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On Thursday, October 10, Zedd tweeted out that he had been “permanently banned” from China for liking a South Park tweet celebrating the 300th episode of the long-running Comedy Central series. While it’s unclear whether this means that his music is banned from Chinese airplay or if the producer/DJ himself is banned from traveling to

Several artists scheduled to perform at this weekend’s Rolling Loud music festival at New York City’s Citi Field have been removed from the lineup after the New York City Police Department sent a letter to festival organizers requesting their removal, as The New York Times’ Joe Coscarelli reports. Casanova, Pop Smoke, Sheff G, Don Q,

Neil Young and Crazy Horse have announced a new documentary chronicling the creation of their forthcoming album Colorado. It’s called Mountaintop, and you can check out the film’s trailer below. [embedded content] Colorado marks Neil Young’s first record with Crazy Horse in seven years. The album arrives October 25 via Reprise, while Mountaintop hits theaters

Young Thug and Lil Uzi Vert have shared a brand new music video for their joint track “What’s the Move.” Watch Thug and Uzi hit the club in the Hidji Films-directed visual below. “What’s the Move” appears on Young Thug’s most recent album So Much Fun, which came out in August and features contributions from

Pitchfork is pleased to announce “The Best Party of the 2010s,” a celebration of our Best Songs and Best Albums of the 2010s lists. The release party will take place at The Dance, a new venue in New York City, on Thursday, October 17 at 8 p.m. The event will feature Pitchfork editors and contributors

Julien Baker has shared two recent songs on streaming platforms for the first time. “Tokyo” and “Sucker Punch” first appeared in a vinyl-only collection of singles for Sub Pop last year, but you can listen to them online below. Earlier this year, two other fresh songs from Baker made their way to streaming. She also

British grime star Stormzy is featured on the latest cover of TIME Magazine. The rapper sat down with his rottweiler Enzo and reporter Renni Eddo-Lodge to discuss his headlining set at Glastonbury this year, his publishing imprint Merky Books, and more. Of his dedication to supporting black British culture, Stormzy said, “There’s a whole side

While the cassette resurgence has not matched the vinyl boom, tape sales are on the rise, growing 23% in 2018. This has led to a period of immense productivity for National Audio Company, the largest audio cassette tape manufacturer in the United States. Production is being threatened, however, by a worldwide shortage of gamma ferric

US singer/actress Hayley Kiyoko attends Billboard’s 13th Annual Women In Music event at Pier 36 in New York City on on December 6, 2018. (Angela Weiss / AFP/ Getty) Hayley Kiyoko will receive The Trevor Project’s Youth Innovator Award for her LGBT+ advocacy, at the charity’s biannual fundraising gala TrevorLIVE. Often dubbed the “lesbian Jesus,”

Lana Del Rey has announced a new batch of U.S. concerts. The new shows in support of Norman Fucking Rockwell! take place this November. Check out Lana’s full itinerary below. Get tickets here. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.) Lana began her NFR! tour in September. At

Jack White’s Third Man Records and Misfire have launched a new podcast about the White Stripes Hosted by Kentucky journalist Sean Cannon, the first season of Striped: The Story of the White Stripes will retrace the band’s early days through interviews with friends, fans, and other musicians. Below, listen to a trailer for Striped, as

Charly Bliss are the latest guests to perform at NPR’s Tiny Desk. Joined by a string section courtesy of Washington, D.C.’s Rogue Collective, they played three songs off this year’s Young Enough. Watch the band perform rearrangements of “Capacity,” “Young Enough,” and “Chatroom” below. “It’s been really incredible rearranging these songs for this [Tiny Desk

Lil Kim performed a career-spanning medley at the 2019 BET Hip Hop Awards, including an appearance from the Junior M.A.F.I.A., the Brooklyn rap group assembled by the late Notorious B.I.G. She was also presented with the I Am Hip Hop Award by Rick Ross. Watch it all below. Kim’s medley included the Junior M.A.F.I.A. hit

Bronx rapper Lil Tjay has announced the release date and track list for his debut LP True 2 Myself. The album is due out Friday, October 11 via Columbia. True 2 Myself features the entirety of Lil Tjay’s F.N. EP, plus remix versions of two F.N. tracks featuring Lil Durk (“Brothers”) and Lil Wayne (“Leaked”).

Nilüfer Yanya has released a music video for “H34T RISES”—a newly remixed version of her Miss Universe track “Heat Rises.” The visual was shot by Yanya’s sister Molly Daniel in their father’s hometown of Istanbul. Watch Yanya ride a motorcycle around a dystopian cityscape overgrown with foliage below. Nilufer Yanya said in a statement: The

The soundtracks for all three of Chad Stahelski’s John Wick films are getting the deluxe vinyl treatment. Tyler Bates and Joel J. Richard’s original scores for the Keanu Reeves-starring saga: John Wick, John Wick: Chapter 2, and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, are getting pressed as 2xLP sets in gatefold jackets. All three albums

Dean Wareham, the former frontman of Galaxie 500, has shared a cover of Purple Mountains’ recent track “Snow Is Falling in Manhattan.” The song is part of a new David Berman tribute album, which was released today by Section26. Approaching Perfection: A Tribute to DC Berman is a massive compilation created in memory of the

Audika Records is releasing a new collection of Arthur Russell demos. The 19-track album, Iowa Dream, is out November 15. Below, hear a song called “You Did It Yourself.” According to Audika, “Several tracks on Iowa Dream Russell originally recorded as demos, in two early examples of his repeated brushes with potential popular success—first in