Virginia’s Manorlady are a bunch of busy beavers to be sure. In the next month they’re rolling out two unrelated releases. The first, Ego Oppressor, is the quartet’s second long-player, and comes stacked with a DVD containing a beat-synced video to accompany the band’s sonic armada.

The second, but no less interesting, is Boyhood Freedom. That release is an uber-limited lathe-cut 7″ single from Cellar Hits. Truth be told, you’ll be hardpressed to lay hands on one of these unless you know a guy, if you get my drift, so it seems the least we can do is give you a taste of the band’s woozy swooner.

Portland Singer-Songwriter Michael Gerard Levassear, otherwise known as Michael The Blind, will be releasing his new album, Are’s and Els, on June 5th through Alder Street Records. The album was recorded at San Francisco’s Tiny Telephone and features the Magik*Magik Orchestra and Levasseur’s newly formed band The Els. Sympathies was the last track to be included on the album and was written with the idea of having a singalong section of wordless vocals that has turned into singalong with the crowd during live performances.

MOKB is happy to be debuting the Dominic DeJoseph directed video for the track. The video features many NY local artists, comedians, and musicians. Among the individuals cast are Tony Bennett’s granddaughters, photographer Kelsey Bennett, her sister filmmaker/actor Remy Bennett & Remy’s husband Monroe Robertson. Check it out below.

Brooklyn’s Yeasayer are back with their new track Henrietta. There have been several rumblings of a new album this year and, recently, they announced several tour dates. The song was sent out to fans on the band’s mailing list. Stream it below.

Tour Dates:
6/19 Richmond, VA @ The National

6/20 Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel

6/21 Knoxville, TN @ Bijou Theatre

6/22 Nashville, TN @ The Cannery Ballroom

6/23 Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall

6/24 Cincinnati, OH @ 20th Century Theatre

8/03 Montreal, Quebec @ Osheaga Festival

With his brother Ceschi, David Ramos put the Fake Four label – which might just as well be called Mixmaster Central – together (the name may also be familiar to you per its association with Circle Into Square). His new album, Sento La Tua Mancanza, will be available on May 29th. Re: what’s behind the release, FF says, “David Ramos is at war with impermanence. Falling somewhere between concept album and unrepressed journal entry, the album is David’s love letter to another dimension. It is a tale of completely falling apart and forgetting how to live in one’s absence.”

I can relate to a war with impermanence – and to the pain and disorientation that can accompany losing a grandmother (Ramos lost his in 2010). Perhaps not so much to a guy who’s so attached to an Alf doll, but maybe that’s how Ramos is fording the gap. This video was made for the first single from the album. It’s really growing on me.

You can preorder Senta La Tua Mancanza at www.fakefourinc.com

Post by Mary Leary

A while back we opened the book on the awkwardly-named, but mighty talented Plates Of Cake. Lead singer Jonathan Byerley dropped us a line yesterday to let us know he has packed up his guitar, his uber-literate musings and his noteworthy croon, and set off on his inaugural solo voyage. Catherine Market, available on July 10th from La Société Expéditionnaire, is a bit of a throwback; a singer-songwriter record that eschews many of the pitfalls that drag the genre into the quagmire of cliche.

Catherine Market finds Byerley returning to his childhood home state of Colorado, a far cry from Byerley’s current Brooklyn home. Holed up in Boulder, Colorado at Rockbox Analog Fidelity, he stretches his songs into heretofore unimagined territories, with a baritone that splits the difference between Mark Knopfler and Matt Berninger. Lead single I Still Pull the Silver (From the Penny Drawer) is a slow-buzzin’ stream of consciousnous smiler sure to find favor with fans of Leonard Cohen, Lambchop and Dylan’s “dream” songs. Now if we can just figure out what the title means.

MP3 : Jonathan Byerley – I Still Pull the Silver (From the Penny Drawer)

SSION put out one of the better pop tracks last year with tongue and cheek My Love Grows In The Dark. The song, recently, got the remix treatment from Teengirl Fantasy’s Nick Weiss for a re-release of SSION’s album Bent through Dovecote Records. In addition to this remix, Grimes and and MNDR will rework tracks.

MP3 : SSION – My Love Grows In The Dark (Nightfeelings Remix)

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Darkside, Nicolas Jarr’s project with Dave Harrington, released a new video for the track A1, off last year’s Darkside EP. The video was directed by Pomp & Clout, who do tour visuals for Jarr, as well.

The always on point HEALTH contributed a great listen to Rockstar Games Max Payne 3 video game. The track, Tears, pounds and screeches its way straight to your core. Have a listen below.

The Tallest Man on Earth is set to make his return on June 12th with the release of There Is No Leaving Now on Dead Oceans. The album will be the follow-up to the fantastic 2010 LP, The Wild Hunt. The first taste of the new album is the lovely 1904. You can download the track below.

In support of the new album, The Tallest Man on Earth will be embarking on a huge tour across the US and throughout Europe, including a stop at Lollapalooza in Chicago. We have the full tour schedule and album tracklist for you to review.

MP3 : The Tallest Man on Earth – 1904

Tracklist:
01. To Just Grow Away
02. Revelation Blues
03. Leading Me Now
04. 1904
05. Bright Lanterns
06. There’s No Leaving Now
07. Wind and Walls
08. Little Brother
09. Criminals
10. On Every Page

Tour Dates:
05/31 – Stockholm, SE @ Sodra Teatern
06/01 – Stockholm, SE @ Sodra Teatern
06/03 – Gothenburg, SE @ Pustervik
06/10 – Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theater eTown Broadcast
06/12 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
06/15 – Toronto, ON – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
06/19 – New York, NY @ Town Hall
06/20 – New York, NY @ Town Hall
07/01 – Paddock Wood, UK @ Hop Farm Festival
07/03 – London, UK @ Hackney Empire
07/04 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
07/06 – Berlin, DE @ Lido
07/07 – Dachau, DE @ Dachauer Musiksommer
07/23 – Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
07/24 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
07/25 – Saxapahaw, NC @ Haw River Ballroom
07/26 – Washington, DC @ 930 Club
07/28 – Danbury, CT @ Heirloom Arts Theatre
07/29 – Newport, RI @ Newport Folk Festival
07/30 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
08/01 – Pittsburgh PA @ Hazlett Theatre
08/02 – Columbus, OH @ Wexner Center
08/04 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
08/05 – Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater
08/06 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
08/17 – Hasselt, Belgium @ Pukkelpop
08/18 – Wales, UK @ Green Man Festival
10/04 – Madrid, ES @ Joy Slava
10/05 – Barcelona, ES @ Casino de l’Aliancia
10/08 – Zurich, CH @ Klaufleuten
10/09 – Torino, IT @ Spazio 211
10/10 – Roma, IT @ Chiesa Evangelica Metodista
10/11 – Ravenna, IT @ Almagia
10/12 – Brescia , IT @ Foyer Teatro Grande
10/14 – Vienna , AT @ WUK
10/15 – Berlin, DE @ Helmathanfen
10/17 – Hamburg, DE @ Kampnagel
10/18 – Cologne, DE @ Live Music Hall
10/19 – Zwolle, NL @ Theater Odeon de Spiegel
10/20 – Utrecht, NL @ MC Vredenburg
10/23 – Bristol, UK @ Colston Hall
10/24 – Dublin, IE @ Vicar Street
10/25 – Belfast, IE @ Mandela Hall
10/27 – Edinburgh, UK @ Picturehouse
10/28 – Manchester, UK @ The Ritz
10/29 – Brighton, UK @ St. Bartholmew Church

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2:54 – The March
Zhala – Slippin Around
Lykke Li – Come Near
Fergus & Geronimo – Roman Tick
Marissa Nadler – Apostle
Two Wounded Birds – If Only We Remain
TV Girl – It Evaporates
Jaill – Perfect Ten
Cloud Nothings – Cut You (Co La Remix)
Tropical Popsicle – The Age of Attraction
Oberhofer – Runaway (Kanye West cover)
Dana Buoy – Call To Be
Heavenly Beat – Messiah
Hanni El Khatib – Roach Cock
Dinowalrus ft. Patrick Stickles of Titus Andronicus – Happy (Rolling Stones cover)
FIDLAR – Got No Money
Family Band – Night Song
Monster Rally – Honey
Ghost Loft – Blow
d’Eon – Al-Qiyamah
Chromatics – Kill For Love (Drumless)
Icky Blossoms – Babes
Pond – Tears Of A Clown (Smokey Robinson & the Miracles cover)
The Very Best – Yoshua Alikuti (Nadastrom remix)
Hood Internet – A$AP Rocky vs Purity Ring – Pesobedear
Azealia Banks – Jumanji
Twin Shadow – Five Seconds
Penguin Prison – The Worse It Gets