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The Recording Academy has announced the nominees for the 2025 Grammy Awards. Some notable names, in the alternative music categories, include Sonic Youth co-founder Kim Gordon and Clairo, who are both nominated for the first time. See all of the Grammy nominations here. Gordon, nominated for “Bye Bye,” will try to beat Cage the Elephant,

Bauhaus’ Peter Murphy and Culture Club singer Boy George have joined forces for a new song. “Let the Flowers Grow,” said Murphy in a press release, came about when he was in Spain working on a new album and heard a piece of music playing on producer Youth’s phone. “It caught my ear for its

British Gambian rapper Pa Salieu has announced a new mixtape: the 11-song Afrikan Alien arrives next Friday, November 15. The project includes recent singles “Belly,” “Round & Round,” and “Allergy,” as well as tracks featuring contributions from Black Sherif, Byron Messia, and Odumodublvck. Afrikan Alien follows Salieu’s 2020 debut mixtape Send Them to Coventry. The

Cain continued: Trump has given people a shining example of how to give in to the worst parts of your human nature and make it the problem of everyone around them. I don’t even know what we’re supposed to do about that. I don’t know if that’s something we can come back from. And if

Vice President Kamala Harris made a last-minute appeal to Pennsylvania voters last night (November 4) with a rally in Philadelphia. Joining her for the event was Lady Gaga, who played “God Bless America” and then closed out the evening with her Born This Way hit “The Edge of Glory.” Watch the performances below (beginning around

East Atlanta rapper Young Nudy and producer Pi’erre Bourne have shared the tracklist, cover artwork, and release date for their new collaborative album Sli’merre 2. The sequel to 2019’s Sli’merre is out November 13 via RCA. Leading the 16-song project is “Right Now.” Check out the new song below. Remarkably, “Right Now” is Young Nudy’s

Spirit of the Beehive have announced a winter 2025 tour of Ireland and the United Kingdom. The shows take place in February and March. See all of Spirit of the Beehive’s tour dates—including rescheduled concerts in Philadelphia, Brooklyn, and Washington, D.C.—below. Spirit of the Beehive will be performing in support of new album You’ll Have

Oasis have announced the South American leg of their 2025 reunion tour. After shows in the United Kingdom, Ireland, North America, and Australia, the band will perform in Argentina, Chile, and Brazil in November. See all of Oasis’ upcoming tour dates below. Demand for Oasis tickets has been unsurprisingly high, and it’s resulted in ticketing

Charli XCX and Yung Lean are joining the cast of the new movie Sacrifice, Deadline reports. The film, directed by Romain Gavras, also stars Chris Evans, Anya Taylor-Joy, Salma Hayek, Sam Richardson, Vincent Cassel, John Malkovich, Ambika Mod, Jade Croot, Jeremy O. Harris, and Miriam Silverman. Filming is underway in Greece and Bulgaria, according to

The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each other and discovering new favorites along the way. Each Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects playlist, we’re sharing what our

On the back of his SABLE, EP, Bon Iver has created a website, Counterpart, seemingly designed to host covers of his songs. The launch comes with a series of Bon Iver songs new and old—including a Sam Amidon cover of “Things Behind Things Behind Things”—along with a submissions link for video, audio, or photos, which

Chappell Roan was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live last night, and she did “Pink Pony Club” and a new country song called “The Giver.” Watch her sing the songs below and on X, and scroll down for her promotional video with host John Mulaney and cast member Ego Nwodim. Scroll down for another

As promised, Ethel Cain has released the new song “Punish.” It comes with a dark, moody, black-and-white music video that Cain co-directed with Silken Weinberg. Watch it below. “Punish” is the first single from Cain’s sophomore studio album, Perverts, which is out on January 8 via Daughters of Cain. According to a press release, Perverts

Last night (November 1), in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Cardi B threw her full-throated support behind the Democratic candidate for U.S. president, Vice President Kamala Harris. After walking onstage to her breakout hit, 2017’s “Bodak Yellow,” Cardi B spoke about why she’s supporting Harris in the election, discussing women’s rights, the economy, healthcare, and more. She also

Disney+, ABC, and Hulu will host the broadcast of the Grammy Awards gala from 2027, in a 10-year deal that includes hosting rights for extra Recording Academy–produced music specials and other content. The gala will stream on Disney+ and Hulu simultaneously with ABC’s network coverage, supplanting longtime home CBS. Disney Entertainment co-chair Dana Walden said

Madlib is suing his former manager, Eothen “Egon” Alapatt, accusing him of “rank self-dealing,” “engaging in persistent and pervasive mismanagement,” and unduly profiting from his involvement in the musician’s business affairs. Madlib filed his lawsuit in a Los Angeles court on October 31, marking the fourth anniversary of MF Doom’s death. Doom’s widow, Jasmine Dumile

The prosecution also contends that YSL is responsible for the shooting of Lil Wayne’s tourbus in 2015. (Jimmy Carlton Winfrey, an associate of Young Thug and Birdman also known as PeeWee Roscoe, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the shooting, though the conviction was overturned in 2018 because the judge had interfered with

Radiohead and the Smile singer Thom Yorke paused a recent solo concert in Melbourne, Australia, after being heckled by a pro-Palestine member of the audience. Footage from the concert shows a man shouting about the death tolls in Israel’s war in Gaza and asking Yorke, “How could you be silent?” (The Israeli offensive, in Gaza,