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Bradford Cox’s return to the stage was already cause for celebration. When Atlas Sound, his long-dormant solo project, was added to the bill of Philadelphia’s Making Time ∞ festival last month, the Deerhunter frontman hadn’t performed live since 2019, save an impromptu noise set at an Athens, GA vintage market in 2023. What few could

Florence and the Machine’s cathartic live shows have been given the album treatment before—most recently 2025’s Symphony of Lungs – BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall—but the band has just announced their first ever full tour LP with Everybody Scream Tour Live, out next week. All 22 songs were recorded during this year’s run

My Chemical Romance have released a new animated short film with a pretty formidable voice cast, including Phoebe Bridgers, Billie Eilish, Hideo Kojima, and actor John C. McGinley. “Prelude to the End,” a collaboration with visual artist Lauren Tsai, arrives just after the band dropped a 20th-anniversary reissue of their album The Black Parade last

Before she embarked on her no-phones Lost Tour, Phoebe Bridgers held a series of no-phones gigs at intimate venues across the country. She closed things out at Madison Square Garden (a show our own Hattie Lindert described as a showcase of “bigger belts, more elastic vocal runs, and thornier topics” in “her oeuvre of quiet

East Coast concert lovers with a penchant for geodesic domes, rejoice: the Las Vegas Sphere is getting a sister venue in Maryland. WTOP reports that the Prince George’s County Council (PGCC) has approved up to $215 million in funding to build a Sphere on the Potomac River, just south of Washington, D.C. The shape of

Hello, friends! I am releasing a memoir! Why? Why write this book? Why now? As I’ve made good progress in therapy over the last five or six years, I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting on finding my voice- both as a singer, songwriter and musician, and as a person wandering the earth wondering… what

Brakence dropped his new album Marrow just last Friday, and now the producer and singer-songwriter is gearing up to take it on the road across North America. The Marrow Tour kicks off March 4 in San Diego then loops around the continent, hitting major U.S. cities along the way before wrapping up back in Los

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Neil Young is filing suit after “Rockin’ in the Free World” was played at a Trump rally. The lawsuit—filed yesterday (Monday, October 26) in Virginia’s Eastern District Court—specifically cites an “unauthorized public performance” of Young’s 1991 protest anthem at a rally in Youngstown, Ohio on October 12.

After a short teaser clip lit up the internet with news of their return, Dead Man’s Bones—the duo of Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields—are officially back with their first new music in 17 years. “Lost in the Night” was produced with longtime collaborator Tim Anderson, and it gets a black-and-white music video starring Hamnet’s Noah

The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each other and discovering new favorites along the way. Each Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects playlist, we’re sharing what our

The licensing group that owns the rights to Elvis Presley’s music and license has filed a $41 million lawsuit against AI company Anthropic. The Tennessee-based Authentic Brands Group alleges that Anthropic infringed on their copyright by training its AI model Claude on 274 of Presley’s songs without permission, including “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” “Don’t

Jay-Z closed out his Jay-Z 30 tour this weekend at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium, bringing an end to a headlining run that broke Yankee Stadium’s ticket sales record and featured guest appearances from Nas, The-Dream, Rihanna, and Beyoncé. The tour celebrated the 30th anniversary of Jay’s debut album Reasonable Doubt, and kicked off earlier this

On the heels of releasing their new album I Don’t Wanna Say Goodbye, Haywire have lined up a jam-packed live slate for next year. Between January 3 and April 30, the Boston hardcore outfit will play a whopping 80 shows throughout Europe, the UK, and North America. This all follows a late 2026 Australian run

Midwest Princess Chappell Roan anointed a dynasty of fellow royals to close out her two-night benefit concert in Los Angeles last night. Held at Shrine Auditorium, the Super Graphic Spectacular celebrated the first anniversary of Roan’s Midwest Princess Project, which supports young people from LGBTQ+ communities. After joining Caroline Polachek to do “Look at Me

Slayyyter is calling off the last shows of her ongoing UK and European tour on doctor’s orders. In an Instagram story viewed by Pitchfork, the pop singer wrote, “I am heartbroken to share after multiple doctor visits i have laryngitis and vocal cord tears,” adding, “Because of this, i am forced to cancel the remaining

“Do you know what’s not a high-flying bird? A chicken.” Noel Gallagher is the latest guest on Amelia Dimoldenberg’s Chicken Shop Date. In the new episode, the elder Gallagher brother opines on vegetarians (“Fuck those guys”), Macca (“He’s one of those rare people that when you meet him, you walk away from it feeling good

Raye has won the 2026 Mercury Prize for her second album This Music May Contain Hope. She clinched the award over competition including Sir Paul McCartney, Olivia Dean, Florence and the Machine, Jade, and Nia Archives. It’s Raye’s first time winning the prize: her 2023 album My 21st Century Blues also made the shortlist, but

Interpol have been on tour throughout the fall, and they aren’t planning on stopping soon. The rock group have just announced a new North American leg, this time with Deafheaven joining them. Those new dates largely take place in Mexico and the southern U.S. in March, following their European run with Bloc Party. Find Interpol’s

Talking Heads are getting the band back together—for a new book. David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Jerry Harrison, and Chris Frantz have announced Talking Heads: New Feeling, set to arrive on May 18. The release date also marks the 50th anniversary of the group’s debut album, Talking Heads: 77. “For this book, we pulled out handwritten

Two years after City Girls officially split to focus on their respective solo careers, Yung Miami has finally announced the arrival of her debut album, Watch Dis. She’s leading the LP with two new singles: “F U” and “2008.” Below, you can now check out the full tracklist, which reveals additional guests including Summer Walker

Northern Irish DJ duo Bicep have revealed details of their first album in five years. Slug arrives January 29 via Ninja Tune. Last month, Bicep shared three singles from the LP—“Air,” “Lemonder,” and “Viper”—and they’ve dropped another triptych alongside today’s announcement: “Gas,” featuring Lauren Duffus and Soarr; “Ultra,” featuring Eartheater and Saskia; and “Equarium,” featuring

They Are Gutting a Body of Water founder Doug Dulgarian has been diagnosed with cancer. He shared the news on Instagram, and confirmed that the Philadelphia hardcore band has canceled their forthcoming North American tour as a result, save for three December shows: two in Brooklyn on December 9 and 10, and a hometown show

In August, Amy Helm—the daughter of late Band member Levon Helm, and a singer-songwriter in her own right—was sued in federal court for self-dealing, trademark infringement, and causing $2 million in damages to Levon Helm Studios (LHS), among other charges. Now, Amy Helm has countersued the studio, alleging that her successor, Brian Parillo, used invalid

Cardi B is probably as well-known for her banter as her bars, but she was (almost) all business during her new NPR Tiny Desk Concert. The rapper blazed through an eight-song set in 18 minutes, taking only brief pauses to shout out her backing musicians and, at one point, remark on the lack of Maryland

A Harry Styles tour documentary directed by John Wilson is on the way. Variety reports that The History of Concrete director and creator of HBO’s How To With John Wilson has been filming Styles’ 30-night residency at New York’s Madison Square Garden for a forthcoming project produced by Universal Pictures Content Group, Peanut World Pictures

Taylor Swift took the stage last night at the sixth annual Academy Museum Gala, a Los Angeles fundraising event benefitting the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. The singer-songwriter gave her The Life of a Showgirl track “The Fate of Ophelia” a live debut, and also performed “Blank Space,” “Love Story,” and “I Knew It, I

Wendesday frontwoman Karly Hartzman will close out her 2026 with a short solo tour of the southeastern U.S. The eight-show run kicks off December 1—not two weeks after Hartzman’s band and Mannequin Pussy are set to wrap their joint Bitch Cabal Tour—and includes a hometown date at The Pyrle in Greensboro, North Caroline. Check out

Olivia Rodrigo called up her former tour opener Chappell Roan to help remix “Expectations,” one of the standout songs on her new album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love. Even better, the two pop stars went all-in for its music video, in which they join a gameshow hosted by noted Rodrigo

Titled after a Twitter meme, Autosmile by @ plays out like a series of private jokes told between friends. Those friends—Filipczak and Victoria Rose—got their start as folk-pop pranksters, but on their 4AD debut, they’ve leveled up into a brain-rotted Rawlings and Welch. Before Autosmile, you’d never hear Rose sing a lyric as nakedly sincere