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Bronx rapper Lil Tjay has announced the release date and track list for his debut LP True 2 Myself. The album is due out Friday, October 11 via Columbia. True 2 Myself features the entirety of Lil Tjay’s F.N. EP, plus remix versions of two F.N. tracks featuring Lil Durk (“Brothers”) and Lil Wayne (“Leaked”).

Nilüfer Yanya has released a music video for “H34T RISES”—a newly remixed version of her Miss Universe track “Heat Rises.” The visual was shot by Yanya’s sister Molly Daniel in their father’s hometown of Istanbul. Watch Yanya ride a motorcycle around a dystopian cityscape overgrown with foliage below. Nilufer Yanya said in a statement: The

The soundtracks for all three of Chad Stahelski’s John Wick films are getting the deluxe vinyl treatment. Tyler Bates and Joel J. Richard’s original scores for the Keanu Reeves-starring saga: John Wick, John Wick: Chapter 2, and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, are getting pressed as 2xLP sets in gatefold jackets. All three albums

Dean Wareham, the former frontman of Galaxie 500, has shared a cover of Purple Mountains’ recent track “Snow Is Falling in Manhattan.” The song is part of a new David Berman tribute album, which was released today by Section26. Approaching Perfection: A Tribute to DC Berman is a massive compilation created in memory of the

Audika Records is releasing a new collection of Arthur Russell demos. The 19-track album, Iowa Dream, is out November 15. Below, hear a song called “You Did It Yourself.” According to Audika, “Several tracks on Iowa Dream Russell originally recorded as demos, in two early examples of his repeated brushes with potential popular success—first in

Taylor Swift returned to Saturday Night Live last night to play two songs from her new record Lover. She did “False God,” as well the album’s title track. Taylor played a stripped down solo piano version of “Lover” in a bright green room surrounded by floating sheet music. For “False God,” she was accompanied by

Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig sat down with Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon for a nearly two-hour interview on the latest episode of his Beats 1 show “Time Crisis.” They reminisced about playing beer pong at a Minneapolis bar after a Vampire Weekend show, talked about their personal hurdles with touring, discussed Vernon’s life in Wisconsin (including

After days of being “critically ill” in the hospital, the iconic drummer Ginger Baker died today. Baker—best known for his work with Cream, Fela Kuti, and Blind Faith—was widely considered one of the best percussionists in the world. Musicians who worked with Baker and the leagues of people inspired by him took a moment this

Derick Almena—the master tenant of the Oakland warehouse known as the Ghost Ship, where 36 people lost their lives during a devastating fire in late 2016—will be retried on multiple counts of involuntary manslaughter, as Bay Area Fox affiliate KTVU reports. Almena was arrested and charged in June 2017 for his role in the blaze,

R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe has released a new song called “Your Capricious Soul.” It’s available to purchase on his website, with all proceeds going towards the climate change activist group Extinction Rebellion. You can check out the song’s music video via the website as well. Watch the Sam Taylor-Johnson directed video here. “Your Capricious Soul”

Dave Free has left his position as co-president of Top Dawg Entertainment, according to a new report by Rolling Stone. Citing “two insiders with knowledge of the move who spoke on the condition of anonymity,” RS states that Free has been “working on his own for several months.” Dave Free, along with TDE founder and

Lil Nas X, Cardi B, and their collaborators on the song “Rodeo” have been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit by two Atlanta producers, who claim that “Rodeo” is derivative of a song they produced in 2017. According to the complaint, viewed by Pitchfork, producers Don Lee and Glen Keith DeMeritt III claim that they

Canadian singer-songwriter Jessie Reyez has shared a music video for her brand new song “Far Away.” The Peter Huang-directed visual follows two lovers who are brutally separated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.). Watch it below. [embedded content] “Far Away” is from Reyez’s forthcoming debut album, which will arrive next year via FMLY/Island Records. Of

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 Angel Olsen, Danny Brown, Wilco, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Chromatics, DIIV,

Gucci Mane just surprise-released a new track with Megan Thee Stallion, titled “Big Booty.” Take a listen to the song below. Gucci Mane’s new album, WOPTOBER II, is out October 17 via Atlantic. Earlier this week, Gucci announced the rapper as a star of their new Cruise 2020 campaign alongside Iggy Pop. Harmony Korine, who

Samantha Urbani has shared a new one-off single titled “Made in Love.” Take a listen to the track from the longtime Blood Orange collaborator below. In a statement, Urbani said the song came out of her rethinking love as a space rather than just a feeling: “It’s a place to be radically honest, empathetic, selfless—a

Lana Del Rey played a full, piano-and-voice cover of Joni Mitchell’s “For Free” in Seattle last night. Check it out via her Instagram below. The track originally appeared on Mitchell’s 1970 album, Ladies Of The Canyon; Lana shared a brief Instagram rendition in 2017. She hints in a new LA Times interview that more covers

that dog. have released the music video for a new song called “Just the Way,” from their forthcoming Old LP. The Three‘s Company spoof stars Jack Black and Maya Rudolph as the landlords Stanley and Helen Roper, with the band posing as a murderous version of the titular roommates Janet, Chrissy, and Jack. Hijinks ensue;

Thom Yorke was a guest on tonight’s episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The Radiohead frontman sat down for a wide-ranging chat with Colbert, which was edited for time on TV but shared on YouTube in full. Watch their entire conversation below. Colbert began by reminiscing about the time Radiohead were given a

Louie Rankin, the Jamaican-born dancehall artist, died on Monday morning in a car crash, the Associated Press reports. Rankin, born Leonard Ford, was in a vehicle that was struck by a transport truck in Ontario. Police say he was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. He was 61. Rankin began his recording career

Jazz and hip-hop pianist Robert Glasper is releasing a new mixtape called Fuck Yo Feelings. It’s out October 3 via Loma Vista. The tape features Yasiin Bey, Rapsody, Mick Jenkins, Denzel Curry, Andra Day, Terrace Martin, Herbie Hancock, Bilal, Top Dawg’s SiR, Compton’s Buddy, and more. Check out the tracklist, a Fuck Yo Feelings mini-documentary,

Nigerian singer Burna Boy has shared a new music video for his African Giant single “Another Story,” which features the Ghanaian rapper and songwriter M.anifest. According to a press release, Burna Boy released the video in honor of Nigerian Independence Day, which takes place October 1. Watch the Clarence Peters-directed visual below. African Giant arrived

Nardwuar the Human Serviette—best known as simply Nardwuar—was honored by his hometown of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada over the weekend. The city named Sunday, September 29 Nardwuar day, in recognition of his three decades working in music. At the same event, the radio host and interviewer was also inducted into the BC Entertainment Hall of

Frank Ocean has discussed his creative headspace and new music plans in a cover story for W Magazine. An album influenced by “Detroit, Chicago, techno, house, French electronic” and other “iterations of nightlife” is in the works, he tells W’s Diane Solway, though there’s no news on a release date. Asked whether the record would

Kevin Morby and Woods covered Purple Mountains’ “All My Happiness Is Gone” at this weekend’s Woodsist festival in honor of David Berman. Singer-songwriter Anna St. Louis and Little Wings frontman Kyle Field joined them in their tribute, and you can watch a video of it via Brooklyn Vegan below. The members of Woods worked closely

Richard Brunelle, best known as the guitarist in metal band Morbid Angel, has died. He was 55 years old. The news was confirmed to Pitchfork by the band’s manager Gunter Ford. “Sadly Richard has passed and was a true friend and important person to all of us,” Ford said. Morbid Angel drummer Pete Sandoval also