Music

Björk has created a generative score for the boutique Manhattan hotel Sister City. The score is titled Kórsafan. Björk said in a statement: “an architectural structure in downtown manhattan offered me the hand in an AI tango and i accepted the call, i am alert with curiosity waiting the results. i offered them my choir
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Margo Price is back with a new song. It’s called “Stone Me.” In addition to its release via Loma Vista, she performed it on last night’s episode of Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. It features the following chorus: “Love me, hate me, desecrate me/Call me a bitch then call me baby/You don’t know me, you
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Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim have announced a new multi-camera sitcom for Adult Swim titled Beef House. According to a press release, the series is “about five men—Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, Ron Auster, Ben Hur, Tennessee Luke—and Eric’s wife Megan, living under one roof.” Tim’s character is “a laid-back rock-and-roll slacker,” and Eric’s is “a
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You won’t find any of the inauthentic props that have become commonplace in pop music in the video for Andy Michaels’ new single “Darling It Hurts.” You also won’t find any false foundations, like synthetic harmonies or a badly recycled rhythm, in the song’s parent album, Incendiary Heart. Fake admissions are nowhere to be heard in
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All right stop, collaborate and listen, the LGB Alliance is back with their brand new invention Trans-exclusive pressure group LGB Alliance has followed in the footsteps of groups everywhere that are definitely not cults by releasing their own theme tune. The group opted for a stripped-back, white-people-singing-gospel energy for the Bekka Bright track “Stand Up”,
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Tyler, the Creator has announced that he’s one of the artists set to perform at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. Tyler’s album IGOR—which went to No. 1 last year in a surprise win over DJ Khaled—was nominated this year for Best Rap Album. The 2020 Grammys take place on January 26. Other performers at this
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With the blunt end of a pick, Dave Vargo finds his way over the strings with a delicate hesitance as “Nowhere Else” begins to play, every note seeming to reverberate into the atmosphere and come chasing back after his words but moments later. In songs like this one and its Spaces in Between neighbor (and lead single)
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Archy Marshall has announced his third King Krule album: Man Alive! is out February 21 via True Panther/Matador. The record includes songs that were featured in Marshall’s Hey World! short film, including “(Don’t Let the Dragon) Draag On” and “Alone Omen 3.” Below, watch Marshall’s self-directed visual for the former. Man Alive! follows 2017’s The
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Las Vegas based band Forgotten Door is garnering a lot of attention and positive press thanks to their deft combination of songwriting fundamentals, modern production values, and retro influences. Their self-titled EP includes six tracks revealing the full breadth of their talents. It is little surprise they come across as such a complete act considering
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Pearl Jam have announced their first studio album in over six years. It’s called Gigaton and it arrives March 27 (via Monkeywrench/Republic). Gigaton follows Pearl Jam’s 2013 album Lightning Bolt. Check out the album cover, which features Paul Nicklen’s photograph Ice Waterfall, below. Pearl Jam produced Gigaton with Josh Evans. “Making this record was a
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Florida singer-rapper Rod Wave has announced a U.S. tour in support of his new album Ghetto Gospel. He’ll hit the road in March. Check out Rod Wave’s tour poster below. Get tickets here. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.) Rod Wave released Ghetto Gospel in November 2019
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Neil Peart, the drummer and lyricist of progressive rock band Rush, has died, CBC News and Rolling Stone report. According to the reports, Peart died on January 7 in Santa Monica, California after a years-long battle with brain cancer. He was 67 years old. Renowned for his technical expertise and unique performance style, Neil Peart
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New Orleans rapper and bounce music icon 5th Ward Weebie has died, CNN and The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate report. Weebie’s publicist Johnathan Thomas told CNN that the artist had a “heart attack which turned into emergency heart surgery and ultimately heart failure.” 5th Ward Weebie was 42 years old. When reached for comment by
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Two more Studio Ghibli soundtracks composed by Joe Hisaishi are coming to vinyl for the first time. Turntable Lab will reissue the soundtracks to Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) and Porco Rosso (1992) in late March, according to their website. The soundtracks for Ghibli classics My Neighbor Totoro, Castle in the Sky, and Nausicaä of the
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Last night’s episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert welcomed musical guest and interviewee Kesha. The singer performed her recent single “Raising Hell” alongside Big Freedia and dancers. She also sat down with Colbert to chat about David Bowie, Dolly Parton, “slow-stalking” middle-aged comedians, and Wayne’s World, which she considers to be “the greatest
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Sia has shared a brand new song. It’s called “Original,” and it appears on the motion picture soundtrack for Universal Pictures’ Dolittle, which stars Robert Downey Jr. as the titular doctor and animal whisperer. Listen to “Original” below. Dolittle hits theaters January 17. Sia’s last solo album was 2017’s Everyday Is Christmas. Since releasing that
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