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Colman Domingo has said he is going to portray legendary crooner and pianist Nat King Cole in a forthcoming biopic, Variety reports. The musical film, which Domingo co-wrote, will also serve as the actor’s directorial debut. Domingo shared the news, noting that he’s been “working on it quietly for a few years,” during an episode

LCD Soundsystem have announced a bunch of spring 2024 North American tour dates. The newly announced concerts take place in Guadalajara, Mexico; Bend, Oregon; Seattle, Washington; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Chicago, Illinois. After the spring shows, James Murphy and the band will perform in the summer in the United Kingdom and Europe. See LCD Soundsystem’s tour

Bob Marley: One Love, the upcoming musical biopic about the late reggae icon, is nearing its theatrical release on February 14. Ahead of that, Kacey Musgraves has shared her contribution to the film’s soundtrack: a cover of Bob Marley and the Wailers’ 1977 hit “Three Little Birds.” Listen to it below. Directed by Reinaldo Marcus

Megan Thee Stallion has released her new song “Hiss,” continuing her snake-themed singles after dropping “Cobra” last November. The track opens with her telling off her haters and refusing to give them attention. Check it out below. “Hiss” follows Megan Thee Stallion’s snake-riddled music video for “Cobra,” the high-profile Cardi B collaboration “Bongos,” and her

Melanie, the influential singer-songwriter who was one of three solo female performers at the original 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair, died on Tuesday (January 23) at the age of 76. The news was first announced on social media by her three children, and later confirmed to Pitchfork via press release. “We are heartbroken, but

Justice—the French duo of Xavier de Rosnay and Gaspard Augé—have announced a new album. Hyperdrama, the band’s first new LP in nearly eight years, arrives April 26 (via Ed Banger/Because Music). They’ve also shared two new songs from the album: “One Night/All Night,” featuring Tame Impala, and “Generator.” Check out the video for “One Night/All

Ayo Edebiri has been announced as the host for the February 3 episode of Saturday Night Live, with Jennifer Lopez set as the musical guest. It will be a first-time appearance for Edebiri, who won an Emmy Award for her acting on the FX comedy The Bear this month, and the fifth for Lopez. Apart

The Messthetics and jazz saxophonist James Brandon Lewis have joined forces for a new album, out March 15 via Impulse! Records. The lead single from The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis is “Emergence,” and you can hear it below. Former Fugazi members Joe Lally and Brendan Canty formed the Messthetics with guitarist Anthony Pirog in

Frank Farian, the controversial producer, songwriter, and impresario who founded Boney M. and Milli Vanilli, has died, BBC News reports, citing his family. Though no cause of death was given, he received a heart valve transplant in 2022. Farian died peacefully at his home in Miami at the age of 82. Born Franz Reuther in

Former Das Racist rapper Heems has announced his first new solo album in nearly a decade. Lafandar arrives February 16 via his own label, Veena Sounds, in partnership with Mass Appeal India. The follow-up to 2015’s Eat Pray Thug is led by the single “Accent,” featuring Saul Williams. Listen to it below. Billed as a

In January 2021, YFN Lucci was charged with murder and accused of killing a 28-year-old man named James Adams in Atlanta. A few months later, he the murder charge became part of a vast indictment that targeted alleged Bloods gang members. The Atlanta rapper has now reached a deal with prosecutors and agreed to plead

The Californian festival Just Like Heaven has announced its 2024 lineup. The Postal Service will headline, playing Give Up in full; Benjamin Gibbard pulls double duty with Death Cab for Cutie earlier in the evening. Phoenix, the War on Drugs, Alvvays, Tegan and Sara, Gossip, and Passion Pit are also on the bill. The single-day

Tierra Whack has announced her long-awaited new album. World Wide Whack, billed as the Philadelphia rapper’s “debut album,” following 2018’s Whack World, arrives March 15 via Interscope. Check out the album artwork below, created by conceptual artist Alex Da Corte (who directed the music video for Whack’s 2020 single “Dora”). World Wide Whack’s cover art

Travis Scott, Burna Boy, and Luke Combs will perform at the 2024 Grammy Awards. They join the first wave of performers, Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, and Olivia Rodrigo. The ceremony, presented by Trevor Noah, takes place on Sunday, February 4, at the Crypto.com arena in Los Angeles. The new performers are up for several awards

Uranium Club, the virtuoso punk weirdos also called the Minneapolis Uranium Club Band, are making their long-awaited return with a new album. Infants Under the Bulb is out March 1 via Static Shock and Anti Fade; Iron Lung is distributing in the United States. Listen to the album’s opener, “Small Grey Man,” below. The last

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 Sleater-Kinney, Green Day, Mary Halvorson, Ana Tijoux, Donato Dozzy, Cowboy Sadness, Packs, and

Luis Vasquez, whose one-man project the Soft Moon released a string of beloved albums for Captured Tracks and Sacred Bones, has died, a representative confirmed to Pitchfork. No cause of death was given. Vasquez was 44 years old. Born in Los Angeles, Vasquez started out playing in punk bands before founding the Soft Moon project

Mary Weiss, the lead singer of the formative girl group the Shangri-Las, has died, confirmed Miriam Linna of Norton Records, the label that released Weiss’ lone solo album, Dangerous Game, in 2007. “Mary was an icon, a hero, a heroine, to both young men and women of my generation and of all generations,” Linna told