Thursday Music News

Australian singer/songwriter Courtney Barnett has unveiled the second single from her forthcoming album Tell Me How You Really Feel. Titled "Need a Little Time," the song is accompanied by a video directed by Danny Cohen which features Barnett in an alien world and ends with her floating through space. The song follows "Nameless, Faceless," released last month. Tell Me How You Really Feel is out May 18 via Milk/Mom + Pop. [ Pitchfork ]

This past summer, Arcade Fire released Everything Now with quite the promotional campaign leading up to it. It now seems that the elaborate rollout had led to 16-minute short film that makes sense of all the bits and pieces of the campaign such as the Creature Comfort cereal and the fake brand management company that took over their Twitter. Entitled Money + Love, the film serves as a double music video for the songs "Put Your Money on Me" and "We Don't Deserve Love," from Everything Now. It's directed by David Wilson and stars Toni Collette as the CEO of Everything Now Co. Arcade Fire will take the Saturday Night Live stage this Saturday, March 17. [ Under the Radar ]

Liz Phair's groundbreaking debut album Exile In Guyville was released 25 years ago this May. To celebrate, Matador Records is reissuing the album in a limited edition box set called Girly-Sound to Guyville. The set comes as a limited edition 7-LP or 3-CD box containing restored audio of all three of Phair’s 1991 Girly-Sound tapes from the original cassettes plus Exile In Guyville remastered by Grammy-nominated matering engineer Emily Lazar. Also included in the bundle is a book featuring an oral history by Jason Cohen and essays penned by journalist Ann Powers and Phair herself. Ahead of the box set's release, Phair has shared an early alternate version of “Divorce Song”, which appears on Girly-Sounds tape Yo Yo Buddy. Girly-Sound To Guyville: The 25th Anniversary Box Set is out May 4 via Matador. Phair is embarking on a short run of tour dates, one of them being a set in Seattle at the Crocodile on Saturday, June 2. [ Consequence of Sound ]

Oakland rapper Kamaiyah has been gaining a lot of momentum the past couple of years since releasing her acclaimed debut A Good Night in the Ghetto in 2016 and then following it up with the very good Before I Wake mixtape this past November. Today, she's shared a fun, lively video for the Before I Wake track "Slide." Directed by Evan Crocker, Kamaiyah throws a poppin party at the roller rink with all her friends. Today, Upstream Music + Summit has announced that Kamaiyah be performing at the Seattle festival for the Possi showcase. [ Stereogum ]