Music

In the wake of her canceled tour due to COVID-19, Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield has announced a series of five livestream concerts during which she’ll perform her entire discography. The shows start with 2012’s American Weekend on June 1 and will end with this year’s Saint Cloud on June 29. “This idea was born as a

Black Dresses, the Toronto-based noise-pop duo of Devi McCallion and Ada Rook, have announced plans to break up. In a statement shared with Pitchfork, the duo explained that the decision stems from fans’ “extended harassment” of McCallion over the past two years. Read it in full below. The group’s statement doesn’t outline specific events that

Kamaal Williams—a.k.a. Henry Wu—has announced his second album Wu Hen with a new song called “One More Time.” It’s due out July 24 on his own label Black Focus. Check out “One More Time” below. The album takes its title from a nickname Williams’ Taiwanese grandma gave him as a child. L.A. rapper Mach Hommy

“Tell me what you’re gonna say / When you turn around and you walk, walk away” sings Walker’s Cay frontman Gary LaBarr in the theatrical chorus of the all-new single “Tell Me,” released last April to a warm reception from fans and critics alike. As potent as any of the grooves in this song are,

Beach Fossils have announced a 10th anniversary edition of their self-titled debut. The reissue of Beach Fossils arrives with a limited edition 7″ of “Vacation” with the previously unreleased song “Time.” The collection arrives this fall via [Bayonet]https://www.bayonetrecords.com/). Stream “Vacation” b/w “Time” below. “I was trying not to have any control over the music, to

Jazz drummer Jimmy Cobb has died from lung cancer, NPR reports. He was 91 years old. Jimmy Cobb was born in Washington, D.C. in 1929. He left home in 1950 for his first traveling gig, touring with Earl Bostic. By 1959, at just 30 years old, Cobb played his best known work, drumming for Miles

JPEGMAFIA has shared another new song. His new track, “CUTIE PIE!,” follows recent exclamation point entries “BALD!,” “Covered in Money!,” and “BODYGUARD!” Peggy directed his new “CUTIE PIE!” video, which looks to have been shot in the desert. Watch below. JPEGMAFIA released All My Heroes Are Cornballs last year. Read Pitchfork’s Rising interview “Get to

Last night’s episode of the BBC spy drama Killing Eve featured a mysterious cover of Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do.” That the show used a cover rather than the original is not unusual: magisterial, downbeat pop covers are Killing Eve’s trademark musical style. But the track piqued fans’ interest when Swift shouted

Rapper YNW Bortlen (real name: Cortlen Henry), was granted release on bond in Broward County, Florida yesterday (May 23). One of Henry’s attorneys John M. Phillips announced the news in a tweet earlier this evening, stating that “Jamell Demons aka @YNWMelly’s co-defendant Cortlen Henry aka @YNWBortlen was granted bond and house arrest.” Phillips clarified that

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs were scheduled to play some live shows this year, and while their headlining set at Pitchfork Music Festival 2020 is unfortunately off, being stuck at home isn’t stopping the band from performing together. Last night, they shared a video of a remote performance of the Show Your Bones track “Phenomena.” Instead of

Lana Del Rey has shared a new spoken word piece from her forthcoming poetry collection behind the iron gates – insights from an institution. It’s called “patent leather do-over,” and you can hear it below. The piece begins with Del Rey invoking Sylvia Plath, nodding to her book The Bell Jar. Del Rey’s Norman Fucking

Back in January, mysterious artist Slingbaum announced his debut album Slingbaum One, which features a string of high profile musical guests. D’Angelo and Erykah Badu are two of those artists, and they appear on Slingbaum’s new song “Behoove,” which premiered on Giles Peterson’s BB6 Music radio show earlier today (May 23). Give it a listen

The Philip Glass Ensemble has recorded and released Music in 8 Parts, a 1970 Philip Glass that had been lost for decades. According to The New York Times, the composition had its premiere in January 1970, arriving after Glass’ Music for Fifths but before Music With Changing Parts and Music in 12 Parts. Glass’ Music

Lana Del Rey has expanded on her controversial Instagram post, adding comments that address issues of racism. Following the backlash she received, Lana wrote in her comments section “I fucking love these singers and know them,” referring to Doja Cat, Ariana Grande, Camila Cabello, Cardi B, Kehlani, Nicki Minaj, and Beyoncé, who, this morning, she

Steven “Thee Slayer Hippy” Hanford, best known for his work as a drummer in the influential Oregon punk band Poison Idea, has died, according to Portland alt-weekly Willamette Week and Blackhouse Records, which released music from Hanford’s band Fetish. According to a memorial GoFundMe, Hanford died from a heart attack. Steven Hanford was 50 years

Coriky—the band from Fugazi’s Ian Mackaye and Joe Lally, alongside Amy Farina—were set to release their debut self-titled album in March. The album was delayed, and, now, the new release plan has been announced: Vinyl and CD preorders will start shipping on May 29, the album arrives to digital platforms on June 12, and it’ll

Green Day have shared a new cover of Blondie’s 1979 track “Dreaming.” Take a listen below. While isolating with his family at home, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has launched a series of covers he calls No Fun Mondays. He dedicated his performance of “Kids in America” to Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt earlier this month,

Sharon Van Etten has announced a solo livestream performance of her 2009 debut album because i was in love. Van Etten announced the news on Twitter earlier today (May 21). “I wrote my debut album, because i was in love, in a sort of self-imposed quarantine—alone with a guitar in my parents’ basement” Van Etten

One year after he released Tears of Joy, MIKE is releasing another new album. Weight of the World is out June 21 via MIKE’s label 10k. He’s also shared a video for a new song from the album. Watch the clip for “Nothin 2 Say (Never Forget),” shot by Matter Research in London, below. MIKE

The Weeknd has shared several remixes for songs from his new album After Hours (from Lil Uzi Vert, Chromatics, Oneohtrix Point Never, and Major Lazer). Tonight, one of his latest singles just got another new remix. Check out the Doja Cat-featuring remix of “In Your Eyes” below. Doja Cat’s Nicki Minaj-featuring remix of “Say So”

Guns N’ Roses have rescheduled their upcoming North American tour due to safety concerns surrounding the spread of coronavirus. The tour was set to begin at Milwaukee’s Summerfest on July 4. All tickets will be honored for the to-be-announced future dates. The band has also canceled their European tour, set to kick off today (May

Damon Albarn was the musical guest on last night’s remote edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live!. He performed his new Gorillaz track “Aries.” The performance was set up like a mock Zoom call where Albarn “dueted” with Gorillaz’s cartoon vocalist 2-D. Watch it below. “Aries” was the third entry in Gorillaz’s new Song Machine series. It

Willie K, the Hawaiian music star, has died, the Honolulu Star Advertiser reports. The musician, songwriter, and producer was the recipient of numerous Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards (considered Hawaii’s equivalent of the Grammys) throughout his career. Willie K was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2018. He was 59. “He fought hard for over two years

One of the things that I asked for—I suggested that, because, whoever the 30 million of you are who subscribe to the webpage, you do so because of the body of work that the five of us created. That’s Syd [Barrett], me, Rick [Richard Wright], Nick [Mason], and David, over a number of years. And,

Pitchfork is pleased to announce that Princess Nokia will play a stay-at-home concert that will broadcast live on Instagram this Wednesday, May 20, at 7 p.m. Eastern. You can tune in at Pitchfork’s Instagram. The performance will be part of a series of concert sessions that take place on our Instagram on Wednesdays and Fridays,