Hip-hop has evolved a lot since its earliest transmissions, but in the past ten years, it’s come into a new creative era that no one could have seen coming. At the forefront of this new chapter in the history books we find a generation of indie players that aren’t particularly interested in what the status
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Oh Boy Records, the independent, family-run record label started by John Prine and his longtime manager Al Bunetta, is getting a new documentary. The film celebrates the label’s 40th anniversary, and includes archival footage of John Prine as well as interviews with Todd Snider, Prine’s wife and Oh Boy president Fiona Whelan Prine, members of
Give us your top 3 songs you’re listening to right now for some music inspiration? The music I listen to is often different from the songs I write, but I’ve been obsessed with a band from the UK called IDLES for the last year or so. Their new album is great, but I like
Big Tech companies’ business models are based in surveillance, and they’re fundamentally incompatible with basic human rights and democracy. Spotify likes to present itself as hip and progressive and friendly to artists, but its profit model is based on harvesting our data, monitoring emotions, and using our behavioral profiles to enrich advertisers. The company recently filed a
Ascension, the first posthumous release from the late South Bronx rapper Fred the Godson, is here. Released today (February 22) on his birthday via R1CMG, the new album also coincides with the naming ceremony for Frederick ‘Fred the Godson’ Thomas Avenue in the South Bronx. The new LP follows 2020’s Payback, released a month before
It was made between tours for Causers [of This] over the course of about [two] months. I’d never really consciously recorded a record. Causers was a bunch of demos that I sort of just whipped together. But, Underneath the Pine was a bit more conceptual in that I wanted to keep it all natural and
Daft Punk, the Parisian duo responsible for some of the most popular dance and pop songs of all time, have split. They broke the news with an 8-minute video titled “Epilogue,” excerpted from their 2006 film Electroma. Asked if Daft Punk were no more, their longtime publicist Kathryn Frazier confirmed the news to Pitchfork but
Charlotte, North Carolina rapper Mavi has released a new EP titled End of the Earth. It features five new songs that deal with themes of gun violence in Mavi’s hometown, the awkward stages of growth, success, and more. Check it out below. “End Of the earth is about humanity exhausting the home that doubles as
Matt Berninger of the National has shared a new song called “Let It Be.” The track, which is not a Beatles cover, will appear on the deluxe edition of Berninger’s debut solo album Serpentine Prison. Find the “Let It Be” lyric video below. The deluxe Serpentine Prison is out digitally on March 12. In addition
Spice Girls legend Mel C has said that she used to “wish she was a lesbian” and that she feels “very much a part” of the LGBT+ community. The singer faced persistent speculation in the early years of her career that she was secretly a lesbian – and she has now told Closer magazine that she didn’t
Bad Bunny was the musical guest on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live. Rosalía joined him first for “La Noche de Anoche,” and he returned for “Te Deseo lo Mejor.” He brought the 24/7 Championship belt he won on WWE’s Raw earlier in the week to the stage with him during the second song.
Bad Trip, the comedy movie starring Eric André, Tiffany Haddish, and Lil Rel Howery, has gotten another new release date. After some pandemic-related delays, the movie will get released on Netflix on March 26. Watch a new teaser for the film below. Bad Trip, directed by Kitao Sakurai, follows André and Lil Rel Howery as
Tainy and Miguel have come together for the single “Sunbathe.” The track arrives with a video directed by Munachi Osegbu. Watch below (via Rolling Stone). “We made this song in Miami, it was raining, and I was thinking of home,” Miguel said, according to RS. Tainy recently produced Selena Gomez and Rauw Alejandro’s “Baila Conmigo.”
De La Soul are the stars of a new episode of the Cartoon Network show Teen Titans Go!. The legendary rap trio fights a tentacled monster who steals their music, attacking it with a bazooka that amplifies Trugoy’s voice to send out powerful sound waves. The band and superhero squad spend the rest of the
Kim Kardashian West has filed for a divorce from Kanye West, TMZ and The Associated Press report. According to TMZ, the divorce is “as amicable as a divorce can be.” Pitchfork has reached out to representatives for Kanye West and the office of Kim Kardashian’s attorney Laura Wasser. In July 2020, West suggested he wanted
Adult contemporary Singer/Songwriter, John McDonough, has taken the leap, and achieved a significant personal goal. After 8 previous studio albums, he has laid the final touches, on an exclusively acoustic record. The optimistically titled, Second Chances, will be available in March of 2021, via presumably all streaming platforms. Boasting ten tracks, and a raw, emotionally
Go Time has reached something of a landmark, by releasing their latest studio album, the ambiguously titled, Eight Ball. The Chicago natives have created a signature sound, and it’s evident on the new record. Evolving out of a previous project, it took some time for the band to find the right lineup. Presently, Go Time
Loretta Lynn and Margo Price have recorded a new version of the title track from Lynn’s 1971 album, One’s on the Way. The duet appears on the country music legend’s new album, Still Woman Enough, her fiftieth solo record. It was recorded at the historic Cash Cabin Studio in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Below, listen to the