Gary Clark Jr

Gary Clark Jr. parties in new video series “Can’t Sleep”

Gary Clark Jr.’s latest LP, The Story of Sonny Boy Slim, shad him exploring every genre, going from hip-hop to funk, garage rock to R&B. In his video trilogy for “BYOB,” “Can’t Sleep,” and “Shake,” his talents are placed together in a perfect mold.

The almost 10-minute video, directed by Gus Black, follows the guitarist through the all the stages of a party. He and his band walk up to “BYOB,” ready for the night. Then they play in a club with “Can’t Sleep.” The next morning, the party-goers wake up at dawn for “Shake.”

Watch the video below.

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)

Stream Gary Clark Jr.’s new album The Story of Sonny Boy Slim

Gary Clark Jr. is set to release his new album, The Story of Sonny Boy Slim, on September 11th through Warner Bros. Records. The LP is currently streaming in full here via NPR.

The 13-track album is the blues rocker’z second LP following the Grammy-nominated Blak and Blu. Clark wrote, produced, and arranged the entire album, including playing the majority of the instruments himself. Shawn and Savannah Clark, his sisters, performed on the record as backing vocalists. In s promo video for the record, Clark noted, “The underlying tone of this album is faith and hope really at the end of the day. ‘Cause that’s all we need.”

Pre-orders are currently going on for the album. Clark will go on an extensive world tour later this year.

The Story Of Sonny Boy Slim Tracklist:

01. The Healing

02. Grinder

03. Star

04. Our Love

05. Church

06. Hold On

07. Cold Blooded

08. Wings

09. BYOB

10. Can’t Sleep

11. Stay

12. Shake

13. Down To Ride

The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist

1. Song For Zulu – Phosphorescent

2. Way Go Lily – Sam Amidon

3. Leaving It Up To You – George Ezra

4. Ringing In My Ear – Adem

5. Hustle – Tunng

6. Pensacola – Manchester Orchestra

7. Chapter – Psapp

8. I Was A Cloud – Shearwater

9. Run Off the Road – Ola Podria

10. Volunteer – Megafaun

11. I Am Day Lights – Songs of Green Pheasant

12. September, Maybe – Sleeping States

13. Dreamer – Tiny Vipers

14. Hortur – Picastro

15. Fail For You – Luke Sital-Singh

16. Hometown – Andy Burrows

17. Home Again – Michael Kiwanuka

18. Unaware – Allen Stone

19. Bright Lights – Gary Clark Jr.

20. Goin’ Home – Dan Auerbach

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. 

Firefly Music Festival announce line-up

The Firefly Music Festival, which takes place between June 18 to 21 in Dover, Delaware has released its 2015 lineup. At the beginning of the least there is Kings of Leon, the Killers, and an act that is yet to be announced, with rumors pointing it towards Paul McCartney. Also on the list are Modest Mouse, Spoon, Morrissey, Cage the Elephant, Gary Clark Jr., Run the Jewels, Snoop Dogg, Foster the People, Empire of the Sun, Hozier, Bastille, Zedd, Matt & Kim, Tove Lo, the Kooks, How to Dress Well, Sylvan Esso, Betty Who, Clean Bandit, and many more. Tickets from the pre-sale have been sold out but general admission and VIP passes are still available on the festival’s website. The entire lineup can be seen above.

Stream Foo Fighters’ new album, Sonic Highways

Foo Fighters are releasing their new album, Sonic Highways, on November 10th. The album can be streamed in full on iTunes Radio in anticipation for the release.

Sonic Highways is the follow-up to Wasting Light, and the band recorded each song on the album in studios in different cities across the country, which was documented by the HBO series with the same name. Each song is lyrically inspired by each location and has collaborations with a local musician. These collaborations include Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen (Chicago), Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard (Seattle), Joan Jett (New York City), Gary Clark Jr. (Austin), The Eagles’ Joe Walsh (Los Angeles), and New Orleans Preservation Hall Jazz Band (New Orleans).

Pre-order the album via Amazon.

Sonic Highways Tracklist:
01. Something From Nothing (feat. Rick Nielsen)
02. The Feast and The Famine (feat. RDGLDGRN)
03. Congregation (feat. Zac Brown Band)
04. What Did I Do?/God As My Witness (feat. Gary Clark Jr.)
05. Outside (feat. Joe Walsh)
06. In The Clear (feat. New Orleans Preservation Hall Jazz Band)
07. Subterranean (feat. Ben Gibbard)
08. I Am A River (feat. Joan Jett)