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Chance the Rapper return to Saturday Night Live yesterday for his second stint hosting the long-running comedy program. He also pulled double duty as musical guest, performing “Zanies and Fools” and “Handsome” from his album The Big Day. Megan Thee Stallion stepped up as a surprise guest on “Handsome,” marking her first appearance on the

Paul Barrere, the longtime guitarist and singer of the roots-rock band Little Feat, died on Saturday at UCLA hospital, the band announced. He was 71. Barrere had been diagnosed with liver cancer in 2015, and in 2012, he was forced to take a leave of absence from the band due to a battle with Hepatitis

On Friday afternoon, around one million people gathered in the streets of Santiago for a protest calling for widespread change and the resignation of President Sebastian Pinera. During the massive protest, thousands of people began singing “El derecho de vivir en paz” (“The Right to Live in Peace”) by Víctor Jara—an artist and political activist

Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor has finally discussed “Old Town Road” at length in a new interview with Rolling Stone’s Kory Grow. “At first when you hear your stuff turned into something else, it always feels awkward because it’s something that intimately came from you in some way,” Reznor said of Lil Nas X’s record-breaking

Kacey Musgraves brought out Harry Styles in Nashville Friday night, where he joined her to sing on her Golden Hour song “Space Cowboy.” Watch video from the Bridgestone Arena show below. Musgraves released Golden Hour in March 2018. “Space Cowboy” won a Grammy for Best Country Song, which was one of four total awards Musgraves

Big Thief appeared on CBS This Morning earlier today, where they performed selections from their most recent album Two Hands. During their set, they played “Two Hands,” “Not,“ and “Forgotten Eyes.” Their latest television appearance follows a stunning late-night debut on Colbert earlier this month, where they performed “Not.” [embedded content] [embedded content] [embedded content]

Rainbo Records has been pressing vinyl in Canoga Park, California since 1939 and has become one of the vinyl industry’s largest pressing plants. After 80 years, the plant is shutting down. Representatives from Rainbo confirmed the story, which was originally reported by Digital Music News, to Pitchfork. Rainbo president Steven Sheldon sent a note to

Jack White will join Democratic presidential hopeful and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders as well as U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib during a rally on October 27 in Detroit, Michigan. White will perform a live set before joining Sanders, Tlaib, and local leaders and activists in a rally for “economic, environmental and racial justice,” according to a

The beats that comprise the canvas atop which Swigga Geovanni paints his lush lyrical content in the new song “DMLY (Daddy Mi Love You)” are as crisp and slick as they come, but make no mistakes about it – they’re but one layer in this multidimensional hip-hop jam. Critics have been taking quite the interest

Bad Bunny has joined Mexican singer Natanael Cano for a new remix of his song “Soy el Diablo.” The track is a bit of a departure for Bad Bunny, who’s largely made his name on Latin trap. “Soy el Diablo,” meanwhile, is a corrido, which is a traditional, narrative-driven Mexican ballad. Cano is part of

Kanye West dropped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! overnight, promoting the overdue release of his new album Jesus Is King. The album was expected to be out by the time the show broadcast, though this was not to be. Watch the chat—in which Kanye discusses how family life helped him find God, making church fun, and

Tame Impala have announced new album. The Slow Rush is the highly-anticipated follow-up to 2015’s Currents. Fans suspected that new Tame music was imminent when the band posted a mysterious teaser video on their website earlier this week. The clip showed frontman Kevin Parker in the recording studio. Since releasing Currents, Tame Impala have kept

The Respectables are a Canadian four piece who have plowed ahead with steady creativity and perseverance since first forming in 1991 and their latest single release “The Power of Rock ‘n’ Roll” is a worthy addition to their legacy. It’s the title track from their latest studio release and bears all the hallmarks of a

Coldplay have shared two songs from their new album Everyday Life. Below, hear “Orphans” and “Arabesque.” Both tracks are produced by the Dream Team. The latter features vocals from Stromae and horns from Femi Kuti and his band. Everyday Life, which is Coldplay’s follow-up to 2015’s A Head Full of Dreams, is out November 22

Just yesterday, Selena Gomez returned with a new single called “Lose You to Love Me.” Tonight, she’s shared another surprise new song. Check out the Sophie Muller-directed video for “Look At Her Now” below. The song was co-written with Julia Michaels, Justin Tranter, and Ian Kirkpatrick. “I felt having these two songs released back to

Chuck D, the iconic Public Enemy rapper, has been awarded the 2019 Woody Guthrie Prize, Variety reports. The award is given to artists who speak up for the less fortunate through their art. Previous recipients include Pete Seeger, Mavis Staples, and Kris Kristofferson. “Woody was a fighter for the people, and Chuck D’s message has

Nigerian singer and producer Davido and Jamaican dancehall artist Popcaan have teamed up for a new single off Davido’s forthcoming album. Watch the video for the new song “Risky” below. Davido’s new album A Good Time is set to arrive on November 22 (via Davido Worldwide Entertainment/Sony UK/RCA). The album features the previously released singles

Selena Gomez has released “Lose You to Love Me”—her first new solo single of 2019. Listen below. “This song was inspired by many things that have happened in my life since releasing my last album,” Gomez said in a statement. “I thought it was important to share the music, as I know many can relate

Courtney Barnett has released a cover of Loose Tooth’s “Keep On,” which appears on the new Milk! compilation Milk on Milk. The nine-track collection features the Melbourne, Australia, label’s artists covering each other’s songs, and is due out November 15. Listen to Barnett’s version of “Keep On” below. Barnett’s solo tour hits the U.S. in

Little Dragon have announced 2020 tour dates. The first show takes place next March in Stockholm, Sweden. The band will then play European shows for the rest of the month, followed by North American concerts in April and May. Check out Little Dragon’s tour poster below. Get tickets here. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from

The latest installment of Tidal’s annual Tidal X benefit concert is taking place at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. This year’s event is being presented in conjunction with Rock the Vote in an effort to support awareness for voter registration, education, and rights. The night is set to feature performances from Lil Uzi Vert, Alicia Keys, Ty

Juice WRLD has been sued by the pop punk band Yellowcard, The Blast and Billboard report. The band, which broke up in 2017, claims that his “Lucid Dreams” copied melodic elements of their song “Holly Wood Died” without permission. Yellowcard’s members are seeking $15 million, royalties, and co-ownership of the song. In addition to Juice

Brandi Carlile has pulled out of this week’s Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit due to the D.C. event’s inclusion of Kirstjen Nielsen, the former U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary. “I don’t think that human rights violators and merit-based abusers of displaced people should be given a platform to ‘reimagine’ history,” Carlile wrote in a

Kanye West has a new release date for Jesus Is King. This time, he’s tweeted that it’s out on October 25. He tweeted the news with the below image of the album on vinyl. It’s due the same day that an accompanying documentary film is coming to IMAX theaters. Jesus Is King was originally announced

The Philadelphia post-hardcore band mewithoutYou will apparently call it quits in the coming months. “We have decided on next year as our last as an active band,” they wrote in a statement on social media. “We nevertheless have many plans in the interim, the details of which are forthcoming.” Next year will mark 20 years

Nick Tosches, the revered music journalist and biographer, has died. He was 69 years old, according to The New York Times. Though the cause of death has not been determined, Tosches had reportedly been ill. Tosches began his career in the late 1960s, alongside critics such as Lester Bangs and Richard Meltzer. The three iconic

Frank Ocean’s Beats 1 radio program “blonded RADIO” is back with a new episode. It’s live streaming now; check it out here. Vegyn and Roof Access have returned to host the episode alongside Ocean himself. It marks the first new installment of the show since the 2018 Christmas episode aired last December. The show kicked

Frank Ocean returned to Beats 1 today for another episode of “blonded RADIO.” Near the end of the broadcast, he released a new song called “DHL.” It’s available on iTunes—find it here or check it out below. [embedded content] The new song follows the tease of other new songs called “Cayendo” and “Dear April” from

Frank Ocean has announced a pair of new singles. Listings for the vinyl releases of “Dear April” and “Cayendo” appeared yesterday on his Blonded website (as Frank Ocean Daily points out). The listings featured footage of Justice and Sango playing their respective remixes of the tracks, presumably filmed at Frank’s PrEP+ club night on Thursday.

This year, Insecure creator and star Issa Rae co-founded a new music label called Raedio. Rae and her label have now partnered with Atlantic Records, as Variety notes. To mark the partnership, Raedio has shared “Kinda Love,” a new single from Boston-born and Los Angeles-based Haitian-American singer TeaMarrr. It comes with a music video featuring