The world's finest alt-country dad rockers are back with new music. Wilco's latest single, "Evicted," isn't breaking new ground for the legendary Chicago sextet. It's a chilled out alt-rock song that is much more Adult Contemporary than any of us would like to admit. But it's a great song that fits right into what Wilco does best. It's music that lives smack right in the center of the mainstream and the underground that even the most snarky music snob will enjoy, even if they refuse to admit it. As with any lead single from an upcoming Wilco album, it has us curious what direction they're going with this time, and that's never a bad thing.
You can watch the lyric video for "Evicted" below. Cousin is due out September 29 on dBpm Records, and is available for pre-order here. For more on Wilco, check out their website. Upcoming tour dates are below the video.
Thu. Aug. 10 - Cochran, BE @ Lokerse Feesten Sat. Aug. 12 - Aranda de Duero, ES @ Sonorama Festival Mon. Aug. 14 - St. Feliu de Guíxols, ES @ Festival Porta Ferrada $ Wed. Aug. 16 - Marbella, ES @ Starlite Marbella $ Thu. Aug. 17 - Alicante, ES @ Plaza de Toros $ Sat. Aug. 19 - Portugal, ES @ Paredes de Coura Festival Sun. Aug. 20 - Vigo, ES @ Espazos Festival $ Tue. Aug. 22 - Ramonville St. Agne, FR @ Le Bikini Thu. Aug. 24 - San Mauro Pascoli, IT @ Acieloaperto Festival # Fri. Aug. 25 - Turin, IT @ TOdays Festival Sun. Aug. 27 - Utrecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg # [SOLD OUT] Mon. Aug. 28 - Utecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg # Wed. Aug. 30 - London, UK @ 02 Forum Kentish Town # [SOLD OUT] Thu. Aug. 31 - Wiltshire, UK @ End of the Road Festival Sat. Sep. 2 - Edinburgh, UK @ Usher Hall # Sun. Sep. 3 - Birmingham, UK @ Moseley Folk Festival Tue. Sep. 5 - Manchester, UK @ The Bridgewater Hall # Wed. Sep. 6 - Belfast, UK @ Mandela Hall+ Fri. Sep. 8 - Dublin, IE @ 3Olympia Theatre + [SOLD OUT] Sat. Sep. 9 - Cork, IE @ Cork Opera House + Mon. Sep. 25 - Wichita, KS @ Wave Tue. Sep. 26 - Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom * Thu. Sep. 28 - Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom * Fri. Sep. 29 - Austin, TX @ Moody Amphitheater @ Waterloo Park * Sun. Oct. 1 - Albuquerque, NM @ Kiva Auditorium * Tue. Oct. 3 - Scottsdale, AZ @ Scottsdale Civic Center East Bowl Stage * Wed. Oct. 4 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel * Thu. Oct. 5 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel * Fri. Oct. 6 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel * Sun. Oct. 8 - Monterey, CA @ Rebels & Renegades Festival Wed. Oct. 11 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellwether * Fri. Oct. 13 - Santa Barbara, CA @ Arlington Theatre * Sat. Oct. 14 - Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre ^ Mon. Oct. 16 - Portland, OR @ Keller Auditorium * Tue. Oct. 17 - Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre ^ Wed. Oct. 18 - Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre ^ Fri. Oct. 20 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Eccles Theater ^ Sun. Oct. 22 - Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom ^ Mon. Oct. 23 - Omaha, NE @ The Astro Theater ^ Wed. Oct. 25 - Kansas City, MO @ Midland Theatre ^ Thu. Oct. 26 - St. Louis, MO @ Stifel Theatre ^ Fri. Oct. 27 - Bentonville, AR @ The Momentary ^ Sat. Dec. 2 - Wed. Dec. 6 - Riviera Maya, MX @ Sky Blue Sky (Hard Rock Hotel) $ w/ Tré Burt # w/ Courtney Marie Andrews + w/ Anna Miekie * w/ My Brightest Diamond ^ w/ Nina Nastasia
Somehow Peter Prescott of Mission of Burma and Volcano Suns has another band that I never knew about. Minibeast already released an album that I completely missed back in 2012, and they are currently at work on the follow up, Free Will. Based on a track from the upcoming album, "High Sea," Minibeast shares some common sonic ground with Mission of Burma, but with an added emphasis on the groovy side of things. It's basically the noise and dissonance of Burma but heard through a 60s surf groove, as if Frankie and Annette were punks. You can listen to "High Sea" below. Minibeast currently have a Kickstarter to help fund the final production of Free Will. You can get more information on that here . It should be out sometime in June.
Earlier this week I was expressing sympathy for Limp Bizkit. Limp Bizkit just don't seem to be riding that surge of 90s nostalgia that all sorts of other terrible bands from that era are. Sure, they're terrible. But are they really that much worse than Filter, Alien Ant Farm, and other bands on those 90s nostalgia packages. And then this video is released. The first lyrics to the song are literally "Go fuck yourself." It then features Fred Durst sitting on a toilet, bikini clad chicks pretending to fellate garden hoses and leaf blowers, and Fred Durst talking about fucking bitches, all while wearing a hoodie and a backwards red baseball hat. Then Lil Wayne comes out. Please keep in mind Fred Durst is a 42 year old man.
Photo by Annabel Kean For their latest single, New Zealand's The Beths have released "Mother, Pray for Me." This is a heartbreaking ballad consisting of Elizabeth Stokes' vocals and guitar with just the slightest hint of organ. It's a deeply personal song for Stokes, made obvious with how intimately the song comes across. It truly feels almost confessional, and it's quite simply beautiful. The Beths are most known for huge little indie rock gems perfect for bopping along to, but "Mother, Pray for Me" is quite the opposite. Stokes' vocals and lyrics are right up front on this one, and I can't imagine it any other way. Elizabeth Stokes says of her latest single: “I cried the whole time writing it. It's not really about my mother, it's about me — what I hope our relationship is, what I think it is, what it maybe actually is, and what I can or can't expect out of it. “My mother is a first gen Indonesian immigrant, and very Catholic....
