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Nigerian singer Burna Boy has shared a new music video for his African Giant single “Another Story,” which features the Ghanaian rapper and songwriter M.anifest. According to a press release, Burna Boy released the video in honor of Nigerian Independence Day, which takes place October 1. Watch the Clarence Peters-directed visual below. African Giant arrived

Nardwuar the Human Serviette—best known as simply Nardwuar—was honored by his hometown of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada over the weekend. The city named Sunday, September 29 Nardwuar day, in recognition of his three decades working in music. At the same event, the radio host and interviewer was also inducted into the BC Entertainment Hall of

Frank Ocean has discussed his creative headspace and new music plans in a cover story for W Magazine. An album influenced by “Detroit, Chicago, techno, house, French electronic” and other “iterations of nightlife” is in the works, he tells W’s Diane Solway, though there’s no news on a release date. Asked whether the record would

Kevin Morby and Woods covered Purple Mountains’ “All My Happiness Is Gone” at this weekend’s Woodsist festival in honor of David Berman. Singer-songwriter Anna St. Louis and Little Wings frontman Kyle Field joined them in their tribute, and you can watch a video of it via Brooklyn Vegan below. The members of Woods worked closely

Richard Brunelle, best known as the guitarist in metal band Morbid Angel, has died. He was 55 years old. The news was confirmed to Pitchfork by the band’s manager Gunter Ford. “Sadly Richard has passed and was a true friend and important person to all of us,” Ford said. Morbid Angel drummer Pete Sandoval also

Kanye West has announced a documentary about the making of his new album Jesus Is King. Kanye previewed the film at an event at Detroit’s Fox Theatre called “Jesus Is King: A Kanye West Experience,” and again at a similar event Saturday night at Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre. The documentary, which is also titled Jesus Is

Billie Eilish just made her debut on Saturday Night Live, opening the show’s 45th season with actor Woody Harrelson. Watch her performing “bad guy” in a rotating room and a stripped-down “i love you” below. In addition to sharing a new video for her song “all the good girls go to hell,” Eilish recently announced

The Band are reissuing their 1969 self-titled sophomore album to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its release. A super deluxe limited edition version of The Band is slated to arrive November 15. You can pre-order it here. The reissue will feature a new stereo mix of the album that engineer Bob Clearmountain made from the

Tegan and Sara were last night’s guests on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” The Quinn twins talked about their new memoir “High School,” experimenting with LSD, and writing their first songs. They also performed “I’ll Be Back Someday” from their recent album Hey, I’m Just Like You. Watch it all go down below. Tegan

Kanye West’s new studio album Jesus Is King was originally slated for release today (September 27), however the album has yet to materialize. After hosting a Sunday Service performance in Detroit, as well as a listening event at the city’s Fox Theatre, Kanye’s wife Kim Kardashian West has announced that the new album will arrive

Snoop Dogg has shared a cover of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds’ “Red Right Hand.” The song off 1994’s Let Love In serves as the theme song for the BBC One show Peaky Blinders. “By the order of the Peaky Blinders, this is ‘Red Right Hand’ by Snoop Shelby,” Snoop says before donning a

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, EPs, and mixtapes from Tegan and Sara, Sturgill Simpson, DaBaby, the Comet Is Coming,

Tonight, Jack White made a guest appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon in a short sketch. Dressed in bespoke suits, the two men face off over a tense but unusual game of chess. It concludes with White decking Fallon (well, pretending to). You can watch the sketch below. White released a new album

Samuel T. Herring of Future Islands has announced Back at the House, a new album under his rap alias Hemlock Ernst. The collaboration with L.A. producer Kenny Segal is due out October 25 via Ruby Yacht. Below, check out their new single “Down.” Kenny Segal and Sam Herring first collaborated on “Souvenir,” from Rory Ferreira’s

Bruce Springsteen’s new film Western Stars, the companion piece to his new album of the same name, hits theaters on October 25. The film shows Springsteen performing the songs from his new album with an orchestra in a century-old barn. Today, Springsteen has announced the film’s soundtrack. It’s out October 25 via Columbia. Western Stars

Tonight’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! was scheduled to feature appearances from Vice President Joe Biden and James Blake. However, because the conversation with Biden ran long, Blake’s performance didn’t air on television. It was, however, uploaded to YouTube. Watch Blake perform his Assume Form single “Are You in Love?” below. [embedded content] In the

Guitarist and composer Mary Halvorson has been named as one of this year’s fellows of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, as The New York Times notes. The fellowship, popularly known as the “genius” grant, awards recipients with $625,000 to be used over five years. Watch Halvorson discuss her work in the MacArthur

Ringo Starr performed his Beatles classic “Yellow Submarine” with the Roots on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon using toy instruments. Starr held down the rhythm section with a single mallet and a three-piece drum kit. Watch the video below. The performance was part of the show’s “live week,” which will feature performances from Mark