The War on Drugs have released a new song, “Thinking of a Place.” It was revealed previously that the band would be issuing the song on vinyl as a 12″ single on April 22nd to commemorate Record Store Day. Listen to the 11-minute track below. “Thinking of a Place” will mark the band’s first new music since the release of Lost in the Dream in 2014.
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War on Drugs’ Anthony LaMarca selling vintage Fender Jaguar for charity
Anthony LaMarca from the War On Drugs is selling his 1969 Fender Jaguar to raise money for families that have been affected by multiple myeloma, a type of cancer that affects plasma cells, in his hometown of Youngstown, OH. LaMarca was diagnosed with it last summer, and he decided to sell the guitar to be able to donate money to families affected by the disease. You can make an offer or purchase the guitar for $5,000 here. He shared a statement on the guitar’s Reverb page:
Last summer I found out I had Multiple Myeloma. It was a big shock but everything about it since that could go right has gone right. Including getting a phone call out of the blue from the Spisak-Gaugler family saying that they wanted to provide some financial support to me and my wife to help with medical expenses. Bruce Gaugler was a retired corrections officer here in Youngstown when he died from Multiple Myeloma. His family organized a golf outing while he was alive to help pay some of the bills. When he passed, they decided to keep doing the outing to start helping other families in the area affected by the disease. Since they helped me, I want to help them achieve that goal if I can. All the money from the sale of this guitar will go to their cause, and will help ease the financial burden for some people here. So that’s the deal. Get a sweet guitar and change someone’s life. Sounds like perfect living to me.
The guitar was a gift from friend, French guitarist Thomas Semence, it was used during recordings with Jean-Louis Aubert of the band Téléphone. LaMarca wrote that he played the guitar in studio and while performing lwith the War on Drugs and Dean Wareham. Check out a photo of the guitar above via Reverb.
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.
The War On Drugs announce new tour dates
Rock band, The War on Drugs, have announced new tour dates for their upcoming North American tour. This is in support of their 2014 Lost in the Dream, and the band is lined up for new dates in places such as California, New York, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. This long leg of the tour is set to run from the end on March o the end of June with stops at Sasquatch! Festival and Field Trip Music Festival.
The full itinerary is below.
The War on Drugs 2015 Tour Dates:
03/27 – Philadelphia, PA @ Tower Theater
03/28 – Norfolk, VA @ The Norva *
03/29 – Richmond, VA @ The National *
03/31 – Knoxville, TN @ Bijou Theatre *
04/01 – Chattanooga, TN @ Track 29 *
04/02 – Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre *
04/03 – Birmingham, AL @ Iron City *
04/04 – Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Hall *
04/05 – Tulsa, OK @ Cains Ballroom *
04/07 – Albuquerque, NM @ Historic El Rey Theatre *
04/08 – El Paso, TX @ Tricky Falls *
04/09 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Pressroom *
04/11 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
04/14 – Ventura, CA @ Ventura Theater
04/15 – Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy & Harriet’s
04/18 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
05/21 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
05/23 – George, WA @ Sasquatch! Festival
05/24 – Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
06/05-07 – New York, NY @ Governors Ball Music Festival
06/06 – Toronto, ON @ Field Trip Music Festival
06/08 – Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall
06/09 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
06/10 – Covington, KY @ The Madison Theater
06/11-14 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music Festival
06/12 – Indianpolis, IN @ Vogue
06/15 – Tampa, FL @ The Ritz
06/16 – Miami Beach, FL @ The Fillmore at Jackie Gleason
06/17 – Orlando, FL @ The Beacham Theatre
06/18 – Charlotte, NC @ Amos’ Southend
06/20 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
06/21 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
06/25-28 – Werchter, BE @ Rock Werchter
06/26 – St. Gallen, CH @ Open Air
06/28 – De Groene Heuvels, NL @ Down The Rabbit Hole
07/01-04 – Roskilde, DK @ Roskilde Festival
07/02-05 – Barcelona, ES @ Vida Festival
08/11-15 – Oslo, NO @ Øya Festival
08/13-15 – Gothenburg, SE @ Way Out West Festival
08/14-16 – Helsinki, FI @ Flow Festival
09/04-06 – Laois, IE @ Electric Picnic
09/06 – Wiltshire, UK @ End of the Road Festival
Sasquatch lineup announced
The Sasquatch! Music Festival will return on May 22-25 to the Gorge Amphitheater. The festival lineup has been announced today, the lineup can been seen above.
This year’s lineup includes Kendrick Lamar, Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters, Modest Mouse, Lana Del Rey, The Decemberists, Tame Impala, St. Vincent, Spoon, James Blake, Chromeo, Hot Chip, Sbtrkt, Schoolboy Q, The New Pornographers, The War On Drugs, The Glitch Mob, Little Dragon, Gogol Bordello, Father John Misty, Run The Jewels, Jose Gonzalez, Jenny Lewis, Mø, Real Estate, Future Islands, Ab-Soul, Glass Animals, Sohn, Jungle, Sharon Van Etten, Action Bronson, Perfume Genius, Sylvan Esso, Rustie, Courtney Barnett, King Tuff, San Fermin, Alvvays, Will Butler, Twin Peaks, Merchandise, Nothing, Bishop Nehru, Ex Hex, Diarrhea Planet, Ought, Natalie Prass, S (Jenn Ghetto), and amongst others.
Coachella’s 2015 line-up has been announced
The 2015 Coachella line-up has been revealed including headliners such as Jack White, Drake, and AC/DC, as well as sub-headliners such as Florence & the Machine, Tame Impala, St. Vincent, Ryan Adams, Interpol, Belle & Sebastian, Alt-J, Ride, and The Weeknd.
Amongst the other acts are Steely Dan, Alabama Shakes, Lykke Li, Caribou, Ratatat, Azealia Banks, Flying Lotus, Raekwon and Ghostface Killah, Tyler the Creator, Father John Misty, Jenny Lewis, SBTRKT, The War on Drugs, Run the Jewels, Swans, Toro y Moi, Panda Bear, FKA twigs, Drive Like Jehu, Desparecidos, Built to Spill, Action Bronson, Jamie xx, Perfume Genius, Mac DeMarco, Eagulls, Angel Olsen, Vic Mensa, Todd Terje, Squarepusher, The Orwells, The Cribs, Brand New, Antemasque, Marina and the Diamonds, Haerts, St. Lucia, and Parquet Courts.
The California-based music festival will take place between the weekends of April 12th – 14th and April 17th – 19th. Tickets will go on-sale tomorrow (January 7th).
The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist
1. Seasons (Waiting On You) – Future Islands
2. Sleep – Summer Heart
3. Like A River Run – Bleachers
4. Keep in the Dark – Temples
5. Down and Out – The Griswolds
6. I’ve Had It Up To Here – Weezer
7. Do You – Spoon
8. Heartache Fetish – Young & Sick
9. Pseudologia Fantastica – Foster the People
10. Lampshades on Fire – Modest Mouse
11. Crystalized – Young the Giant
12. Honeymoon – SomeKindaWonderful
13. In the Summer – Finish Ticket
14. Through the Dark – The Mowgli’s
15. Texas – Magic Man
16. Karaoke – Smallpools
17. Kathleen – Catfish and the Bottlemen
18. Fiona Coyne – Saint Pepsi
19. Uma – Panama Wedding
20. Red Eyes – The War on Drugs
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