The influential slowcore band Duster have announced their first new album in 19 years. The self-titled LP spans 12 tracks and arrives December 13 via Muddguts. Check out the cover art, which features a painting by Salvatore Olentino, below. Earlier this year, Duster shared the new song “Interstellar Tunnel” (which will not appear on the
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Katy Perry, Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald, Capitol Records, and others are appealing a recent ruling that Perry’s “Dark Horse” plagiarizes a Christian rap single from 2009, Variety reports and Pitchfork can confirm. In the appeal over the lawsuit focusing on rapper Flame’s 2009 single “Joyful Noise,” Perry and the rest asked the court to overturn
In a new interview with GQ’s Will Welch, Pharrell has denounced “Blurred Lines,” the 2013 Robin Thicke song that he co-wrote and featured on. “I didn’t get it at first,” he said. “Because there were older white women who, when that song came on, they would behave in some of the most surprising ways ever.
TNGHT recently stopped by BBC Radio 1 to share their new Essential Mix. The electronic music duo of Hudson Mohawke and Lunice played unreleased tracks in addition to music from Rustie, JPEGMAFIA, Scratcha DVA, J-E-T-S, Girl Unit, and more. Check it out here. Last month, TNGHT released “Serpent,” their first new song in six years
Queen Latifah will be honored by Harvard University for her contributions to black history and culture, the Associated Press reports. Latifah is one of seven honorees who will receive the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal on October 22. Other recipients include poet and educator Elizabeth Alexander, artist Kerry James Marshall, and more. The medal is named
Camila Cabello was the musical guest on last night’s episode of Saturday Night Live. She played “Cry for Me” and “Easy,” performing the former in elaborate rococo dress and the latter in a more modern white dress. Check it out below. Camila Cabello’s last studio album was 2018’s Camila. More recently Cabello shared singles “Señorita”
Chance the Rapper will host and perform on Saturday Night Live October 26, joining the ranks of Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Woody Harrelson, and Stranger Things’ David Harbour as hosts for the show’s 45th season. Chance released his most recent album, The Big Day, in July. He released a new video for his song “We Go High”
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