Denzel Curry has released a new song featuring Atlanta artist Tommy Swisher. It’s called “I’m Just Sayin Tho.” Curry shared the song “just because we need music and happiness at a time like this,” as Curry wrote on his YouTube page. “Enjoy,” he added. “I love you.” Listen to “I’m Just Sayin Tho” below. Back
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Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard and Hayden Thorpe (formerly of Wild Beasts) have shared a new collaborative single. It’s called “Unknown Song” and it marks the first time the two UK musicians have worked together. “We are in the midst of a crisis but gaining that new appreciation of dancing together is a small positive that
Christine and the Queens’ Héloïse Letissier appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Thursday night (May 7), performing “People, I’ve been sad” from home. Watch it happen below. During her time in isolation, Letissier has still maintained an active performance schedule, appearing on the One World: Together at Home broadcast and covering the likes
Something happens in the streets of a large city. It’s its own ecosystem of sounds and assembly lines of people, day-in, day-out. It’s one thing to capture that sound, it’s another thing to infuse the listener into its world. Rapper extraordinaire Shemie Rozay’s “City Drop” takes the listener deep into an atmosphere of persistence and
“Hold me close when the hour nears / Close the curtain before you fade / Tonight… It’s Alright…” croons a cryptic voice from behind a haze of string play in “South of Yesterday,” one of the four songs on Izzie’s Caravan’s new EP Zephyrs. A follow-up to 2019’s Leo’s Guitar, Zephyrs is by far the more melodic and poetic
Soccer Mommy was supposed to be touring right now, but those plans were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, she’s shared a series of videos for her song “crawling in my skin” that offer 8-bit renderings of what it might’ve looked like for her to tour through Minneapolis, Chicago, Seattle, Toronto, and Austin. Watch
Randy Newman stopped by the Late Show with Stephen Colbert and performed his public service announcement song “Stay Away.” “People are saying it’s the greatest song ever written or that they’ve heard,” he said. “A lot of people are saying it. I’m not—it’s they who are saying it.” Check it out below. “Everybody stay safe,”
Despite coming up through one of the most competitive ages in the history of popular music, the New England-based Ilyah has a lot to be proud of at this stage of his career. He’s dropped marvelous singles in “Come Get It,” awesome videos in “The Only One,” “Miscommunication” and “Girls Like You,” all in addition
Squid has shared a new video for their song “Sludge.” It comprises crowdsourced 360º footage from their fans stuck in isolation. Check it out below. The band shared a statement about the process: “After looking through all the videos it was really interesting to see how spatially different everyone’s situation is but how they’re all
Lady Gaga has revealed the new release date for her album Chromatica. The record had been slated to arrive on April 10, but was delayed due to COVID-19. Chromatica will now be released on May 29 (via Interscope). Chromatica follows 2016’s Joanne and the 2018 soundtrack to A Star Is Born. The new record is
Chicago rapper Polo G has announced his next album. It’s called The Goat, and it’s out May 15 via Columbia. The new album follows his breakout debut Die a Legend, which came out last year. The album features his previously released singles “DND,” which arrived with a new music video last month, and “Go Stupid.”
TempleLive in Fort Smith, Arkansas has announced that Bishop Gunn frontman Travis McCready will perform at the venue on May 15. The concert is likely to be the first live concert performed to an audience in the U.S. since the spread of the novel coronavirus decimated the touring industry as large gatherings across the country
Lady Gaga (Stuart C. Wilson/Getty) Lady Gaga is taking some time out of her day to help students who have been robbed of a proper graduation to celebrate their achievements. The coronavirus pandemic has seen many major events cancelled and postponed in an effort to curb the spread of the virus – and among those
Mountain Man have shared a cover of Kacey Musgraves’ “Slow Burn,” off her 2018 record Golden Hour. “We are all huge fans of Kacey Musgraves,” the folk trio said in a statement. “‘Slow Burn’ embodies the magic of the unfolding of life, the power of being present and patient and knowing that sometimes things just
Mick Jagger appeared in a segment during tonight’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. During the fake BBC clip called “Global News,” a British announcer narrated as Jagger did a number of chores such as fixing his car, gardening, herding sheep, cooking dinner, and more. Check out the old-timey visual below. The Rolling
Experimental artist Holly Herndon and collaborator Mat Dryhurst have launched a new podcast together. It’s called “Interdependence,” and you can access and support the project through Patreon. “We will publish conversations with good people at the forefront of music, technology and policy from our studio in Berlin,” Herndon and Dryhurst wrote on their Pateron page.
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
Gorillaz have shared the latest single in their ongoing Song Machine series. The new song is called “How Far?” and features Skepta as well as Tony Allen, the late drummer and Afrobeat pioneer who passed away earlier this week. “The track was written and recorded with Skepta in London just before lockdown and is being