Music

In March, Bay Area rap crew SOBxRBE played their first show in seven years. Now Yhung T.O., DaBoii, and Slimmy B have reunited for their first new music in just as long. “Ten Summers” is about “coming back together on our own terms and showing that you can move beyond things that once felt impossible

When Shearwater singer Jonathan Meiburg isn’t making music with his Texas band, you can find him researching the life forms of the ocean floor in Antarctica. It may sound like quite the balancing act, but Meiburg’s scientific work fits neatly into their expansive, meditative new album. Laden with Meiburg’s field recordings, The New World traverses

If you thought Justin Long digging his own grave in the music video for “Hate That I Made You Love Me” was intense, wait until you see Ariana Grande’s latest visual for Petal’s title track. Once again directed by Christian Breslauer, the seven-minute short film opens with a parental advisory warning before Grande makes her

Following his public apology over sending inappropriate messages to an underage fan, guitarist Simon O’Connor has been dropped from Modest Mouse’s upcoming tour dates. According to a post made on the band’s Instagram, he has been replaced by Seth Jabour of Les Savy Fav. Pitchfork has reached out to representatives for Modest Mouse for further

Remi Wolf is back with her first song in two years, following Big Ideas. She debuted “Twiggy” live last weekend during a surprise appearance at Hayley Williams’ headlining set at Newport Folk Festival. Check out the recorded version of the song below. “Twiggy” pairs a warm, finger-picked guitar arrangement with lyrics about a close and

Jam City, aka UK producer Jack Latham, will return on September 23 with his Mad Decent debut, My World. Leading the follow-up to 2023’s Jam City Presents EFM is the title track, a queasy R&B tune featuring Aidan, Bawo, and Ox Eye. Listen to that below. “I just went deeper and deeper into my own

Linda Perhacs has been found safely after her friends and manager launched a public effort to locate her this week. Her manager, Laurel Stearns, said in a statement to Rolling Stone, “We extend our sincere thanks to everyone who helped amplify this effort by sharing information, reaching out with support, and expressing genuine care for

Ear have lined up a smattering of North American tour dates behind Rumspringa, their recent A24 Music debut. The New York-based IDM-pop duo will play headlining shows in Boston, Philadelphia, Toronto, and Chicago throughout the month of September—plus a hometown gig at a helipad on the East River. Support at different dates will come from

Kavinsky, the French producer and DJ born Vincent ‌Belorgey, has died at his home in Paris of a suspected stroke, the French TV station BFM and newspaper Le ‌Figaro reported today (July 29). The Paris prosecutors’ office said it had opened an investigation and found “no suspicious elements” at the scene. Belorgey had reportedly been

In one of those team-ups so obvious it feels like it already happened, EDM Power Rangers Ninajirachi and Porter Robinson have collaborated on a new joint single. Titled after a global cyberattack that took place in 2017, “WannaCry” has been, according to press materials, many years in the making; the first concert Ninajirachi ever attended

Linda Perhacs, the folk singer-songwriter who found cult fame decades after the release of her 1970 debut, Parallelograms, has been reported missing. A group of her friends and longtime collaborators—including her former manager Laurel Stearns, Julia Holter, and DubLab co-founder Mark “Frosty” McNeill—have shared a statement online in hopes of finding the 82-year-old musician after

The independent Bazooka! Fest is returning to Brooklyn next month, with Destroyer’s Dan Bejar set to headline alongside previously announced performers Stephin Merritt, Joanna Sternberg, Times New Viking, and Sad13. Check out the full lineup below. This year’s edition takes place on August 22 and 23 at the Meadows and the Wood Shop. Founded by

Michael Stipe has a new song out today, but you won’t be able to find it on major DSPs. The R.E.M. frontman just released the track “Hum Desiderata” exclusively through Joyfully Waiting, a website for sound exhibitions which gather multi-disciplinary works that “mutually enrich each other,” per an About page. Check the song out for

A Brooklyn street has a new name courtesy of one of the city’s most esteemed rappers: Wu-Tang Clan’s Ol’ Dirty Bastard. During a ceremony held today (July 26) with the late MCs friends, family, and a group of local officials, Putnam Avenue in the Bed-Stuy neighborhood was co-named ODB Jones Way in honor of the

There’s a new horse in Orville Peck’s stable. After releasing the 2020 EP Show Pony and the 2022 album Bronco, he’s back with Mule, which arrives on September 18 via Warner. He teased the album with the Emmylou Harris, Noah Cyrus, and Allison Russell-featuring “Prologue (Eulogy of a Man Turned Mule)” earlier this month, and

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 Charli XCX, the Strokes, Tyla, and more. Subscribe to Pitchfork’s New Music Friday

Hole’s first three albums—Pretty on the Inside, Live Through This, and Celebrity Skin—are being repressed in various vinyl styles for release on September 18. Pretty on the Inside comes with a remastered 12-inch of the single “Teenage Whore,” backed by B-sides “Burn Black” and “Drown Soda,” which will also make their streaming debut upon the

Ministry are calling it a day. Al Jourgensen has followed through on his long-promised announcement of a final album from the industrial metal outfit—Hate to Go (Take Out or Delivery)—saying in a statement that he is “fucking done.” A series of farewell shows will begin in the coming months; check out the initial European run,

Worldpeace DMT have released a new mixtape, Flowers Powers, in tandem with the announcement of their formal follow-up to The Velvet Underground & Rowan. The mixtape includes recent single “Lonesome” and a cover of Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi.” Listen to the whole thing below. The album, Stick Around for Tea, is coming in October.

Madison Square Garden temporarily disabled its on-site surveillance system during Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding, according to a new Wired report. The New York City venue reportedly locked security staff out of its camera network and facial recognition software for seven hours on July 2, the night of Swift and Kelce’s rehearsal dinner, and

Victoria Monét has announced a new album, Frequency of Love, out October 2 on Lovett/RCA. She also revealed one of the LP’s singles, the Kaytranada-produced “Reach Out,” which arrives with a lively music video replete with chic backup dancers vogueing the house down. Watch it below. Frequency of Love follows the release of her 2023

Nearly two months after Nina Protocol announced it was shutting down, the free, independent music platform has been acquired by SoundCloud. The agreement allows SoundCloud to inherent Nina Protocol’s editorial archive, genre map, and—if artists choose to opt into SoundCloud’s “creator ecosystem”—their music catalogues. Musicians who take SoundCloud up on that offer will reportedly “gain

It’s been a long road for NewJeans, from the halcyon days of their chart-topping Get Up EP, to a yearslong legal dispute tied to allegations of workplace mistreatment and copyright infringement, to a failed attempt to rebrand as NJZ. The K-pop group officially announced a hiatus in 2025, and there has been little news since

Chelsea Wolfe has announced her next album, The Dark, which is set to land on Loma Vista on August 21. The record’s lead single, “Cold,” is out now, along with hauntingly beautiful visuals placing Wolfe in the foggy wilderness. Wolfe’s follow-up to 2024’s She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She was co-written with

Mike D is taking his Mike D 5D band on the road behind his forthcoming solo album Thank You. The Beastie Boys alum has added 10 new shows apiece in North America and Europe, expanding a five-show run announced last month. Check out the full itinerary below. Mike D is joined in the band by

John Glacier has released the first single off her next album, Lack of Joy is Death. “Bond Girl” takes a more upbeat approach to the East London artist’s ambient rap with flows buoyed by a clubby beat as she raps about jet-setting and talking to Vogue (a likely reference to her actual British Vogue interview

Jennifer Finch, the longtime bassist of the ’90s feminist grunge band L7, has died. Finch was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2011 and, more recently, an aggressive form of brain cancer. Her bandmates shared the news of her death on Saturday (July 18) along with a statement on Instagram, calling her a “beloved bandmate, friend,

The 2026 FIFA World Cup came to a close today (July 19) after over a month of intense gameplay. But before Spain beat out defending champion Argentina for the win with an overtime goal, another major spectacle was in order: the first-ever official World Cup Halftime Show. The inaugural event featured performances from Shakira, BTS,

Leon Bridges has announced a new, 12-track album and released precisely a third of it. Happiness Anytime, out September 25 via Columbia, is preceded today by “Light the Way,” “Tears of Joy,” “Illusion,” and “Your Love Is Electric.” Listen to all four below. Bridges’ follow-up to 2024’s Leon is produced by J Lloyd-Watson and Lydia