weekly recap: fifty five

• The Afghan Whigs had a recent session with KEXP. Some upcoming tour dates were also announced, which include a Chicago show on 4/12 at the Riv.
• Alvvays announced some upcoming tour dates, which include a Chicago show on 3/23 at Metro.
• Bahamas shared a companion video to go along with the new release, Earthtones.
• Beck shared a video for “Fix Me,” a tune off the 2017 release, Colors.
• The Black Angels and The Black Lips have announced some upcoming tour dates, which include two Chicago shows on 3/26 and 3/27 at Thalia Hall.
• Brazilian Girls shared a new tune, “Pirates,” off the forthcoming release, Let’s Make Love, out 4/13.
• Calexico shared a new tune, “Under The Wheels,” off the forthcoming release, The Thread That Keeps Us, out 1/26.
• The Decemberists shared a new tune, “Severed,” off the forthcoming release, I’ll Be Your Girl, out 3/16.
• Declan McKenna shared a video for “Listen To Your Friends,” a tune off the 2017 release, What Do You Think About The Car?.
• Dr. Dog shared a new tune, “Listening,” off the forthcoming release, Critical Equation, out 4/27. Some upcoming tour dates where also announced, which include a Chicago show on 5/5 at the Riv.
• Field Report shared a new tune, “Never Look Back,” off the forthcoming release, Summertime Songs, out 3/23. Some upcoming tour dates were also announced, which include a Chicago show on 3/27 at Schubas.
• Franz Ferdinand performed “Always Ascending” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
• Gia Margaret shared a new demo, “In Normal Ways.”
• Glen Hansard shared a new tune, “Roll On Slow,” off his new release, Between Two Shores. He also performed it on Late Night with Seth Meyers.
• Grizzly Bear performed “Losing All Sense” on Conan.
• Iron & Wine had a recent session with KEXP.
• Isla Roe shared some beautiful demos that didn’t make the cut of her 2017 release, April.
• Jesse Marchant shared a new tune, “6&5,” off his forthcoming release, Illusion Of Love, out 1/26.
• Josh Rouse shared a new tune, “Businessman,” off his forthcoming release, Love In The Modern Age.
• Lissie shared a new tune, “Best Days,” off the forthcoming release, Castles, out 3/23.
• MGMT announced some upcoming tour dates, which include a Chicago show on 3/3 at the Riv.
• Mount Eerie shared a new tune, “Distortion,” of the forthcoming release, Now Only, out 3/16.
• Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats announced some upcoming tour dates, which include a Chicago show on 5/31 at Huntington Bank Pavilion.
• The National shared a video for “Walk It Back,” a tune off the 2017 release, Sleep Well Beast.
• of Montreal shared a new tune, “Paranoiac Intervals/Body Dysmorphia,” off the forthcoming release, White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood, out 3/9.
• Preoccupations shared a new tune, “Espionage,” off the forthcoming release, New Material, out 3/23. Some upcoming tour dates were also announced, which include a Chicago show on 4/27 at Empty Bottle.
• Rogue Wave shared a bonus track, “The Show,” off the 10th anniversary reissue of Asleep At Heaven’s Gate, out 3/16.
• S. Carey shared a new tune, “More I See,” off his forthcoming release, Hundred Acres, out 3/23.
• The Sea And Cake shared a new tune, “New Day,” the title track off the forthcoming release, out 5/11.
• St. Vincent shared a Kelly Lee Owens remix of “New York.”
• Sylvan Esso shared a video for “PARAD(w/m)E.”
• Yo La Tengo shared some new tunes, “You Are Here,” “Shades Of Blue,” “She May, She Might,” and “Out Of The Pool,” off the forthcoming release, There’s A Riot Going On, out 3/16.
• Young Fathers shared a video for “In My View,” a tune off the forthcoming release, Cocoa Sugar, out 3/9.