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“The local music scene is the sole preserve of troglodytes,” teen Moz begins
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Thursday, June 29, 2017

EODM, Lamb of God, Dillinger Escape Plan Members DJ on New Metal Site

The radio site caters to “extreme music” listeners with curated shows
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Jazz Pioneer Kelan Phil Cohran Dead at 90

The trumpeter worked with Sun Ra and founded the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians in Chicago
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Friday, June 23, 2017

Listen to Radiohead’s Glastonbury Set Live

Their return to the Pyramid Stage after 14 years airs live on BBC 6 Music
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Foxygen Cover Jessica Pratt’s “On Your Own Love Again”: Listen

For Amazon Music’s Songs of Summer playlist
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Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Andy Samberg and Future Islands Talk Joanna Newsom, “Dick in a Box,” “The Wire,” More

Samberg on Newsom: “It’s a weird music fan dream come true that we have been so in love, because I get to hear her play harp all the time”
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Caroline Polachek, Danny L Harle Team With Superfruit (Pentatonix) for TK

The Chairlift and PC Music members join the a cappella superstars for TK
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Chris Cornell to Appear on Upcoming Johnny Cash Album

The new album sets Cash’s poetry to new music
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Monday, June 12, 2017

LCD Soundsystem Announce Brooklyn Residency Starting This Week

LCD Soundsystem Announce Brooklyn Residency Starting This Week

LCD Soundsystem will return to Brooklyn Steel for a week of shows beginning June 16. See the full schedule below. They played a residency at the same venue in April, where they debuted several new songs, including “Call the Police” and “American Dream.” (The band also performed both songs on “Saturday Night Live.”) Last month, James Murphy announced at their Sasquatch! Festival set that their new album is completed. In a Facebook post, Murphy wrote that the follow-up to 2010’s This Is Happening could be released within six weeks. LCD Soundsystem will headline this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival in July with A Tribe Called Quest and Solange. Get tickets here.

Read “Everything James Murphy Did While LCD Soundsystem Was Broken Up” on The Pitch.

LCD Soundsystem:

06-16 Brooklyn, NY — Brooklyn Steel
06-17 Brooklyn, NY — Brooklyn Steel
06-19 Brooklyn, NY — Brooklyn Steel
06-20 Brooklyn, NY — Brooklyn Steel
06-21 Brooklyn, NY — Brooklyn Steel
06-23 Brooklyn, NY — Brooklyn Steel
06-24 Brooklyn, NY — Brooklyn Steel

Watch Pitchfork’s “Liner Notes” video on Sound of Silver:

Run the Jewels Announce New Shows With Danny Brown

Run the Jewels Announce New Shows With Danny Brown

Run the Jewels have decided to keep their show on the road. The duo are currently on tour behind their record RJT3, and they’ve just announce that they’ve added even more dates to their current schedule. Killer Mike and El-P already wrapped up the North American leg of their “Run the World” tour earlier in February before heading to Europe. They’ve added several headlining shows in the United States following the summer festival season, as well as new shows in Europe with none other than Danny Brown. Check out the duo’s full tour itinerary below. Danny Brown’s last album, the excellent Atrocity Exhibition, was released last fall.

Read our new feature with Run the Jewels.

Run the Jewels:

06-16 Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands - Best Kept Secret Festival
06-24 Pilton, England - Glastonbury Festival
07-14-16 Louisville, KY - Forecastle Festival
07-15-16 Birmingham, AL - Sloss Music & Arts Festival
07-21-23 Seattle, WA - Capitol Hill Block Party
07-22 San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
07-23 Los Angeles, CA - FYF Fest
07-29 Detroit, MI - Mo Pop Festival
08-04 Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
08-04-06 Montreal, Quebec - Osheaga Festival
08-11-13 Somerset, WI - Summer Set Music Festival
08-12-13 Baltimore, MD - Moonrise Festival
08-19 Omaha, NE - Maha Music Festival
08-24 Glasgow, Scotland - Bellahouston Park *^
09-02-03 Philadelphia, PA - Made in America Festival
09-07-10 Raleigh, NC - Hopscotch Music Festival
09-09-10 St. Louis, MO - LouFest
09-15 New York, NY - Meadows Music & Arts Festival
10-06-08 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival !&
10-10 Knoxville, TN - Mill & Mine !&
10-11 Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel !&
10-13 New Orleans, LA - The Joy Theatre !&
10-13-15 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival !&
10-18 Oklahoma City, OK - Diamond Ballroom !&
10-20 Las Vegas, NV - Brooklyn Bowl !&
10-20-22 Phoenix, AZ - Lost Lake Festival !&
10-21 Sacramento, CA - Monster Energy Aftershock Festival !&
10-31 Stockholm, Sweden - Annexet *
11-02 Copenhagen, Denmark - Tap 1 *
11-04 Paris, France - Pitchfork Festival
11-06 Brussels, Belgium - AB Hall *
11-07 Amsterdam, Netherlands - AFAS Live *
11-09 Manchester, England - Victoria Warehouse *
11-11 London, England - O2 Brixton Academy *
11-14 Birmingham, England - O2 Academy 1 *
11-16 Glasgow, Scotland - O2 Academy 1 *

* with Danny Brown
^ with Eminem
! with Denzel Curry
& with Cuz Lightyear

Pitchfork Announces Talk With Mitski

Pitchfork Announces Talk With Mitski

Pitchfork’s “In Sight Out” series—which covers new perspectives in music, art, and culture—is pleased to announce a new conversation with Mitski, who will sit down with Pitchfork's Jillian Mapes to discuss her music and career. The chat takes place at Brooklyn Bazaar (150 Greenpoint Ave., Brooklyn) in the Main Ballroom on Saturday, July 1 at 7:30 p.m., with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. It’s free to the public and first come, first seated. The event is open to all ages (under 17 with a guardian). The conversation will later be released as a podcast.

“In Sight Out” is supported by MailChimp. Previous “In Sight Out” talks have featured Nile Rodgers, Genesis P-Orridge, Run the Jewels, Neko Case, Jeff Tweedy, Carrie Brownstein, and Mick Jenkins.

Revisit Mitski's “Over/Under”:

Sucide’s Alan Vega Posthumous Album IT Announced, New Song “DTM” Shared: Listen

Sucide’s Alan Vega Posthumous Album IT Announced, New Song “DTM” Shared: Listen

Suicide frontman Alan Vega may be gone, but his music lives on. Today, his first posthumous full-length has been announced. Titled IT, the new album arrives July 14 via FADER Label. It was recorded by Vega with his wife, Liz Lamere, beginning in 2010 up until his death last year. According to a press release, Vega found inspiration for the new album by “religiously consuming global news and taking frequent late-night walks alone throughout the streets of downtown New York.” Listen to the first single and album opener, “DTM” (short for “Dead to Me”), below.

“Alan’s life force was so strong because he believed in his vision and purpose, “ Lamere said in a statement. “He understood we can’t control much of what happens to us, or in our world, but we have free will and the power to go on and stand for what we believe in.”

Revisit our feature “Infinity Punk: A Career-Spanning Interview With Suicide’s Alan Vega”

IT:

01 DTM
02 Dukes God Bar
03 Vision
04 IT
05 Screamin Jesus
06 Motorcycle Explodes
07 Prayer
08 Prophecy
09 Stars

Watch the 1975 Bring Out Mayor, Police for Manchester Tribute

Watch the 1975 Bring Out Mayor, Police for Manchester Tribute

The 1975 paid tribute to victims of last month’s Manchester Arena suicide bombing at the city’s Parklife festival this past Saturday. During their headline set, singer Matt Healy brought out Manchester’s mayor, Andy Burnham, and members of the emergency services who responded to the attack. “We’ve all spent a lot of time mourning, since what happened,” Healy told the crowd, having praised Burnham’s response to the attack. “But this is a music festival and we’ve had a lot of silence. Now, we’ve decided we don’t wanna have a moment of silence. We want to do a moment of noise.” See footage below.

The festival also hosted Frank Ocean’s second live set since the release of Endless and Blonde. Head here to see clips of his first, at Northside festival Saturday night.

The 1975 com o prefeito de Manchester no festival Parklife. pic.twitter.com/eOkviKLnhD
— The 1975 Brasil (@the1975online) June 10, 2017

LCD Soundsystem Vinyl Album Reissues Announced

LCD Soundsystem Vinyl Album Reissues Announced

LCD Soundsystem will reissue LCD Soundsystem, 45:33, This Is Happening, and London Sessions on vinyl this month, via Rhino. The first three are coming on June 23, with London Sessions following on June 30. News of the reissues comes as James Murphy’s group prepare to release their new album. Last month, Murphy announced at their Sasquatch! Festival set that the record had been completed. In a Facebook post, Murphy said it could be released within six weeks (at the “very fastest”). The follow-up to 2010’s This Is Happening will likely feature the recently released “Call the Police” and “American Dream.”

LCD Soundsystem will headline this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival in July with A Tribe Called Quest and Solange. Get tickets here.

Read “Everything James Murphy Did While LCD Soundsystem Was Broken Up” on The Pitch.

Watch Pitchfork’s “Liner Notes” video on Sound of Silver:

Sunday, June 11, 2017

Sharon Van Etten Performs on “Twin Peaks”: Watch

Sharon Van Etten Performs on “Twin Peaks”: Watch

Sharon Van Etten made an appearance in tonight’s new episode of “Twin Peaks,” appearing in the Bang Bang Bar. She closed out the episode by performing her song “Tarifa” (off 2014’s Are We There) with her band. Check out episode 6 of “Twin Peaks: The Return” here via Hulu. So far, the new “Twin Peaks” revival has featured a slew of cameos from musicians and notable actors, including Michael Cera, Dirty Beaches’ Alex Zhang Hungtai, Amanda Seyfried, and more. Bands including Chromatics, Au Revoir Simone, and the Cactus Blossoms have appeared in the show as well, also giving performances at the Bang Bang Bar.

Follow all of Pitchfork’s “Twin Peaks” coverage here, and check out “10 Songs That Sample ‘Twin Peaks’ Well,” “The Musical Legacy of ‘Twin Peaks’,” and “Analyzing the Music (or Lack Thereof) in the New ‘Twin Peaks’,” all on the Pitch.

Watch Sharon Van Etten perform “Serpents” at Pitchfork Music Festival:

Beck Opening For U2 on Joshua Tree Tour

Beck Opening For U2 on Joshua Tree Tour

On Tuesday, U2 extended their Joshua Tree tour into late 2017, announcing new dates for North and South America. Today, it was announced that Beck will open for U2 on their new U.S. dates in September. View all the shows in which Beck will serve as U2’s opener below. Beck recently announced his own headlining tour, which starts in July. Beck’s last album was 2014’s Morning Phase, which won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Since then, he’s released several new songs, including “Wow,” “Dreams,” and “Up All Night.” U2 shared their latest LP Songs of Innocence in 2014. They debuted their new song “The Little Things That Give You Away” in Vancouver, at the tour opener.

Revisit Pitchfork’s 2012 interview with Beck.

Beck:

07-09 Telluride, CO - The Ride Festival
07-11 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
07-14 Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre
08-16 Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theatre
08-17 St. Paul, MN - Palace Theatre
08-19 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Intersteller Rodeo
08-20 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - TCU Place
08-22 Edmonton, Alberta - Northern Alberta Jubilee
08-24 Vancouver, British Columbia - Orpheum
08-25 Redmond, WA - Marymoor Park
08-27 Portland, OR - Musicfest NW
09-03 Detroit, MI - Ford Field *
09-05 Buffalo, NY - New Era Field *
09-08 Minneapolis, MN - US Bank Stadium *
09-10 Indianapolis, IN - Lucas Oil Stadium *
09-12 Kansas City, MO - Arrowhead Stadium *
09-16 St. Louis, MO - Dome at America’s Center *
09-22 San Diego, CA - Qualcomm Stadium *

* with U2

U2:

06-11 Miami, FL - Hard Rock Stadium +
06-14 Tampa, FL - Raymond James Stadium +
06-18 Philadelphia, PA - Lincoln Financial Field ^
06-20 Washington, DC - FedEx Field ^
06-23 Toronto, Ontario - Rogers Centre ^
06-25 Boston, MA - Gillette Stadium ^
06-28-29 East Rutherford, New Jersey - MetLife Stadium ^
07-01 Cleveland, OH - FirstEnergy Stadium +
07-08-09 London, England - Twickenham Stadium ~
07-12 Berlin, Germany - Olympic Stadium ~
07-15-16 Rome, Italy - Olympic Stadium ~
07-18 Barcelona, Spain - Olympic Stadium ~
07-22 Dublin, Ireland - Croke Park ~
07-25-26 Paris, France - Stade de France ~
07-29-30 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Amsterdam Arena ~
08-01 Brussels, Belgium - Stade Roi-Baudoin ~
09-03 Detroit, MI - Ford Field *
09-05 Buffalo, NY - New Era Field *
09-08 Minneapolis, MN - US Bank Stadium *
09-10 Indianapolis, IN - Lucas Oil Stadium *
09-12 Kansas City, MO - Arrowhead Stadium *
09-16 St. Louis, MO - The Dome at America's Center *
09-22 San Diego, CA - Qualcomm Stadium *
10-03 Mexico City, Mexico - Foro Sol
10-07 Bogota, Columbia - Estadio El Campin
10-10 Buenos Aires, Argentina - La Plata
10-14 Santiago, Chile - Estadio Nacional
10-19 Sao Paulo, Brazil - Morumbi Stadium

+ with OneRepublic
^ with the Lumineers
~ with Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
* with Beck

Watch RZA Perform Original Score for Opening Ceremony 2017 Fashion Show

Saturday, June 10, 2017

Thom Yorke Talks Early Radiohead, Politics, More in Rare Interview: Listen

Thom Yorke Talks Early Radiohead, Politics, More in Rare Interview: Listen

Thom Yorke has given a rare interview reflecting on his life, from his earliest music memories to modern-day Radiohead, for BBC 6 Music’s “First Time” series. Speaking to host Matt Everitt, the Radiohead frontman touched on early obsessions with Queen and heavy metal, his first four-track experiments (during the On A Friday era), and a raucous punk concert that prompted his school headmaster to ban rock music. At one point, he recalls the captivating Siouxsie and the Banshees show that inspired him to become a performer. “And then I went to see New Order a week later,” he adds, “and they slagged everybody off and stormed off. It was like, ‘OK, that’s how not to do it.’” Listen to it in full on BBC 6 Music.

He also discusses his relationship with his bandmates. “I was always the nutter,” Yorke says, “and now I seem to have infected them all.” Listen to it in full on BBC 6 Music. Asked if Colin Greenwood was the first Radiohead member he met, Yorke jokes:

I went on this weird recruitment drive, in my own head. I’d heard that he’d joined this band that I'd left. And I felt really sorry for him, because he was playing bass but he only had a really short lead. So I put him down on the list. And I knew his brother was this big genius, but a bit younger. And I’d heard there was this really great drummer, bit older. Was trying to find out who he was. And Ed [O’Brien] was walking around like he was in the Smiths, so obviously he was gonna join...

Yorke continues, “One of my favorite early experiences was doing this four-track demo with Phil [Selway] in his house round the corner from school... and it was actually good. I’m still trying to find it. I know it exists. ‘Lock the Door,’ it’s called.”

Later, Yorke discusses the recording of “No Surprises,” during which, apparently, Yorke wanted the band “to sound like we’d all taken Mogadon.” Yorke says, “We tried to play it as slow as we could, but it was never slow enough, because we weren’t on Mogadon. So what we did was, we took an earlier version and just slowed it right down.” He adds that, sometime during George W. Bush’s tenure, the song became a rallying cry in America. “It always gets this huge reaction, the ‘bring down the government bit.’ People just start yelling spontaneously. It’s great. I don’t know why. It’s such an unpunk song [to] have released this weird anger.”

When the topic turns to the upcoming OK Computer reissue OK NOT OK, Yorke reveals that he wrote “30 or 40” different versions of “Paranoid Android” with minor differences. “What I found really fascinating was going through my notebooks at the time, and making friends with whoever this nut was,” he says, laughing. “Oh my god...think I’m bad now? Just pages of like, ‘seriously mate, you need to take a break.’”

On the subject of when he was first turned onto politics, Yorke says, “Student politics kind of put me off it for life, in a weird way, because you see the sort of people it attracts and it makes you despair. It’s a love-hate relationship because I’ve never really been able to just walk away. A lot of the times I wish I could have walked away. But I think ultimately, it’s always been there. Our generation especially grew up with it, and it was an incredibly important part of what happened in music.”

After being asked if he’s an optimist, Yorke replies with a thinly veiled statement directed at Donald Trump and Theresa May: “Yeah. One day at a time, mate. You will be impeached shortly, mate. You are not a leader, love—and the people are going to see it very soon, love. One day at a time. You can’t sustain this. It’s not going to work. Good luck. One day at a time. We ain’t stupid.”

Friday, June 9, 2017

Frank Ocean Performs “Self Control,” “Thinking Bout You,” More at Tour Kickoff: Watch

Emily Haines (Metric, Broken Social Scene) Announces First New Album in 11 Years

Emily Haines (Metric, Broken Social Scene) Announces First New Album in 11 Years

Metric frontwoman and Broken Social Scene member Emily Haines has announced a new album under her Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton moniker, as Rolling Stone reports. It’s titled Choir of the Mind, and it marks her first full-length solo LP since 2006’s Knives Don’t Have Your Back. The album is due out September 15 via Last Gang/eOne. Haines has also shared a video for her new song, “Fatal Gift,” directed by Justin Broadbent. Watch it below. Emily Haines will appear on the new Broken Social Scene album Hug of Thunder, due out July 7 via City Slang/Arts & Crafts. Metric’s last album, Pagans in Vegas, was released in 2015.

5 Albums Out Today You Should Listen to Now: Phoenix, Big Thief, Sufjan, More

5 Albums Out Today You Should Listen to Now: Phoenix, Big Thief, Sufjan, More

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 albums and EPs by Phoenix, Big Thief, Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, and James McAlister, SZA, and Vic Mensa.

Phoenix: Ti Amo [Loyauté/Glassnote]

After some years away, Phoenix have returned with a new album inspired by Italian summers and pistachio gelato. It follows 2013’s Bankrupt!. Check out the track reviews for “Ti Amo” and “J-Boy,” which was named Best New Track.

Listen on Apple Music

Listen on Spotify

Listen on Tidal

Big Thief: Capacity [Saddle Creek]

Big Thief have released their sophomore full-length Capacity. Their first album Masterpiece was released just last year. Read our track review for “Shark Smile” and “Mythological Beauty,” as well as our interview with Adrianne Lenker on the Pitch.

Listen on Apple Music

Listen on Spotify

Sufjan Stevens / Bryce Dessner / Nico Muhly / James McAlister: Planetarium [4AD]

Sufjan Stevens, the National’s Bryce Dessner, composer Nico Muhly, and Sufjan collaborator James McAlister have come together on a new project inspired by the solar system, Planetarium. With song titles like “Venus,” “Saturn,” and “Moon,” the new album is the recorded version of a performance that the quartet assembled in years prior. A short tour behind the new project is set to begin later this summer.

Listen on Apple Music

Listen on Spotify

Listen on Tidal

SZA: Ctrl [Top Dawg Entertainment/RCA]

After protracted delays, SZA has released her new album Ctrl. It follows her 2014 debut Z. Ctrl features appearances by Kendrick Lamar, Isaiah Rashad, Travis Scott, and James Fauntleroy. Check out the video for “Love Galore.”

Listen on Apple Music

Listen on Spotify

Listen on Tidal

Vic Mensa: The Manuscript [Roc Nation]

Vic Mensa has a new four-song “capsule,” The Manuscript. It follows last year’s There’s Alot Going On EP. The Manuscript features Pusha T, Mr. Hudson, Pharrell, and more.

Listen on Apple Music

Listen on Spotify

Listen on Tidal

Listen to Miley Cyrus’ New Song “Inspired”

Listen to Miley Cyrus’ New Song “Inspired”

Miley Cyrus has released a new track. It’s called “Inspired.” She previously performed the song on “Today.” Hear the new studio version below. “Inspired” follows Cyrus’ other new single “Malibu,” which she performed at the Billboard Music Awards. Last weekend, Cyrus was among the many artists to perform at Ariana Grande’s “One Love Manchester” benefit concert. She joined Pharrell on stage to perform his hit song “Happy.” Miley Cyrus’ most recent full-length is 2015’s Miley Cyrus and Her Dead Petz.

Radiohead, Run the Jewels, Angel Olsen, More Win 2017 Libera Awards

Radiohead, Run the Jewels, Angel Olsen, More Win 2017 Libera Awards

Tonight was the Libera Awards, held by the American Association of Independent Music in New York City. Radiohead (and XL Recordings) took home the Best Live Act award and the fan-chosen Video of the Year. Run the Jewels won the category for Best Rap/Hip-Hop Album and DJ Shadow won video of the year for his collaboration with the duo, “Nobody Speak.” Angel Olsen’s My Woman beat out Bon Iver’s 22, A Million, Radiohead’s A Moon Shaped Pool, and others for Album of The Year. Her label Jagjaguwar took Label of the Year, in the category for those with more than six employees. Other winners include Whitney, Bonobo, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, and Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings. The night featured performances from Nick Lowe, Ani DiFranco, Talib Kweli, Twin Peaks, and Nick Hakim.

Angel Olsen is performing at this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival, with headliners LCD Soundsystem, Solange, and A Tribe Called Quest. See the full lineup here.

Watch Run the Jewels perform “Blockbuster Night Part 1” at Pitchfork Paris:

Listen to Lorde’s New Song “Sober”

Listen to Lorde’s New Song “Sober”

Lorde has shared a new song, “Sober.” Take a listen below. It’s the latest song off the singer-songwriter’s upcoming sophomore album Melodrama, which arrives in its entirety on June 16 via LAVA/Republic. To date, she’s shared three other songs from the new full-length: “Green Light,” “Liability,” and “Perfect Places.” Lorde is set to embark on a massive tour behind her new record later this year, beginning with a run in Europe before heading to Australia and her native New Zealand. In a series of tweets Friday morning, Lorde explained the story behind the song. Scroll down to check it out.

i wanna tell you about sober
— Lorde (@lorde) June 9, 2017

so the first inklings of sober came to me in the back of an uber, and then properly at jack and lena's kitchen table. i BOLTED to the studio
— Lorde (@lorde) June 9, 2017

i'll never forget writing the first demo it was like a trance i guided jack to the chords almost wordlessly with my hands on his shoulders
— Lorde (@lorde) June 9, 2017

it was this really intense booming slow synth thing with a drum outro for ages then malay came thru on my birthday & cracked the code on it
— Lorde (@lorde) June 9, 2017

came up with the "midnight, lose my mind" pitched sample on a sinfully hot day in palm springs and also started sober II that day as well
— Lorde (@lorde) June 9, 2017

but this song was so important to me because it felt like pop music i hadn't heard before, this sprawling brass & strange vocal syncopation
— Lorde (@lorde) June 9, 2017

& i think we expressed the emotions so purely- it's leaning & drawling, juvenile & triumphant - impressing someone then embarrassing urself
— Lorde (@lorde) June 9, 2017

& that late-saturday-night declaration "WE PRETEND THAT WE JUST DON'T CARE / BUT WE CARE" tasted as fresh & new in my mouth as ice water
— Lorde (@lorde) June 9, 2017

@jackantonoff buddy can u believe this fucking song is out????
— Lorde (@lorde) June 9, 2017

D.R.A.M. Shares New Tracks “The Uber Song,” “Group Thang (DEMO)”: Listen

D.R.A.M. Shares New Tracks “The Uber Song,” “Group Thang (DEMO)”: Listen

D.R.A.M. has shared a new pair of tracks: “The Uber Song” and “Group Thang (DEMO).” Check them out below. These new songs follow the A$AP Rocky collaboration, “Gilligan,” that D.R.A.M. shared earlier in the year. The rapper/singer-songwriter also recently featured on the Gorillaz album Humanz, singing on the track “Andromeda.” Last fall saw D.R.A.M. release his debut full-length album Big Baby D.R.A.M. Revisit our Rising interview with the rapper, “D.R.A.M.: Going Beyond Viral.”

Pharrell Shares New Song “Yellow Light” From Despicable Me 3 Soundtrack: Listen

Pharrell Shares New Song “Yellow Light” From Despicable Me 3 Soundtrack: Listen

Pharrell has shared a new song, “Yellow Light.” It appears on the soundtrack for the upcoming animated film Despicable Me 3, the film franchise that previously featured his 2014 hit “Happy.” Listen to “Yellow Light” below on Apple Music. “Happy” earned Pharrell an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. The song also appeared on his last studio album, G I R L, issued in 2014. He recently appeared at Ariana Grande’s Manchester benefit concert to perform “Happy” with Miley Cyrus.

Stream Phoenix’s New Album Ti Amo

Stream Phoenix’s New Album Ti Amo

Phoenix have released their new album Ti Amo. Listen to it here below via Apple Music. It’s their first album since 2013’s Bankrupt!, and features the previously released title track in addition to the songs “J-Boy,” “Goodbye Soleil,” and more. The band also recently shared “Ti Amo Speciale,” a fake television taping in which they perform songs off Ti Amo for a studio audience and sit down for an interview about the album. Phoenix are currently on tour behind the new record.

Revisit Pitchfork’s longform on Phoenix.

Big Boi Enlists Gucci Mane and Pimp C for New Song “In the South”: Listen

Big Boi Enlists Gucci Mane and Pimp C for New Song “In the South”: Listen

Big Boi has shared another song from his upcoming Boomiverse album, which is due June 16 via Epic. It’s called “In the South,” and it features Gucci Mane and a posthumous contribution from Underground Kingz’s Pimp C. Listen to it below on Apple Music. Big Boi recently shared Boomiverse tracks “Mic Jack,” featuring Adam Levine, and “Kill Jill” with Jeezy and Killer Mike. Both songs received videos as well. Other artists who are set to appear on the record include Snoop Dogg and Curren$y. Boomiverse is the follow-up Big Boi’s 2012 Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors LP. In 2009, Gucci Mane and Big Boi teamed for a song called “Shine Blockas.”

Watch Big Boi on Pitchfork.tv’s “Over/Under”:

Ibeyi Share New Song “Away Away”: Listen

Ibeyi Share New Song “Away Away”: Listen

Ibeyi have shared a new song, “Away Away.” It premiered on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 program on Thursday. Take a listen to it here and below via Apple Music. The duo of twins Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé Díaz last released a project in 2015, when they issued their self-titled debut album. Earlier this year, they released “Lost In My Mind,” their first official studio track to be released since that full-length. Ibeyi’s public profile has risen in the interim after the twins appeared in Beyoncé’s Lemonade.

Listen to Vince Staples’ New Song “Rain Come Down” With Ty Dolla $ign

Listen to Vince Staples’ New Song “Rain Come Down” With Ty Dolla $ign

Vince Staples has shared “Rain Come Down,” a new song off his forthcoming album, Big Fish Theory. It features Ty Dolla $ign; listen to it below via Apple Music. “Rain Come Down” follows the previously released “BagBak” and “Big Fish.” Big Fish Theory, which is out June 23 via Blacksmith/ARTium/Def Jam, is the follow up to his 2015 LP Summertime ‘06 and his 2016 EP Prima Donna. He recently appeared on the Gorillaz track “Ascension” from their album Humanz and will be touring with the band this summer.

Revisit Pitchfork’s “Part of God’s Plan: How Vince Staples and Kendrick Lamar Portray Black Faith.” Watch “Vince Staples vs. The Internet” below.

Manchester Orchestra Announce New Album, Share New Song “The Gold”: Listen

Manchester Orchestra Announce New Album, Share New Song “The Gold”: Listen

Manchester Orchestra have announced a new album. A Black Mile to the Surface is out July 28 via Loma Vista, and marks the band’s first full-length since the release of Cope in 2014. The band have also shared a new song, “The Gold.” Listen to that below. The new Manchester Orchestra album features production from Catherine Marks (PJ Harvey, the Killers) and John Congleton (St. Vincent, Angel Olsen) in addition to past collaborator Dan Hannon. Check out the album artwork and full tracklist below as well.

A Black Mile to the Surface:

01 The Maze
02 The Gold
03 The Moth
04 Lead, SD
05 The Allen
06 The Sunshine
07 The Grocery
08 The Wolf
09 The Mistake
10 The Parts
11 The Silence

Stream Katy Perry’s New Album Witness

Stream Katy Perry’s New Album Witness

Katy Perry has released her new album Witness. Stream it below and here via Apple Music. Witness marks Perry’s fifth studio album, and her first full-length since Prism was released in 2013. It was led by several singles: “Chained to the Rhythm,” “Bon Appétit” (featuring Migos), and the Nicki Minaj collaboration “Swish Swish.” In addition to those appearances, the album also features contributions from Hot Chip members Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddard, in addition to Purity Ring’s Megan James and Corin Roddick. (Hot Chip previously remixed one of the tracks off the album.) Mike WiLL Made-It and Jeff Bhasker also contributed production to the album.

Perry is also doing a live streamed performance of songs off the album to a studio audience. The singer plans on taking questions between each song—check that out below as well.

Thursday, June 8, 2017

Taylor Swift’s Music Returns to Spotify Tonight

Taylor Swift’s Music Returns to Spotify Tonight

Taylor Swift made headlines in 2014 after she pulled her entire catalog of music from streaming service Spotify, arguing against the company’s per-stream royalty. Now, it’s been announced that Swift’s entire back catalog (including her 2014 album 1989) will be made available to stream on Spotify again. (Her albums were previously available on Apple Music.) A rep for Swift has confirmed the news to Billboard, and also stated that her catalog will be on Tidal, Amazon Music, and other streaming platforms as well, beginning at midnight on Friday, June 9.

Revisit Taylor Swift’s video for “Bad Blood (Remix)” with Kendrick Lamar:

Listen to SZA and Kendrick Lamar’s New Track “Doves In the Wind”

Listen to SZA and Kendrick Lamar’s New Track “Doves In the Wind”

SZA’s new album CTRL arrives this Friday via Top Dawg Entertainment/RCA. It features a new track with Kendrick Lamar called “Doves in the Wind.” Now, that track has arrived. Listen below. SZA’s follow-up to 2014’s Z also features contributions from Travis Scott, Isaiah Rashad, and James Fauntleroy, as well as the previously released tracks “Drew Barrymore” and “twoAM” (her rework of PARTYNEXTDOOR and Drake’s “Come and See Me”). Kendrick is getting ready to tour behind his excellent new album DAMN.

Watch SZA perform “Warm Winds” at Pitchfork Music Festival 2014:

Mount Eerie Opens Up About Late Wife, Grieving Process on Maron’s “WTF”: Listen

Mount Eerie Opens Up About Late Wife, Grieving Process on Maron’s “WTF”: Listen

Mount Eerie’s Phil Elverum was a guest on today’s episode of Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast (along with Mark Mulcahy). Maron started the hour-long conversation by asking Elverum about growing up in Anacortes, which Elverum described as being spooky like “Twin Peaks.” Elverum also spoke about how listening to Nirvana spurred him to pick up guitar: “I heard Nirvana on the radio, and realized, ‘Oh, regular people can make music too, not just famous-looking people.’”

Around the halfway point, the conversation turned to the recent death of Elverum’s wife, Geneviève, who passed last year from pancreatic cancer. After explaining his grieving process, Elverum concluded: “She did a really good job of having cancer and dying. That’s a weird sentence, but she was incredible at it. She was really good at doing chemo, she was best friends with all the nurses. She knocked it out of the park. She died really well, although I would rather she didn’t.” Elverum then played an acoustic live version of “Forest Fire,” from his excellent album from earlier this year: A Crow Looked at Me. Listen here, staring around the 7:45 mark.

Read our feature, “Death Is Real: Mount Eerie’s Phil Elverum Copes With Unspeakable Tragedy.”

See where Elverum’s The Glow Pt. 2 lands on Pitchfork.tv’s “The 10 Best Indie Rock Albums of the Pacific Northwest”:

Eagles of Death Metal to Score Super Troopers Sequel

Eagles of Death Metal to Score Super Troopers Sequel

The cult 2001 film Super Troopers is getting a sequel, headed by returning director Jay Chandrasekhar. Now, it’s been announced that the score for the new follow-up movie will be recorded by none other than Eagles of Death Metal, as Exclaim! points out. Jesse Hughes and the rest of the band have been on tour for much of this year, performing on the road with Mastodon and recently revealing that they’d recorded a pair of tracks with Kesha. Their last studio album Zipper Down was released in 2015. Super Troopers 2 is set to arrive later this year.

Super Troopers 2 Update: In studio with Eagles of Death Metal recording score. pic.twitter.com/L436375rjS
— Jay Chandrasekhar (@jaychandrasekha) June 7, 2017