Tuesday Music News

07/21/2015

Britta Plyler

Kurt Vile has dished out a few more details about his upcoming album, b'lieve i'm going down. Vile has described the album as "ethereal, Appalachian-influenced folk songs" with a "night vibe." The 12-track compilation is expected to drop on September 25. Check out the video for the lead single "Pretty Pimpin" below. [CoS]

Dum Dum Girls have shared a new video for their 2011 track "Coming Down." The song has gained new life as it was recently featured on the third season of the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black. They've already release one video for the song, but apparently this version was created first. [Stereogum]
- Guitarist for The Strokes Albert Hammond Jr. has debuted a new track from his soon to be released album Momentary Masters called "Side Boob". Though the title may suggest sensual themes about female anatomy, that's not the case with this song. Hammond Jr. serves up a piece of quintessential noisy indie rock, listen below. [CoS]

LA producer Thundercat transforms into a sword wielding samurai in his video for The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam track "Them Changes." The video was directed by Carlos Lopez Estrada who said, "Thundercat's take on heartbreak is so atypical that I figured the video for the song should be anything but a classic relationship-gone-wrong story." Thundercat will perform in Seattle at the Crocodile on October 6. [Pitchfork]

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