Music

Sleater-Kinney have hired a new drummer to fill the vacancy left by Janet Weiss after she announced her departure in early July, the band revealed in an Instagram post. Angie Boylan—a member of Aye Nako and Freezing Cold—joined the band for the first show on their 2019 tour behind the new St. Vincent-produced album The

Kanye West’s weekly gospel and worship Sunday Service series is taking place outside during a rainy day today in his hometown of Chicago. Chance the Rapper is out there singing with the choir. Watch the live stream. The performance follows the announcement that a new Kanye West album called Jesus Is King will drop on

Muse have announced a new box set, Origin of Muse, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of their debut album, Showbiz. It’s out December 6 on Warner. The collection includes 2xLP reissues of 1999’s Showbiz and 2001’s Origin of Symmetry, as well as nine CDs of demos, live recordings, and B-sides from the band’s earliest

Last night, Vampire Weekend played a sold-out Madison Square Garden in support of their latest album, Father of the Bride. The Internet’s Steve Lacy joined the band on stage for “Sunflower”—their first live performance of the song together. Watch below. At the end of the show, the band announced another round of Father of the

Clairo stopped by “Jimmy Kimmel Live!“ Thursday night to perform “I Wouldn’t Ask You,” the closing song on her debut Immunity. In addition to her backing band, she was joined by a children’s choir for the performance. Check that out below. [embedded content] Clairo released Immunity in August. She co-produced the album with Rostam Batmanglij.

Vampire Weekend played a sold-out show at New York’s Madison Square Garden last night (September 6) in support of their latest album Father of the Bride. The band live-streamed their career-spanning, three hour set via Live Nation’s Twitter account. At the end of their performance, a graphic featuring 19 brand new tour dates appeared on

Formeer Tekashi 6ix9ine manager Kifano “Shotti” Jordan has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after previously pleading guilty to one count of firearm possession during a crime and one count of firearm discharge during a crime, as the Southern District of New York confirms to Pitchfork. The charges stemmed from two separate incidents from

Rico Nasty has released a new song, dropping it by surprise tonight. It’s called “Fashion Week,” and you can listen to it below. The track is the latest in a string of new music from the rapper, who released Anger Management with Kenny Beats in May. She’s appeared as a guest on tracks like Doja

John Mayer has shared a new song. It’s called “Carry Me Away,” and it arrives with a laid back visual documenting Mayer’s recording process. Watch Mayer lay down tracks, chill with a dog, and wear a headband in the music video below. Mayer released his last single “Guess I Just Feel Like” back in February.

The trial of two operators of Oakland’s Ghost Ship warehouse has resulted in an acquittal for one individual and a hung jury for the other, as ABC 7 San Francisco. Max Harris—the “creative director of the warehouse”—was acquitted on all charges, while the jury failed to come to a full conclusion in the case of

This morning on BBC Radio 1’s “Live Lounge,” Charli XCX and Christine and the Queens linked up to cover the 1975’s “TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME.” They also performed their own song, “Gone.” Listen on BBC Radio 1; the cover begins just after the nine-minute mark. Ahead of the September 13 release of Charli, Charli XCX has dropped collaborations

Courtney Barnett has announced a solo tour. Following a series of performances in Europe and Australia this year, the new run kicks off in January 2020 and finds her playing venues throughout the United States. According to a press release, the shows will feature Barnett “alone on stage accompanied by nothing but her own guitar.”

Joe Pera has announced that his Adult Swim series “Joe Pera Talks With You” is returning for a second season. While an exact premiere date hasn’t been announced, Pera says it returns “this holiday season” with 14 new episodes. The show stars Pera as a soft-spoken school teacher in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula alongside Jo Firestone

Kele Okereke has announced a new album. 2042 arrives via Kele’s label, KOLA, on November 8. Listen to “Jungle Bunny” below. In a press release, Kele says, “There is a history of black entertainers feeling that after they have achieved a certain level of success that they are above discussions of race but that idea

Björk is re-releasing her 2015 studio album Vulnicura as a virtual reality experience. The VR version of Vulnicura collects the visuals that have toured museums as part of the Björk Digital exhibition and have now been updated for a final version. The new experience is available this Friday, September 6. Find Björk’s announcement below. “Vulnicura

Back in August, Houston rapper Megan Thee Stallion dropped her highly-anticipated single “Hot Girl Summer,” featuring Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla $ign. Now, Meg has shared the song’s accompanying music video, which finds the trio partying by a pool. The visual is directed by Munachi Osegbu and has cameos from Rico Nasty, La La Anthony,

New Jersey rapper Fetty Wap (real name: Willie Maxwell II) was arrested in Las Vegas for allegedly assaulting three employees at a Las Vegas hotel, the Associated Press and TMZ report. According to the Associated Press, Maxwell was arrested Sunday morning (September 1) on three counts of battery after he allegedly hit a parking attendant