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Lil Tjay has announced a new mixtape called State of Emergency. It arrives this Friday, May 8. Check out Tjay’s announcement and the music video for his new song “Ice Cold” below. Lil Tjay released his debut album True 2 Myself last fall. Following the death of his friend and collaborator Pop Smoke in February

Drake made an appearance on Lil Wayne’s new “Young Money Radio” program on Apple Music last night, where he and his mentor discussed his new mixtape, fatherhood, and more. After a brief discussion of how Drake’s family is doing—including his dad, Dennis Graham, who is apparently “working on an album that’ll never come out”—Wayne and

Gorillaz have shared the latest single in their ongoing Song Machine series. The new song is called “How Far?” and features Skepta as well as Tony Allen, the late drummer and Afrobeat pioneer who passed away earlier this week. “The track was written and recorded with Skepta in London just before lockdown and is being

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson unveiled a state reopening plan on April 27 that includes a note that live concerts can resume starting on Monday (May 4), Billboard reports. Missouri is the first state in the U.S. to reopen live events amid the coronavirus pandemic. The plan dictates that “seating shall be spaced out according to

Thurston Moore has shared a new song called “May Daze.” It was recorded by producer Paul Epworth at the Church in London alongside his bandmates in Thurston Moore Group—fellow Sonic Youth alum Steve Shelley, My Bloody Valentine bassist Deb Googe, and guitarist James Sedwards. “A soundtrack for our USA sisters + brothers to register as

Sia has shared a new song, as Stereogum points out. It’s called “Saved My Life” and it was co-written by Dua Lipa, with production by Greg Kurstin. The singer debuted the new track during the Americares Foundation’s COVID-19 benefit livestream last night, and all proceeds from sales of the song will be directed to Americares

Chicano Batman were the musical guests on last night’s episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. The Los Angeles band convened remotely, shooting segments from their homes for a performance of “Color My Life,” a single from their newly released album Invisible People. Check that out below. Chicano Batman’s last album, Freedom Is Free,

Yaeji has postponed the remaining headline dates of her WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던 tour. “Hello dear onions,” she wrote on Twitter earlier tonight (May 1). “Due to the present concern and uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, all of my headline tour dates this year have been postponed. We will share dates for early 2021 soon.” Find

Zola Jesus has released her first-ever live album. She dropped Live at Roadburn 2018 earlier today (May 1) on her Bandcamp page. The LP will arrive on other streaming platforms May 8. Pre-sale for vinyl and CD versions of the release will also commence that day. Listen to the 12-track album, which was recorded at

Clairo has shared a cover of “Brown Trout Blues,” a track from British singer-songwriter Johnny Flynn’s 2008 debut A Larum. Clairo said it’s “one of [her] favorite songs.” Hear her rendition below and scroll down for Flynn’s original. Clairo released her debut album Immunity in 2019. This year, she’s shared a new demo, a mix

Mogwai’s score for the TV series ZeroZeroZero (which airs on Sky Atlantic, Canal+, and Prime Video) has been released. It’s a pay-what-you-can release on Bandcamp. Half of the proceeds are going to Help Musicians and NHS charities. Listen to it, and watch a trailer for the show, below. Stuart Braithwaite said in a statement: With

Drake is releasing new music tonight, sources familiar with the situation tell Pitchfork. The new material will follow his recent hit single “Toosie Slide,” as well as one-off collaborations with Lil Yachty (“Oprah’s Bank Account”) and Future (“Desires”), and his solo tracks “When to Say When” and “Chicago Freestyle.” Drake’s last studio album was 2018’s

Dixie Chicks have shared the new song “Julianna Calm Down.” It’s the second offering from the band’s comeback record Gaslighter. Check out the song in the IGTV below. Dixie Chicks co-produced Gaslighter with Jack Antonoff. The record was led by the title track. The album does not currently have a release date, but Gaslighter will

Thom Yorke was the musical guest on tonight’s remote broadcast of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. In addition to sitting down for a somewhat rare late night TV performance, he also debuted a new song called “Plasticine Figures.” According to Fallon, it was an unfinished song that Yorke decided to finish for tonight’s performance.

Parody music icon “Weird Al” Yankovic has a guest role in new season of Reno 911!, which is returning on May 4 via the new streaming service Quibi. In the tweet below, Al revealed that he’s playing Ted Nugent, and he shared a photo of himself donning an American flag cowboy hat, a sleeveless American

The 2020 Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals have been canceled due to Rhode Island’s COVID-19 guidelines. “As devastating as it is to write those words, it’s balanced with a renewed sense of, well, HOPE,” executive producer Jay Sweet wrote in a statement. “It’s Rhode Island’s motto for good reason and it’s also the feeling you,

This week, Post Malone’s song “Circles” broke the record for the most weeks spent in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. Just in time for the song to reach record-breaking status, Dashboard Confessional have shared their rendition of the song. It’s the B-side to their new Spotify Singles contribution, and it was recorded

Hayley Williams’ 2020 tour was scheduled to begin in May, but her upcoming tour dates in Europe and North America have been postponed until 2021. Tickets will be honored for the rescheduled dates, which have yet to be scheduled. “im very sorry we wont see each other in real life soon,” Williams wrote. “eventually, though.”

Nilüfer Yanya will perform the next session in Pitchfork’s new stay-at-home concert series. The performance will broadcast live on Instagram this Wednesday, April 29, at 4 p.m. Eastern. You can tune in at Pitchfork’s Instagram. Pitchfork’s concert sessions take place on our Instagram every Wednesday and Friday, and viewers will be able to donate to the

Dave Grohl was a guest on the latest remote episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!. He appeared during an interview with TJ Riley, a New York emergency trauma nurse from Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, who just so happens to a big Foo Fighters fan. Grohl sang the band’s 1997 hit “Everlong” and accompanied himself

San Francisco record label Tompkins Square is releasing a compilation album benefitting Groceries for Seniors on Bandcamp this Friday (May 1). The 15-track album will feature exclusive music from Luther Dickinson, Nathan Salsburg, Gwenifer Raymond, Duck Baker and more. Find the LP artwork and tracklist below. Groceries for Seniors is a San Francisco organization that

Khruangbin have announced that their next album is on the way. It’s called Mordechai and it’s out June 26 via Dead Oceans. The record’s first single is “Time (You and I),” and you can listen to it below. Find physical editions of Mordechai at Rough Trade. (Pitchfork earns a commission from purchases made through affiliate

Hamilton Bohannon has died. The percussionist, bandleader, and music producer who started his music career as the drummer for a young Stevie Wonder in the mid-1960s passed away on Friday, April 24, as the Newnan Times-Herald reports. He was 78 years old. Bohannon grew up in Newnan, Georgia, a city 40 miles southwest of Atlanta.

On last night’s latest all-remote broadcast of Saturday Night Live, Miley Cyrus served as the episode’s musical guest. Sitting by a fire pit, she performed the Pink Floyd classic “Wish You Were Here.” Watch it happen below. The episode also featured appearances from Brad Pitt, who introduced the performance. The performance follows Miley Cyrus’ 2019

This week’s Saturday Night Live featured a sketch called “Big Papi Cooking Show,” wherein Kenan Thompson offers a cooking tutorial (sort of) as former Boston Red Sox player David Ortiz. During the sketch, Thompson introduced “Big Bunny,” which of course was Bad Bunny. Bad Bunny tries to sell viewers “big ass pots” and sweatpants. “Are

Earlier today, Australian independent music company Mushroom Group organized a televised concert special called “Music From the Homefront,” with artists hailing from Australia and New Zealand to give at-home performances. Among the artists was Kevin Parker from Tame Impala, who played a solo acoustic version of “On Track” from his latest album The Slow Rush.

The Killers made an appearance on CBS This Morning earlier today, where they debuted a new song called “Blowback” and covered Tom Petty’s “The Waiting” from 1981’s Hard Promises. Watch both performances below. “Blowback” is the latest song to be revealed from the Las Vegas band’s new album Imploding the Mirage. Originally due out in

Live Nation has announced a new “Ticket Relief Plan” to issue refunds to customers who hold tickets to shows that have been postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, as The New York Times reports. The concert conglomerate, which also owns Ticketmaster, previously indicated that fans who held tickets to rescheduled concerts would be given

Chvrches were the musical guests on last night’s remote edition of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. They played their Love Is Dead track “Forever” in separate white studios. Watch their colorful performance below. Chvrches’ most recent single “Death Stranding” arrived last year. The song was written specifically for Playstation 4’s video game of the