Thursday Music News

04/27/2017

Janice Headley

We're just a week away from PJ Harvey's first Seattle show in five years, and just when we thought we couldn't be more excited, she goes and drops a new single outta nowhere. Stream the track "A Dog Called Money" below, arriving tomorrow via a double-A side digital single with "I’ll Be Waiting." Both songs were recorded with her longtime collaborators Flood and John Parish. "A Dog Called Money" originally debuted on Lauren Laverne's BBC 6Music show earlier today. Harvey plays Friday, May 5th at CenturyLink Field. [ Consequence of Sound ]

We're also about a week out from the release of This Old Dog, the latest LP from Mac DeMarco, titled and boy, has he been busy. Today, he shares another new album cut with the facetious title "One More Love Song," which you can stream below. In addition, Mac was a guest on Marc Maron's acclaimed WTF podcast, where he talks about growing up in Edmonton, Canada, his mom’s opera career, his amputee grandfather, and other insights into his formative years. Mac is also looking for an assistant to work on his fan club with his aforementioned mother Agnes, and his manager Michelle Cable. Note: application requires you to submit your best "dank Mac meme." If that's not enough, you can also enter Mac's new contest: submit your best fan fiction about Mac, and the winner gets a drawing of you with him by artist Stefan Marx. Good luck! [ Pitchfork ]

French band Phoenix are back with their sixth LP, and first in four years, Ti Amo, out June 9th via Glassnote. It's their first new music since 2013’s Bankrupt!. In an interview with The New York Times, the guys describe it as "the band’s most unabashedly romantic record yet." Listen to the first single "J-Boy" below and see if you agree. [ Stereogum ]

Gothenburg, Sweden's Little Dragon just released a digital copy of their fifth full-length Season High (a physical copy will be in stores on May 5th), and today, they share a video for the single "Celebrate." Director Ossain Melin captures the band in an array of colors, which certainly feels like a party to us. Frontwoman Yukimi Nagano says in a press release: "We have grown through the years but the making of this album has been a struggle. As much as our band is based on a deep friendship we are four strong wills who find it really frustrating to compromise. We have gotten better at that though, but it's still a real battle. It gets harder and harder for us to make records but we still love it. Sometimes it feels like we have 100% passion and life or death emotions yet there's a pointlessness with everything. We want to exist in our own bubble where we can stay curious about sounds. The magic feeling that sounds can sprinkle over any boring day is what got us all hooked. That feeling of escapism... maybe because Gothenburg is a grey place for most of the year, our curse and blessing is that we never quite succeed." [ Under the Radar ]

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