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The licensing group that owns the rights to Elvis Presley’s music and license has filed a $41 million lawsuit against AI company Anthropic. The Tennessee-based Authentic Brands Group alleges that Anthropic infringed on their copyright by training its AI model Claude on 274 of Presley’s songs without permission, including “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” “Don’t

Jay-Z closed out his Jay-Z 30 tour this weekend at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium, bringing an end to a headlining run that broke Yankee Stadium’s ticket sales record and featured guest appearances from Nas, The-Dream, Rihanna, and Beyoncé. The tour celebrated the 30th anniversary of Jay’s debut album Reasonable Doubt, and kicked off earlier this

On the heels of releasing their new album I Don’t Wanna Say Goodbye, Haywire have lined up a jam-packed live slate for next year. Between January 3 and April 30, the Boston hardcore outfit will play a whopping 80 shows throughout Europe, the UK, and North America. This all follows a late 2026 Australian run

“Do you know what’s not a high-flying bird? A chicken.” Noel Gallagher is the latest guest on Amelia Dimoldenberg’s Chicken Shop Date. In the new episode, the elder Gallagher brother opines on vegetarians (“Fuck those guys”), Macca (“He’s one of those rare people that when you meet him, you walk away from it feeling good

Slayyyter is calling off the last shows of her ongoing UK and European tour on doctor’s orders. In an Instagram story viewed by Pitchfork, the pop singer wrote, “I am heartbroken to share after multiple doctor visits i have laryngitis and vocal cord tears,” adding, “Because of this, i am forced to cancel the remaining

Midwest Princess Chappell Roan anointed a dynasty of fellow royals to close out her two-night benefit concert in Los Angeles last night. Held at Shrine Auditorium, the Super Graphic Spectacular celebrated the first anniversary of Roan’s Midwest Princess Project, which supports young people from LGBTQ+ communities. After joining Caroline Polachek to do “Look at Me

Raye has won the 2026 Mercury Prize for her second album This Music May Contain Hope. She clinched the award over competition including Sir Paul McCartney, Olivia Dean, Florence and the Machine, Jade, and Nia Archives. It’s Raye’s first time winning the prize: her 2023 album My 21st Century Blues also made the shortlist, but

Interpol have been on tour throughout the fall, and they aren’t planning on stopping soon. The rock group have just announced a new North American leg, this time with Deafheaven joining them. Those new dates largely take place in Mexico and the southern U.S. in March, following their European run with Bloc Party. Find Interpol’s

Talking Heads are getting the band back together—for a new book. David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Jerry Harrison, and Chris Frantz have announced Talking Heads: New Feeling, set to arrive on May 18. The release date also marks the 50th anniversary of the group’s debut album, Talking Heads: 77. “For this book, we pulled out handwritten

Chvrches are back with their first new album in six years. All The King’s Men arrives January 22 via Futures Music Group, and the band plans to tour extensively in support of it next year. Leading the LP is the single “Roses,” which Chvrches dropped last month. Lauren Mayberry, Iain Cook, and Martin Doherty paused

Northern Irish DJ duo Bicep have revealed details of their first album in five years. Slug arrives January 29 via Ninja Tune. Last month, Bicep shared three singles from the LP—“Air,” “Lemonder,” and “Viper”—and they’ve dropped another triptych alongside today’s announcement: “Gas,” featuring Lauren Duffus and Soarr; “Ultra,” featuring Eartheater and Saskia; and “Equarium,” featuring

They Are Gutting a Body of Water founder Doug Dulgarian has been diagnosed with cancer. He shared the news on Instagram, and confirmed that the Philadelphia hardcore band has canceled their forthcoming North American tour as a result, save for three December shows: two in Brooklyn on December 9 and 10, and a hometown show

In August, Amy Helm—the daughter of late Band member Levon Helm, and a singer-songwriter in her own right—was sued in federal court for self-dealing, trademark infringement, and causing $2 million in damages to Levon Helm Studios (LHS), among other charges. Now, Amy Helm has countersued the studio, alleging that her successor, Brian Parillo, used invalid

Cardi B is probably as well-known for her banter as her bars, but she was (almost) all business during her new NPR Tiny Desk Concert. The rapper blazed through an eight-song set in 18 minutes, taking only brief pauses to shout out her backing musicians and, at one point, remark on the lack of Maryland

A Harry Styles tour documentary directed by John Wilson is on the way. Variety reports that The History of Concrete director and creator of HBO’s How To With John Wilson has been filming Styles’ 30-night residency at New York’s Madison Square Garden for a forthcoming project produced by Universal Pictures Content Group, Peanut World Pictures

Taylor Swift took the stage last night at the sixth annual Academy Museum Gala, a Los Angeles fundraising event benefitting the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. The singer-songwriter gave her The Life of a Showgirl track “The Fate of Ophelia” a live debut, and also performed “Blank Space,” “Love Story,” and “I Knew It, I

Wendesday frontwoman Karly Hartzman will close out her 2026 with a short solo tour of the southeastern U.S. The eight-show run kicks off December 1—not two weeks after Hartzman’s band and Mannequin Pussy are set to wrap their joint Bitch Cabal Tour—and includes a hometown date at The Pyrle in Greensboro, North Caroline. Check out

Olivia Rodrigo called up her former tour opener Chappell Roan to help remix “Expectations,” one of the standout songs on her new album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love. Even better, the two pop stars went all-in for its music video, in which they join a gameshow hosted by noted Rodrigo

Titled after a Twitter meme, Autosmile by @ plays out like a series of private jokes told between friends. Those friends—Filipczak and Victoria Rose—got their start as folk-pop pranksters, but on their 4AD debut, they’ve leveled up into a brain-rotted Rawlings and Welch. Before Autosmile, you’d never hear Rose sing a lyric as nakedly sincere

A$AP Rocky has finally dropped “Shroom Clouds,” a song he performed a handful of times in 2021 and ’22 before putting it on the backburner. Finally completed with guests Reggie and Jeremih, the song is out now via A$AP Worldwide/RCA. Check it out below. Produced by Sleeping Bear and Hector Delgado, “Shroom Clouds”—previously titled “Mushroom

Over two years after Lana Del Rey formally announced her eighth album, she’s still cooking up Stove and the “companion” record” she teased in July. But after delivering “White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter” in February, she’s reappeared as a featured artist on Zach Bryan’s new song “Lies.” Check out the duo’s collaboration below. “Lies”

Nino Paid and Warhol.SS have been arrested in connection with a murder and armed robbery in Atlanta, according to a statement from the Atlanta Police Department. The rappers, whose real names are Jacquawn Andrews and Zahair Myles, respectively, have been charged with felony murder, armed robbery, and aggravated assault. Pitchfork has reached out to their

On Saturday, several stops on Geordie Greep’s ongoing U.S. tour were canceled following an anonymous accusation of sexual misconduct made against the singer. In a new report in Paste, the alleged victim is speaking out for the first time about what happened. In a statement, Laura (a pseudonym) said she met Greep and his touring

Summer Walker, long unhappy with her record deal, has become embroiled in a series of legal disputes with her labels, LVRN and Interscope. The former, which also operates as her management firm, is the subject of a lawsuit from Walker alleging fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract, Rolling Stone reports. As Walker

Longtime U.S. resident Joni Mitchell should now be referred to as newly sworn-in U.S. citizen Joni Mitchell. In an Instagram post shared on Tuesday with the caption “A journey that began 62 years ago,” the Canada-born Mitchell is seen making her dual citizenship official while a crowd applauds. Pitchfork has reached out to Mitchell’s representatives

Michael Stipe wasn’t kidding when he told the New York Times Magazine in 2023 he was “in no rush” to release his long-awaited first solo album. Four years after its initially teased premiere date, the former R.E.M. singer-songwriter has finally revealed when it’s coming in an interview with the LA Times: the first single arrives

Doechii: A Cup of Butterscotch Tea10:05pm, October (something) ❤️ Reporting live from my mongolian fur sofa in Topanga, fuzzy pink robes, cheap bunny slippers, and Acne Studio sweats, I have decided. Two crazy ass years have gone by (fast af) and my travels have left me, at 28, with a little more wisdom, more guts

Rosalía was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live this weekend. In an episode hosted by comedian Shane Gillis, she performed two songs from her 2025 album Lux: “Reliquia” and “Magnolias.” The former she performed entirely en pointe. She also appeared in one sketch via thought bubble, tempting Gillis to leave his dying mother’s bedside

Jack White had something special in store for the audience at his show in Nashville on October 10. During the second of two nights at local venue the Truth, he brought out his Raconteurs bandmates for an encore, marking the group’s first live performance together since December 2019. Watch the quartet play “Steady, As She