Surfer Blood

Surfer Blood and Lil Bub announce split 7″

Surfer Blood has paired up with the Internet-famous cat Lil Bub (who released an album last year) for a split 7″ which will be released May 13th through Joyful Noise. The split will feature the brand new Surfer Blood track “Evil Cat” on the A-side and “Bub the Builder” by Lil Bub on the B-side. Surfer Blood will be touring with Sound of Ceres in May as well.

Find the upcoming tour dates below.

Surfer Blood:

05-04 Athens, GA – Georgia Theatre *
05-05 Chattanooga, TN – Revelry Room *
05-06 Bowling Green, KY – Tidballs *
05-09 Kansas City, MO – Tank Room *
05-10 Lincoln, NE – Vega *
05-11 Des Moines, IA – Vaudeville Mews *
05-12 Champaign, IL – The Accord *
05-16 St. Louis, MO – Firebird *
05-18 Indianapolis, IN – White Rabbit *
05-19 Grand Rapids, MI – Pyramid Scheme *
05-20 Detroit, MI – UFO Factory *
05-21 Columbus, OH – The Basement *
05-22 Louisville, KY – Zanzabar *
05-23 Lexington, KY – Cosmic Charlie’s *

* with Sound of Ceres

Real Estate, Yo La Tengo, Guided By Voices and more auctioning songs for Surfer Blood’s Thomas Fekete

Thomas Fekete, the guitarist for Surfer Blood, was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer this year. The band is now raising funds to cover the cost 0f treatment for Fekete by selling unreleased songs by various artists.

Surfer Blood, Real Estate, Yo La Tengo, Guided By Voices, Julianna Barwick, Cults, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, … And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Lou Barlow, Nick Diamonds, the Drums, the Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, and Alex Somers (of Jónsi and Alex) all shared tracks. The tracks go from a GBV live cut from 1994 to a Cults outtake to a Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger song from 2009 when Mark Ronson was a member of the band. Nick Diamonds and Surfer Blood also contributed new songs.

Each track is being auctioned as a single lathe-cut vinyl 7″. All 13 tracks are available for download if you donate $10 or more. Find the tracklist below.

There are also items up for auction that have autographs from Yoko Ono and the Flaming Lips, Interpol and Shepard Fairey, Sleigh Bells, Sharon Van Etten, and Angel Olsen. Everything can be found here.

In May, Surfer Blood’s van was broken into as well. In addition to taking gear and personal items, the thieves also took donations that were collected for Fekete.

01 Guided By Voices: “Motor Away” (live)
02 Yo La Tengo: “Can’t Forget” (live)
03 Cults: “Hurting”
04 Real Estate: “Talking Backwards” (demo)
05 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: “Between These Boys” (demo)
06 Lou Barlow: “Sunshine / Money / Thirsty”
07 The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger: “Rainbows In Gasoline” (unreleased version)
08 Nick Diamonds: “Be A Comedian”
09 Julianna Barwick: “Promise”
10 Alex Somers: “Well”
11 The Drums: “Help Him”
12 …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead: “F Train”
13 Surfer Blood: “Tidal Wave” (demo)

The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist

1. It’s Real – Real Estate

2. Revival – Deerhunter

3. Black Rice – Women

4. Feel So Sad (Glides and Chimes) – Spiritualized

5. True Blue – Dirty Beaches

6. We Bros – WU LYF

7. Shadow – Wild Nothing

8. Surreal Exposure – Ducktails

9. Stars – The Suits

10. Open Tails – Bora York

11. Unfold – Wouie

12. Don’t Stop – Future Screens

13. Hero – Wildcat! Wildcat!

14. Symmetry – Tropic of Pisces

15. Hot Blur – How Sad

16. 17 – Youth Lagoon

17. All the Things – Clifflight

18. Demon Dance – Surfer Blood

19. Words I Don’t Remember – How to Dress Well

20. New Beat – Toro Y Moi

The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist

1. Chapter 1 – Lonely Horse

2. Advanced Falconry – Mutual Benefit

3. Too Dry to Cry – Willis Earl Beal

4. Holiday – Poor Moon

5. Lullaby (Mountain) – The Acorn

6. Lost Coastlines – Okkervil River

7. The Vowels Pt. 2 – Why?

8. Safe and Sound – Electric President

9. Lion Face Boy – Seabear

10. Two Matchsticks – The Wooden Birds

11. Incarnation Song – Chris and Thomas

12. Neither Here Nor There – Lost in the Trees

13. Nine is God – Wavves

14. Good Advice – The Growlers

15. Flowers on the Wall – Tomorrows Tulips

16. Lovers Lane – Hunxs & His Punxs

17. Creature – Tijuana Panthers

18. Sweet Thang – Turbo Fruits

19. Get Lost – The Babies

20. Floating Vibes – Surfer Blood