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Beyoncé’s Renaissance or Outkast’s Aquemini? Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavilion or Interpol’s Turn on the Bright Lights? Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. or Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell!? Yes, we know, music isn’t a competition, but in honor of Pitchfork’s 30th anniversary, we’re throwing a small one just for fun. Over the next few weeks, 32

Kanye West’s Bully is here. The rapper premiered the long-delayed record, which features Travis Scott and Nine Vicious, live on YouTube about an hour after midnight on March 26. At the tail end of the listening session, he also played an older track, “Runaway,” and EsDeeKid’s “4 Raws,” among others. Listen to Bully below. West

Dua Lipa is returning to the silver screen. The pop singer will make an appearance in Peaked, the new A24 comedy movie directed by Molly Gordon, reports Deadline. Peaked follows two friends at a 10-year high-school reunion as they relive their golden years. The film also stars Connor Storrie, Emma Mackey, Laura Dern, Alex Consani,

Kanye West has rebuked claims that his long-teased next album, Bully, was made with the help of generative AI. In an X post shared on Wednesday, March 25, the rapper revealed a track list for the album—which features 13 songs, including previously-previewed tracks like “Beauty and the Beast” and “Preacher Man”—with the caption “BULLY ON

Gelli Haha has dropped a new song, and it comes with a rainbow-hued music video that’s as colorful and creative as you might expect from the art-pop singer-songwriter. In the clip, Gelli and her backup dancers twirl around vibrant decor in the sky before the singer hops behind the steering wheel of a huge, fluffy

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Waxahatchee and Brennan Wedl have released a cover of “Six O’ Clock News,” the 2002 Kathleen Edwards single about a man killed in a police standoff. The pair previously played the track at a performance in Nashville. Now, a studio version is out on Anti-. You can listen to it below. “Brennan and I really

FKA twigs, born Tahliah Barnett, has filed a lawsuit against the ’90s alt-pop band the Twigs, claiming that the duo has issued numerous cease-and-desist letters over the trademark connected to her stage name. Barnett has requested a jury trial to address the rights to use and registration of the FKA Twigs trademark. Pitchfork has reached

As is his style, Bladee has dropped two new songs with almost no fanfare. “Love Is a State” and “Eyelash” were both produced by Drain Gang affiliates Yung Sherman and Woesum. Give them a listen below. Bladee’s most recent album, Cold Visions, came out in 2024. Last year, he released the EP Ste the Beautiful

SZA has shared a new cover of the Goo Goo Dolls’ everlasting hit “Iris.” She paired her recording of the 1998 track, shared via Instagram, with what she described as a “deep fried” edit based off a TikTok trend where users share personal throwback photos from the 1990s. Give it a listen below. It’s been

Wet Leg served as the musical guest on the inaugural episode of Saturday Night Live UK on March 21. The British indie-rock band played “Mangetout” and “Catch These Fists” alongside host Tina Fey. Check out videos of both performances below. The new series, which airs on Sky TV in the UK, is set to premiere

Lizzo has shared a new song, “Don’t Make Me Love U.” Her first new release of 2026, it’s paired with a music video that puts the star face to face with Cuz I Love You-era Lizzo. Naturally, some big emotions ensue. Check out the clip below. Following the release of her most recent album, Special,

On the beguiling Sentence Structure in the Country, More Eaze plants a flag in the hitherto unexplored no man’s land between labyrinthine folk, subterranean ambient, contemporary classical, and Sparklehorse-style psych-pop. Made with a suite of collaborators including Wendy Eisenberg and Jade Guterman, the Austin musician’s follow-up to the Claire Rousay link-up No Floor evolved over

The full lineup for the 2026 edition of the Philadelphia festival Roots Picnic has been unveiled, following an earlier announcement that Jay-Z would headline with the Roots as his backing band. Today, Erykah Badu was revealed as the second headliner, with Kehlani, Brandy, and T.I. playing second fiddle. Further down the bill you’ll find Mariah

California metal vets Neurosis have surprised-released An Undying Love for a Burning World, their first album in a decade, and first since co-founder Scott Kelly left the band after confessing to domestic abuse. A full tracklist and cover art can be found below. “We need this, perhaps more than ever, and we suspect we are

Kuru: 04-18 Seattle, WA – Barboza04-19 Portland, OR – Holocene04-22 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall04-23 Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex04-24 Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy04-25 Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom04-28 Austin, TX – Antone’s Nightclub04-29 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall05-01 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade05-02 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s

Muse have long toyed with technology and sci-fi in their music, but now they’re doing it in real life, too. The alt-rock band just announced their new album, The Wow! Signal, by launching a special tablet over 20 miles into the atmosphere, in partnership with Sent Into Space. While that screen was up in space,

Yaya Bey has shared another preview of her forthcoming album Fidelity: “Egyptian Musk,” a romantic collaboration with the Queens-based reggae artist NESTA. The song comes alongside a video, shot by Michael Grant, which features a beaming Bey cozied up with an apparent beau in a bucket hat. Watch that below. Bey and NESTA recorded “Egyptian

Lorde is now a fully independent artist. In a series of voice memos sent to fans on Wednesday (March 18), the New Zealand singer revealed the deal she first signed with Universal Music Group when she was 12 years old ended at the end of 2025. “I adore them, they’re incredible people, and I have

Horse Lords have a new album on the way. Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive! lands on RVNG Intl. on June 12, and two new singles from the record, “Eureka 378-B” and “Brain of the Firm,” are out today. They both arrive alongside videos directed by artist Scott Kiernan. Check them out below. Recorded

100 gecs member Dylan Brady is releasing a new EP, Needle Guy. Arriving via a partnership between his own label, Dog Show Records, and Atlantic, the four-track project is out Friday. Last month, Brady shared the record’s lead single, “Needle Guy.” 100 Gecs’ last album, 10,000 Gecs, dropped in 2023. Today, you can preview the

Tonight (March 16) at LDLC Arena in Lyon, France, Rosalía kicked off her first tour in four years to celebrate the release of Lux, her 2025 album. The Spanish singer emerged onstage in a large box while wearing a pink tutu and ballet slippers (sorry, Timothée) to debut live versions of “Sexo, Violencia y Llantas”

In 2019, Jack White, Jack Black, and Kyle Gass joined forces for the one-off Tenacious D recording “Don’t Blow It, Kage.” Now the Jacks (aka Jack Gray) are set to reunite for the April 4 episode of Saturday Night Live. While White is the musical guest and Black is set to host, it’s safe to

The 2026 Academy Awards honored a host of late actors and film icons in its annual in memoriam segment tonight (March 15) at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre. To cap off the tribute, Barbra Streisand read a tender essay about her former co-star Robert Redford and gave a rare vocal performance, singing “The Way We Were” from

Phil Campbell, who played guitar in the British metal band Motörhead for over 30 years, has died. His band Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons confirmed the news on social media on March 14, sharing that Campbell ”passed away peacefully…following a long and courageous battle in intensive care after a complex major operation.” He was

Lykke Li has shared the latest single from The Afterparty. Listen to “Knife in the Heart” below. The song, she says in a press release, is “my brutalist nursery rhyme anthem—the emo girl in me, fully unleashed.” Li goes on to say, “I had my son and his friend sing the choruses because the juxtaposition

Mabe Fratti and Bill Orcutt have united for Almost Waking, a new collaborative LP coming via Unheard of Hope on May 22. The Guatemalan cellist and U.S. guitarist have shared a pair of songs, the title track and “El inicio es cuestión de suerte,” which you can hear below. Fratti said in a press release

ML Buch has shared a new loosie, having spontaneously decided to finish off a song she started in 2016. The untitled track comes with a serotonin-providing video of a person—perhaps the Norwegian singer/composer herself—skipping down a road carrying a baby, with a brief cameo from a similarly cheerful dog. Check it out below. This is

Quavo is back on the big screen this year. The Migos member stars as the protagonist of a new street racing film called Takeover. Premiering May 8, it also features a minor role by the late rapper Takeoff, marking his final posthumous film appearance since his tragic death in 2022. Watch the trailer for the

Broken Social Scene’s first new album in nine years, Remember the Humans, arrives in less than two months, and today, the Canadian supergroup shared another new song from the project. “Hey Amanda” follows lead single “Not Around Anymore,” and per the band, it’s a song “about being yourself, and how people will always question that.”