Real Estate Announce 2012 Spring Tour

With an already busy 2012 touring schedule, New Jersey rock trio Real Estate have announced even more tour dates in support of their sophomore studio album Days. Following a performance in Istanbul, the indie outfit will be heading to the U.K. for five shows before heading to France and Belgium. From there, the group will be travelling to Australia and New Zealand before making their way back to North America, where they will be touring from April 3rd to May 1st. As well, included in the North American tour are performances at both weekends of this year’s Coachella Music Festival. Take a look at all of Real Estate’s tour dates after the jump.

Listen: Yalls – “Settle Down”

Oakland’s Dan Casey, aka Yalls, has been perfecting his electro-funk sound over the past year, and it’s only getting better for the solo artist. On February 21st, Yalls will be dropping a brand new 3-song 7″ EP titled Fantasy, which includes the track “Settle Down.” Premiering earlier this week on Ears of the Beholder, “Settle Down” displays the artist’s awesome combination of distorted vocals, catchy synth work, and groovy funk-oriented beats. You can listen to and download the track below.

Along with a digital release, Fantasy will be released on 500 limited edition bone coloured vinyls, which you can pre-order here. The digital release of the 7″ will include remixes by Monster Rally (Gold Robot), Naytronix (Nate from Tune-Yards & Beep), & Elephant and Castle.Fantasy is out on February 21st via Gold Robot Records.

WATCH: Nicolas Jaar – “Materials” (Official Video)

 

For being only 22-years-old, American-Chilean musician Nicolas Jaar has taken his music to a highly conceptual and experimental level, a plane that a lot of musicians tend to reach only once they’ve exhausted what they did best in the first place. Sure, Jaar’s music may seem weird or eccentric upon first listening to it, but since when was weird or eccentric ever a bad thing? Not only that, but Jaar has a knack for taking simplistic ideas or concepts and running with it in exciting ways. Sounds that you may have thought would not work do just the opposite in Jaar’s world of ambient instrumentation, they just seem to fit beautifully. What is even more impressive is that he put out not only two EPs last year, but a full length LP, titled Space Is Only Noise, on top of that.

Now, Jaar has released a brand new video for his song “Materials,” which comes across as a strange move considering the song comes from his 2010 EP Mark & Angels. Nonetheless, the music video fits perfectly into Jaar’s bizarre world, with a young version of himself succumbing to a dark and twisted nightmare. You can watch the Pondr-directed video and all it’s nightmarish goodness above, courtesy of The Fader.

Listen: Wild Nothing – “Wait”

Last week, Wild Nothing returned after a long absence with a brand new track titled “Nowhere” and plans to release the song as a 7″ single on February 21st via Captured Tracks. Also reported was that the single would include a b-side titled “Wait,” and today, you can listen to that very song. Much like it’s a-side counterpart, “Wait” is a welcome departure from Wild Nothing’s studio debut Gemini, with a more vibrant and live feel combined with an almost psychedelic quality. Give the track a listen below.

Listen: Cursive – “Wowowow”

On February 21st, Omaha indie rockers Cursive will be releasing their seventh studio album I Am Gemini, an album that focuses on the famed astrological twins Gemini. Premiering on Stereogum, you can hear yet another track from the forthcoming album titled “Wowowow,” which sees the band venturing into more experimental territory than previously known for. In the widget below, you can download the track for no cost at all.

Listen: Oliver Tank – ‘Dreams Remixed’

While many of you may have not heard of Oliver Tank, the 22-year-old Sydney musician has incredible, as is present on his Dreams EP, which he released back in late November. The EP solidified his ability to make beautifully atmospheric dreamwave music that actually told a coherent story over the course of six tracks. Now, a number of other Australian artists have remixed the Dreams EP, including Sleepyhands, Great Earthquake, Magic Silver White and True North. Each song on Dreams Remixed manages to keep the true intent of Tank’s originals, such as the surrealistic and dreamy “Last Night I Heard Everything in Slow Motion” or the entrancing “Embrace,” all the while giving each song a brand new flavour. If you’ve yet to hear Oliver Tank’s music, head here, and the entirety of Dreams Remixed is available to stream below.

Gorillaz Announce Plans for a Collaborative Song for Converse

At the end of the month, Gorillaz will be releasing a brand new track for Converse, and, while we don’t have any audio of the track, the band’s virtual bassist and drummer Murdoc recorded a six minute statement about the song. The statement sees Murdoc discussing how amazing the track will be, and how it “is going to knock everything else Gorillaz have done out of the park.”

Along with the announcement of the track is the included artwork, which shows that there will be two mystery guests on the track. With very little hints as to who the guest artists will be, we can only speculate. What do y’all think?

Listen: Keep Shelly In Athens – “Just Like Honey” (The Jesus And Mary Chain Cover)

In order to raise money for breast cancer, a compilation featuring eleven covers of The Jesus And Mary Chain’s “Just Like Honey” has been released, with all proceeds going towards Breast Cancer Care. One of the band’s featured on the compilation is solo artist Keep Shelly In Athens, whose cover of “Just Like Honey” is available to stream below. Head here to download the entire compilation for £8 (about $12), or you can purchase each individual track for a minimum of £1.

Keep Shelly In Athens – “Just Like Honey” (The Jesus And Mary Chain Cover)

Nick Waterhouse Announces Debut Album: ‘Time’s All Gone’

San Francisco’s Nick Waterhouse has been making headway over the last year or so with his 50s and 60s-inspired soul and R&B sounds, and today, the 25-year-old announced that his debut studio album Time’s All Gone will be released on May 1st via Innovative Leisure. Along with the announcement, Mr. Waterhouse has let loose his track “Some Place” available for download courtesy of FILTER Magazine. The song can be downloaded and streamed below.

Nick Waterhouse – “Some Place” by Some Kind of Awesome

Toro Y Moi to Release Archival 7″ Box Set

Fans of Toro Y Moi‘s earlier sound, specifically his debut album Causers of This and his earlier EPs, will be happy to hear that the solo artist will be releasing an archival 7″ box set collection titled June 2009. The collection will feature ten songs from five different albums, all of which were originally available solely on a tour-only CD. One of the songs from the album, titled “Dead Pontoon,” is available to download here.

June 2009 will be released on April 24th via Carpark, and, after the jump, you can take a look at the tracklisting for the album.