Music

U.S. Girls have announced their U.S. tour, playing three shows in February 2020 in Toronto, Montreal, and New York City. The group’s latest live configuration will feature seven singers. Earlier this year, U.S. Girls’ Meg Remy signed an open letter along with 200 other Canadian musicians—including members of Arcade Fire, Destroyer, Tanya Tagaq, Owen Pallett,

The Mountain Goats have announced a 2020 spring tour, JamBase reports. Find the dates below. The Mountain Goats released their new album In League With Dragons this year. The Mountain Goats 02-20 San Francisco, CA – Swedish American Hall02-21 San Francisco, CA – Swedish American Hall02-22 San Francisco, CA – Swedish American Hall04-26 Asheville, NC

Melbourne rockers King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have announced a North American tour. The concerts take place in April and May 2020. Three of the trek’s shows will feature three-hour marathon sets. Check out the band’s poster below. Get tickets here. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our

The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office revealed inconclusive findings from its autopsy for Juice WRLD, who died yesterday (December 8) following a seizure at the age of 21. It has now been disclosed that the rapper’s private plane, which landed at Chicago Midway International Airport around 1 a.m., was searched by police for narcotics, as

On Thursday, December 12, the UK general election will take place. Today, the oft politically outspoken Brian Eno has shared a new song skewering the Conservative Party, or Tories, as they’re often referred to. “Everything’s on the Up With the Tories” is a satirical account of Britain’s widening income gap, the privatization of healthcare, and

David Bowie will be honored with a live show at England’s National Space Centre. Titled “Bowie; Oddity to Mars,” the immersive, 360-degree celebration of the musician’s work will take place at the Centre’s Sir Patrick Moore Planetarium, the largest in the UK. Music spanning 1969 to 1972 will be performed by DAVID LIVE, a five-piece

Earlier this week, Kanye West announced that he had another opera in the works. Mary followed the Christmas nativity story. It was staged today (December 8) at the boat-racing arena Miami Marine Stadium, which looks out onto an expanse of water instead of astroturf. His latest collaboration with artist Vanessa Beecroft fell on the final

Juice WRLD died today at the age of 21. He was reportedly rushed to the hospital after suffering a seizure in Chicago’s Midway Airport. The news of the popular rapper’s death left the music world stunned, and throughout the day, rappers paid homage to their late peer. “I really wish we had more talks like

The rapper Juice WRLD has died, TMZ reports. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office confirmed his death to WGN. He was 21. Law enforcement sources told TMZ that he suffered a seizure at Midway Airport after his plane landed. Paramedics reportedly rushed him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Juice WRLD, who just

The Flaming Lips have a long-standing tradition of collaborating with other artists for full albums. Now, Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd have teamed up with Deap Vally’s Lindsey Troy and Julie Edwards to form a new supergroup called Deap Lips. Their new album Deap Lips is out March 13 via Cooking Vinyl. Take a listen

Dave East, Jay Electronica, and New Jersey’s 070 Phi have teamed up for a new song. The track, “No Hoodie (Nothin’ to Lose),” benefits the nonprofit Hoodies for the Homeless. Listen to the single, where the rappers discuss the homelessness epidemic, below (via Billboard). Dave East / Jay Electronica / 070 Phi: “No Hoodie (Nothin’

Melbourne quartet Crayon Fields are reissuing their 2009 album All the Pleasures of the World, as BrooklynVegan reports. The deluxe reissue, to celebrate the record’s 10th annviersary, is pressed on blue/green “galaxy swirl” vinyl and includes B-sides, instrumentals, and covers of ABBA, Roxette, and Kath Bloom songs. Check out the band’s demo version of “Mirror

The Weeknd returned to The Late Show With Stephen Colbert last night for the second time this week. This time around, he performed his comeback single “Blinding Lights.” The Weeknd’s set was broadcast in black and white, and the singer performed in a hall of mirrors while audience members held up small, square mirrors to

The new Aretha Franklin TV series Genius: Aretha premieres on National Geographic in May 2020. Today (December 6), Entertainment Weekly has shared the first photo of Erivo as the Queen of Soul. Check out the image below via National Geographic Channel’s Instagram. Genius: Aretha will feature a number of Aretha Franklin’s hit songs, including “I

Alex Paterson has announced a new album from the Orb: Abolition of the Royal Familia is out March 27 via Cooking Vinyl. The record, which Paterson made with his new main writing partner Michael Rendall, features contributions from Roger Eno, Youth, Steve Hillage, Gong’s Miquette Giraudy, and more. Below, check out the Orb’s new song

The Weeknd recently returned with two new singles. Last night, he performed one of those new songs, “Heartless,” while wandering the elaborately lit, mysteriously shifting halls of the Ed Sullivan Theater on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. Watch it happen below. “Heartless” recently got a new video which shows the Weeknd and Metro Boomin

Kanye West has announced another new opera. It’s called Mary, and it’s scheduled to take place at Miami Marine Stadium on Sunday, December 8 (the final day of Art Basel). Mary is slated to feature music by Kanye’s Sunday Service performers. Much like his debut opera Nebuchadnezzar, Ye made the announcement in a tweet. The

Pharrell was the musical guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night. Backed by a choir of tracksuit-wearing singers, he delivered a performance of “Letter to My Godfather,” a song that appeared on the soundtrack for the Netflix film The Black Godfather, released in June. The film follows the life of “the godfather

Sharon Van Etten has released a cover of the Christmas carol “Silent Night”. The song was originally recorded for Eric Paschal Johnson’s short film The Letter. Its cover art is a still from the film, photographed by Allison Anderson. Check out the song and the film below. Earlier this year, Van Etten recorded a song

Tekashi 6ix9ine’s sentencing in his federal case is set for December 18. While the racketeering and firearms charges amount to a mandatory minimum of 47 years in prison, it’s long been assumed that his cooperation with the federal government and recent testimony against alleged members of the Nine Trey Bloods could mean that he’d receive

Hyperdub is celebrating its 15th anniversary with Konsolation, an 11-song compilation exclusive to a Sega Mega Drive music cartridge. The special edition Mega Sg console, which is limited to 1,000 units globally, is made by Analogue, the hardware company that specializes in modern remakes of classic video game consoles. The accompanying compilation features new tracks

Amazon Studios has announced it is in production on a documentary film about Mary J Blige. The singer and Sean “Diddy” Combs will serve as executive producers on the currently untitled project. The film follows Blige as she is set to perform her sophomore album My Life for the first time ever on a 25th

On Peace Street, Vol. One, by Various Artists via BWH Music Group is a remarkable long – yet fulfilling album. There are 19 songs on this collection and while that seems like more than enough, the common thread of this album is never enough. One can never hear enough of the little reminders to keep

Oprah Winfrey is producing a new documentary film focused on sexual assault in the music industry. According to a press release, the film centers on a “former music executive who grapples with whether to go public with her story of assault and abuse by a notable figure in the music industry.” The currently untitled film

Lana Del Rey has interviewed Grimes about her new album Miss Anthropocene in a new piece for Interview. After a brief discussion of their respective whereabouts, Lana asks Grimes, “Do you feel like the songs are more personal, or do they have the overculture weighing on them?” Grimes replies: A bit of both. I’m really

Solange was the musical guest on last night’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. She delivered an elaborate performance featuring a selection of songs from her new album When I Get Home. After opening with “Things I Imagined,” she sang “Down With the Clique,” “Binz,” and “Almeda.” It ended with Solange singing while

HAIM have stopped by BBC Radio 1’s Chillest Show With Paul Taggart to perform a Piano Session, as Stereogum points out. During the session, they covered Robyn’s “Show Me Love” and also played their new song “Hallelujah.” Watch below. This year, HAIM have shared the new tracks “Summer Girl,” “Now I’m in It,” and “Hallelujah.” They’ve

Colombia-born, Toronto-based artist Lido Pimienta is back with a new song called “No Pude,” along with its music video. The visual was directed by Fitto Segura, with art direction from Orly Anan. Take a look below. “No Pude” marks Pimienta’s first new music since her 2016 album La Papessa, which won Canada’s Polaris Prize. In