Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke has been arrested for allegedly transporting a stolen vehicle across state lines, The New York Times reports. According to TMZ, Pop Smoke borrowed a black 2019 Rolls-Royce Wraith in November for a music video shoot in California. Pop Smoke reportedly brought the car to New York without permission and the owner
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Jhené Aiko has shared a brand new song. It’s called “P*$$Y FAIRY (OTW).” The new single marks Aiko’s first track of the year, and it arrives with an accompanying music video, featuring Aiko and a partner performing a choreographed dance for the song. Check it out below via Def Jam. In November of last year,
On “Unaccommodating,” the second track on his new album Music to Be Murdered By, Eminem alludes to the Manchester Arena bombing that killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert in 2017. He raps, “I’m contemplating yelling ‘bombs away’ on the game/Like I’m outside of an Ariana Grande concert waiting.” Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater
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 Mac Miller, 070 Shake, Keeley Forsyth, …And You Will Know Us by the
Eminem has just surprise released a new album called Music to Be Murdered By. Listen below. The new album features a verse from the late Juice WRLD as well as Black Thought, Q-Tip, Ed Sheeran, Young M.A, Anderson .Paak, and others. Dr. Dre is credited on production throughout. Eminem’s last album Kamikaze was similarly released
Richard Russell, the producer and musician who runs XL Recordings, has announced a new memoir about the three-decade history of the label. It’s called Liberation Through Hearing and it’s out April 2 via music book publishing house White Rabbit. The book is set to tell the story of Russell’s early years, his production work with
Margo Price is back with a new song. It’s called “Stone Me.” In addition to its release via Loma Vista, she performed it on last night’s episode of Full Frontal With Samantha Bee. It features the following chorus: “Love me, hate me, desecrate me/Call me a bitch then call me baby/You don’t know me, you
Misfits’ Glenn Danzig has shared the trailer for his new horror film Verotika. The film premiered at last year’s Cinepocalypse Festival in Chicago and is scheduled for VOD release via Cleopatra on February 25. Check out the trailer below. Danzig signed with Cleopatra in the summer of 2018, with the intent of filming an anthology
Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim have announced a new multi-camera sitcom for Adult Swim titled Beef House. According to a press release, the series is “about five men—Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, Ron Auster, Ben Hur, Tennessee Luke—and Eric’s wife Megan, living under one roof.” Tim’s character is “a laid-back rock-and-roll slacker,” and Eric’s is “a
You won’t find any of the inauthentic props that have become commonplace in pop music in the video for Andy Michaels’ new single “Darling It Hurts.” You also won’t find any false foundations, like synthetic harmonies or a badly recycled rhythm, in the song’s parent album, Incendiary Heart. Fake admissions are nowhere to be heard in
All right stop, collaborate and listen, the LGB Alliance is back with their brand new invention Trans-exclusive pressure group LGB Alliance has followed in the footsteps of groups everywhere that are definitely not cults by releasing their own theme tune. The group opted for a stripped-back, white-people-singing-gospel energy for the Bekka Bright track “Stand Up”,
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced the class of 2020. Whitney Houston, the Notorious B.I.G., Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, T. Rex, and the Doobie Brothers will be inducted into the Rock Hall on May 2. The induction ceremony will take place in Cleveland and broadcast live on HBO. While Nine Inch
Tyler, the Creator has announced that he’s one of the artists set to perform at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. Tyler’s album IGOR—which went to No. 1 last year in a surprise win over DJ Khaled—was nominated this year for Best Rap Album. The 2020 Grammys take place on January 26. Other performers at this
With the blunt end of a pick, Dave Vargo finds his way over the strings with a delicate hesitance as “Nowhere Else” begins to play, every note seeming to reverberate into the atmosphere and come chasing back after his words but moments later. In songs like this one and its Spaces in Between neighbor (and lead single)
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith is joining Caribou on his upcoming tour of North America and Europe. Their shows together begin in March. Check out a poster below. Get tickets here. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.) Smith has also announced that she’s signed with Ghostly International. Last year,
Archy Marshall has announced his third King Krule album: Man Alive! is out February 21 via True Panther/Matador. The record includes songs that were featured in Marshall’s Hey World! short film, including “(Don’t Let the Dragon) Draag On” and “Alone Omen 3.” Below, watch Marshall’s self-directed visual for the former. Man Alive! follows 2017’s The
Super Nintendo World is a theme park coming to Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, and it’s launching ahead of this summer’s 2020 Olympics. If you want a teaser of what the park will be like, look no further than the video for Charli XCX and Galantis’ new theme song for the park, “We Are Born
Las Vegas based band Forgotten Door is garnering a lot of attention and positive press thanks to their deft combination of songwriting fundamentals, modern production values, and retro influences. Their self-titled EP includes six tracks revealing the full breadth of their talents. It is little surprise they come across as such a complete act considering