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The Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony took place today (July 26), and it featured a performance from Lady Gaga, who sang “Mon truc en plumes.” See photos of her performance on the Seine below, and find footage on YouTube and X. Later, Gojira became the first metal band to play an Olympic opening ceremony. They

Klein continues a string of low-key, boundary-pushing compositions with Marked, an eerie suite that glides between ambient drone, dinner-party jazz, doom metal, and broken hip-hop beats as if through a haunted house of the avant-garde. Its dissociative collage of searing noise and alienated vocal snippets feels at once like commentary and escapism, equally suited to

Veeze has announced a North American tour that he’s calling the Worst Tour Ever. Joining him on the road are Concrete Boys’ Karrahbooo, Florida rapper Wizz Havinn, and “Yea Yea” artist Star Bandz. See Veeze’s tour dates below. Veeze released his album Ganger last year, and he’s more recently dropped the single “Pop Yo Shit.”

The Mercury Prize has announced its 2024 nominees. The panel’s selections for the best British or Irish album of the year include Charli XCX, Beth Gibbons, Nia Archives, Berwyn, the Last Dinner Party, Barry Can’t Swim, Corinne Bailey Rae, and Ghetts, among others. Check out the full shortlist below. The winner will be announced in

Cher has revealed that the first part of her memoir will arrive on November 19. Cher: The Memoir, Part One will be released via Dey Street Books, and the publisher has revealed the cover, which features a vintage black-and-white photo of Cher with her signature black bangs and cat-eye makeup. Check it out below. Part

Years in the making, the first official teaser trailer for the new Bob Dylan movie A Complete Unknown is finally here. The clip showcases Timothée Chalamet as Dylan, and, as promised, he does his own singing, taking on the 1960s classic “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall.” The teaser also features Monica Barbaro, as Joan Baez,

Snoop Dogg will be an Olympic torchbearer, carrying the flame for its final stretch before Friday’s opening ceremony. He will bear the Olympic torch through the northern Paris suburb Saint-Denis, the town’s mayor, Mathieu Hanotin, posted on X. Also bearing the torch that day are French actress Laetitia Casta, French rapper MC Solaar, and Ukrainian

Pavements, Alex Ross Perry’s hybrid biopic and offbeat documentary on Pavement, will premiere at this year’s Venice Film Festival. The festival runs from August 28 to September 7, though an exact premiere date has not yet been announced; Pavements will play in the Orrizonti (Horizons) competition section. As well as the band members, stars include

Four Tops singer Duke Fakir, the last surviving member of the legendary Motown vocal quartet, has died, reports Detroit Free Press. Fakir co-founded Four Tops in 1953 when he was just 18 years old and performed live with the group for his entire life. Following the death of his bandmates over the years, Fakir assembled

Alanis Morissette headlined the third and final night of Pitchfork Music Festival 2024. During her set, she brought out some surprise guests to do her Jagged Little Pill hit “Ironic,” the pop trio Muna. Watch footage of the performance below. Muna had a set of their own earlier on Sunday at Pitchfork Music Festival. They

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings: 07-23 South Burlington, VT – Higher Ground07-24 Northampton, MA – Iron Horse Music Hall07-25 Northampton, MA – Iron Horse Music Hall07-27 Newport, RI – Newport Folk Festival09-04 Bowling Green, KY – Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center09-05 Bloomington, IN – The Bluebird09-06 Evanston, IL – Cahn Auditorium09-08 Madison, WI – The

I have been composing my whole life, although I didn’t know initially that was what I was doing. The inspiration for ‘A Ballet Through Mud’ comes from my earliest creative output as a teenager, but its themes are universal—love, exploration, and adventure. I hope people use it to score their own lives, to transform a

The Smashing Pumpkins are releasing a new album, Aghori Mhori Mei, on Friday, August 2. The follow-up to last year’s 33-song Atum spans just 10 tracks. See the tracklist and album cover below. Aghori Mhori Mei is the first Smashing Pumpkins album since the departure, in the autumn of 2023, of longtime guitarist Jeff Schroeder.

Jónsi has announced a new album, First Light. The Sigur Rós singer and composer has shared a pair of songs, “Flicker” and “Cherry Blossom,” ahead of the record’s August 30 release. For the record, which he initially conceived as a video game score, Jónsi partnered with the music and wellness platform Myndstream, who will release

New Orleans rapper Rob49 and Cardi B have come together for the new song “On Dat Money.” The single is produced by LunchMoney Lewis and Schife, and George Buford, Frederick Buford, and DirectedByFrankie directed its accompany music video, which you can find below. In a press release, Rob49 said, “I’ve been grinding hard all summer,

With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s batch includes new projects from Childish Gambino, Los Campesinos!, Lava La Rue, Denzel Curry, Total Blue, JT, Blk

Oso Oso, the emo and power pop band led by Jade Lilitri, have announced a new album; Life Till Bones comes out mere weeks from today on August 9 via the band’s own label, Yunahon Entertainment LLC. They’re sharing a new song called “That’s What Time Does” today, which is technically the second track from

The 2024 Emmy Awards will air Sunday, September 15, on ABC, and, today, the nominations have been announced. The awards honor the best TV series, actors, writers, and directors of the past year, as well as various technical achievements. Donald Glover earned two nods for his work on Mr. & Mrs. Smith: Outstanding Lead Actor