Next month, Big Boi will release his followup to 2011’s Sir Lucious Left Foot. To date, four new tracks have surfaced — “Mama Told Me” (feat. Kelly Rowland), “Gossip” (feat. UGK and Big K.R.I.T.), “She Said OK” (with Theophilus London), and the latest, “Lines”, which features A$AP Rocky and Phantogram. Check out “Mama Told Me” below, then head on over to Stereogum and enjoy “Lines”. Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors will drop Dec. 11th on Def Jam.
Back in July, I was quite sad to hear that Christopher Owens was leaving San Francisco indie outfit Girls. Though I wish Girls was simply on a break, I’m very much looking forward to Owens’ debut solo album, Lysandre. Described by Owens as “a coming of age story, a road trip story, a love story,” the record was was written, recorded, and sequenced as a complete narrative, inspired by the events of Girls’ first ever tour in the summer of 2008. Below, you can stream the album’s first two tracks — “Lysandre’s Theme” and “Here We Go”. Lysandre will be available Jan 15th on Fat Possum Records.
Tracklist:
1. Lysandre’s Theme
2. Here We Go
3. New York City
4. A Broken Heart
5. Here We Go Again
6. Riviera Rock
7. Love Is In The Ear Of The Listener
8. Lysandre
9. Everywhere You Knew
10. Closing Theme
11. Part Of Me (Lysandre’s Epilogue)
This February, UK rockers Foals will follow up 2010’s Total Life Forever with their third LP Holy Fire. Though a US release date has yet to be locked down, the album will be available in the UK on Feb. 11th. The lead single, “Inhaler”, will see light on Nov 5th.
Back in 2010, the Montreal duo that is Blue Hawaii, aka Alexander Cowan and Raphaelle Standell-Preston, released their debut Blooming Summer. I for one really enjoyed that record and I still listen to “Blue Gowns” on a regular basis. Since then though, they’ve been pretty quiet, likely due to Raphaelle’s involvement with Braids. But that all changed when the lineups for this year’s CMJ began to pour out. I was pleasantly surprised to see Blue Hawaii among the CMJ masses and after further digging, I stumbled upon a post over at We All Want Someone To Shout For with some exciting news. Blue Hawaii are set to release a new LP, Untogether, on Jan 22 via Arbutus Records!
On top of that, the duo also dropped a brand new single, the two-parter “In Two”, which will appear on the new record. Stream my favorite “Blue Gowns” below, then head on over to We All Want Someone and download “In Two”. And stay tuned for more as we get closer to the release of Untogether.
Local Natives’ sophomore effort Hummingbird is slated for release Jan 29 on Frenchkiss Records. In the meantime, stream the album’s first single “Breakers” and catch a show on their upcoming tour.
11-04 Tokyo, Japan – Zepp
11-28 Hamburg, Germany – Molotov
11-29 Berlin, Germany – Comet
12-01 Paris, France – Point Ephemere
12-04 Amsterdam, Holland – Bitterzoet
12-05 Brussels, Belgium – Rotunde
12-06 London, England – Hoxton Bar & Kitchen
12-08 Camber Sands, England – All Tomorrow’s Parties
01-29 Los Angeles, CA – El Rey
01-30 Oakland, CA – Fox Theatre
02-01 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
02-02-03 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
03-18 Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
03-19 Asheville, NC – Orange Peel
03-22 Milwaukee, WI – Turner Ballroom
03-23 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
03-25 Covington, KY – Madison Theatre
03-26 Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
03-30 Boston, MA – House of Blues
04-01 Providence, RI – Fete
04-04 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
04-05 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
04-25 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
04-26 Seattle, WA – Neptune
04-27 Vancouver, British Columbia – Commodore Theatre