Monday Music News

04/11/2016

Janice Headley

If you caught last week's KEXP session, you know Diarrhea Planet's forthcoming full-length, Turn to Gold, is a rollicking set of rock n' roll fun. Check out the album version of "Let It Out" below, a barely-three-minute 'slice of '80s-inspired rock (does anyone else hear some Bryan Adams in there?). Turn to Gold comes out on June 10th via Infinity Cat. [Spin]

Kathleen Hanna (former frontwoman for Bikini Kill and Le Tigre) shares an awesome new single from her most recent project, The Julie Ruin. The track "I Decide" features guest vocals from Merge Records artist Waxahatchee (aka Katie Crutchfield), and Crutchfield also stars in the accompanying video, stomping through the Austin streets during the SXSW festival. The new album, Hit Reset, hits (heh) stores on July 8th via Hardly Art. [Stereogum]

Northwest giants Death Cab for Cutie continue to tour for last year's release Kintsugi, and today, they share an animated video for the single "Good Help (Is So Hard to Find)." Director Walter Robot says, via a press release, "Crazy to think it started with 'Grapevine Fires' seven years ago. Ever since then, the band has been so gracious in all our collaborations. This one definitely feels more mature but also the oddest of the three. The idea started from a sketch Bill made of a dumb looking guy with a hole in his head." Watch: [Under the Radar]

We missed this one in last week's TV Eye Roundup: soul man Charles Bradley was a special guest on CBS This Morning: Saturday. Bradley sat down with host Anthony Mason to discuss his new album, Changes, out now on Daptone Records. He followed the interview with performances of "Changes" and "Ain't It a Sin" from the new one, and "The World Is Going Up in Flames" from 2011's album, No Time For Dreaming. See the magic in person Monday, May 23rd at Neumos. [Pitchfork]

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Car Seat Headrest, lead by Seattle's own Will Toledo, have shared the opening track from their upcoming album and Matador debut, Teens of Denial (out May 20). "Fill In The Blank" is a fuzzy piece of indie rock that has me very excited for the rest of the album. Check it out. [SPIN]

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Tegan & Sara will drop their eighth studio album, Love You To Death, on June 8. Today, the Canadian sister duo have shared two new, addictive album tracks called "Boyfriend" and "U Turn." Check them both out via Spotify below. [Pitchfork]