The Strokes performed on last night’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” They played “Threat of Joy” from their recent release, Future Present Past EP. Watch the performance below.
The Strokes
The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist
1. OBLIVIUS – The Strokes
2. You’re Too Weird – Fruit Bats
3. Carry the Zero – Built to Spill
4. Strangers – Lotus Plaza
5. The Start of Something – Voxtrot
6. East Harlem – Beirut
7. 3am Spiritual – Smith Western
8. A.M. 180 – Grandaddy
9. I’ll Believe in Anything – Wolf Parade
10. Bookshop Casanova – The Clientele
11. Elvis’ Flaming Star – Pond
12. Melted Rainbow – Mr. Gnome
13. Teenage Wasteland – Wussy
14. Like a Child – Oketo
15. I Love You So – The Walters
16. Indian Food – Dumbo Gets Mad
17. Said So What – French Kicks
18. Seattle Party – Chasity Belt
19. Parking Lots – Plums
20. Give it to Me – HOMESHAKE
The Strokes announce new Future Present Past EP, premiere new song “OBLIVIUS”
The Strokes have announced an EP named Future Present Past. It is set to be released on June 3rd through Julian Casablancas’ title Cult Records and the release will feature new tracks, “Drag Queen,” “OBLIVIUS,” and “Threat of Joy.”
Frontman Casablancas made the announcement this morning on his debut episode of his monthly SiriusXMU radio show, “Culture Void.” Casablancas also premiered “OBLIVIUS.” You can hear the track now at Cult Records, where all three songs are planned to be streamed later today.
In anticipation of the announcement, advertisements for the EP were seen through New York City. Casablancas’ Cult Records also have been promoting the project on their Instagram account and website.
A press release shows that Future Present Past‘s release was meant to go along with their headlining set at Governor’s Ball.
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The Strokes have returned to the studio
The Strokes have had a fairly quiet 2015 besides playing some festival shows. During the first ever Landmark Music Festival in September, Julian Casablancas hinted that the band wanted to make more noise next year with time at the studio. Now there is visual confirmation that they are back.
The Strokes headlined Mexico’s Live Out Monterrey Festival over the weekend. While in Monterrey, they spent time at Victoria Records. According to the Instagram post of CEO of Victoria Records, Morales-Kühne, they rented two studios to not only rehearse for the performance but they also recorded new drums parts.
The Strokes’ last studio album was 2013’s Comedown Machine. Both Casablancas and Albert Hammond Jr. have released solo albums; Casablancas released Tyranny in September 2014, and Hammond’s Momentary Masters surfaced back in May.
Austin City Limits 2015: the best moments
Austin City Limits came to a close on Sunday night and it is time for us to reflect on the best moments of the weekend. The beautiful city of Austin hosted their 12th annual festival this yea and it has one of the most diverse lineups in its history.
Billy Idol still has it going on at 60. It seems as though we were transported back to the 1980’s as Billy Idol and his band came out sporting Idol’s classic blonde hair and clad in leather and denim. Still looking great at 60, it seems like Idol and the band haven’t aged at all in terms of energy. Playing hits like “Dancing With Myself” and Rebel Yell” (although having to restart “Rebel Yell” three times and sarcastically saying “one more time and if we can’t do it this time, I’m retiring”). It was an energetic set was jam-packed with hits and new material, which seemed to drag the show a little bit. However, the band can still put on a dynamic show 34 years later.
Father John Misty did everything you could ever imagine him doing, and even more. He walked out, immediately raised his mic stand behind his back and continued to do his usual pretend striptease as Misty and the band went straight into their set. Although there were not as much sarcasm as expected from him during the set, he still made fun of those filming with their iPhones and even faked filming on a lucky fan’s phone, moving around and holding the phone out. His performance was dramatic, smooth, and entertaining as one would expect from Tillman.
Tame Impala brings a psychedelic mood to the festival as they played a variety of songs from their catalog of albums and EPs including their debut album, Innerspeaker. Moving from song to song, the band accommodated to their hour-long set, joking about the heat and spraying water bottles over the front rows of fans during an instrumental break in between the songs. Kevin Parker’s voice was as trippy as it is when Tame Impala is in the studio. Even though they played shorter than they should have, it was a still a stunning set.
High intensity is the simplest way to put Twenty One Pilots’ set as they played through their songs, ranging from hit to hit from “Tear In My Heart” from their smash album, Blurryface to “Car Radio” from Vessels. Running around across the stage, Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun seemed to be relentless and filled with energy. They also initially came out in ski masks and Joseph with the classic black on his body that represents insecurities that he and everyone face that suffocates them. The highlight of the set was when Joseph climbed their stage, the Samsung stage, the largest stage at the festival, and performed the rest of “Car Radio” (or at least tried to with microphone issues) at the top of the stage, holding onto the Texas flag.
As dreamy as in the studio, José González performed at Tito’s Homemade Vodka stage and seemed to put his audience into a trance with his enthralling yet quiet voice and fascinating instrumentals. Without talking much, González went through his set, which included a Junip song and new songs from Vestiges & Claws. The light show that went on worked perfectly with his calming music and the setting sun behind the audience. His set was like the calm before the storm at the hectic, crowded, and sold out Saturday of the festival.
Although coming on ten minutes late and the occasional slip of lyrics, The Strokes performed a worthy set for being closing out the first weekend of the festival. With the occasional snark from frontman Julian Casablancas, the band played through the majority of their discography including a large chunk of their hits including “Reptilla,” however disappointing a number of fans by not playing “Under the Cover of Darkness.” It was a special set as there have been rumors of the band having internal conflicts, but still recording a new album. Nonetheless, the band still sounded and performed as intensely as ever, even performing a one song encore, if it should be called that as they left the stage initially twenty minutes before they should have.
There is one word to describe the Foo Fighter’s headlining two-hour set on Friday night: rambunctious. The band tore through their career-spanning hits, from “Best of You” to the set opener, “Everlong.” Still in the “throne” Grohl performed as energetically as ever, lecturing the crowd how to scream like him, claiming his secret his “vocal juice” (his champagne and beer). It was, to say the least, expected from everyone in the crowd that Gary Clark Jr. would join the band on stage as they recorded What Did I Do? / God As My Witness with him at the legendary Austin City Limits studio in Austin with him and Clark performed at the next stage an hour before. Nonetheless, it was as rowdy and loud as anyone would expect from the Foo Fighters, even twenty years after their debut album. Die-hard fans and the casual listener can all agree that this set proves that the band still has it going on.
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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)
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
Julian Casablancas + the Voidz preview “Human Sadness” video
Julian Casablancas + the Voidz have released a teaser for their upcoming “Human Sadness” video from their debut album, Tyranny. The clip features a variety of different images including war, fast cars, spaceships, beautiful women, and of Casablancas himself. Watch it below.
The video will premiere on May 20 at the Cinefamily theater in Los Angeles, where it will followed by Gus Van Sant’s My Own Private Idaho. It will be accompanied by a live audio.
Casablancas + the Voidz will be performing an international festival tour this summer, along with dates from Casablancas’ other band, the Strokes.






