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Childish Gambino has joined forces with Amaarae and Jorja Smith for a new song, “In the Night.” It is the latest from Donald Glover’s new album, Bando Stone & the New World, billed as Childish Gambino’s last. Listen to the new song—co-produced by Glover, DJ Dahi, and Kurtis McKenzie—below. Bando Stone & the New World,

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville, who was overseeing the racketeering and gang conspiracy trial against Young Thug and five associates in Atlanta, Georgia, has been recused from the case, reports The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Lawyers for defendants Young Thug and Deamonte Kendrick filed motions claiming that Glanville held a secret meeting with prosecutors and

Eminem has released his new album The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce). Having previewed his first album since 2020 with “Houdini” and “Tobey,” the Detroit rapper has delivered a concept album about his career milestones and controversies. Listen below. The concept record, Eminem said, concerns the last bow of his alter ego, Slim

Jessica Pratt made her late-night television debut on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. The Los Angeles–based singer and songwriter played “Life Is,” the first single from her recent album Here in the Pitch. Watch Pratt and her band perform on the Colbert stage below. Pratt is currently on tour behind Here in the Pitch,

LL Cool J has announced his first new studio album since 2013’s Authentic. The new album, The FORCE (“Frequencies of Real Creative Energy”), is out September 6 via Def Jam Recordings and Virgin Music Group. Guests on the album include Rick Ross and Fat Joe (on recent single “Saturday Night Special”), as well as Eminem,

Tame Impala are back… with a line of A.P.C. clothing. Kevin Parker has brought a capsule of “psychedelic minimalism” to the Parisian fashion brand, whose founder, Jean Touitou, has been a fan since a tip-off from his daughter. “It struck me as a synthesis of everything I’ve liked since the 1960s, from Soft Machine to

The Smile are canceling an August tour of Europe after Jonny Greenwood was recently hospitalized. “A few days ago, Jonny became seriously ill from an infection that needed emergency hospital treatment, some of it in intensive care,” the band shared. “Mercifully he is now out of danger and will soon return home.” See the Smile’s

In 2022, DaBaby was charged with felony battery and accused of sucker-punching a Los Angeles County rental property owner during an unauthorized music video shoot. The rapper has now agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor simple battery, TMZ reports and Pitchfork can confirm. As a result of the plea deal, DaBaby has also been sentenced

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 Johnny Blue Skies, Clairo, Cassandra Jenkins, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Remi Wolf, Brijean, Tink,

Katy Perry will release a new album, 143, on September 20 via Capitol. It will mark the pop artist’s first studio album since August 2020’s Smile. In a press statement about her new album, Perry said, “I set out to create a bold, exuberant, celebratory dance-pop album with the symbolic 143 numerical expression of love

Chicago indie-rock and folk musician Tasha has announced a new album. Her third LP is titled All This and So Much More and arrives September 20 via Bayonet. Today, she’s sharing the lead single “The Beginning,” which comes with a music video directed by none other than Tomberlin. In the clip, Tasha goes for a

Over the course of nine months, I had happily prepared myself for the fact that my life as a songwriter would be put on hold while I adjusted to life as a new parent. How delighted then was I to discover that for the first few months of a baby’s life, you can bounce them

Moses Sumney has announced a new EP. His first new record in three years is titled Sophcore and arrives August 2 via his label Tuntum. The indie rock singer-songwriter has also shared the new song “Gold Coast,” which you can listen to below. Sophcore is fifth EP of Sumney’s career, following 2018’s Black in Deep

Christian Lee Hutson is coming back, on September 27, with the new album Paradise Pop. 10. The California singer-songwriter co-produced his Quitters follow-up with longtime collaborators Phoebe Bridgers, Marshall Vore, and Joseph Lorge. Watch the new video for lead single “After Hours” below. Hutson recorded Paradise Pop. 10 at Brooklyn’s Figure 8, enlisting Bridgers, Katy

Prince’s former business advisors L. Londell McMillan and Charles Spicer Jr. have won a key ruling in their ongoing estate lawsuit against several of the late artist’s heirs, reports Billboard. McMillan and Spicer are currently managers of Prince Legacy LLC, the estate management holding company they co-created with several of Prince’s legal heirs, but several

Jessie Ware and the xx’s Romy have shared a new song together. “Lift You Up,” produced by Stuart Price, is the first collaboration between the British artists. The two also premiered the track onstage at Glastonbury. Check out the new song, plus footage of the Glastonbury performance, below. Romy previously worked with Ware on the

Sault, the elusive UK collective, have released a new surprise album. Titled Acts of Faith, their 11th LP is out now via Forever Living Originals and is available to download for free as a .wav file through a WeTransfer link that the group shared online. It’s one 32-minute track that’s produced by Inflo. This past