Tame Impala's much anticipated third LP Currents that you certainly didn't have any way of hearing before now has officially become available for streaming over at NPR ahead of its release via Interscope this Friday, July 17. Check it out below.
Youth Lagoon Announces New Album 'Savage Hills Ballroom'
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Just hours after psychedelic dreampop master Trevor Powers, better known as Youth Lagoon, released a free 7" through select record stores worldwide today, it was discovered that the records contained a handwritten URL that led here, announcing the name of the his now forthcoming third LP, Savage Hills Ballroom.
The album will contain 10 tracks and follow The Year of Hibernation which came out in 2011 and 2013's Wondrous Bughouse, both on Fat Possum Records.
Youth Lagoon is Releasing a Free 7" in Record Stores Today
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The Dead Weather are Resurrected, Announce New Album 'Dodge & Burn'
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Five long years after their last record Sea Of Cowards, The Dead Weather are releasing a new album titled Dodge & Burn this September via Third Man Records.
The supergroup consisting of Jack White (The White Stripes, The Raconteurs), Alison Mosshart (The Kills), Dean Fertita (Queens of the Stone Age), and Jack Lawrence "spent their rare and sporadic free moments over the past year recording together in Nashville" to create something "thick and heavy" that "will satisfy your urges for the dark magic that is The Dead Weather for a very long time."
There will be no tour in support of the album, but there will be a deluxe version released in typical Jack White flair as Vault Package #25, which you can order here:
The LP will consist of eight new tracks and four singles that were previously released through Third Man's Vault subscription series, which you can sample below.
Listen to Beach House's Dreamy New Song, "Sparks"
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We'll admit, "dreamy" is a bit of a lazy descriptor for Beach House this late in the game, though they keep earning it with the lovely dream-pop synth and soft croons we've come to expect from the Baltimore-based duo.
"Sparks" is the first single from the band's forthcoming record Depression Cherry and you can listen to the fuzzy track's official stream below.
Depression Cherry is out worldwide August 28.
New Modest Mouse Music Video for "The Ground Walks, with Time in a Box" is a Bad Trip for a Broken King
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Modest Mouse revealed the new music video for "The Ground Walks, with Time in a Box," a track featured in both their latest LP Strangers To Ourselves and our 2015 summer playlist, today and it's quite the show.
Isaac Brock, or should we say Sir Isaac Brock, plays the part of a raving lunatic of a king presiding over his scorched earth kingdom with an Erector Set crown and shattered lightbulb for a scepter. The mad monarch experiences some psychedelic confusion and even goes as far as to gouge out a man's eyes.
Check it out below.
EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Download Fallow Land's First Single, "Are All My Bad Decisions Rock And Roll?"
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Ann Arbor, Michigan based indie outfit Fallow Land have finally released their first single today, and though it's titled "Are All My Bad Decisions Rock And Roll?" there's nothing bad about it.
With lyrics like "Slurred speech in a parking lot / Regurgitate words that don't mean a lot / But for now they're the best that I've got" it's one of the most self-aware pop songs in recent memory, but by mixing a touch of grunge with the remnants of frontman Whit Fineberg's jazz band schooling, it becomes much more. Mixed by Jonathan Visger (Absofacto, Hollow & Akimbo) and reminiscent of an early-2000s OK Go, Fallow Land takes a Heyrocco-esque playfulness but grounds it in maturity.
As a non-album single, "Are All My Bad Decisions Rock And Roll?" is not necessarily a sign of things to come, though.
"We were trying to put something out there that was hella poppy before recording the really weird EP that we are working on," Fineberg told Transverso, hinting at more experimentation in future releases.
In the meantime we can reflect on the fact that one of the best tracks so far this summer will start sing-alongs of "It reminds me that we're all doomed to die." Download the track and check out the tour dates below.
Tour Dates:
7/1 - Detroit, MI @ The Sanctuary
7/3 - Ann Arbor, MI @ The Vail House
7/4 - Mt Pleasant, MI @ The 906
7/5 - Toronto, Ontario @ The Cavern
7/6 - Grand Rapids, MI @ The DAAC
7/7 - Muncie, IN @ Be here Now
7/8 - Chicago, IL @ The Abbey Pub
7/11 - Dekalb IL @ The Seventh Street
Members of The Shins, Cold War Kids, and Tijuana Panthers Form New Supergroup, Coromandelles
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Photo by Sean Flynn
Meet the newest supergroup on the scene, Coromandelles, a self-described "faux-French contemporary punk" trio fronted by Tijuana Panthers' Daniel Michicoff with Cold War Kids members Matt Maust (his second side-project in barely a year, after French Style Furs) and Joe Plummer on bass/artwork and drums, respectively. (Plummer, who also plays the role of engineer for the group, has apparently started a quest to become a member of every band ever after his eight-year stint with Modest Mouse ended in 2012, and is also a member of The Shins and yet another supergroup, Mister Heavenly.)
Their debut album Late Bloomers' Bloomers will be released October 20 on vinyl via Porch Party Records and tape cassette via Burger Records, and has been mixed by Plummer's Shins bandmate Yukki Matthews. According to a press release, the album "is about finding the enjoyment in being derailed [and] rolls through moments of anxiety, doubt, and hope." Oddly enough, the lyrics are also largely in French.
Only an incredibly brief teaser has been released officially, though a twitter exchange between Michikcoff and comedian Cameron Esposito last December reveals the first track, "Cameronrhea" (or "Cameronria," depending where you look), was written about Esposito and her fiancee Rhea Butcher, and links to a playlist on Michicoff's Soundcloud page that appears to contain all 10 tracks plus an 11th non-album track, "Précision." Check them both out, along with the official album artwork and tracklist, below.
Late Bloomers' Bloomers
- Cameronria – 4:07
- New Ordain – 2:30
- The Project – 3:39
- Mon Chemin – 4:25
- Jaq – 4:09
- Late Bloomers – 2:06
- Bumble Bee – 3:20
- Le Revev – 3:30
- End Of Mad Men – 3:58
- Seaudeaux – 4:32
There is Now a Campaign to Get Musicians to Stop Playing "Wagon Wheel"
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Let's be honest, "Wagon Wheel" was a fun song the first time you heard it. Maybe it even continued to be an entertaining sing-along the second or third time you witnessed it being performed. But now? Now it has been played far, far too much.
And now someone has finally had the courage to say what we've all been thinking for years: Please stop playing "Wagon Wheel." The brave folks behind the aptly-named site stopplayingwagonwheel.com have started a campaign to make the world a "'Wagon Wheel'-free zone," imploring artists everywhere to "Improve your gig, jam, or open mic today by not playing 'Wagon Wheel.'"
The site features a handy FAQ should you need anything cleared up:
“Q: Why?
A: It’s overplayed.
Q: Really?
A: Absolutely.
Q: But I/we put a new spin on this song by...
A: Please stop playing ‘Wagon Wheel.’
Q: But...
A: Please stop playing ‘Wagon Wheel.’
Q: Are there exceptions that should be considered?
A: Yes. If...
1. your name is Bob Dylan;
2. your band is Old Crow Medicine Show; or
3. your name is Matt Andersen
Then you should play this song.
Q: What if my name is Darius Rucker?
A: Please stop playing ‘Wagon Wheel.’”
Like any good social movement, there is merch. The online store features anti-"Wagon Wheel" shirts, mugs, and this poster:
Just say no!
Listen to Transverso's 2015 Summer Playlist
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Summer has officially started, which means you need a summer playlist! We've taken the responsibility of compiling 20 of the best tunes to come out so far this year that can serve as the perfect soundtrack to all of your typical summer activities, whether it be driving with the top down, relaxing by the pool, hanging out at a family reunion, or feeding gummy bears to Belle & Sebastian. Check it out below.