 – Marion Bay, AU @ Falls Festival
12/31 – Lorne, AU @ Falls Festival
01/01 – Sydney, AU @ Field Fay Festival
01/02 – Byron Bay, AU @ Falls Festival
01/13 – Tokyo, JP @ O-East
01/24 – London, UK @ The O2
02/03 – Brussels, BE @ Forest National
02/04 – Paris, FR @ The Zenith
02/05 – Amsterdam, NL @ Heineken Music Hall
02/07 – Offenbach, DE @ Stadthalle Offenbach
02/08 – Cologne, DE @ Palladium
02/09 – Hamburg, DE @ Spothalle
02/11 – Berlin, DE @ Columbiahalle
02/13 – Winterthur, CH @ Eishalle Deutweg
02/14 – Milan, IT @ Mediolanum Forum
02/16 – Vienna, AT @ Gasometer
02/17 – Munich, DE @ Zenith
02/19 – Copenhagen, DK @ Tap1
02/20 – Stockholm, SE @ Munichen Brewery
02/21 – Oslo, NO @ Spektrum
03/12-14 – Bogota, CO @ Festival Estereo Picnic
03/14-15 – Sanitago, CL @ Lollapalooza Chile
03/21-22 – Buenos Aires, AR @ Lollapalooza Argentina
03/28-29 – Sao Paulo, BR @ Lollapalooza Brazil
03/30 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
04/01 – Cleveland, OH @ State Theater at Playhouse Square
04/02 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Benedum Center
04/03 – Raleigh, NC @ Red Hat Ampitheatre
04/04 – Atlanta, GA @ Chastain Park Ampitheatre
04/06 – Nashville, TN @ Grand Ole Opry
04/08 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Chevy Bricktown Events Center
05/08 – Brisbane, AU @ Riverstage
05/09 – Sydney, AU @ Qantas Credit Union Arena
05/10 – Melbourne, AU @ Rod Laver Arena
05/13 – Adelaide, AU @ AEC Theatre
05/15 – Perth, AU @ HBF Stadium
07/09 – Oeiras, PT @ NOS Alive Festival