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Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker has announced a new instrument called Orchid. Conceived by the producer extraordinaire over a decade ago, and developed by Telepathic Instruments, Orchid is an “advanced chord generating hardware synthesizer” that was made with both longtime songwriters and new musicians alike in mind. Watch a trailer that showcases the range of abilities

Drake’s Frozen Moments LLC has issued a new legal filing in Manhattan court, accusing Universal Music Group and Spotify of “illegally” boosting streams of Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy-nominated diss track “Not Like Us” by allegedly using bots, undisclosed payments, and biased recommendations, according to court documents viewed by Pitchfork. “UMG did not rely on chance, or

Lana Del Rey has announced a 2025 tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland. She’ll perform at major football stadiums, like Glasgow’s Hampden Park, Dublin’s Aviva Stadium, London’s Wembley Stadium, and Liverpool’s Anfield. (That last one might be a little more special for Del Rey.) The shows will follow her April performance at California’s Stagecoach

Do you wish Brat Summer would never end? Charli XCX is here to help. The British pop singer has announced a short run of arena dates that take place, in the United States, in the spring. She’ll perform in Austin, Texas; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Rosemont, Illinois; and Brooklyn, New York. See all of Charli XCX’s upcoming

Daniel Blumberg scored Brady Corbet’s new A24 movie The Brutalist, and he’s now sharing the details of his soundtrack album. The Brutalist soundtrack is out December 13 via Milan Records. Leading the 32-song release are three “Overture” tracks. Listen to the new songs below. In a statement about the “Overture” songs, Blumberg said: “Brady and

With basically no warning, Kendrick Lamar released his new album, GNX, on Friday, and he caught everybody’s attention from the jump. On the album’s first song, “Wacced Out Murals,” Lamar mentions three veteran rappers by name, and each has responded to the name-checks, as Stereogum notes. First, Lamar raps, “Used to bump Tha Carter III,

Elsewhere, Lamar has soundtracked a Chanel short film, played a Pop Out concert in Inglewood, California, and kept his and Dave Free’s pgLang enterprise ticking along, dropping a bespoke phone last year. He also reunited with Baby Keem for “The Hillbillies,” in late 2023, and adopted the title to headline Camp Flog Gnaw. Released in

Kanye West has been sued by a woman who claims that he sexually assaulted her during a music video shoot in 2010. The woman, a model named Jenifer “Jenn” An, filed her lawsuit today (November 22) in a New York federal court. She is suing West and co-defendants Universal Music Group and Stink Digital USA

TV on the Radio performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night, playing the 2004 Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes cut “Staring at the Sun.” Watch their intense performance below. TV on the Radio recently reissued Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes for its 20th anniversary. The band is gearing up to play reunion

Jussie Smollett, the former Empire actor who was convicted, in 2021, of staging a hate crime on himself in 2019, has had that conviction overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court. The court ruled that, since Smollett had negotiated an agreement when similar charges were filed in 2019, prosecutors violated due process by trying him again

Omar Apollo, a star of Luca Guadagnino’s new A24 film Queer, has shared a song from the movie produced by Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. The “Te Maldigo” video, directed by Guadagnino, features Apollo in character. Watch it below. Reznor and Ross composed the score for the film, which is based on

The lineup for the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is here, and it confirms that Post Malone is among the headliners. He’ll perform a career-spanning set on the two Sundays (April 13 and 20). Before he takes the stage, Lady Gaga will headline on the Friday nights (April 11 and 18), Green Day

Kacey Musgraves returned to The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on Monday night (November 18), performing her Deeper Well song “Arm’s Length.” On the episode aired the following night, she sat down with Colbert to discuss her friendship with John Prine, as well as her album’s aesthetic, which she has described as “soft nature cottage

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are compiling some of their lesser-known tracks on a new album. The B-Sides compilation Perfect Right Now: A Slumberland Collection 2008-2010 is out February 7. Take a look at the tracklist, and revisit the music video for 2010’s “Say No to Love,” below. “Many of these songs, like

Sabrina Carpenter is partnering with Netflix for a new special event titled A Nonsense Christmas. Premiering December 6, it includes musical duets with Chappell Roan, Kali Uchis, Tyla, and Shania Twain, as well as a star-studded cast making appearances throughout, ranging from Quinta Brunson as Ghost of Present to Sean Astin dressed up as Santa

On the heels of releasing his new album, King of the Mischievous South, Denzel Curry has announced he’s going on an extensive 2025 tour. Dubbed the Mischievous South World Tour, it brings the Miami rapper across Australia, North America, and Europe for most of next year. Slated to open are 454, Kenny Mason, and Clip.

Beyoncé’s first performance since releasing Cowboy Carter will be available to watch for anyone with a Netflix subscription. The singer announced she’s playing the halftime show at the NFL’s Christmas Day game, at NRG Stadium, in her hometown of Houston, Texas. The game, which is between the Houston Texans and the Baltimore Ravens, will be

Godspeed You! Black Emperor is postponing the remaining U.S. stops of their 2024 North American tour, according to a statement posted to the Constellation Records Instagram page. Earlier this month, the Canadian post-rock group cancelled dates in Nashville, Knoxville, Atlanta, citing a “band health situation.” The postponement includes tonight’s show in Saxapahaw, NC, plus Washington,

Shabaka has enlisted rapper billy woods for a new song called “Timepieces.” It serves as the opening song on the jazz musician’s Possession EP, which features further contributions from woods’ Armand Hammer bandmate, Elucid, Esperanza Spalding, South African jazz musician Nduduzo Makhathini, Brandee Younger, Carlos Niño, and Jason Moran. Listen to “Timepieces” below. The Possession

Ty Segall’s got another new band: Freckle, a duo with Color Green guitarist and singer Corey Madden. Freckle will release their self-titled debut on January 31 via Segall’s Drag City imprint, God? Below, listen to Freckle’s first single, “Taraval.” Segall, who released the solo album Three Bells earlier this year, has been in a lot

Hole’s Melissa Auf der Maur also contributes to the new recording of the 1970 song Originally Posted Here

Lil Durk has pleaded not guilty to federal criminal charges related to an alleged murder-for-hire plot, Rolling Stone reports. He is tentatively due to stand trial, in California, on Tuesday, January 7, 2025. Durk, who is in federal custody, in Los Angeles, has also delayed the release of his new album, Deep Thoughts, which had

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Jack White has announced a global headlining tour in support of his new album, No Name. The No Name Tour will officially kick off on December 1 with a performance at the Clockenflap Music & Arts Festival, in Hong Kong, and continue through May 2025. Along the way, White will make stops in Australia, Canada,

Note: This article contains descriptions of alleged violence that some readers may find disturbing. Jaydes, the 18-year-old underground rapper from Florida, was arrested this past weekend on a charge of attempted murder. According to an affidavit, obtained by Pitchfork, Jaydes stabbed a woman who “was not taking on his sexual advances to her.” He is

HBO is gearing up to release a new documentary as part of its Music Box film series. The cheekily titled Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary is out November 29. It chronicles the rise of soft-rock in the 1970s and its unlikely reevaluation over the past decade, with additional profiles of key artists from the genre, such

Björk and the French artist Aleph have collaborated on an immersive, AI sound piece that recreates extinct animal calls, set to run at the Pompidou Centre in Paris from November 20 until December 9. It will play as visitors travel on escalators in the art museum, as part of its “Biodiversity: Which culture for which

St. Vincent has shared another song from Todos Nacen Gritando, her forthcoming Spanish-language remake of All Born Screaming. The new single, “El Mero Cero,” is a new version of “Big Time Nothing.” Hear it below. St. Vincent has also announced new April tour dates that feature support from Glass Beams and Wallice. They’ll follow newly

Julia Holter has shared a new song. “The Laugh Is in the Eyes” is a holdover from the sessions for Holter’s 2024 LP, Something in the Room She Moves, and takes its title from a lyric on that album’s “Spinning.” Listen to the new track below. Holter made “The Laugh Is in the Eyes” with

Ella Jenkins, the prolific musician, educator, and entertainer known as the “First Lady of Children’s Folk Song,” has died. Smithsonian Folkways, the label that released all 39 of Jenkins’ albums during her lifetime, confirmed the news in a statement posted to Instagram, sharing that she died “peacefully” at her longtime Chicago, Illinois, home. She was