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Rick Ross has announced a new tour featuring 2 Chainz, T.I., Yo Gotti, Lil Kim, Jeezy, and Boosie Badazz. DJ Drama is slated as the official tour DJ for a majority of the dates. The Feed the Streetz Tour: Living Legendz Edition kicks off in Atlanta, Georgia on April 24 and stops in Houston, Brooklyn,

Kim Gordon has recently spent a lot of time supporting and canvassing for the Bernie Sanders campaign. Today, prior to Super Tuesday, she shared a new political ad titled “What’s Cooking America?” that features her explaining why she’s in favor of Sanders’ platform. After mixing up a bowl full of his campaign promises, she pours

Experimental composer Hildur Guðnadóttir has won the Hyundai Nordic Music Prize 2019 for her soundtrack to the HBO series Chernobyl. She took home the award over Pom Poko, Jenny Wilson, and others. Hildur follows previous Nordic Music Prize winners Robyn (2018), Susanne Sundfør (2017), and Jenny Hval (2016). Hildur Guðnadóttir had a breakout year in

Thom Yorke has announced that he’ll perform a rare acoustic solo set at the London festival All Points East. He’ll open for Massive Attack (who invited him to play) on Sunday, May 24. The set will features performances of Yorke’s solo work as well as some Radiohead songs. See the full lineup below. Yorke released

Los Angeles rap icons Public Enemy are parting ways with longtime member Flavor Flav. In a statement to Pitchfork, the group wrote: “Public Enemy and Public Enemy Radio will be moving forward without Flavor Flav. We thank him for his years of service and wish him well.” Flavor Flav was a member of Public Enemy

Lil Uzi Vert has shared a new track titled “That Way.” The song interpolates and seems to sample the Backstreet Boys hit “I Want It That Way.” Have a listen below. “That Way” is Uzi’s first new single since “Futsal Shuffle 2020.” Since releasing Luv Is Rage 2 in 2017, the rapper has appeared on

Drake has shared two new tracks, “When to Say When” and “Chicago Freestyle.” Check out the new video combining the two songs, which arrived by surprise Saturday night (February 29), below. On Christmas Eve 2019, Drake shared “War,” produced by UK drill producer AXL Beats. He’s recently released two singles with Future, hinting at a

Flavor Flav has issued a cease and desist over Public Enemy performing at a Bernie Sanders rally. The statement addressed, in part, “the unauthorized use of [Flavor Flav’s] likeness, image and trademarked clock in promotional materials circulated by the [Sanders] campaign.” Earlier this week, the Sanders campaign announced the rally in Los Angeles that would

Juicy J has shared a new diss track aimed at his record label Columbia, as Variety reports. “Fuk Columbia Records,” produced by the rapper himself, sees him criticize the label for trying to take credit for work that he did. The end of the track features a sample of Prince’s iconic acceptance speech from the

Bad Bunny has just released his new LP YHLQMDLG. The new 20-track album features his Sech collaboration “Ignorantes,” as well as guest appearances by Daddy Yankee, Duki, Jowel Y Randy, and more. Listen to YHLQMDLG below. According to a press release, YHLQMDLG stands for “Yo Hago Lo Que Me Da La Gana,” which means “I

In 2016, Brooklyn band Satorii filed a lawsuit asserting that Woody Guthrie’s iconic folk song “This Land Is Your Land” belongs in the public domain. Now, according to a report by The New York Times’ Ben Sisario, a federal judge has rejected the attempt to release the song from its copyright holders and free it

100 gecs have announced a world tour. Laura Les and Dylan Brady have dates across North America, Europe, and Australia this spring and summer. The trek includes stops at this year’s Coachella and Primavera Sound. Find those dates in the tour poster below and get tickets here. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made

Green Day have called off a string of March tour dates in Asia “due to the health + travel concerns with coronavirus.” The posted a statement announcing that their upcoming performances are postponed, which you can read it in full below. Green Day’s postponement came on the heels of BTS canceling a handful of April

David Byrne appears alongside John Mulaney and Saturday Night Live cast member Heidi Gardner in a promo for this week’s episode. Watch it below. Mulaney hosts the Leap Day episode of Saturday Night Live, and Byrne will be this week’s musical guest. Mulaney previously hosted SNL in March 2019 and April 2018. David Byrne’s American

The National have covered INXS’ “Never Tear Us Apart” for a new Australian bushfire relief compilation. Listen below. Australian songwriter and musician Julia Stone is spearheading the new Songs for Australia compilation, which comes out digitally on March 5 via BMG. The album will benefit those “who are working towards creating a better future for

Disclosure have shared another new song, their second single to be released this week. It’s called “Tondo” and it heavily samples the song “Tondoho Mba” by Cameroonian artist Eko Roosevelt. Listen below. “Over the past few years, we have been exploring more and more African genres of music,” the Lawrence brothers said in a press

Built to Spill have announced a U.S. tour. The dates will feature an all-new lineup joining frontman Doug Martsch, including bassist Melanie Radford and drummer Teresa Esguerra, as BrooklynVegan notes. The tour kicks off this spring in Portland and currently wraps up in Denver in August. Find the full itinerary below and buy tickets here.