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Slayyyter wants you to know that, per her private alt account @WRSTGRLINAMRICA, “today is important.” Now we know why: After a poster campaign teasing a sequel to Wor$t Girl in America, the pop provocateur has officially announced Wor$t Man in America. It’s out December 4 on Columbia. In recent months, Slayyyter has fed the rumor

After finishing up a string of tour dates across Asia to support their second album, Therapy at the Club, Flo are taking the dance floor on the road again. In early 2027, the British group is making its way around North America and Europe. The trio will make stops in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto,

Austin City Limits Music Festival returns for a 25th-anniversary edition this month, running across two weekends: October 2 through 4 and October 9 through 11. For anyone unable to choose Texas in person, all three days of the first weekend are set to stream on Disney+ and Hulu. Headliners for the festival this year include

Turnstile made their Saturday Night Live debut last night, becoming the first hardcore band to hit the late-night stage in 45 years. The evening also saw the Baltimore group share Studio 8H with an unexpected artist: Taylor Swift, who presented host and “Patient Zero” music video star Dakota Johnson with a birthday cake during her

A new super deluxe edition of Talking Heads‘ seminal third album Fear of Music is on the way. Due November 13 on Rhino, the set compiles a fresh remaster of the 1979 record, a number of alternate track versions and studio outtakes, and previously unreleased recordings of two concerts. An accompanying Blu-Ray boasts footage from

There’s a hot streak, and then there’s the year Miami duo B0YG1RL are having. Angela Rio and June “Tété” Vinette’s new self-titled album actually marks their fourth LP of 2026, and follows the thrilling Novagang collab EXIT 2B. The pair’s blend of kompa, post-rage rap, reggaeton, electro-pop, and baile funk is a testament to their

Fontaines D.C. are bringing Dopamine Chamber to North America next year. After a pair of coastal shows in recent weeks, the unstoppable Irish five-piece has lined up an itinerary at arenas and amphitheaters across the continent, adding to their already extensive 2027 world tour plans. The spring leg features support from Westside Cowboy, while Iceage

Metallica, never a band to shy from spectacle, made a reliably mammoth debut at the Las Vegas Sphere last night (October 1). Operating as a four-piece unit in front of the venue’s giant curved screen, they opened with Master of Puppets classic “Battery” to launch an 18-song set spanning from their 1983 thrash-metal debut Kill

Just in case you haven’t had your Drake fill for the year (heck, for the rest of your life), the rapper has added four unreleased tracks to Habibti that he originally debuted in his not-so-short short film, FOMO, last month. The newly revamped Habibti (FOMO) includes his flip of Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas,” featuring Don

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Bristol’s Tara Clerkin Trio shared their new LP Somewhere Good in June. Next month, Tara Clerkin, Sunny Joe Paradisos, and Patrick Benjamin kick off their UK tour behind the album, and now they’ve lined up a run of North American shows as well. You can catch them across the U.S. and Canada throughout January and

Fontaines D.C. have shared “Tongue,” a second single from the Irish rock behemoth’s new album Dopamine Chamber. The band members filmed themselves on a visit to New York for the John Angus Stewart-directed video, which you can watch below. Guitarist Conor Curley said in a press release that the song “continued where Romance left off,

Angèle faces a tough decision on her new song “Love Triangle”: how to choose between SebastiAn and Caroline Polachek. The trio’s single, which premiered today on BBC Radio 1, finds Polachek wooing the Belgian star in her native French over a killer electro beat courtesy of the Ed Banger-affiliated producer. Listen—and choose your fighter—below. “Love

Father John Misty is back with another one-off single. “The X-panded Universe” is either Josh Tillman’s second or third new song of 2026, following “The Payoff” and “The Old Law.” (“The Old Law” had been floating around since 2024 under a different title, “God’s Trash.”) Maybe it’s just me, but it kind of sounds like

The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each other and discovering new favorites along the way. Each Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects playlist, we’re sharing what our

Taylor Swift premiered the new music video for her The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore track “Patient Zero” at the 2026 Video Music Awards on Sunday night. The clip, which co-stars Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell, follows a slowly dissolving marriage (Johnson and Farrell), while the husband’s now-deceased ex-wife (Swift) haunts them from a

Kacey Musgraves took to the VMAs stage on Sunday to deliver a tribute to Dolly Parton, who died last month at the age of 80. You can watch her sing “I Will Always Love You” below. Since Parton’s death on August 25, Musgraves has covered the late icon’s music at multiple stops on her Middle

Sabrina Carpenter is slipping into Ginger Rogers’ shoes for a new biopic. The Man’s Best Friend singer has been tapped (pun very much intended) to play the silver screen legend in a still-untitled Paul King film about Fred Astaire, Deadline reports. Tom Holland will star as the Old Hollywood triple-threat, while Margaret Qualley will play

These days, Anthony Gonzalez is feeling wistful for his own back catalog. His 2023 LP Fantasy was pitched as a sequel to 2005’s Before the Dawn Heals Us, so based on that calculus—and all but confirmed by the piano refrain that closes “Blister Sunrise”—I Wrote You a Letter is the spiritual successor to 2008’s Saturdays=Youth.

This post has been updated to include the cancelation of CGBG Festival. All Things Go Festival has canceled its 2026 New York edition due to an incoming Nor’easter, which is forecasted to sweep through the area with gusty winds, rain, and coastal flooding. The festival announced the news ahead of the event’s first day, with

Note: This article contains references to alleged sexual assault that some readers may find disturbing. In a sworn declaration, the woman who accused Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter of raping her when she was 13 years old now says her claims were false. The woman, who goes by the pseudonym Jane Doe in legal filings, originally sued

Few major artists are willing (dumb?) enough to criticize recent Cleveland devotee Taylor Swift in public, lest they incur the cursed wrath of her loyal fan base (or the pop star herself). However, Todd Rundgren, secure in his status as one of the last great rock curmudgeons, has absolutely nothing to lose. The rock legend

Brakence is back in action. Today, the Ohio singer-songwriter returned with a new song, his first since dropping his second album, the chronic pain-inspired Hypochondriac, in 2022. Listen to “Ready or Not” below. Since sharing Hypochondriac in 2022, Brakence has appeared sporadically on other artists tracks. He collaborated with Quadeca on the 2023 track “A

It’s a relief to hear good news from Michael Kiwanuka; he suffered a stroke several months back and is on the path to recovery. Plus, he returns with news of his next album, Fudge, which is out October 23 via Polydor. The album—his first self-produced effort since his 2012 debut, Home Again—was written “almost concurrently”

serpentwithfeet is releasing a new EP, Sentinel, on December 4. The record marks the New York-based singer-songwriter’s first as a One Little Independent Records signee, after nearly a decade on Secretly Canadian. The title track, a reverent love song inspired by sea shanties and serpentwithfeet’s gospel roots, is out now. Listen to it below. While

Queens of the Stone Age are unveiling another single from Perfecth, their upcoming album, and this one seems right up Drake’s alley: “Where the Goth Girls At?” Waxing nostalgic about his teenage years in a Palm Desert suburb, Josh Homme sings about young love and the urge to impress others to win their affection. “Watching

Outkast, the Grammy-winning, Rock Hall-inducted duo of André 3000 and Big Boi, are suing Ovrkast for trademark infringement, unfair competition, and breach of contract. In a lawsuit filed in Georgia on September 16, High Schoolers LLC—the holding company that handles Outkast’s name and trademark—accused the Oakland rapper-producer born Silas Wilson of “improper, willful, unauthorized, and

Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” has spent its 23rd total week atop the Billboard Hot 100, breaking the all-time record held by Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” The country hit is now officially the longest-running No. 1 single in U.S. chart history. For 23 years, Carey’s own “One Sweet Day,” a duet

The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each other and discovering new favorites along the way. Each Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects playlist, we’re sharing what our