Thursday Music News

05/07/2015

Janice Headley

Sharon Van Etten // photo by Matthew B. Thompson

As we mentioned last month, Sharon Van Etten (aka the busiest gal in music) has a new EP on the horizon titled I Don’t Want to Let You Down. The five-song release features guest appearances from Adam Granduciel and Dave Hartley of The War on Drugs, Megafaun’s Brad Cook, and Ben Folds Five’s Darren Jessee. Today, you can check out the track "Just Like Blood" via NPR Music. I Don’t Want to Let You Down hits stores June 9th via Jagjaguwar. [Spin]

Making their first live appearance since their harrowing bus accident, Twin Shadow took the stage on Late Night with Seth Meyers with a stripped-down rendition of “I’m Ready,” from the latest album Eclipse. Frontman George Lewis Jr. appeared with his arm in a cast. Sadly, drummer Andy Bauer remains hospitalized. But the group are clearly on the mend, and plan to return to touring by the end of the month. [Consequence of Sound]

It's been a few years since we've heard from Danish group Choir of Young Believers, but today, they share a new track. The Copenhagen-based project started as a solo affair for Jannis Noya Makrigiannis, blossomed into a band by the second album Rhine Gold, but will return to its solo beginnings for the still-untitled third release that will be out later this year. A press release states the album is "inspired by the likes of Talk Talk, Enya, Sade, Dean Blunt, Frank Ocean, and early '90s Madonna." Stream the track "Face Melting" below: [Under the Radar]

Noah Lennox (aka Panda Bear) shares another video from his latest solo endeavor, Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper. For the clip for "Come to Your Senses," director Sam Fleischner let a a stationary camera capture a busy street in Lisbon. Lennox explains, "Rua da Rosa is the narrow but main street cut through the Bairro Alto neighborhood here in Lisbon. Visitors mainly stock the area during the day but it’s perhaps the principle target for partying Lisbon teenagers Thursday through Sunday nights. The constant shifts make it a particularly fascinating neighbourhood to me." Watch: [Pitchfork]

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