J Mascis

The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist

1. Bowls – Junkie

2. 6,000 Horns – Frankie and the Witch Fingers

3. Follow Me Home – The Mystery Lights

4. All Night Long – The Frowning Clouds

5. The Mending of the Gown – Sunset Rubdown

6. Party in the Backseat – Beach Moon/Peach Moon

7. I Feel This Place – Goldensuns

8. Your House – Diet.

9. Sophia So Far – Goodnight Radio

10. Tongue Action – Max Gardener

11. Happy Alone – Saintseneca

12. Psychotropic – Los Tones

13. Look So Good, Be So Good – The Shivas

14. Mean Green – Heaters

15. Feel This Way – Tangerine

16. Fade Into You – J Mascis

17. He’s Got It – Uh Bone

18. Orange Light – Cool Ghouls

19. Revelations – Dirt Dress

2o. Lips Around Your Spine – The Dang Dangs

New Elliott Smith tribute album will feature J. Mascis, Lou Barlow, Sun Kil Moon, more

Many of indie’s music’s greatest are paying homage to Elliott Smith with a new tribute album on October 14th.

Named Say Yes! A Tribute to Elliott Smith, the 15-track album features artists like J. Mascis,Waxahatchee, Lou Barlow, Juliana Hatfield, and Yuck take on songs from all over the late singer-songwriter’s discography. The American Laundromat Records release will also feature a collaborative cover of “Condor Avenue” by Jesu and Sun Kil Moon. The is artwork above.

Check out Hatfield’s cover of “Needle in the Hay” below. The track is the only non-exclusive cover on Say Yes!.

For more information on Say Yes!, including pre-order bundles with CD, LP, cassette, and digital formats, go here.

Last month, the soundtrack to Smith documentary Heaven Adores You had hit stores, featuring by previously unheard demos and rarities.

Say Yes! A Tribute to Elliott Smith Tracklist (alphabetized by song):
01. Waxahatchee – “Angeles”
02. Julien Baker – “Ballad Of Big Nothing”
03. Tanya Donelly – “Between The Bars”
04. Yuck – “Bled White”
05. Jesu/Sun Kil Moon – “Condor Ave”
06. Lou Barlow – “Division Day”
07. Wild Sun – “Easy Way Out”
08. Tomo Nakayama – “Miss Misery”
09. Juliana Hatfield – “Needle In The Hay”
10. Caroline Says – “No Name #3”
11. Adam Franklin – “Oh Well, Okay”
12. Amanda Palmer – “Pictures Of Me”
13. William Fitzsimmons – “Say Yes”
14. Escondido – “Waltz #1”
15. J. Mascis – “Waltz #2”

Sleater-Kinney premieres star-studded music video for “No Cities to Love

Rock band, Sleater-Kinney recently released the video for the song, “No Cities to Love,” which is the title track on their upcoming album.

The video has an array of celebrities singing the song before the actual band takes it away themselves. Among those who were featured were Andy Samberg, Sarah Silverman, Gerard Way, Connie Britton, Miranda July, Fred Armisen, J Mascis, Vanessa Bayer, Ellen Page, Natasha Lyonne, and more. Watch the video here.

The album, No Cities to Love, is expected to come out internationally on January 19 and in the U.S. on January 20.