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Last week, Steven Drozd revealed in a since-deleted post that he’s no longer in the Flaming Lips after a nearly 35-year-long run. The band hasn’t formally released its own statement, and neither has Wayne Coyne, but their current drummer Matthew Duckworth Kirksey did share some thoughts in an Instagram post today in collaboration with the

Xaviersobased is celebrating the end of his 2025 North American tour with a twitchy new single produced by Ooskully. Arriving a day after the New York rapper’s hometown show at Webster Hall, “Walk to me” is the first offering since Xavier’s major-label debut, the surprise September EP Once More. You can check out the full

At least one record label is happy to release new Morrissey music. The Smiths’ founder has signed a new contract with Sire Records, reports Rolling Stone, three years after the singer’s previous home, Capitol, shelved a finished album, and five years after BMG officially dropped him—a development Moz blamed on new management and, uh, “diversity.”

A federal judge has overturned the conviction of one of two men found guilty in the murder of Jason Mizell, aka Jam Master Jay, reports Billboard. Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall granted the motion for acquittal of Karl Jordan Jr., who was found guilty in 2024 of killing Mizell, his godfather and the D.J. for legendary

Timothée Chalamet took a break from talking table tennis to hop on a “4 Raws” remix with mysterious U.K. rapper EsDeeKid. The move is an extended part of a dull internet conspiracy that maintained Chalamet—who used to rap under the alias Lil Timmy Tim and was once knighted by Lil B—was actually EsDeeKid. You can

Kali Uchis is dipping back into her Orquídeas era. Months after “Muévelo,” a leaked demo from the 2024 album’s studio sessions, began making the rounds online, the Colombian American singer has unveiled the full version. “for my final act of self love this year i will release this song bcoz prior to tonight it was

Jeff Mills’ legendary Live at Liquid Room mix, recorded during his 1995 DJ set at Tokyo’s Liquidroom nightclub, has come to streaming for the first time. The mix is available to stream exclusively via Apple Music. Listen to it below. The 66-minute, 36-song Live at Liquid Room was condensed down from Mills’s original three-hour set,

Steven Drozd—the Flaming Lips’ longtime guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and primary songwriter alongside Wayne Coyne—is no longer in the band, according to a since-deleted post Drozd made online. When replying to a fan on Threads who asked if he was “officially done with the FLips,” the musician replied, “They’re done with me – but we’re not talking

In September of last year, Jane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell attacked guitarist Dave Navarro onstage during a concert in Boston. The band cut short the show and cancelled the remaining dates of a planned reunion tour of North America. At the time, Farrell issued an apology and all four members said they “had made the

A$AP Rocky has launched his latest campaign to convince fans that the much-delayed Don’t Be Dumb will actually be released soon, this time by sharing cover art designed by none other than Tim Burton. The artwork arrived on Instagram with a message referring to Don’t Be Dumb as a movie: “SORRY 4 THE WAIT DON’T

A sexual assault lawsuit brought against Marilyn Manson by his former personal assistant, Ashley Walters, has been dismissed ahead of trial, Rolling Stone reports. In his ruling, Los Angeles County Judge Steve Cochran noted that Walters’ claims fell outside the statute of limitations. “We have a situation where the complaint was not filed until about

Joe Ely, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter who helped spearhead Texas’ progressive country movement in the 1970s, has died, his representative confirmed to Rolling Stone. Ely died from complications of Lewy Body Dementia, Parkinson’s, and pneumonia at his home in Taos, New Mexico. He was 78. As is true of most revered country icons, Ely lived a

Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is now the longest-running No. 1 song in U.S. chart history. The 1994 modern Christmas classic has spent a cumulative 20 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, breaking the previous record of 19 weeks shared by Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” and Lil Nas X and

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

Last night, December 13, Lily Allen returned to Saturday Night Live as musical guest for the first time since 2007. The British pop star performed “Sleepwalking” from her new album West End Girl and brought out Dakota Johnson to play the titular other woman in “Madeline.” She also appeared as herself in a sketch themed

A Palestine benefit single from an ensemble including Brian Eno, Neneh Cherry, and Nadine Shah is out today. Credited to Together for Palestine—the British-based operation that put on a major benefit concert in September—“Lullaby” is a cover of the traditional Palestinian song “Yamma Mweel El Hawa,” which Peter Gabriel has adapted from an English translation.

The London Roundhouse has issued an apology for hosting a Primal Scream concert that included a graphic entwining a Star of David with a swastika, The Guardian reports. During its performance of “Swastika Eyes,” the band displayed a short film that combines footage of the devastation of Gaza with pictures of political figures—including the U.S. and

With dozens of homespun projects, some dating back over a decade, Nate Amos’ Bandcamp back catalog presents a daunting prospect. For his second proper LP as This Is Lorelei, Amos—also half of Water From Your Eyes—combed through the archives and re-recorded 10 songs that span yacht rock (“I Can’t Fall,” “This is a Joke”), power

Alabama Shakes have lined up a string of North American tour dates for 2026. Brittany Howard and the band’s spring run includes multiple stops in Florida and a concluding two-night stint at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Denver, Colorado. Check out the new dates, plus their previously announced festival shows, European itinerary, and Zach Bryan support

Pooh Shiesty has shared his first song since being released from prison in October. The TP808-produced “FDO” is out now alongside a homecoming-themed music video directed by Cotto0verdidit. Watch it below. The Memphis rapper shouts out a number of contemporaries in the song’s sprawling, single verse, including Lil Wayne, former collaborator Lil Durk, and Kendrick

Alex G’s banner year will roll into 2026 as well, with the singer-songwriter hitting the road for a run of U.S. shows. Those dates follow a previously announced slot at Coachella along with a batch of overseas gigs in Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. You can check out the full itinerary below. This summer, Alex

The official trailer for The Moment, the new A24 movie starring and conceived by Charli XCX, is here. Following last month’s teaser, the trailer further explores the movie’s light satire of the Brat era, in which Charli clings to reason amid a whirlwind of bad advice and unscrupulous interlopers. Among them are a goofball live-show

Billie Eilish has shared the trailer for the concert film she made with director James Cameron while touring her last album, 2024’s Hit Me Hard and Soft. “No one’s shot a concert film on this scale before,” Cameron says in the clip, which cuts together footage of Eilish both on- and off-stage. “We’re using tech

A series of uncredited King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard covers have been removed from Spotify after gaining traction through the platform’s algorithms and recommendation engines, Futurism reports. Apparently generated by artificial intelligence, the songs were uploaded to an artist page called King Lizard Wizard and appeared in users’ Release Radars before the platform took

PinkPantheress will run back her An Evening with PinkPantheress tour next year. The fresh batch of dates—supporting her acclaimed 2025 mixtape Fancy That? and its remixed sequel—kick off in Mexico City in April before heading to the States for Coachella. A full list of stops is below. Read: The 50 Best Songs of 2025 PinkPantheress:

PUP are immortalizing their recent Megacity Madness tour with a live album, video documentary, and 196-page zine dubbed the Megacity MegaZine. The bumper crop of archival material is drawn from the Toronto band’s six-show stint behind the May album Who Will Look After The Dogs?, which took them to successively bigger hometown venues—each with a

A silver lining for missing Rilo Kiley‘s reunion shows: You’ll have one more chance to see them next year, when the quartet hits the road for select dates in North America and Europe. You can check out the full slate below. The announcement follows a busy year for the band—Jenny Lewis, Blake Sennett, Pierre de

Bob Dylan has once again extended his Rough and Rowdy Ways tour, adding a new batch of dates behind the 2020 album that will take him across the United States in the spring. Kicking off in Omaha, Nebraska, in March, the run takes in more than two dozen theaters, arenas, and auditoriums before wrapping in

Dijon was last night’s (December 6) Saturday Night Live musical guest. He sang “Higher!” and “Another Baby!”, both songs from his new album Baby, accompanied by a 12-person band that included Amber Coffman, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, and Nick Hakim. Watch those performances below. Saturday Night Live’s 51st season has featured performances from Doja Cat,