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With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s batch includes new albums from Ethel Cain, Bad Bunny, Franz Ferdinand, Lambrini Girls, Wolfacejoeyy, and Brigid Mae Power.

The Recording Academy and charity foundation MusiCares have pledged $1 million to support artists and music industry professionals impacted by the ongoing wildfires tearing through the Los Angeles area and displacing residents in the tens of thousands. The organizations have joined forces to form the Los Angeles Fire Relief Effort, which is also accepting donations

After a holiday break, Saturday Night Live returns, later this month, with new episodes. On January 18, Glorilla will make her SNL debut in an episode hosted by Dave Chappelle, who is coming back to the show for the first time since November 2022. Then, on the January 25, Timothée Chalamet will serve as both

Sam Moore, the soul singer best known as one half of Sam & Dave, has died, according to a press release from 2911 Media. The musician’s death occurred on January 10, in Coral Gables, Florida, due to complications after surgery. Moore was 89 years old. Moore is best known for his tenor vocal work in

A benefit concert for victims of the ongoing California wildfires has been announced. FireAid will take place Thursday, January 30 at Los Angeles’ Intuit Dome, with the show’s lineup yet to be announced. Proceeds for the event will go to a 501(c)(3) with the purpose of “rebuilding infrastructure, supporting displaced families, and advancing fire prevention

Last month, Rio da Yung OG was released from federal prison and promptly celebrated with a new song called “Rio Free.” The Michigan rapper has now shared a new project called Rio Free, which includes his other recent single “WYDT.” Find the 10-song project, along with a new music video for “Off-Rap,” below. Rio da

Last month, Megan Thee Stallion filed a petition for a restraining order against Tory Lanez—who is currently serving a prison sentence for shooting the Houston rapper multiple times in 2020—in Los Angeles’ Superior Court. At a court hearing today, Judge Richard Bloom officially granted the request, according to Meghan Cuniff and Rolling Stone’s Nancy Dillon.

Brandy has announced an intimate, career-spanning memoir that will be published by Hanover Square Press on October 7, as People notes. The book, which does not yet have a title, will chronicle Brandy’s ascent from singing at her hometown church in McComb, Mississippi, to R&B stardom, acting, and beyond. Brandy will discuss her achievements as

Bob Mould is releasing a new record this year. Here We Go Crazy follows 2020’s Blue Hearts and is out March 7. He’s also shared the new album’s title song. Watch the video for it below. “On the surface, this is a group of straightforward guitar pop songs. I’m refining my primarysound and style through

This Side of the Island: 01 Fist of Flowers02 Burn the Boats03 Ocean Roar04 Knockin’ Heart05 What Do I Think?06 Off the Beach07 I Was Right08 Happy Lights09 This Side of the Island Hamilton Leithauser: 02-10 Los Angeles, CA – Largo at the Coronet02-11 Los Angeles, CA – Largo at the Coronet02-12 Los Angeles, CA

Peter Yarrow, one of the principal singers of the seminal 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died of bladder cancer, The New York Times reports. He was 86 years old. Yarrow was born in New York, in 1938, to Ukrainian Jewish immigrants. He attended the city’s esteemed High School of Music and Art

The lineup for the California edition of Rolling Loud has been announced. The music festival takes place in Inglewood on March 15 and 16. Headlining the first night is A$AP Rocky, and Playboi Carti will headline the second night. Mexican singer Peso Pluma has also been announced as a headliner. Elsewhere on the bill are:

Boston Calling Music Festival has announced the lineup for its 2025 edition. Set to take place from May 23 to 25, in Allston, Massachusetts, the festival includes headliners Fall Out Boy, Dave Matthews Band, and Luke Combs. The lineup also features Vampire Weekend, Public Enemy, Avril Lavigne, T-Pain, Sublime, TLC, Sheryl Crow, Remi Wolf, and

The Waterboys have joined forces with Fiona Apple, Bruce Springsteen, Steve Earle, and other artists to make a concept album about the late, great actor Dennis Hopper. Life, Death and Dennis Hopper is out April 4, via Sun, and will be led by the single “Hopper’s on Top (Genius)” on Friday (January 10). In the

Camille and Clément Ducol have won Best Original Song at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards for “El Mal” from Emilia Pérez. Their song was in the running against tracks performed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (Challengers’ “Compress/Repress”); Miley Cyrus, Lykke Li, and Andrew Wyatt (The Last Showgirl’s “Beautiful That Way”); Maren Morris (The Wild

Neil Young will headline Glastonbury 2025 after all. After writing in a blog post this week that the BBC was exerting “corporate control” over the sponsorship-free, nonprofit festival, he backtracked in a new post this morning. “Happily, the festival is now back on our itinerary and we look forward to playing!,” he wrote, blaming “an

Young Thug has dropped his first verse since being released from jail in the autumn. The rapper appears with Future on Lil Baby’s track “Dum, Dumb, and Dumber,” which features on the latter’s brand-new album, Wham. Thug kicks off the second verse of the song, which was produced by Wheezy and Juke Wong. Check that

Bad Bunny has shared a new short film ahead of his imminent new album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos. The clip stars legendary Puerto Rican filmmaker Jacobo Morales as a man reflecting on his life in his native country—and showing his treasured photographs to a frog voiced by Kenneth Canales. Bad Bunny co-wrote and co-directed the

Note: This article contains references to alleged sexual assault that some readers may find disturbing. A new, 90-minute documentary about Sean “Diddy” Combs will arrive on Peacock later this month. Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy features interviews with a bodyguard, makeup artist, and intern of Diddy’s, as well as Dawn Richard’s attorney Lisa

Neil Young says he has pulled out of a scheduled performance at Glastonbury 2025 because of the BBC’s partnership with the festival. In a blog post on Tuesday (December 31), Young lamented that the broadcasting company, which is government-owned, had taken “corporate control” of the famously anti-commercial, nonprofit UK festival, which neither hosts brand partnerships

Jane Remover has announced a new album. Revengeseekerz is the singer-producer’s proper follow-up to 2023’s Census Designated. A release date and tracklist for the record, due out from DeadAir later this year, have not been shared yet. Lead single “JRJRJR” is out today, though, alongside a music video directed by Parker Corey. Watch it below.

Aphex Twin has compiled the limited-edition singles he sold on tour between 2016 and 2023 on a new album, and you can hear it right now. Music From the Merch Desk (2016 – 2023) arrived as a listing on streaming services yesterday (December 16) before going live today. Check out the 38-track record below. Music

SZA has confirmed that the deluxe version of SOS, long teased with the title Lana, will arrive on Friday. In a new teaser for the album, Ben Stiller lip syncs to one of the new songs. Check it out on her Instagram. SZA has been trailing the album that may or may not be named

During their set at Glastonbury, in June, Idles brought out Danny Brown to do a new version of the Tangk song “Pop Pop Pop.” The artists have now released the official studio version of the remix. Listen to the new song below. Idles are up for Best Rock Album, for Tangk, and Best Rock Performance

James Earl “Jimmy” Carter Jr., the 39th president of the United States, has died, the Carter Center announced. He had been in hospice care since February 2023, and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, died in November 2023. The former president was 100 years old. “My father was a hero, not only to me but to everyone

After teaming up on Brat and It’s Completely Different but Also Still Brat, Billie Eilish and Charli XCX united onstage to give their “Guess” duet it’s live debut at Inglewood’s Kia Forum last night. Watch the pair take the stage swathed in brat-green lighting below, and head to Charli XCX and Kia Forum’s respective Instagram

A new album of unreleased Holger Czukay music will see the light of day on March 28. Gvoon – Brennung 1, coming out via Grönland, collects just more than an hour of music the Can co-founder recorded in the 1990s, during a period working in Cologne alongside younger techno producers who helped verse him in

Pitchfork is happy to announce that Pitchfork Music Festival CDMX will return, in May, for its second edition. The three-day festival takes place across Mexico City from May 2 to 4, with participating artists to be announced soon. The first shows are on Friday, May 2, at La Roma’s Foro Indie Rocks! On Saturday, May

For a brief moment, it looked like Kendrick Lamar released a song that could date back to his Section.80 days. “Money Without Me” was posted on his YouTube channel in the late night hours of December 17, but, as of the afternoon of December 18, it’s gone. Pitchfork has reached out to Lamar’s representatives for