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Posthumous Johnny Cash Album Songwriter Announced, New Song “Well Alright” Shared: Listen

A new posthumous album of previously unreleased material by Johnny Cash has been announced: Songwriter is due June 28 (via Mercury Nashville/UMe). Centered around original demos that Cash recorded in 1993 between contracts, the album strips down those recordings to just the country legend’s vocals and acoustic guitar, and then invites the musicians with whom […]

Kronos Quartet Enlist Laurie Anderson, Armand Hammer, Jlin, and More for New Sun Ra Tribute Album

AIDS-awareness nonprofit Red Hot has announced another new tribute album honoring Sun Ra. Outer Spaceways Incorporated – Kronos Quartet & Friends Meet Sun Ra, out June 21, is the fourth volume in the label’s Red Hot & Ra series. Listen to two songs from it, a reimagining of Sun Ra’s “Daddy’s Gonna Tell You No […]

Ken Carson Announces 2024 World Tour

Ken Carson has announced the 2024 Chaos World Tour, an extensive run of dates that will bring the Atlanta rapper across North America and Europe. He’s hitting the road in support of his new album, A Great Chaos, which came out last October. Find the complete list of tour dates below. The 2024 Chaos World […]

Coachella Announces Dates for 2025 Festival

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has announced the dates for its 2025 edition. The festival will return to the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, for the weekends of April 11-13 and April 18-20. Advance ticket sales will begin next Friday, May 3. This year’s Coachella, which took place during the weekends of […]

Kid Cudi Breaks Foot After Jumping Offstage at Coachella 2024

Kid Cudi was a last-minute addition to the second weekend of the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, performing a set at the Sahara tent yesterday (April 21). Unfortunately, he had to cut his set short after he leapt from the stage and broke his foot. Cudi addressed the incident on X later in […]

Thom Yorke Releases New Songs From His Confidenza Score: Listen

Thom Yorke has shared two new songs from his score for Daniele Luchetti’s drama Confidenza. The Radiohead and the Smile frontperson will release the score digitally through XL on April 26, with vinyl and CD coming on July 12. Watch the “Knife Edge” video, made with excerpts from the film, and a visualizer for “Prize […]

Taylor Swift, Thom Yorke, Cassandra Jenkins, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist

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 […]

Pitchfork London and Paris 2024 Announce First Wave of Artists

Pitchfork is happy to announce the return of Pitchfork Music Festival London and Pitchfork Music Festival Paris. The London event will take place November 5-10, with performances from Tierra Whack, Arooj Aftab, CASISDEAD, Sega Bodega, Kae Tempest, Empress Of, Billy Woods, Moor Mother, Chanel Beads, Drugdealer, Snow Strippers, Shame, Marika Hackman, Pom Pom Squad, Friko, […]

Cher, A Tribe Called Quest, and Dave Matthews Band Inducted Into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2024

Cher, A Tribe Called Quest, Dave Matthews Band, and Mary J. Blige are all getting inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2024. The other performer inductees are Ozzy Osbourne, Kool & The Gang, Peter Frampton, and Foreigner. This year’s Musical Influence Award goes to Alexis Korner, […]

Drake Taunts Kendrick Lamar Again on Diss Song With AI 2Pac and Snoop Dogg Verses

Yesterday (April 19), Drake officially released the new song “Push Ups,” his response to Kendrick Lamar’s pointed verse on the chart-topping “Like That.” He’s followed it up with another Lamar taunt, “Taylor Made Freestyle.” The track, shared on social media, opens with verses made to sound like 2Pac and Snoop Dogg. A third verse comes […]

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