Music

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 albums from NxWorries, Normani, the Decemberists, Zsela, This Is Lorelei, Cola, Sideshow, and Fana Hues.

It took 52 years and an eight-hour docuseries to confirm that the recording sessions for the Beatles’ Let It Be weren’t exactly the miserable, band-killing ordeals that the namesake 1970 documentary had made them out to be. But long before Peter Jackson put a feel-good spin on the Beatles’ dying days in Get Back, Paul

Pitchfork writer Alphonse Pierre’s rap column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, Instagram freestyles, memes, weird tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention. Last week, we got the trailer for Piece by Piece, a quasi-documentary that tells the story of Pharrell Williams’ life in the form of a… Lego movie. That’s right. The Lego Group is

Mere hours after telling CBS Mornings it would take “a comet” for them to perform together again, R.E.M. did just that. Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck, and Bill Berry took the stage for the first time in 15 years at the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Marriot Marquis Hotel in New

Wu-Tang Clan’s one-of-a-kind album, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, has been in the news a lot lately. First, in late May, it was announced that it would be played publicly at an exhibition at Australia’s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA). The exhibition runs from June 15-24. Then, the album’s owner, digital art

Tems was born in candlelight. “There was no electricity when my mom gave birth to me,” she told NPR. “It was night in my life for so long that, like, I just thought it was never coming.” Twenty-eight years later, the Grammy-winning Nigerian artist finds herself in the glare of the global spotlight. Born in

Riot Fest, the longtime Chicago music festival that focuses on punk and rock, is moving to Bridgeview, Illinois, and has unveiled its 2024 lineup. Pavement, Beck, Fall Out Boy, and Slayer will headline. The festival takes place at SeatGeek Stadium from September 20-22. Check out the poster below. The 2024 lineup also includes St. Vincent,

Françoise Hardy, the icon of French pop who rose to fame in the 1960s yé-yé scene before branching further afield, has died after a long battle with illness, BBC News reports. “Maman est partie” (meaning, in English, “mum is gone”) her son, Thomas Dutronc, wrote on Instagram. Hardy was 80 years old. Born in 1944,

PleasrDAO, the digital art collective that owns the one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, has sued the album’s previous owner, disgraced former pharmaceutical executive, Martin Shkreli, for copying the album and playing it for online audiences without permission. In its lawsuit—filed on June 10 in a Brooklyn federal court and viewed

Berwyn has announced his debut studio album. The Romford-raised artist will release Who Am I on July 12 (via Columbia). Below, watch the new video for “Dear Immigration.” Who Am I includes Berwyn’s recent songs “Neighbours” and “I Am Black.” The album follows the Demotape/Vega and Tape 2/Fomalhaut mixtapes, the former of which made the

Fucked Up have announced a new album, Another Day, and a tour of North America and Europe. Check out the tracklist, artwork, and tour dates below, along with a single, “Stimming,” and its hyperactive video. Guests on the One Day follow-up include Sam Bielanski, Pretty Matty, Charlie Manning Walker, Holden Abraham, D. Franklan, and Danko

Three days after Charli XCX released her new album Brat, the English pop star has unveiled a deluxe edition of the LP. Brat and It’s the Same But There’s Three More Songs So It’s Not features three new tracks and is out now. “Hello Goodbye” was produced by A. G. Cook; “Guess” was both produced

There’s an unsettling undertone to Goat Girl’s third album, Below the Waste, that’s not unlike taking a shortcut through the shadowy alley: slightly dangerous, a little thrilling, and something that’ll heighten your senses. The south London trio confidently strides through alt-rock with mathy guitar bridges, electronica outros, and noisy beats, sacrificing what works on paper

Cults: 08-01 Millvale, PA – Mr Smalls Theatre08-02 Grand Rapids, MI – The Pyramid Scheme08-03 Chicago, IL – Outset08-04 Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza08-06 Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line08-07 Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room08-09 Denver, CO – Marquis Theater08-10 Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Music Hall08-12 Seattle, WA – The Crocodile08-13 Portland, OR –

Ween have announced a deluxe reissue of Chocolate and Cheese to celebrate the 1994 album’s 30th anniversary. The new edition includes a remastered version of the original album, outtakes, and previously unreleased demos. Below, find a previously unreleased version of “Junkie Boy.” Audio engineer Bernie Grundman remastered Chocolate and Cheese, and he also mastered the

Ariana Grande has released a new music video for her Eternal Sunshine cut “The Boy Is Mine.” Directed by Christian Breslauer, the clip shows Grande tuning in for a TV press conference from the city’s mayor, played by Gossip Girl and You actor Penn Badgley, and concocting a love potion in her kitchen to win

Former Daft Punk musician Thomas Bangalter worked with artist JR and choreographer Damien Jallet on the new dance performance Chiroptera, which features 154 dancers and takes place on multiple floors. It debuted in the Paris Opera House’s forecourt last November. Now, over half a year later, Bangalter’s soundtrack for that performance is finally out, and

Omar Apollo has announced a tour in support of his forthcoming new album, God Said No. The tour kicks off in Australia in July, and Apollo will return to North America in August for concerts in the United States and Canada. See his schedule below. Apollo will release God Said No on June 28. Below,