You Can Send Future Islands' New Music Video "A Song For Our Grandfathers" as an E-Card for Father's Day

Future Islands frontman Sam Herring doesn't need a special occasion to become one of our generation's most passionate and moving performers, but it certainly doesn't hurt.

In the new Jay Buim directed music video for "A Song For Our Grandfathers" the band is seen at an actual family reunion in their native North Carolina where they greet relatives, have a meal, and eventually performing the song during which Herring is immensely emotional. They are also seen in the cabin where they started writing their breakout album Singles which came out last year.

Just in time for Father's Day, Future Islands have made the video available to be sent as an e-card which you can send to your dad and, even more appropriately, your grandfathers, here.

From the album Singles, available now: http://smarturl.it/Singlesi Directed by Jay Buim (http://www.beardwizard.com/) - video credits below http://www.future-islands.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Future-Islands/ https://twitter.com/futureislands http://4AD.com/artists/futureislands Purchase Singles at iTunes: http://smarturl.it/Singlesi Purchase Singles at 4AD: http://shopusa.4ad.com/singles Purchase Singles at Amazon: Singles at Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1dKh4z5Aayt8FFDWjO5FDh Director: Jay Buim Producer: Alexis Celic DP: Kyle Repka Editor: Rachel Webster Colorist: James Tillett Production Company: Pomp&Clout

'Jurassic World' is Rousing Summer Fun

With the original becoming one of the most successful and influential blockbusters of all time, the Jurassic Park franchise seemed as extinct as the dinosaurs it brought back to life after a string of truly disappointing sequels that were all horrific attempts to recapture the Spielberg-ian magic that sparked the original.

So with all of the remakes and sequels abounding these days, the idea of another "soft reboot" of the dinosaur park adventure could certainly seem like little more than a cynical cash grab, designed to be yet another blockbuster that keeps pushing the envelope in terms of mayhem. However, Jurassic World proves both that there's still some magic left in the dinosaurs we saw 22 years ago and that these creatures can still inspire awe and excitement in the hearts of all moviegoers.

Jurassic World transports us back to a completely revamped Isla Sorna, this time a functioning and beautiful theme park with all of the shows and attractions that John Hammond imagined all those years ago. It’s the culmination of the promise of the original film and it’s breathtaking to see the park many of us could only dream about, even if we already know that something has to go wrong in order for this new movie to exist.

Knowing that its audience is aware of the incoming disaster, Jurassic World becomes a meta-commentary on the movie itself by posing the idea that people will get bored by the dinosaurs unless they become bigger, badder, and scarier. Not only does this new “Indominus Rex” exist to draw in more ticket-buyers at the theme park, but it also puts the butts in seats for the movie itself.

Subscribe to TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/sxaw6h Subscribe to COMING SOON: http://bit.ly/H2vZUn Like us on FACEBOOK: http://goo.gl/dHs73 Follow us on TWITTER: http://bit.ly/1ghOWmt Jurassic World Official Movie Clip #1 - Alive (2015) - Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard Movie HD Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond.

The movie revolves around Owen (Chris Pratt), an ex-Navy guy brought in to study dinosaur behavior and train Velociraptors; Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard), an uptight corporate b-word (probably the film’s most offensive character in terms of portrayals of gender); and her two nephews Zach and Gray, who have been shipped off to the theme park while their parents sort out their divorce. None of them are remotely deep characters, but it’s never really important, simply because they are vehicles to make us care about what’s happening, and I would argue the same is true for the original Jurassic Park. As long as the audience cares just enough about them, the movie doesn’t lose their attention.

So while the cast of human characters at the center of the movie feels a little thinly sketched, and many of the expository dialogue scenes at the beginning inspire more eye-rolls than anything else, it all feels in service of telling a really entertaining blockbuster story. Even if they feel flat they’re inherently likable, and as much as some scenes evoked chuckles, Jurassic World plays everything out with such earnestness it always comes off as harmless and even charming.

The silly scenes at the beginning—specifically Owen’s first exchange with Claire at his “bungalow” and his first scene discussing the weaponization of Velociraptors with Vincent D’Onofrio’s Hoskins—are balanced out by things like the thrilling chase in the gyrosphere, which rivals the T-Rex jeep scene in the original in terms of the sheer terror it inspires. Any nitpicks you could have with the film’s logic are steamrolled by spectacle, so it feels ultimately pointless to debate about its sexism or use of product placement (neither of which bothered me too much but are valid points).

In fact, things that seemed so ridiculous in the trailer, such as Owen driving a motorcycle alongside four Velociraptors, are actually quite exciting and never over-the-top. So while the climactic dino fight at the end may feel like fan service for the most part, that doesn’t stop it from being sheer prehistoric bliss.

Jurassic World is populist filmmaking in the thrilling vein of the original. All of the character moments feel earned, and the dinosaur action scenes are thrilling without ever becoming Michael Bay-style overkill. Living up to the expectations of a movie as beloved asJurassic Park is never easy, but Colin Trevorrow and his team did quite an admirable job. It’s easily the best of the Jurassic sequels because it does something we weren’t sure was possible: make the dinos magical again.

Jurassic World - Official Trailer (HD) The Park is Open - June 12 http://www.jurassicworldmovie.com/ Steven Spielberg returns to executive produce the long-awaited next installment of his groundbreaking Jurassic Park series, Jurassic World. Colin Trevorrow directs the epic action-adventure based on the novel "Jurassic Park" by Michael Crichton.

Watch Jon Hamm Feed Gummy Bears to Belle & Sebastian Onstage at Bonnaroo

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While it’s now expected that comedian Ed Helms will make an appearance on the farm at Bonnaroo each year, his Hangover co-star Zach Galifianakis and Mad Men man Jon Hamm's antics were a little more of a surprise. They joined Helms onstage during the Superjam and preformed “We Are The World" after crashing the Comedy Tent earlier in the day and performing a bit in which Hamm made Galifianakis his dog and fed him the live-giving treat of gummy bears.

This was largely unknown to the audience for Belle & Sebastian's set in This Tent, though, so when Galifianakis abruptly and energetically introduced the indie-darlings by shouting, “Hey Everybody! My name is Chad Farmhouse, I run Bonnaroo. We’re really excited to have one of the greatest bands of this generation…in my opinion. Please welcome the glorious Belle and/or Sebastian!” it was hilariously confusing, with many not even recognizing the actor with his new beard-cut.

After a few songs, frontman Stuart Murdoch stops and tells the audience that he ran into Zach and the comedy tent where he saw him being fed the gummies. Murdoch wondered aloud, “I thought why doesn’t that ever happened to me? Why can’t I ever be fed gummy bears onstage by a famous person… I wonder, could you come feed me gummy bears” and all of a sudden, Jon Hamm appeared on stage, a jar of gummy bears in hand. The crowed went wild as Don Draper silently tossed the succulent sweets into Murdoch’s mouth and the crowd before scurrying off stage again as quickly as he had come.

#jonhamm throwing gummy bears into #stuartmurdoch's gob after being introduced by #zakgalifianakis "Hi I'm Chad, I own Bonnaroo..." #Bonnaroo #belleandsebastian

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Watch Pastel and Peculiar New Music Video for Beirut's "No No No"

After teasing fans with several bizarre stills over the past few weeks, Beirut have finally released their music video for "No No No," the title track off their forthcoming record due out September 11 via 4AD.

Pastel and peculiar, the Brother Willis directed, American Bandstand-esque performance is riddled with oddities from a skunk being used as a trumpet to an odd man smashing a bottle over frontman Zach Condon's head as he sings, showing the band at their most playful. Check it out below.

'No No No' by Beirut, the title track from the new album released 11th Sept.

Watch Tears for Fears Cover Radiohead's "Creep" at Bonnaroo

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"I cannot tell you how excited we are to be here," Tears for Fears' Roland Orzabel said after the band opened its classics-laden set with surefire fan favorite, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World". But an unlikely highlight took place a few songs later, as the English 80's legends covered Radiohead's "Creep," which you can watch below.

"We have a word in England that expresses this joy - yabba dabba doo," Orzabel concluded in the most English deadpan imaginable before seeing out the set with a one-two punch of "Head Over Heels" and "Shout."

Watch What Goes Down in Foals' New Music Video "What Went Down"

Earlier today Foals debuted the title track from their upcoming album What Went Down on Annie Mac's BBC Radio 1 show, and now we have a visual to go along with the sound.

Frontman Yannis Philippakis went on air after the song and described it as "animalistic," but went on to say that "there's a little bit of everything" on the new record. "What Went Down" takes the visceral, brutal themes explored on the band's last record Holy Fire and runs with them, as Philippakis chants possessed, altering between distrust and affection.

Directed by Niall O’Brien, the music video isn't quite as explosive as "Inhaler" or as jarring as "Late Nite," but fits restlessly in the middle hinting at what will surely be one of this year's most compelling records.

'What Went Down' Directed by Niall O'Brien Pre-order the new album WHAT WENT DOWN now: http://foals.co.uk. In stores 28 August. http://instagram.com/foals http://twitter.com/foals http://facebook.com/foals

Father John Misty Shares Heartbreaking Video for "I Love You, Honeybear"

Father John Misty has released a soul-crushing new video for the title track to this year’s standout album I Love You, Honey Bear, which was co-directed by Josh Tillman himself as well along with longtime collaborator Grant James.

Tillman describes the video as “an average night in the lives of two EMTs,” portrayed by comedians Brett Gelman (The Other Guys) and Susan Traylor (Greenberg), who go from being drunk and high in the back of an ambulance to getting called to the scene of an emergency. The victims, played by Tillman and his wife Emma (who also co-wrote the song), are seen peacefully sleeping through a gas leak. Check out the video in its entirety below.

I Love You, Honeybear, is out now on SubPop.

Tour Dates: 

6/24 - Glastonbury, UK @ Glastonbury
6/26 - Bexhill, UK @ De La Warr Pavilion
6/27 - Killarney, IE @ Killarney Food & Music Festival
7/1 - Gdnya, PL @ Open'er Festival
7/2 - Roskilde, DK @ Roskilde
7/2-5 - Barcelona, ES @ Vida Music Festival
7/18 - Pemberton, BC @ Pemberton Music Festival
7/19 - Colwood, BC @ Rock the Shores
7/23 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Twilight Concert Series @ Pioneer Park
7/ 24 - Calgary, AB @ Calgary Folk Festival
7/ 25 - Edmonton, AB @ Interstellar Rodeo
7/26 - Seattle, WA @ Capitol Hill Block Party
7/31 - Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
8/ 01 - Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
8/ 02 - Montreal, QC @ Osheaga Festival
8/ 03 - Portland, ME @ State Theatre
8/ 05 - New York, NY @ Central Park Summerstage^ [Sold Out]
8/ 11-15 - Oslo, NO @ Oya Festival
8/ 13-15 - Gothenburg, SE @ Way Out West
8/ 14-15 - Haldern, Nordrhein@Westfalen, DE @ Haldern Pop Festival
8/ 16 - Saint Malo, FR @ La Route Du Rock Festival
8/18 - Vienna, AT @ The Full Hit of Summer Festival
8/20 - Hasselt, BE @ Pukkelpop Music Festival
8/20-21- @ Paredes de Coura, PT @ Pauredes de Coura Festival
8/21-22 @ Biddinghuizen, NL @ Lowlands Festival
8/23 - Beacon, UK @ Green Man Festival
9/18 - Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room at Old National Centre #
9/19 - Shakopee, MN @ Festival Palomino
9/20 - Madison, WI @ Orpheum #
9/21 - Covington, KY @ Madison Theatre #
9/23 - Columbus, OH @ LC Pavillion *
9/24 - Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre *
9/25 - Rochester, NY @ Anthology *
9/26 - Boston, MA @ Boston Calling
9/28 - Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live *
9/29 - Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz *
9/30 - Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre *
10/1 - Birmingham, AL @ Iron City *
10/2-4 - Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Festival
10/5 - Tulsa, OK @ Cain's Ballroom #
10/7 - St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant #
10/8 - Louisville, KY @ Palace Theatre #
10/9 - 11 @ Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Festival
10/9 - Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Hall #
10/12 - Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre *
10/15 - Las Vegas, NV @ Pool at the Cosmopolitan *
10/16 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern * [Sold Out]
10/17 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern *
10/18 - San Francisco, CA @ Treasure Island Music Festival
10/22 - Galway, IE @ Roisin Dubh
10/23 - Belfast, UK @ Mandela Hall
10/24 - Dublin, IE @ Vicar Street
10/26 - Sheffield, UK @ Plug
10/27 - Cambridge, UK @ The Junction
10/28 - London, UK @ O2 Shepherds Bush Empire [Sold Out]
10/29 - London, UK @ O2 Shepherds Bush Empire [Sold Out]
10/31 - Paris, FR @ Pitchfork Music Festival
11/1 - Bologna, IT @ Locomotiv
11/2 - Munich, DE @ Strom
11/3 - Weisbaden, DE @ Schlachtof
11/4-8 - Reykjavik, IS @ Iceland Airwaves
11/11 - Nantes, FR @ Stereolux
11/12 - Lyon, FR @ Epicerie Moderne
11/13 - Koln, DE @ Luxor
11/16 - Copenhagen, DK @ Vega
11/21-22 - Mexico City, MX @ Corona Capital Music Festival
* w/ Mikal Cronin
^ w/ Angel Olsen
# w/ Tess & Dave

Mac DeMarco Impersonates Michael Jackson in New Video, Announces Contest For 69¢

Have you ever wondered what it would look like if Michael Jackson was resurrected and sang a new Mac DeMarco song? Do you like contests? Do you like the number 69?

If you answered "yes" to any of those questions (or even if you didn't; I'd be impressed if you'd thought of the first one before now), you'll want to check out the music video for "Another One," the title track off of Mac's forthcoming mini-LP. 

Uploaded by CapturedTracks on 2015-05-18.

The video sees our favorite slacker rock weirdo playing every instrument on the track while standing in the ocean, as he makes even the lyrical themes of anxiety and jealousness sound smooth and chill in that signature DeMarco way.

In a follow-up video today Mac teaches his fans how to play the song and challenges them to cover it, the best of which he will award the coveted prize of... 69 cents. I wonder how he came up with that number. Maybe it's what a Canadian dollar is worth these days, who knows.

HEY WSUP I HOPE YOU MAKE A VERSION GOD BLESS YE HAVE A LITTLE FUN WHY DON'T YOU? JAH BLESS YE CAN'T WAIT 2 HEAR YA LYRICS: YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AFRAID SHE MIGHT NOT LOVE YOU ANYMORE AND THOUGH SHE SAYS SHE DOES AND HASN'T LOST YOUR TRUST WHO COULD THAT BE KNOCKING AT HER DOOR?

The description states, "DON'T BE CONCERNED WIT A DEADLINE, JUST HAVE A LIL FUN, WE'LL SEE HOW SHE'S GOIN IN A COUPLE DAYS OR SOME SHIT."

Another One is due out August 7 via Captured Tracks.

Foals Announce New Album 'What Went Down,' Release Teaser

If the teaser is any indication, Oxfordshire rockers Foals have not become complacent after the success of their last LP, 2013's Holy Fire, announcing today the news of their fourth record What Went Down which will be released via Warner Music this August 28th.

The album was recorded in France with producer James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Florence + the Machine) while the band "drank about 130 bottles of red wine," resulting in a "heavier, poppier, weirder" sound influenced by Nick Cave, according to NME.

The title track will debut on Annie Mac's BBC Radio 1 show this Tuesday, June 16 at 19:30 BST, the same day on which What Went Down will become available for preorder.

FOALS What Went Down New album in stores 28 August. Pre-order available 16 June. http://foals.co.uk http://instagram.com/foals http://twitter.com/foals http://facebook.com/foals

It's clear something went down, we'll just have to wait until the fall to find out what.

What Went Down

1. What Went Down
2. Mountain At My Gates
3. Birch Tree
4. Give It All
5. Albatross
6. Snake Oil
7. Night Swimmers
8. London Thunder
9. Lonely Hunter
10. A Knife In The Ocean

Current Tour Dates:

7/3 - Hassleholm, Sweden @ Siesta Festival
7/5 - Turku, Finland @ Ruisrock
7/12 - Montreux, Switzerland @ Montreux Jazz Festival
7/17 - Bern, Switzerland @ Gurten Festival
7/26 - Benidorm, Spain @ Low Festival
8/8 - Buftea, Romania @ Summer Well Festival
8/13 - Budapest, Hungary @ Sziget Festival
8/14 - Piestany, Slovakia @ Grape Festival
8/20 - Krakow, Poland @ Krakow Live Festival 2015

Beirut Announce New Album 'No No No,' World Tour, Share Title Track

Four years after The Rip Tide and two after the breakdown that resulted in a tour cancellation and Australian hospital checkin, Zach Condon and his band Beirut have emerged from the ashes of hiatus, announcing a new album titled No No No and an itinerary of support dates.

The record, which will be pressed on colored vinyl and is due this September 11th via 4AD in North America and Resident in Europe, was incubated in both literal and emotional coldness as Condon dealt with a divorce and one of New York's most frigid winters to date.

But soon after things started to look up for the Santa Fe native, as a press release explains:

“‘I couldn’t fathom how one day I was capable of [writing songs] and one day I wasn’t,’ Condon remarks. The darkness clouding his physical and mental health had fully infected his creative and artistic abilities.

But this darkness contained a spark of light: he had fallen in love with a woman who inspired him to turn it around. Condon recalls, ‘having a positive presence like her both provides a healthy guiding force and shines a light on all the negative things in your life. I definitely wouldn’t be where I am now without her.’”

The title track offers the first taste of things to come, with Condon and co. seeming as spry and soulful as ever.

Check out the tracklist and tour dates below. You can preorder the record here.

No No No

1. Gibraltar
2. No No No
3. At Once
4. August Holland
5. As Needed
6. Perth
7. Pacheco
8. Fener
9. So Allowed

Beirut World Tour:

6/19 - Woodstock, NY @ Bearsville Theatre
6/26 - Montreal, Québec @ Festival International de Jazz de Montreal
6/28 - Ottawa, Ontario @ Ottawa Jazz Festival
7/16 - Pemberton, British Columbia @ Pemberton Music Festival
8/22 - Portland, OR @ Musicfest NW
9/14 - Brussels, Belgium @ Ancienne Belgique
9/17 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
9/20 - Berlin, Germany @ Columbiahalle
9/22 - Paris, France @ Zenith
9/24 - London, England @ Brixton Academy 
10/1 - New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall
10/4 - Santa Fe, NM @ Santa Fe National Historic Landmark
10/6 - San Diego, CA @ Open Air Theatre
10/7 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
10/8 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
10/10 - Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre
10/13 - Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
11/3 - Washington, DC @ Lincoln Theatre
11/6 - Philadelphia, PA @ Tower Theatre
11/7 - Boston, MA @ House of Blues
11/10 - Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre
10/13 - Toronto, Ontario @ Danforth Music Hall
10/14 - Toronto, Ontario @ Danforth Music Hall