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Los Thuthanaka‘s Joshua Chuquimia Crampton has announced a new album. Anata arrives on February 6 on Puro Fantasía, and a lead single, “Ch’uwanchaña ~El Golpe Final~” is out now. You can listen to the song, and check out Anata‘s cover art, below. “This album is dedicated to Anata, the Andean ceremony where we celebrate the

Two dormant giants of experimental rock, Lightning Bolt and OOIOO, have teamed up for a split LP, The Horizon Spirals / The Horizon Viral. The Thrill Jockey labelmates will release the record on the label on April 24. OOIOO—the longstanding project led by Boredoms drummer YoshimiO—has also announced a rare live date, playing Open Melody

Gelli Haha is hitting the road. The Los Angeles-based artist will play her first run of North American headlining shows in support of her 2025 debut album, Switcheroo. The Where in the World is Gelli Haha tour kicks off March 25 with a hometown show at the Roxy in L.A., and includes stops at Boise’s

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

A$AP Rocky was the musical guest on last night’s (January 17) episode of Saturday Night Live, hosted by Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard. On the heels of releasing his new album Don’t Be Dumb, the rapper was joined onstage by Thundercat and Danny Elfman for the single “Punk Rocky,” and performed a medley of the

Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir died earlier this month at age 78, and his public memorial took place last night (January 17) at San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza. Among the many musicians and former bandmates to appear was John Mayer, who played with Weir in his post-Grateful Dead project Dead & Company. In addition

Last night (January 17), Bruce Springsteen made an unannounced appearance at New Jersey’s Light of Day WinterFest — a regular haunt, as far as his “surprise” performances go. While joining headliners Joe Grushecky & the Houserockers onstage at the non-profit’s event, Springsteen strongly denounced the ongoing ICE raids in Minnesota and dedicated his 1978 song

xaviersobased’s 2025 Riverside Tour is getting a sequel. The Riverside 2.0 Tour, featuring support from ksuuvi and 1c’s Backend, will hit American cities the New York rapper missed on his initial run. The tour kicks off in March before heading to Europe the following month. Riverside 2.0 marks xavier’s first international headlining trek. Check out

Mitski is back. Her new album, Nothing’s About to Happen to Me, is out February 27 via Dead Oceans. Directed by Noel Paul, the music video for lead single “Where’s My Phone?” draws inspiration from Shirley Jackson’s novel We Have Always Lived in the Castle. Mitski plays a recluse whose gothic manor is set upon

Between the launch of his surprisingly viable acting career and the birth of three children, A$AP Rocky has found plenty of time since 2018’s Testing to pretend his follow-up, Don’t Be Dumb, was just around the corner. The campaign kicked up a gear last month when he unveiled the record’s visual universe, with Tim Burton

Moby has tiptoed into the studio for a new, mostly ambient album, Future Quiet. Out February 20, the follow-up to his similarly minimalist Ambient 23 takes cues from Cocteau Twins and This Mortal Coil, the producer says. Leading the record is a rework of his 1995 song “When It’s Cold I’d Like to Die” featuring

Charli XCX has shared a new song from Wuthering Heights, her soundtrack and accompaniment to the Emerald Fennel movie of the same name. Listen to it below ahead of the film and album’s dual release on February 13. Charli’s recent singles “Chains of Love” and the John Cale-assisted “House” will appear on the album which

I wasn’t expecting the year to start off with Gwar’s take on “Pink Pony Club” yet here we are. The blood-spewing metal band recently performed Chappell Roan’s mega-hit for A.V. Club series A.V. Undercover. (Gwar has a history of irreverent covers like this; in 2024, they played an equally committed version of “I’m Just Ken”

Harry Styles has announced his first new album in four years, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally., which is out March 6 via Columbia. The former One Direction singer hasn’t shared any new music from the LP just yet, but he did unveil the album artwork. Check it out below. Kiss All the Time. Disco,

Elucid has revealed his next solo project. The Sebb Bash-produced I Guess U Had to Be There—out March 13 via Rhymesayers and Secretly Distribution—is the rapper’s first solo album since his 2024 effort REVELATOR. The announcement arrives with the video for opening track “First Light,” featuring Dallas-based experimental artist Mattie. Watch it below. I Guess

John Forté, the rapper and producer who emerged as a key contributor to the mid 1990s New York hip-hop scene and close collaborator of Fugees, was found dead at his home in Chilmark, Massachusetts, on Monday (January 12), The Associated Press reports. There was no sign of foul play or a “readily apparent cause of

Charlotte Cornfield has signed to Merge Records, the Toronto singer-songwriter announced on Tuesday, January 13. Hurts Like Hell, her sixth album and first on the label, arrives March 27. Check out the artwork and Scott Jacobson-directed video for the title track—which features vocals by Big Thief’s Buck Meek—below. In addition to Meek, Cornfield recruited Feist,

Twenty-four years after Life Without Buildings called it quits, the art rockers will reunite for Rough Trade Records’ 50th anniversary. The show takes place November 20 at the London venue KOKO. “cat’s oot the bag then!,” wrote Robert Dallas Gray on BlueSky, confirming the reunion set. The guitarist added the Glaswegian quartet “decided the 50th

Music executive L.A. Reid has settled a lawsuit by a previous employee who accused him of sexual assault and harassment, Billboard reports. Details of the settlement—which was announced today, January 12, the day Reid’s trial was scheduled to begin—were not disclosed. In 2023, Drew Dixon, a former vice president of A&R at Arista Records, alleged

A$AP Rocky has unveiled yet another Don’t Be Dumb single ahead of the record’s release this Friday. “Helicopter$” is written and produced by Rocky and Kelvin Krash, with co-production from Soufien 3000. Rocky also directed its Playstation-coded throwback video alongside Dan Streit, conjuring a dystopian diorama of rooftop riots, cop-car collisions, robot wars, and swarming

Ludwig Göransson has won Best Original Score at the 2026 Golden Globe Awards for Sinners. He beat out Alexandre Desplat (Frankenstein), Jonny Greenwood (One Battle After Another), Kangding Ray (Sirāt), Max Richter (Hamnet), and Hans Zimmer (F1) for the trophy. This is the sixth Golden Globes nomination and second win of his career. If you

It’s been a long time since French Montana and Max B launched their Coke Wave mixtape series—17 years, to be exact. Now that Max B has been released from prison following a 16-year-long sentence, the close friends and collaborators have picked up where they left off in the form of Coke Wave 3.5: Narcos. For

Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir has died. Weir played rhythm guitar and sang lead vocals for the entirety of the Grateful Dead’s 30-year tenure. He also founded and played in several bands during and after his time with the Dead, including Kingfish, the Bob Weir Band, Bobby and the Midnites, Scaring the Children, RatDog,

Last year, Salt-N-Pepa’s Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa” Denton filed suit against Universal Music Group (UMG) over the rights to their catalog, claiming that the label had pulled the duo’s songs from streaming platforms after they attempted to regain control of their masters. Lawyers for UMG subsequently filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit,

Sault, the elusive R&B-and-funk collective led by producer Inflo, have returned with Chapter 1, their 13th album. The LP features contributions from R&B singer Cleo Sol, singer-songwriter Jack Peñate, and legendary hitmakers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Since Sault’s acclaimed 2019 album 5, the group has surprise-released more than a dozen projects under Inflo’s Forever

Bad Bunny has been sued over a voice recording sampled on “Solo de Mi” and “EoO”—companion songs featured on 2018’s X 100pre and last year’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos—Billboard reports. The plaintiff, Tainaly Y. Serrano Rivera, claims producer Roberto Rosado solicited the recording from her when they were theater students at the Interamerican University of

Bruno Mars has shared the first taste of his new album The Romantic. “I Just Might” arrives with a music video directed by Mars and Daniel Ramos. In the clip, Mars and a band of clones perform the song on a retro, ’70s-inspired soundstage. Watch it below. The Romantic marks Mars’ first solo studio album

Olivia Rodrigo has marked the fifth anniversary of her post-Disney debut “Drivers License” by enlisting David Byrne to record a cover. Check it out below. A 7″ vinyl single, out April 3, will pair the cover with Rodrigo and Byrne’s version of Talking Heads’ “Burning Down the House,” recorded at the 2025 Governors Ball. This is the

If it feels like everyone’s talking about Geese these past few months, then get ready for even more chatter – this time from your parents. NBC has announced the rock band will be the musical guest on Saturday Night Live on January 24, with Teyana Taylor hosting. Finn Wolfhard and A$AP Rocky will steer SNL’s

Robyn has finally announced her first new album in eight years, which boasts her most Robyn-esque title yet; Sexistential is out March 27 via Young. The Swedish pop star is dropping not one, but two new songs today to ring in the big news. “Talk to Me” comes with a music video directed by Casper