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Ty Segall, Charles Moothart, and Chad Ubovich’s band Fuzz is back. The band have announced a North American tour that takes place in May and June. Find those dates below. The band’s last album II came out in 2015. Segall recently announced a new band with Lightning Bolt’s Brian Chippendale called Wasted Shirt; their album

Atlanta’s Young Nudy has shared a new song called “No Go.” It arrives with a music video co-directed by Nudy and iNIGHTLYFE. Find that below. To accompany the new video, Nudy has announced a U.S. tour that begins on March 20 in Oxford, Mississippi. The trek is currently slated to wrap up in Atlanta on

Justin Bieber has announced his forthcoming album, Changes. The follow-up to 2015’s Purpose arrives February 14 via RBMG/Def Jam. Ahead of the LP, Bieber has announced a slew of North American tour dates. He’s also shared his latest single “Get Me,” which features Kehlani. Check out Bieber’s full tour itinerary, as well as his new

Sparks have announced a new album, A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip. It’s out May 15 via BMG. The sibling duo of Ron and Russell Mael have also revealed a slew of European tour dates kicking off October 11 in Oslo, Norway and wrapping up October 27 in Dublin, Ireland. Find their full itinerary below along

Kanye West, Chance the Rapper, and Kirk Franklin held a Sunday Service gospel performance last night. During his segment, West paid tribute to the late Kobe Bryant, singing, “I was driving home/They was leaving your jersey on the freeway, and I just broke down, broke down, broke down.” In addition, Chance rapped his verse from

Tonight at the 2020 Grammy Awards, Billie Eilish won Record of the Year for her single “bad guy.” She picked up the win over songs by Bon Iver (“Hey, Ma”), Ariana Grande (“7 rings”), Lil Nas X (“Old Town Road (Remix)”), Swae Lee and Post Malone (“Sunflower”), Lizzo (“Truth Hurts”), Khalid (“Talk”), and H.E.R. (“Hard

The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards kicked off tonight at Los Angeles’ STAPLES Center. Once again, Alicia Keys hosted the ceremony. At last year’s awards, she began the evening joined on stage by Michelle Obama, Lady Gaga, and J. Lo. During her monologue tonight, Keys paid tribute to late basketball legend Kobe Bryant, who died earlier

Halsey stopped by Saturday Night Live last night to perform a rodeo-riding “You Should Be Sad” and “Finally // beautiful stranger” from her new album, Manic. She also starred alongside host Adam Driver in a sketch called “Slow,” a satirical music video in which the slow-jam ethos reaches its absurdly illogical conclusion. Watch clips from

YG has been arrested in Los Angeles in connection with an investigation of an alleged robbery, TMZ and CBSLA report. According to the reports, officers L.A. County Sheriff’s Department arrived at YG’s home early this morning (January 24) with a search warrant. The rapper was then taken into custody and is being held at Men’s

FKA twigs will perform Sunday night at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, where she’ll take the stage with Sheila E. and Usher for a tribute to the late Prince. twigs said that she would join the previously-announced homage to the Purple One during an interview with Apple Music’s Beats 1 radio show. FKA twigs has

Bassist Juan Alderete—a member of the Mars Volta and touring player for Marilyn Manson and Deltron 3030, among others—suffered a traumatic brain injury as the result of a bicycle accident on January 13, his wife Anne Alderete revealed via Instagram. The musician sustained what is known as a diffuse axonal injury and is currently in

Chance the Rapper is set to host MTV’s rebooted celebrity prank show Punk’d. It’s coming to the mobile video platform Quibi, which launches in April 2020. In a press release, Chance said, “Punk’d is one of MTV’s most iconic franchises.” He added, “I grew up watching this show and it’s surreal to be in the driver’s

In 2017, Meek Mill was sued by three different parties over a shooting that happened at a December 2016 concert at the Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford, Connecticut. One man, Dylan Thomas, was shot in the leg and sued the rapper as well as Live Nation and the concert venue for damages. That case was dropped

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 Jeff Parker, Andy Shauf, Sarah Mary Chadwick, Hook, and Wire. Subscribe to Pitchfork’s

Chromatics have released a new single called “Toy.” It arrives in three different versions: “Toy,” “Toy (On Film),” and “Toy (Instrumental).” Check it out below. In a statement about the track, singer Ruth Radelet said, “It’s a song about trying to forget someone you’re still in love with even though they treat you like an

Lil Wayne has taken to Twitter to announce his next album, Funeral. Wayne’s follow-up to Tha Carter V arrives January 31, according to his tweet, which also features a snippet of new music. Check it out below. Lil Wayne’s tweet also included a link to his website, where you can pre-order Funeral in its various

Roger Waters has announced a North American tour. The trek, titled “Roger Waters: This Is Not a Drill,” kicks off in Pittsburgh in July and is slated to wrap up October 3 in Dallas, Texas. Check out Waters’ schedule, and find a promo video, below. Get tickets here. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases

Joni Mitchell has announced the reissue of her 2007 album Shine via Craft. The album’s first-ever vinyl release is due out April 3. The record includes an updated version of her 1970 classic “Big Yellow Taxi,” as well as “One Week Last Summer,” which won Best Instrumental Pop Performance at the 2008 Grammys. It is

In November 2018, it was reported that RiFF RAFF was going to trial in a $12 million sexual assault lawsuit stemming from an alleged 2014 incident at a Nevada brothel. The lawsuit has now been settled for an undisclosed amount, according to RiFF RAFF’s representatives and the Washoe County Second Judicial District Court website. The

Weyes Blood has expanded her “A Lot Has Changed Tour.” Following February and March dates in Oceania, she will play U.S. shows in March and April, European shows in June, and then head back to the States for July and August concerts. Find her schedule at the Sub Pop site. Get tickets here. (Pitchfork may

Pearl Jam’s new album Gigaton is coming on March 27 via Monkeywrench/Republic. Today, the band have offered the first taste of new music from the album. The song is called “Dance of the Clairvoyants.” Take a listen below. “‘Dance’ was a perfect storm of experimentation and real collaboration,” Jeff Ament said. “We’ve opened some new

Deborah Dugan, the recently-ousted Recording Academy president and CEO, has filed an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) discrimination complaint against the organization behind the Grammys. It contains several bold claims outlining corruption and sexual harassment within the organization. Read it in full below. In the complaint, Dugan alleges she informed HR in December that she

Porches–the music-making moniker of Aaron Maine—has announced his next album, Ricky Music. The follow-up to 2018’s The House arrives March 13 via Domino. Today, Porches has shared a new song called “Do U Wanna,” along with an accompanying music video directed by frequent collaborator Nick Harwood. Find the visual, along with a statement from Aaron

In April 2018, Prince’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the hospital that treated the singer for a fentanyl overdose less than a week before he died in 2016. Now, according to a report by the Associated Press, that lawsuit has been “quietly dismissed in recent months.” The defendants of the suit included the

Netflix has shared the first trailer for Spenser Confidential, a new action-comedy movie starring Mark Wahlberg and Winston Duke. Co-starring in the film are Post Malone and Marc Maron. Watch the new clip below. Spenser Confidential, directed by Peter Berg, premieres on Netflix on March 6. The movie was inspired by Ace Atkins‘ book Robert

Radiohead.com is now home to the Radiohead Public Library. Today, the band have launched the comprehensive archive of all things Radiohead in a corrective to the disorder of the online space. To commemorate the launch, the band have released a handful of rarities to streaming services: Below, check out their debut EP, 1992’s Drill; the

On December 20, 2019, My Chemical Romance played their first concert as a band in over seven years. Now, they have shared their first taste of new music. Earlier today (January 19), My Chemical Romance released a video scored by an instrumental track. Watch the clip, titled “An Offering,” below. The visual follows a cloaked

Sin Quirin, current guitarist for the industrial metal band Ministry, has been accused by two women of engaging in sexual intercourse with them while they were 15 and 16 years old, respectively. In a new SPIN report published in Billboard, both women alleged that they each met Quirin following concerts by his band Society 1,

Johnny Marr is working with Hans Zimmer on the score for the next James Bond film No Time to Die, NME reports and Marr’s representative confirmed to Pitchfork. Zimmer—who was recently announced to replace composer Dan Romer, three months before the release of the film—previously worked with the Smiths guitarist on films including Inception and

Mitski is a musical guest on this weekend’s Austin City Limits. Ahead of the episode, ACL has shared a video of Mitski performing “Happy” from 2016’s Puberty 2. Watch below. The full episode airs on PBS on Saturday, January 18 at 9 p.m. Eastern. Mitski last released Be The Cowboy in 2018. Coming up, she