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JPEGMAFIA has shared another new song. His new track, “CUTIE PIE!,” follows recent exclamation point entries “BALD!,” “Covered in Money!,” and “BODYGUARD!” Peggy directed his new “CUTIE PIE!” video, which looks to have been shot in the desert. Watch below. JPEGMAFIA released All My Heroes Are Cornballs last year. Read Pitchfork’s Rising interview “Get to

Coriky—the band from Fugazi’s Ian Mackaye and Joe Lally, alongside Amy Farina—were set to release their debut self-titled album in March. The album was delayed, and, now, the new release plan has been announced: Vinyl and CD preorders will start shipping on May 29, the album arrives to digital platforms on June 12, and it’ll

Rapper YNW Bortlen (real name: Cortlen Henry), was granted release on bond in Broward County, Florida yesterday (May 23). One of Henry’s attorneys John M. Phillips announced the news in a tweet earlier this evening, stating that “Jamell Demons aka @YNWMelly’s co-defendant Cortlen Henry aka @YNWBortlen was granted bond and house arrest.” Phillips clarified that

Yeah Yeah Yeahs were scheduled to play some live shows this year, and while their headlining set at Pitchfork Music Festival 2020 is unfortunately off, being stuck at home isn’t stopping the band from performing together. Last night, they shared a video of a remote performance of the Show Your Bones track “Phenomena.” Instead of

Atlanta singer and songwriter Mariah the Scientist is back with her first new single of the year. Listen to “RIP” below. “RIP” is Mariah the Scientist’s first piece of new music since she released her major label debut Master on RCA in 2019. According to a press release, “RIP” is about “finding a way to

Lana Del Rey has shared a new spoken word piece from her forthcoming poetry collection behind the iron gates – insights from an institution. It’s called “patent leather do-over,” and you can hear it below. The piece begins with Del Rey invoking Sylvia Plath, nodding to her book The Bell Jar. Del Rey’s Norman Fucking

Back in January, mysterious artist Slingbaum announced his debut album Slingbaum One, which features a string of high profile musical guests. D’Angelo and Erykah Badu are two of those artists, and they appear on Slingbaum’s new song “Behoove,” which premiered on Giles Peterson’s BB6 Music radio show earlier today (May 23). Give it a listen

The Philip Glass Ensemble has recorded and released Music in 8 Parts, a 1970 Philip Glass that had been lost for decades. According to The New York Times, the composition had its premiere in January 1970, arriving after Glass’ Music for Fifths but before Music With Changing Parts and Music in 12 Parts. Glass’ Music

Steven “Thee Slayer Hippy” Hanford, best known for his work as a drummer in the influential Oregon punk band Poison Idea, has died, according to Portland alt-weekly Willamette Week and Blackhouse Records, which released music from Hanford’s band Fetish. According to a memorial GoFundMe, Hanford died from a heart attack. Steven Hanford was 50 years

Canadian pop artists are having an amazing spring right now, and you needn’t listen any further than the new sounds of Gianni Bodo’s latest single to understand why. While the American underground might have bested Bodo and his countrymen in the last couple of years with regards to the pop beat, songs like the single

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BTS member Suga has released a new mixtape under his Agust D alias. It’s called D-2 and it’s out now. Below, listen to the record and watch him wield a sword in the video for “Daechwita.” (The tape was also uploaded to Dropbox, but the link was down at the time of publication.) Suga (whose

Lana Del Rey has expanded on her controversial Instagram post, adding comments that address issues of racism. Following the backlash she received, Lana wrote in her comments section “I fucking love these singers and know them,” referring to Doja Cat, Ariana Grande, Camila Cabello, Cardi B, Kehlani, Nicki Minaj, and Beyoncé, who, this morning, she

El-P scored the new Al Capone biopic Capone, starring Tom Hardy as the titular gangster. On May 29, he’ll release his soundtrack for the film (via Milan Records). Below, listen to two new tracks from El’s score, “mama’s hurt and “this is Al that’s left” (via Rolling Stone). Speaking with Rolling Stone, El-P said, “‘mama’s

Lana Del Rey plans to release a new album on September 5. The singer-songwriter announced the Norman Fucking Rockwell! follow-up in an Instagram post defending her lyrics, particularly those concerning women with “sometimes submissive or passive roles” in their relationships. Introducing the post, Lana surveys the pop landscape and concludes that “Doja Cat, Ariana, Camila,

Studio 54, the nightclub at the center of the disco scene in 1970s New York City, has launched a record label called Studio 54 Music. Its debut release is Night Magic Vol. 1, a four-track EP featuring newly reimagined versions of disco club tracks such as Don Ray’s “Got to Have Loving” and T-Connection’s “At

David Lynch has released his short film Fire (Pożar) online. The new short was written, directed, and drawn by Lynch, with music performed by the Penderecki String Quartet and written by Marek Zebrowski, a frequent Lynch collaborator who most prominently worked with him on the 2007 joint album Polish Night Music. Fire (Pożar) has been

Nas appeared on the second season of the PBS program Poetry in America, discussing Walt Whitman’s poetry and the mark it left on the American canon. The episode is currently airing on PBS stations around the country, and debuts on PBS’ WORLD Channel on Saturday, May 30 at 7:30 p.m. ET. It can also be

Willie K, the Hawaiian music star, has died, the Honolulu Star Advertiser reports. The musician, songwriter, and producer was the recipient of numerous Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards (considered Hawaii’s equivalent of the Grammys) throughout his career. Willie K was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2018. He was 59. “He fought hard for over two years

On Saturday, June 6, YouTube Originals is hosting a virtual commencement called “Dear Class of 2020.” The event is headlined by Barack and Michelle Obama. Today, YouTube has announced that Beyoncé will also “deliver an inspirational message to the 2020 class” during the event. Another new addition is Taylor Swift, who will make an appearance.

When Bishop Gunn’s Travis McCready announced a “socially distant” concert in Fort Smith, Arkansas, the event became the subject of controversy. The state’s Department of Health announced plans to issue a cease-and-desist order to TempleLive, the venue hosting the event. The venue then postponed the show for three days after its initially announced date to

George van den Broek, better known as the UK singer-songwriter Yellow Days, has announced his next studio album. A Day in a Yellow Beat arrives August 7 via Sony/RCA. He’s also shared the latest single from the LP, along with a Kevin Lombardo-directed music video. Watch Yellow Days’ nostalgic visual for “Love Is Everywhere” below.

Khruangbin have shared another new song from their forthcoming album Mordechai. Watch the Scott Dungate–directed video for the new track “So You Won’t Forget” below. “Memory is a powerful thing,” Khruangbin said in a statement. “Now more than ever it’s important to tell the people you love that you love them, so that they don’t

Taylor Swift premiered a new concert movie on ABC earlier tonight (May 17). The one-hour concert special, titled City of Lover, was filmed at Paris’ L’Olympia Theater last September. During her set, Taylor played tracks from her most recent studio album, Lover. While City of Lover is slated to stream on Hulu and Disney+ tomorrow,

After returning with a pair of new songs called “N.S.T.” and “things can’t stay the same” last week, BROCKHAMPTON have shared two more new songs: “M.O.B.” and “twisted,” featuring Ryan Beatty and Christian Alexander. Check those out below. The songs released last week have notably been removed from the group’s official YouTube channel at time

Oakland rapper G-Eazy has really been in the mood for covers lately. Last month, he sang the Beatles’ “I’m So Tired” and recruited Ashley Benson for a duet version of Radiohead’s “Creep.” Now, he’s got two more. Below, hear G-Eazy cover “VCR” (from the xx’s iconic 2009 debut xx) and “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All

Ryuichi Sakamoto has shared a new concert film, Playing the Piano for the Isolated. It features Hidejiro Honjoh, a renowned musician known for his mastery of the three-stringed shamisen, a traditional Japanese instrument. The concert, originally recorded in Tokyo in April, features the composer and Yellow Magic Orchestra co-founder performing songs from throughout his career,