Far From Earth is the third record from Australia’s Stonefield. The four Findlay sisters have been officially releasing since 2010, but have a catalogue they have been building way before that. For over a decade, the band has continued to grow as this video for the title track will show! You can find the new album via Flightless Records HERE.

Michael Rault’s Wick Records debut – It’s a New Day Tonight – was just released May 18th. This is a track off the record and Michael will kick off his North American tour on May 22nd. See below for dates.

MICHAEL RAULT TOUR DATES
May 22 – Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern
May 23 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Tavern
May 24 – Louisville, KY – Zanzabar
May 25 – Nashville, TN – The Basement
May 26 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl
May 28 – Raleigh, NC – Neptune’s
May 29 – Washington, DC – DC9
May 30 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
May 31 – Brooklyn, NY – Our Wicked Lady
Jun 1 – Boston, MA – Once Ballroom
Jun 2 – Montreal, QC – Bar ‘Le Ritz’
Jun 14 – Detroit, MI – Marble, Bar
Jun 15 – Milwaukee, WI – The Cooperage
Jun 16 – Sioux Falls, ND – Total Drag
Jun 17 – Fargo, ND – Aquarium
Jun 19 – Edmonton, AB – The Rec Room
Jun 20 – Calgary, AB – Sled Island
Jun 23 – Vancouver, BC – Fox Cabaret
Jun 24 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
Jun 25 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
Jun 27 – Arcata, CA – Miniplex
Jun 28 – San Francisco, CA – Brick & Mortar
Jun 29 – Los Angeles, CA – Bootleg
Jul 1 – Las Vegas, NV – Bunkhouse
Jul 2 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
Jul 3 – Denver, CO – Globe Hall
Jul 5 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
Jul 22 – Field, ON – River & Sky Fest

Poster Children returned earlier this year with the politically charged track “Grand Bargain!”, announcing a new album to come in spring. The album, of the same name, is available now via Lotuspool Records. The band has now shared the new music video for “Grand Bargain!”. In the video, the bandmate’s children dressed as Jared Kushner and Donald Trump and play out many of the President’s heavily publicized moments, which include lots of tweeting, eating fast food, and the infamous “Trump Drinks Water” moment during a speech on national security. Got to love the Poster Children!

The band also has announced a short summer tour with the dates below.

TOUR:
June 29 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall (Tickets)
July 18 – Brooklyn, NY – Rough Trade (Tickets)
July 19 – Boston, MA – O’Brien’s Pub (Tickets)
July 20 – Philadelphia, PA – Kung Fu Necktie (Tickets)
July 21 – Washington, DC – DC9 (Tickets)

La Luz’s new album, Floating Features, just released and here is a new video for “Mean Dream,” from director Ryan D. La Luz are playing a massive 35-date North American tour. See below for a full list of dates.

TOUR DATES:
05.17.18 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile $ *
05.18.18 – Seattle, WA – The Vera Project $ * &
05.19.18 – Portland, OR – The Aladdin Theater *
05.20.18 – Bellingham, WA -The Shakedown *
05.22.18 – Boise, ID – The Olympic *
05.23.18 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court *
05.24.18 – Ft. Collin’s, CO – Hodi’s Half Note *
05.25.18 – Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge *
05.28.18 – Omaha, NE – O’Leavers !
05.29.18 – Kansas City, MO – The Record Bar !
05.30.18 – St. Louis, MO – The Ready Room !
05.31.18 – Chicago, IL – Subterranean ^
06.01.18 – Chicago, IL – Do Division Festival
06.02.18 – Grand Rapids, MI – Pyramid Scheme ^
06.03.18 – Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern ^
06.04.18 – Montreal, QC – L’Esco ^
06.05.18 – Portland, ME – SPACE Gallery ^
06.06.18 – Boston, MA – Once Ballroom ^
06.08.18 – New York, NY – Public Arts ^
06.09.18 – Brooklyn, NY – Northside Festival at Baby’s All Right &
06.10.18 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts Black Box %
06.11.18 – Washington, D.C. – Songbyrd %
06.12.18 – Raleigh, NC – The Pinhook %
06.13.18 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl %
06.14.18 – Jacksonville, FL – Root %
06.15.18 – New Orleans, LA – Santos %
06.16.18 – Austin, TX – Hotel Vegas #
06.19.18 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger #
06.20.18 – El Paso, TX – Monarch #
06.21.18 – Tucson, AZ – Club Congress # &
06.22.10 – Los Angeles, CA – Teregram Ballroom #
09.01.18 – Gdansk, PL – Soundrive Festival
09.04.18 – Malmö, SE – Plan B
09.05.18 – Oslo, NO – Revolver
09.06.18 – Stockholm, SE – Melodybox
09.07.18 – Göteborg, SE – Pustervil
09.08.18 – Copenhagen, DK – Loppen
09.10.18 – Karlsruhe, DE – Kohi
09.11.18 – Zürich, CH – Rote Fabrik
09.12.18 – Montpellier, FR – Le Rockstore
09.13.18 – Barcelona, ES – Gambeat Festival
09.14.18 – Madrid, ES – GetMAD
09.15.18 – San Sebastian, ES – Donastia Festibala
09.18.18 – Lausanne, CH – Le Romandie
09.19.18 – Bern, CH – ISC Club
09.20.18 – Paris, FR – Point Ephemere
09.22.18 – Brussels, BE – Botanique @ Witloof Bar
09.24.18 – Manchester, UK – Soup Kitchen
09.25.18 – Glasgow, UK – Mono
09.26.18 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
09.27.18 – London, UK – The Dome
09.28.18 – Bristol, UK – The Louisiana
09.29.18 – Brighton, UK – The Hope and Ruin
10.01.18 – Köln, DE – Bumann & Sohn
10.02.18 – Derlin, DE – Music & Frieden
10.03.18 – Dresden, DE – Beatpol
10.04.18 – Hamburg, DE – Hafenklang (Goldener Salon)
10.05.18 – Groningen, NL – Vera
10.06.18 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso upstairs

& – All-Ages
$ – w/ Ancient Forest
* – w/ Savila
! – w/ The Whiffs
^ – w/ Gymshorts
% – w/ Timothy Eerie
# – w/ Summer Twins

Mitski returns with Be The Cowboy, out August 17th, and presents the album’s lead single “Geyser,” with an accompanying video directed by Zia Anger.

“For this new record, I experimented in narrative and fiction,” comments Mitski. Though she hesitates to go so far as to say she created full-on characters, she reveals she had in mind “a very controlled icy repressed woman who is starting to unravel. Because women have so little power and showing emotion is seen as weakness, this ‘character’ clings to any amount of control she can get. Still, there is something very primordial in her that is trying to find a way to get out.”

In Be The Cowboy, Mitski delves into the loneliness of being a symbol and the loneliness of being someone, how it can feel so much like being no one. Lead single “Geyser” introduces us to a woman who can’t hold it all in any more. She’s about to burst and unleash a torrent of desire and passion that has been building up inside. While recording the album with her long-time producer Patrick Hyland, the pair kept returning to “the image of someone alone on a stage, singing solo with a single spotlight trained on them in an otherwise dark room. For most of the tracks, we didn’t layer the vocals with doubles or harmonies, to achieve that campy ‘person singing alone on stage’ atmosphere.”

Be the Cowboy Tracklist:
1. Geyser
2. Why Didn’t You Stop Me
3. Old Friend
4. A Pearl
5. Lonesome Love
6. Remember My Name
7. Me And My Husband
8. Come Into the Water
9. Nobody
10. Pink in the Night
11. A Horse Named Cold Air
12. Washing Machine Heart
13. Blue Light
14. Two Slow Dancers

Arctic Monkeys have a new video for their single “Four Out Of Five.” The video for the song was directed by Ben Chappell and Aaron Brown, and was primarily shot on location at Castle Howard in the band’s home county of Yorkshire.

André Costello and the Cool Minors album, Resident Frequencies, is out tomorrow on Misra records. On the border of folk and rock, many of Andre Costello’s songs dance between the upbeat and the melancholy, often landing on both at once.

The Pittsburgh artist isn’t so much a storyteller as picture-painter in his songwriting, calling to mind Wilco and My Morning Jacket in his chords and lyrics, and Leslie Feist and Neil Young in his vocal textures. The “Kinda (Makes You Feel Good)” video was directed by Justin Nixon.

Here is a video from the Buffalo Killers for single “Need A Changin” which is by Patrick Bertram Hague. The song is from their 2017 record Alive and Well in Ohio which was released by Alive Naturalsound Records.

This song/video is from Dayton, Ohio’s Company Man and their latest EP Corporate Rock which you can pick up HERE. Company Man features Ian Kaplan on drums who is currently recovering from a liver transplant.

Please consider donating to his GoFundMe page HERE and/or picking up a copy of Motel Beds Dumb Gold to help with his medical bills. TFN thanks you!