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Oh Boy Records, the independent, family-run record label started by John Prine and his longtime manager Al Bunetta, is getting a new documentary. The film celebrates the label’s 40th anniversary, and includes archival footage of John Prine as well as interviews with Todd Snider, Prine’s wife and Oh Boy president Fiona Whelan Prine, members of

Big Tech companies’ business models are based in surveillance, and they’re fundamentally incompatible with basic human rights and democracy. Spotify likes to present itself as hip and progressive and friendly to artists, but its profit model is based on harvesting our data, monitoring emotions, and using our behavioral profiles to enrich advertisers. The company recently filed a

Ascension, the first posthumous release from the late South Bronx rapper Fred the Godson, is here. Released today (February 22) on his birthday via R1CMG, the new album also coincides with the naming ceremony for Frederick ‘Fred the Godson’ Thomas Avenue in the South Bronx. The new LP follows 2020’s Payback, released a month before

It was made between tours for Causers [of This] over the course of about [two] months. I’d never really consciously recorded a record. Causers was a bunch of demos that I sort of just whipped together. But, Underneath the Pine was a bit more conceptual in that I wanted to keep it all natural and

Daft Punk, the Parisian duo responsible for some of the most popular dance and pop songs of all time, have split. They broke the news with an 8-minute video titled “Epilogue,” excerpted from their 2006 film Electroma. Asked if Daft Punk were no more, their longtime publicist Kathryn Frazier confirmed the news to Pitchfork but

Charlotte, North Carolina rapper Mavi has released a new EP titled End of the Earth. It features five new songs that deal with themes of gun violence in Mavi’s hometown, the awkward stages of growth, success, and more. Check it out below. “End Of the earth is about humanity exhausting the home that doubles as

Matt Berninger of the National has shared a new song called “Let It Be.” The track, which is not a Beatles cover, will appear on the deluxe edition of Berninger’s debut solo album Serpentine Prison. Find the “Let It Be” lyric video below. The deluxe Serpentine Prison is out digitally on March 12. In addition

Bad Bunny was the musical guest on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live. Rosalía joined him first for “La Noche de Anoche,” and he returned for “Te Deseo lo Mejor.” He brought the 24/7 Championship belt he won on WWE’s Raw earlier in the week to the stage with him during the second song.

Bad Trip, the comedy movie starring Eric André, Tiffany Haddish, and Lil Rel Howery, has gotten another new release date. After some pandemic-related delays, the movie will get released on Netflix on March 26. Watch a new teaser for the film below. Bad Trip, directed by Kitao Sakurai, follows André and Lil Rel Howery as

Tainy and Miguel have come together for the single “Sunbathe.” The track arrives with a video directed by Munachi Osegbu. Watch below (via Rolling Stone). “We made this song in Miami, it was raining, and I was thinking of home,” Miguel said, according to RS. Tainy recently produced Selena Gomez and Rauw Alejandro’s “Baila Conmigo.”

De La Soul are the stars of a new episode of the Cartoon Network show Teen Titans Go!. The legendary rap trio fights a tentacled monster who steals their music, attacking it with a bazooka that amplifies Trugoy’s voice to send out powerful sound waves. The band and superhero squad spend the rest of the

Kim Kardashian West has filed for a divorce from Kanye West, TMZ  and The Associated Press report. According to TMZ, the divorce is “as amicable as a divorce can be.” Pitchfork has reached out to representatives for Kanye West and the office of Kim Kardashian’s attorney Laura Wasser. In July 2020, West suggested he wanted

Loretta Lynn and Margo Price have recorded a new version of the title track from Lynn’s 1971 album, One’s on the Way. The duet appears on the country music legend’s new album, Still Woman Enough, her fiftieth solo record. It was recorded at the historic Cash Cabin Studio in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Below, listen to the

Ashley Monroe is back with a new album. Rosegold is out April 30 via Mountainrose Sparrow/Thirty Tigers. The follow-up to 2018’s Sparrow features “Drive,” which was shared today with a new music video. Watch it below. “I had this chorus and idea when I went in to write with Mikey Reaves and Niko Moon on September 10

UK rapper slowthai has covered Elliott Smith’s song “Needle in the Hay” for an Apple Music Home Session, as Stereogum points out. The original track appeared on Smith’s 1995 self-titled LP. Listen to slowthai’s take on the track, as well as the rapper’s performance of his own song “adhd,” below. “The lyrics to both tracks

Toronto’s Ebhoni has released X, which is being billed as “her debut mini project/EP.” The four-song effort includes “X-Ting,” “Hit This,” and “MIA,” as well as a new track called “All to Myself.” Below, listen to X and also watch Ebhoni’s new BBY Chris–directed music video for “X-Ting.” Read Pitchfork’s interview “Ebhoni Is Reclaiming the

Vicky Cornell, the widow of Chris Cornell, has filed a new lawsuit against the surviving members of Soundgarden, Variety points out. According to court documents viewed by Pitchfork, Vicky Cornell claims that she was offered less than a $300,000 buyout by the band’s remaining members: Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron, and Hunter Benedict Shepherd. The complaint,

Françoise Cactus, the singer, drummer, and co-songwriter of the prolific French-German indie duo Stereo Total, has died. The band broke the news on social media. “We are devastated to announce the passing of our beloved friend, singer and drummer Françoise Cactus,” Stereo Total wrote on the band’s Facebook page. “She died peacefully at home this

serpentwithfeet has shared another new song from his forthcoming new album DEACON. Listen to “Same Size Shoe” below. The song is an exploration and discussion of the singer-songwriter’s dating life. “​I​ ​prefer to date and love on Black men,” serpentwithfeet said in a statement. “I don’t want to be with anyone who can’t go to

Dawn Richard has announced her first LP for Merge Records. The album, Second Line: An Electro Revival, is out on April 30. The announcement comes with the music video for the record’s “Bussifame.” Watch Richard’s self-directed video below. In a press release, Richard called Second Line “a movement to bring pioneering Black women in electronic

Streaming services including Spotify and Apple Music have paid $424,384,787 in accrued historical unmatched royalties (or “black box” money) to the Mechanical Licensing Collective, the MLC announced on Tuesday. Once the MLC analyzes the data to pay copyright holders, songwriters and publishers who have applied to be MLC members will begin receiving royalty payments and

Nick Hakim is issuing a fully remixed version of last year’s WILL THIS MAKE ME GOOD. It’s out February 26 (via ATO) and includes re-works by AceMo, Pink Siifu, KeiyaA, Slauson Malone, Big Thief’s James Krivchenia, and more. Hakim shared a new version of “QADIR” remixed by BADBADNOTGOOD with the news. Listen to it and

Johnny Pacheco—the bandleader, songwriter, producer, arranger, and co-founder of the label Fania Records who helped popularize salsa on an international scale—has died, NPR reports. He was recently hospitalized, according to Fania co-founder Jerry Masucci’s brother Alex Masucci. No cause of death has been disclosed. Pacheco was 85. Pacheco was born in the Dominican Republic and