Shamir

The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist

1. Be All Right – tomemitsu

2. Night Body – AT / ALL

3. Cry Etc – Pueblo

4. Les Plus Beaux – This Is the Kit

5. Re-Writing Easily – Morning Teleportation

6. In My Head – Holiday Ghost

7. Orange Peeler – Horse Jumper of Love

8. Pearly – Palm

9. Comfort – Makthaverskan

10. Am I Ever on Your Mind – D.A. Stern

11. La La – Weaves

12. Vibrations – Montero

13. Elon Musk is Making Me Sad – The Rentals

14. The Girl From the DDR – The Wedding Present

15. Sunlight Daze – Mimicking Birds

16. The Hype – Shopping

17. Sick & Tired – Fujiya & Miyagi

18. Straight Boy – Shamir

19. Lovely Blonde – Sebastien Tellier

20. Wrong Card – MAIOLE

Shamir surprise releases new album Hope

Shamir has released a new album, Hope by surprise. He says it was recorded this weekend as he considered quitting from music. The follow-up to Ratchet is available to stream and download for free on Soundcloud; listen to it below. Shamir wrote, played, produced, and mixed the record, which includes a cover of Blake Babies’ “Rain.” “Im not gonna lie, this album is hard to listen to, but it was even harder for me to share,” he wrote in the Soundcloud description. “I love pop music, i love outsider music, and i love lofi music, this is my way of combining all 3.” Read more of the explanation below.

I was gonna quit music this weekend. From day 1 it was clear i was an accidental pop star. I loved the idea of it, i mean who doesn’t? Still the wear of staying polished with how im presented and how my music was presented took a huge toll on me mentally. I started to hate music, the thing i loved the most! When i would listen to immaculate recordings with my friends their praise over the quality of the art as opposed to the art itself made me feel really sad for music as a medium in general. My music only feels exciting for me if its in the moment, and thats what this album is. I made this album this past weekend stuck in my room with just a 4 track feeling hopeless about my love for music. … I played, wrote, produced, and mixed everything and big thanks to Kieran Ferris for Mastering an album with an hours notice! its free! Enjoy! Love Yall! Still more 2 come!!!!!!!

Shamir announces fall tour

Shamir has announced he will tour in support of his debut album, Ratchet. After he performs this weekend at Pitchfork Music Festival this weekend, he will tour North America in the fall, this includes sets at the Life is Beautiful and Fun Fu Fun festivals. He will go on tour with Years & Years after that in the UK. Look at the full itinerary below.

Shamir also appeared on “Watch What Happens Live” on Bravo where he bartended the se as Andy Cohen talked to Laverne Cox and Andre Leon Talley.

Shamir fall tour:

07-18 Chicago, IL – Pitchfork Festival
07-19 Madison, WI – Memorial Union Terrace, University of Wisconsin
08-08 London, England – Visions 2015
08-11 Copenhagen, Denmark – Pumpehuset
08-17 Warsaw, Poland – Kulturalna
08-18 Prague, Czech Republic – Lucerna Music Bar
08-20–23 Charleville-Mézieres, France – Le Cabaret Vert 2015
08-24 Berlin, Germany – Privat Club
08-26–29 Zurich, Switzerland – Zurich Open Air 2015
08-29 Paris, France – Domaine National De Saint-cloud
08-29 Saint Cloud, France – Rock En Seine
09-01 Rome, Italy – Monk Club
09-22 San Diego, CA – Irenic
09-23 Santa Ana, CA – Observatory – Constellation Room
09-25 Las Vegas, NV – Life Is Beautiful Festival
09-26 Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre
09-28 Portland, OR – Star Theater
09-29 Vancouver, British Columbia – Fortune Sound Club
09-30 Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
10-03 Denver, CO – Lost Lake Lounge
10-05 Kansas City, MO – Tank Room
10-07 Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
10-08 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
10-09 Columbus, OH – Basement
10-17-18 San Francisco, CA – Treasure Island Music Festival
10-20 Liverpool, England – 02 Academy Liverpool *
10-21 Bristol, England – 02 Academy Bristol*
10-22 Cardiff, Wales – Cardiff Great Hall*
10-24 Brighton, England – Brighton Centre*
10-26 Essex, England – Southend Cliffs Pavilion*
10-27-28 London, England – 02 Academy Brixton*
11-07 Austin, TX – Fun Fun Fun Festival
11-10 Atlanta, GA – Vinyl
11-13 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
11-14 Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
11-16–17 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
11-18 Boston, MA – The Sinclair
11-19 Montreal, Quebec – Fairmount Theatre
11-20 Toronto, Ontario – Mod Club
11-22 Mexico City, Mexico – Corona Capital Festival

* with Years & Years

The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist

1. Eyes of the Muse – King Tuff

2. I Remember – Devandra Banhart

3. Depreston – Courtney Barnett

4. Turn Around – Mikal Cronin

5. Mr. Adams – White Fence

6. Goshen ’97 – Strand of Oaks

7. Mercury Dime – Death Vessel

8. I’ll Never Be Able to Love – Shamir

9. I Wish I Wish – Sam Amidon

10. Put You to Sleep – Dolorean

11. Eventually – Travel By Sea

12. The Place I Left Behind – The Deep Dark Woods

13. To Ohio – The Low Anthem

14. Darkness of the Dream – The Tallest Man on Earth

15. Ends of the Earth – Lord Huron

16. The Ballad of Mr. Steak – Kishi Bashi

17. This Head I Hold – Electric Guest

18. Ramona Reborn – Delicate Steve

19. Hillside Song – My Morning Jacket

20. The Mates of Soul – Taylor John Williams

Fun Fun Fun Fest announces 2015 lineup

Austin-based festival, Fun Fun Fun fest has revealed its lineup for 2015. The festival, on its 10th anniversary, will take place November 6th to 8th at Auditorium Shores.

Included on the lineup are acts such as D’Angelo, Wu-Tang Clan, CHVRCHES, Jane’s Addiction, who are performing Ritual de lo habitual, Ride, L7, Future Islands, Grimes, Chromeo, MSTRKRFT, Coheed and Cambria, Desaparecidos, Drive Like Jehu, American Nightmare, Gogol Bordello, performing Gypsy Punk, Converge, Neon Indian, Cass McCombs, Antemasque, Hudson Mohawke, Peaches, and Fucked Up.

On the lineup as well is British heavy metal band, Venom, who are performing their first-ever Texas performance at the festival. D.C. hardcore band dag nasty are also reuniting during the weekend to play.

Other acts are ScHoolboy Q, NOFX, Odesza, Toro y Moi, FUZZ, Mikal Cronin, OFF!, American Football, Parquet Courts, Benjamin Booker, Viet Cong, Alvvays, Joey Bada$$, Doomtree, Shamir, BadBadNotGood, Dwarves, performing Blood, Guts & Pussy, Andrew Jackson Jihad, together PANGEA, Babes in Toyland, The Growlers, King Khan and BBQ Show, and Big Freedia.

Three-day and VIP passes are avaliable for purchase at the festival’s website. Check out the full lineup above and watch the lineup announcement video, which stars Bill Nye the Science Guy, on the website as well.