Rancid will return with a new album later this year. It’s called Trouble Maker, and it’s out June 9 via Epitaph/Hellcat. Check out the tracklist and cover artwork for the album below, as well as the music video for a new song, “Ghost of a Chance.” Trouble Maker marks the first new project from the band since the release of ...Honor is All We Know in 2014. They’re set to tour alongside Dropkick Murphys this summer, promising a “joint encore” with both bands at the end of each show. Check out those dates here.
Trouble Maker:
01 Track Fast
02 Ghost of a Chance
03 Telegraph Avenue
04 An Intimate Close Up of a Street Punk Trouble Maker
05 Where I’m Going
06 Buddy
07 Farewell Lola Blue
08 All American Neighborhood
09 Bovver Rock and Roll
10 Make It Out Alive
11 Molly Make Up Your Mind
12 I Got Them Blues Again
13 Beauty of the Pool Hall
14 Say Goodbye to Our Heroes
15 I Kept a Promise
16 Cold Cold Blood
17 This is Not the End
18 We Arrived On Time (Bonus Track)
19 Go On Rise Up (Bonus Track)
We're excited to be releasing our new album TROUBLE MAKER. 19 new songs for you out June 9. We'll be on tour this summer. See ya in the pit! pic.twitter.com/UosNxWmG8P
Last year, the Avalanches released Wildflower, the long awaited follow-up to 2000's Since I Left You. After playing a series of shows in April, including a stop at Coachella for their first U.S. show in 15 years, the band has announced additional North American tour dates. The Avalanches will perform a special set at Brooklyn Bowl on June 3 ahead of their Governors Ball performance on June 4. See the full itinerary below. At the beginning of 2017, they played a string of dates in their native Australia.
The Avalanches are performing at this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival. Get tickets to their Sunday performance here.
06-03 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Bowl
06-04 New York, NY - Governors Ball
06-05 Washington, DC - 930 Club
06-07 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of the Living Arts
06-09 Toronto, Ontario - Danforth
06-10 Montreal, Quebec - Corona Theatre
06-12 Boston, MA - The Royale
07-16 Chicago, IL - Pitchfork Music Festival
Watch the music video for “Frankie Sinatra” below:
On May 19, New York-based musician Nick Hakim releases his full-length debut Green Twins (via ATO Records). He’s already shared the title track and the second song, “Bet She Looks Like You.” Today, he’s released the album’s third song, “Roller Skates,” along with its animated music video. Set at a roller rink, the clip finds cartoon Hakim gazing around to find everyone suffering in some way. The video was directed by Micah Buzan, who “wanted to tell a simple story about lonely characters who all desire something they can’t seem to get—be it love, a stuffed animal, or the ability to skate well.” Watch Nick Hakim’s “Roller Skates” video below.
In a press release, Hakim explained:
This song’s first verse is about a night when I got really stoned at my friend’s house and forgot to meet up with my partner. It was pouring rain outside and when I realized I was late, I biked through Bed-Stuy as fast as I could through the rain to find her but she was gone.... The second verse is about patching it up, not leaving her house for a couple days. It’s a love song.
Prior to Green Twins, Hakim released two 2014 EPs: Where Will We Go, Pt. I and Where Will We Go, Pt. II. Below, find his upcoming tour dates, as well as the tracklist and cover artwork for Green Twins.
Green Twins:
01 Green Twins
02 Bet She Looks Like You
03 Roller Skates
04 Needy Bees
05 TYAF
06 Cuffed
07 Miss Chew [ft. Jesse and Forever]
08 Farmissplease
09 Those Days [ft. Onyx Collective]
10 Slowly
11 The Want
12 JP
Nick Hakim:
05-11 Toronto, Ontario - The Drake Hotel
05-12 Montréal, Quebec - Bar Le Ritz PBD
05-13 Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
05-14 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse Music Hall
05-17 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
05-20 Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel
11-07 Bristol, England - The Lantern
11-08 London, England - KOKO
11-09 Manchester, England - The Deaf Institute
11-10 Glasgow, Scotland - King Tut's
11-11 Leeds, England - Brudenell Social Club
The Zombies’ Odessey and Oracle number “A Rose for Emily” has found new life as the closing credits song for “S-Town,” the latest podcast from the creators of “Serial” and “This American Life.” When the reunited psych-pop group stopped by “Conan” last night, they played the song as a web exclusive. Watch that, along with the televised performance of “Time of the Season,” below. Other musical contributors to “S-Town” include Nick Thorburn (of Islands and the Unicorns), who also composed the score for “Serial”—read more about that in his interview with Pitchfork.
Recently, a series of posters popped up in cities across the globe with cryptic messaging. They also included the years 1997 and 2017. Naturally, Radiohead fans figured there was some connection to the band, particularly to the 20th anniversary of OK Computer. The band then shared a cryptic teaser with “Climbing Up the Wall” lyrics. Now, Radiohead have confirmed a brand new reissue of the record. It’s called OKNOTOK. Along with the original record (remastered from the original analog tapes), the reissue includes three unreleased tracks and eight B-sides. The digital version is out June 23, and physical editions are shipping in July (via XL).
The three unreleased songs on OKNOTOK are “I Promise,” “Man of War,” and “Lift,” which Ed O’Brien once called “a bogshite B-Side,” but Jonny Greenwood said is a “management-favorite.” The “Boxed Edition” comes in a black box with heavyweight 180 gram 12” vinyl records, a hardcover book with over 30 pieces of art, a notebook with 104 pages of scrawled Thom Yorke notes, a 48-page sketchbook of Stanley Donwood and Yorke’s “preperatory work,” and a cassette mixtape with OK Computer demo and session tapes. Find more information here. Clicking through Radiohead’s website reveals that they’ve uploaded much of Donwood and Yorke’s artwork for fans to check out, in what appears to be a recreation of Radiohead’s website from 1997.
01 Airbag
02 Paranoid Android
03 Subterranean Homesick Alien
04 Exit Music (For a Film)
05 Let Down
06 Karma Police
07 Fitter Happier
08 Electioneering2
09 Climbing Up the Walls
10 No Surprises
11 Lucky
12 The Tourist
01 I Promise
02 Man of War
03 Lift
04 Lull
05 Meeting in the Aisle
06 Melatonin
07 A Reminder
08 Polyethylene (Parts 1 & 2)
09 Pearly*
10 Palo Alto
11 How I Made My Millions
Watch Pitchfork.tv’s “Liner Notes” video on OK Computer:
Jack Antonoff has shared a new video for “Don’t Take the Money,” the Lorde-assisted single from Bleachers’ upcoming album Gone Now. The Lena Dunham-directed clip features a cameo from Alia Shawkat (Arrested Development), who presides over Antonoff’s wedding ceremony. Alas, all is not well: His fiancé’s ex turns up, beats him to a pulp, kicks him into a pool, and runs off with the would-be bride. Watch it happen below. Gone Now is out June 2. Find Bleachers’ tour itinerary here.
As well as collaborating on “Don't Take the Money,” Antonoff and Lorde worked together on her new album Melodrama,which he co-wrote and -produced. He recently shared the new song “Hate That You Know Me,” which features vocals from Carly Rae Jepsen.
Gorillaz have announced a European tour behind new album Humanz. Find the dates, which run through November and into early December, below. The news follows the group’s secret London show in March, where they debuted a host of material from the record, as well as the announcement of Demon Dayz, their own festival in Margate. As with the London show, special guests “from the stellar roll call of Gorillaz’ family of featured artists” are promised at the UK shows. (The album features Grace Jones, Mavis Staples, Danny Brown, De La Soul, Pusha T, Kali Uchis, Kelela, Vince Staples, Jehnny Beth of Savages, D.R.A.M., Popcaan, and many more.)
06-10 Margate, England - Demon Dayz 2017
07-08 Chicago, IL - Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
07-10 Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre
07-12 Boston, MA - Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
07-13 Philadelphia, PA - Festival Pier at Penn's Landing
07-15 Québec City, Québec - Festival d'Été International de Québec
07-17 Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion
07-28-30 Niigata, Japan - Fuji Rock 2017
08-11-13 San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival
09-15-17 New York, NY - The Meadows Music & Arts Festival
09-18 Detroit, MI - Fox Theatre
09-20 St. Paul, MN -Roy Wilkins Auditorium
09-22 Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center
09-24 Las Vegas, NV - Life Is Beautiful Music & Art Festival
09-26 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
09-30 Seattle, WA - KeyArena at Seattle Center
10-05 Inglewood, CA - The Forum
10-11 Duluth, GA - Infinite Energy Center
10-13-15 Miami, FL - III Points Festival
11-01 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg - Rockhal
11-02 Vienna, Austria - Wiener Stadthalle
11-04 Copenhagen, Denmark - Royal Arena
11-05 Oslo, Norway - Oslo Spektrum
11-06 Stockholm, Sweden - Hovet
11-08 Zurich, Switzerland - Samsung Hall
11-09 Geneva, Switzerland - SEG Geneva Arena
11-11 Munich, Germany - Zenith
11-13 Budapest, Hungary - Papp László Budapest Aréna
11-14 Prague, Czech Republic - O2 Arena
11-17 Berlin, Germany - Max-Schmeling-Halle
11-18 Düsseldorf, Germany - Mitsubishi Electric Halle
11-19 Hamburg, Germany - Sporthalle
11-21 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Ziggo Dome
11-22 Brussels, Belgium - Forest National
11-24 Paris, France - Le Zénith Paris
11-27 Brighton, England - Brighton Centre
11-29 Glasgow, Scotland - The SSE Hydro
12-01 Manchester, England - Manchester Arena
12-02 Birmingham, England - Barclaycard Arena
12-04 London, England - O2 Arena
