Watch Todd Rundgren Premiere His New Anti-Trump Music Video on Fox News

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Last night, Todd Rundgren went on the Fox News show “Watters World” to premiere his video for his Donald Fagen collaboration “Tin Foil Hat.” The video makes fun of Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, Jeff Sessions, Kellyanne Conway, and former Fox News anchor Bill O'Reilly. On the show, Rundgren explained that song’s visual was “pretty much only intended for [his live] audience,” meant to screen during Rundgren’s costume change. However, the musician began to notice “episodes in the audience where shouting matches would break out,” because some of the members thought the jokes to be in bad taste. In a recent interview with Variety, Rundgren warned Trump supporters that they might not enjoy his show because of his political beliefs: “If you’re a Trump supporter, don’t come to my show, because you won’t have a good time... Let the buyer beware!”

Host Jesse Watters questioned Rundgren during the segment: “OK, so you have a very provocative intermission video while you do your little costume change. It disrespects and mocks President Trump and people in the audience were getting upset about it, so now you’re saying, ‘You know what, don’t come to my show if you can’t handle it.’ Don’t you think that’s being a little discriminatory?” The two exchanged a few heated words before Watters debuted the “Tin Foil Hat” visual on air. Watch it all go down in the segment titled “Anti-Trump Rocker Todd Rundgren Speaks Out,” and watch the full “Tin Foil Hat” video below. 

“Tin Foil Hat” is from Rundgren’s recent White Knight album, which features contributions from Robyn, Trent Reznor, Daryl Hall, and more. 

Check out Pitchfork’s Starter feature on Todd Rundgren.

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Guns N’ Roses Pay Tribute to Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell With “Black Hole Sun”: Watch

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Guns N' Roses added to the list of bands who have paid tribute to Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell. The band performed “Black Hole Sun” on Saturday during their tour stop in Ireland. Watch below via Rolling Stone. Tributes have poured out from the music community since Cornell’s passing. Ryan Adams and Metallica have each performed the classic song. Cornell’s Audioslave bandmate Tom Morello penned a note in his memory. Others, such as St. Vincent, Brian Wilson, and Sadie Dupuis, memorialized Cornell on social media. In addition, Megadeth, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Josh Klinghoffer, Heart’s Ann Wilson, and others have covered his songs in his honor. In Seattle, fans gathered at the Sound Garden sculpture park, from which Cornell’s band took their name. The city’s iconic Space Needle was also blacked out in memoriam.

Cornell died of an apparent suicide on May 17; his family have questioned the cause of death, which was determined by the Wayne County Medical Examiner.

Read our Afterword column “Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell Was More Than Just a Grunge Frontman,” as well as “Chris Cornell’s Greatest Vocal Performances” on the Pitch. Find Details’ 1996 profile, “Chris Cornell, Searching for Solitude,” here.

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The Allman Brothers Band’s Gregg Allman Dead at 69

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Gregg Allman has died, Billboard reports. The news was confirmed with a note on Allman’s website, which states that he died “peacefully at his home in Savannah, Georgia.” The singer, songwriter, and guitarist from the Allman Brothers Band, who had a prolific solo career of his own, was 69. Allman struggled with a series of health troubles in recent years. He was diagnosed with hepatitis C in 2007 and had a liver transplant in 2010. The rocker cancelled a series of 2016 shows so that he could take time off from touring to “focus on his health.” A planned 2017 tour was also scrapped due to “serious health issues.” 

Allman was born in Nashville in 1947. After playing in a variety of bands with his brother Duane, they co-founded the Allman Brothers Band in 1969. Their debut self-titled album came out that year. In 1971, they released their live album At Fillmore East, which was a critical and commercial success. About three months after that album’s release, Duane died in a motorcycle crash at age 24. Following his brother’s death, Gregg continued performing with a rotating cast of musicians in the Allman Brothers Band. Their next album, 1972’s Eat a Peach, featured posthumously released recordings by Duane. The Allman Brothers Band split in 1976, but would reunite off-and-on throughout the years. They played their last show in 2014.

Gregg launched his solo recording career with 1973’s Laid Back; his most recent album was 2011’s Low Country Blues. In 1975, he married Cher. They had a son together and made the 1977 album Two the Hard Way before divorcing in 1978. Allman struggled with drug and alcohol abuse throughout his life; he once said that he’d gone to rehab 17 different times. His memoir My Cross to Bear was released in 2012. 

The family has asked that tributes to Allman be made to the Gregg Allman Scholarship Fund at The University of Georgia or the Allman/Lehman Endowed Scholarship at Syracuse University.

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Frank Ocean Cancels Primavera Sound Set

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Frank Ocean has canceled his performance at Primavera Sound next weekend. The stated reason for the cancellation, once again, is due to “production delays beyond his control,” the festival said in a statement. “The artist has apologised and has reiterated his wish to come to Barcelona soon.” Refunds are being offered to anyone holding a day ticket. He previously canceled his headlining sets at Sasquatch! (where he was replaced by LCD Soundsystem) and Hangout (where he was replaced by Phoenix). Frank’s upcoming performances were set to be his first since the release of last year’s comeback albums, Blonde and Endless. 

We are sorry for any inconvenience caused by this situation and we appreciate your understanding.

— Primavera Sound (@Primavera_Sound) May 27, 2017

Recently, Frank has fed his fans a relatively steady stream of new music, appearing alongside Migos on Calvin Harris’ “Slide” and dropping a series of new tracks: “Chanel,” “Biking” featuring Jay Z and Tyler, the Creator, and “Lens.”

Read “Frank Ocean’s Boys Don’t Cry: The Complete Timeline” on the Pitch.

Frank Ocean:

05-31-06-04 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound
06-09 Aarhus, Denmark - NorthSide Festival
06-10-11 Manchester, England - Parklife Festival
07-14 London, England - Lovebox Festival
07-22 Los Angeles, CA - FYF Festival
07-28 Randall’s Island, NY - Panorama Festival
07-28-30 Oro-Medonte, Ontario - WayHome Music and Arts Festival
08-10-12 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West
08-11-13 Helsinki, Finland - Flow Festival

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LCD Soundsystem Say New Album Is Finished

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LCD Soundsystem have apparently finished their album. James Murphy made the announcement during their set last night at Sasquatch! Music Festival in George, Washington. A Reddit user recalled Murphy saying that the album is “finally done, feel like we knocked it out of the park on this one.” Video hasn’t surfaced of the moment, but a representative for Sasquatch confirms that Murphy made that announcement. The band has been teasing the follow up to 2010’s This is Happening for a while; in January, Murphy explained that they were “still working on it, but it’ll be done soon.” Pitchfork has reached out to representatives for LCD Soundsystem for further comment.

The new LP will likely feature their recently released singles “Call the Police” and “American Dream,” which were debuted live during LCD Soundsystem’s Brooklyn residency. The band also performed the new songs recently on SNL. LCD Soundsystem is set to headline this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival in July alongside A Tribe Called Quest and Solange.

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

Check out Pitchfork.tv’s “Liner Notes” video on LCD Soundsystem’s Sound of Silver:

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Rodney Bingenheimer’s KROQ Radio Show Ending After 40 Years

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“Rodney on the Roq,” a long-running staple of L.A. radio, will soon end after 40 years. Radio icon Rodney Bingenheimer took to Facebook to announce that his last show for KROQ-FM will take place June 4 at midnight Pacific. “It has been an amazing run, and I will be thanking all of you when I say goodbye to KROQ next week,” he writes. “I am planning on some special callers and special music as I say a proper goodbye.” He also promises that he will continue his career after the show’s end: “As this chapter closes, I will be opening another chapter of my rock life soon. I may be done with KROQ, but I am not retiring.” He hints that the reason for the change is because of KROQ’s “new management.” Read his full statement below.

“Rodney on the Roq” first aired in August 1976. Throughout the years, Bigenheimer was known to be among the first to spin artists who are now famous, including the Sex Pistols, Blondie, Duran Duran, Sublime, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and more. In 2003, Bigenheimer was the subject of the George Hickenlooper-directed documentary Mayor of the Sunset Strip, which chronicled his career. Find its trailer below. 

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Oneohtrix Point Never Wins Soundtrack Award at Cannes Film Festival

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Oneohtrix Point Never (Daniel Lopatin) has won the Soundtrack Award at Cannes Film Festival 2017. He was honored for his original score for Good Time, a new crime thriller directed by Josh and Benny Safdie. The film stars Robert Pattinson and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Lopatin beat out Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood, Jed Kurzel, and Ibrahim Maalouf for the award. He joins former winners Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Cliff Martinez, Howard Shore, Jim Jarmusch’s band SQÜRL, Lim Giong, and more. Lopatin’s score features a collaborative song with Iggy Pop called “The Pure and the Damned,” which can be heard in the film’s trailer below. Good Time hits theaters August 11.

Oneohtrix Point Never’s last release was 2015’s Garden of Delete. He and David Byrne are reportedly working on new music together. 

Revisit Pitchfork’s “This is How We Do It” podcast episode with Lopatin. 

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