JAY SOM Shares New Song & Announces Fall U.S. Tour

Last month, Jay Som released her stunning break-out album entitled Everybody Works which debuted on the Billboard Independent Album and Heatseekers charts, and earned her a "Best New Music" review from Pitchfork, as well as international accolades from the likes of New York Times, The New Yorker, NPR, Rolling Stone and many more. Today, the Bay Area artist shares a new original song for Our First 100 Days, a campaign which aims to help protect causes that are threatened by Trump's administration. On the new track called "Turn The Other Cheek," Melina Duterte once again showcases her ability to create irresistibly dreamy indie pop songs that at once fit in perfectly with the Jay Som catalogue while sounding nothing like anything she has released before. Listen to and purchase "Turn The Other Cheek" HERE.

Photo Credit: Cara Robbins

Jay Som just wrapped a largely sold-out tour with The Courtneys, and today she announces a North American Everybody Works headlining tour for this Fall. See below to find a show near you. To get a taste of what to expect from a live Jay Som show, watch her perform "The Bus Song" live in Chicago courtesy of Audiotree.

North American Tour Dates:
5/28/17 - The Gorge, WA @ Sasquatch Festival

6/3/17 - Nelsonville, OH @ Nelsonville Music Festival

6/6/17 - Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade

6/8/17 - Brooklyn, NY @ Northside Festival w/ Dirty Projectors, Kamasi Washington

6/9/17 - Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo

6/11/17 - Chicago, IL @ Green Music Fest

6/17/17 - San Francisco, CA @ Phono Del Sol Festival

7/29/17 - Detroit, MI @ MO POP Festival

8/3+4/17 - Happy Valley, OR @ Pickathon Festival  

9/9/17 - Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf

9/10/17 - Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre

9/11/17 - Omaha, NE @ Reverb Lounge

9/13/17 - Milwaukee, WI @ Colectivo Back Room

9/14/17 - Chicago, IL @ Subterranean

9/16/17 - Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern

9/19/17 - Boston, MA @ Sinclair

9/22/17 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church

9/23/17 - Washington D.C. @ Rock & Roll Hotel

9/24/17 - Raleigh/Durham, NC @ Local 506

9/25/17 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade

9/27/17 - Austin, TX @ Sidewinder

9/29/17 - Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar

9/30/17 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar

Bonobo Shares New Video for Bambro Koyo Ganda (feat. Innov Gnawa) - On Tour Now In North America

Amidst the waves of praise Bonobo has received both for the release of his latest record Migration and the live tour he and his band have recently embarked on comes a video for the new single ‘Bambro KoyoGanda’, an expansive track featuring vocals from Moroccan by-way-of New York City band Innov Gnawa. Perhaps more than any other tune on the album, ‘Bambro’ sonically embodies what Migration is - a journey through cultural and locational displacement and the strange familiarity that inevitably surfaces out of transient life. The single (a highlight of the live show) effortlessly weaves Moroccan styles into his signature dance music and culminates in a near-mystical experience as Innov Gnawa’s chants echo over a dizzying, house-driven groove that manages to mesmerize and relinquish in one fell swoop. The video, directed by Stylewar, depicts scenes from around the world that unfold in synchronicity with the track, with the pulse of the environment lining up perfectly, and subtly, with the song's beat. It reflects the universality and singularity of the world seen through the eyes of a traveller; no matter the disparate location there is a common rhythm.

“The music of Bonobo is incredibly rich and colorful. It feels as if it was inspired by the indescribable beauty of the natural world. I wanted the video to have an equally inspired and colourful feeling. The world is full of music and rhythm — look carefully and it’s everywhere you go. It’s at the core of our wonderful planet, and I wanted the video to celebrate that fact. The video is a vast collection of material, including some footage shot specifically for this video as well as existing footage from around the world. Then, through the magic of editing, we endeavored to make every movement in the video correspond to the movement of the music, whether to its rhythm or to the very notes themselves. If you look closely, you should notice that the smallest details have been tweaked to sync the music to the movement. Like the music of Bonobo, it celebrates the rhythmic beauty of our world.”

— Director Stylewar on the "Bambro Koyo Ganda" video

Live Dates:

26 Apr 2017    House of Blues (live), Boston, MA

27 Apr 2017    Terminal 5 (live), New York, NY

27 Apr 2017    Output (DJ Set), Brooklyn, NY

28 Apr 2017    Terminal 5 (live), New York, NY

29 Apr 2017    Electric Factory (live), Philadelphia, PA

1 May 2017     9:30 Club (live), Washington, DC

2 May 2017     The National (live), Richmond, VA

3 May 2017     Orange Peel (live), Asheville, NC

5 May 2017     Shaky Beats Music Festival (live), Atlanta, GA

5 - 7 May         Middlelands (live), Todd Mission, TX

11 May 2017   Belly Up Aspen (live), Aspen, CO

12 May 2017   Red Rocks Amphitheatre (live), Morrison, CO

13 May 2017   Granada Theater (live), Lawrence, KS

15 May 2017   The Blue Note (live), Columbia, MO

16 May 2017   The Ready Room (live), St. Louis, MO

18 May 2017   Concord Music Hall (live), Chicago, IL

18 May 2017   The MID (DJ Set), Chicago, IL

19 May 2017   Turner Hall Ballroom (live), Milwaukee, WI

20 May 2017   Orpheum Theater (live), Madison, WI

21 May 2017   First Avenue (live), Minneapolis, MN

24 May 2017   Commodore Ballroom (live), Vancouver, BC

24 May 2017   Celebrities Nightclub (DJ Set), Vancouver, BC

24 - 29 May     Lightning In A Bottle (live), Bradley, CA

25 May 2017   Commodore Ballroom (live), Vancouver, BC

26 May 2017   Sasquatch! Music Festival (live), George, WA

Saltland Shares "Light of Mercy" Video - Donating 100% of Bandcamp Sales to 350.org This Week

Saltland, cellist and activist Rebecca Foon, has shared a new video for “Light Of Mercy,” a standout from her new album A Common Truth. The video reflects the album’s themes of a changing planet, depicting a collage-like environment of rock and ice that slowly changes and becomes more intensely stark as the song progresses, eventually being engulfed by a deep red sky. It was directed by Brigitte Henry, and premiered this morning via PopMatters. The song is a perfect example of the incredible balance of beauty and melancholy that Foon employs throughout the album, which is out now on Constellation.

Photo Credit: Aylin Gungor

This week, to celebrate the week between Earth Day and the Climate March, Foon will be donating 100% of Bandcamp sales to 350.org, founded by environmentalist Bill McKibben. Foon is an accomplished climate activist, as a Co-Founder of Pathway To Paris and as a member of the Canadian cooperative consultancy Sustainability Solutions Group. Visit her Bandcamp page HERE.

Saltland • "Light Of Mercy" from Constellation Records on Vimeo.

Lapalux Announces New Album 'Ruinism' & Shares Song "Rotted Arp (feat. Louisahhh)" - Out June 30th Brainfeeder

Lapalux today announces he will release his third album, Ruinism, on Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder imprint on June 30th, 2017, and shares lead single “Rotted Arp (feat. Louisahhh)” along with an Album Preview Mix of new material from the forthcoming album. His previous LP, Lustmore (2015) was partially inspired by the concept of hypnagogia, a suspension of consciousness occurring between wakefulness and sleep. Throughout Ruinism the British producer takes this exploration further, journeying onward to the more ominous limbo space between life and death. In this liminal space where the finite and infinite intermingle, Lapalux (aka Stuart Howard) sounds more at home than ever.

“‘Ruinism’ is a made-up term I use to describe the way in which blended sound palettes and inspirations interact with one another to form this album. I would record synths and drum hits and re-sample, re-pitch, twist and blend the sound until it was ‘ruined’ and then salvage it again in an attempt to make something coherent.”

— Lapalux on Ruinism

Photo Credit: Ozge Cone

“It sums up the whole idea of this record… having Louisahhh’s vocals made me think of this track as a much more meaningful piece and helped me push it further and further into a developed abstract dance track.”

— Lapalux on "Rotted Arp"

Lapalux - Ruinism
[June 30, 2017 - Brainfeeder]

Tracklist: 
1. Reverence
2. Data Demon (feat. GABI)
3. Petty Passion
4. Rotted Arp (feat. Louisahhh)
5. Falling Down (feat. JFDR)
6. Displacer
7. 4EVA (feat Talvi)
8. Essex is Burning
9. Flickering (feat. JFDR)
10. Running To Evaporate
11. Phase Violet
12. Tessellate

ROSTAM Releases New Song "Gwan", Watch Video Now, On Tour This May

We are pleased to share “Gwan,” a brand new song and video from ROSTAM. We can also announce that “Gwan” is not a stand-alone single but part of a full length album, coming soon.

“I’ve had experiences where my life will try to tell me something in a dream—and sometimes it’s something I’m not ready to hear. So I think maybe this song is about trying to listen to what your subconscious mind is trying to say to you.”

— Rostam on “Gwan”

TOUR DATES:

5-02 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club ≈ 

5-03 - NYC - Bowery Ballroom ≈

5-06 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer ≈ 

5-07 - Providence, RI - Fete Music Hall ^

5-08 - Boston, MA - The Sinclair ^

6-12 - Los Angeles, CA - The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever 

6-14 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent

≈ w/ Deradoorian

^ w/ Nat Baldwin