Music

Muse have announced a new box set, Origin of Muse, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of their debut album, Showbiz. It’s out December 6 on Warner. The collection includes 2xLP reissues of 1999’s Showbiz and 2001’s Origin of Symmetry, as well as nine CDs of demos, live recordings, and B-sides from the band’s earliest
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Last night, Vampire Weekend played a sold-out Madison Square Garden in support of their latest album, Father of the Bride. The Internet’s Steve Lacy joined the band on stage for “Sunflower”—their first live performance of the song together. Watch below. At the end of the show, the band announced another round of Father of the
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Clairo stopped by “Jimmy Kimmel Live!“ Thursday night to perform “I Wouldn’t Ask You,” the closing song on her debut Immunity. In addition to her backing band, she was joined by a children’s choir for the performance. Check that out below. [embedded content] Clairo released Immunity in August. She co-produced the album with Rostam Batmanglij.
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Vampire Weekend played a sold-out show at New York’s Madison Square Garden last night (September 6) in support of their latest album Father of the Bride. The band live-streamed their career-spanning, three hour set via Live Nation’s Twitter account. At the end of their performance, a graphic featuring 19 brand new tour dates appeared on
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Formeer Tekashi 6ix9ine manager Kifano “Shotti” Jordan has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after previously pleading guilty to one count of firearm possession during a crime and one count of firearm discharge during a crime, as the Southern District of New York confirms to Pitchfork. The charges stemmed from two separate incidents from
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Courtney Barnett has announced a solo tour. Following a series of performances in Europe and Australia this year, the new run kicks off in January 2020 and finds her playing venues throughout the United States. According to a press release, the shows will feature Barnett “alone on stage accompanied by nothing but her own guitar.”
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Back in August, Houston rapper Megan Thee Stallion dropped her highly-anticipated single “Hot Girl Summer,” featuring Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla $ign. Now, Meg has shared the song’s accompanying music video, which finds the trio partying by a pool. The visual is directed by Munachi Osegbu and has cameos from Rico Nasty, La La Anthony,
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Björk is re-releasing her 2015 studio album Vulnicura as a virtual reality experience. The VR version of Vulnicura collects the visuals that have toured museums as part of the Björk Digital exhibition and have now been updated for a final version. The new experience is available this Friday, September 6. Find Björk’s announcement below. “Vulnicura
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New Jersey rapper Fetty Wap (real name: Willie Maxwell II) was arrested in Las Vegas for allegedly assaulting three employees at a Las Vegas hotel, the Associated Press and TMZ report. According to the Associated Press, Maxwell was arrested Sunday morning (September 1) on three counts of battery after he allegedly hit a parking attendant
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This fall, FKA twigs will release a new album called Magdalene, she’s revealed in an interview with i-D. The full-length follow-up to 2014’s LP1 will be self-produced, with major contributions from Nicolas Jaar and other collaborators to be announced, her representative tells Pitchfork. The record also features a song with Future called “Holy Terrain.” In
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Animal Collective’s Avey Tare and Geologist are the latest musicians to pay tribute to singer-songwriter David Berman, who died on August 7. The pair recorded a cover of Silver Jews’ “Ballad of Reverend War Character,” with proceeds from pay-what-you-want track sales benefiting MusiCares and Music Health Alliance, per the wishes of Berman’s family. You can
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Four people were hospitalized after a steel stage barricade collapsed at Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival on Saturday night, CNN reports. The Seattle Fire Department said that 25 people were evaluated for injuries and four were transported to the Harborview Medical Center in stable condition. Bumbershoot categorized the injuries as “non-life threatening” in a statement.
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Today marks the first day of the eighth annual Made in America Festival—a two-day event curated by JAY-Z. Cardi B is slated to headline opening night, while Travis Scott has top billing tomorrow evening at Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. Rosalía, Tierra Whack, Lil Uzi Vert, Megan Thee Stallion, Freddie Gibbs and Madlib, James Blake,
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JAY-Z’s Roc Nation and the NFL have announced the first programs to benefit the NFL’s Inspire Change nonprofit, an initiative that seeks to fundraise for organizations committed to education and economic empowerment, police and community relations, and criminal justice reform. The first program is Inspire Change apparel, a new clothing line that will be revealed
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Post Malone has released “Circles,” the song that he previewed on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” earlier this month. It’s the latest offering from his next album Hollywood’s Bleeding, which arrives September 6 (via Republic). Hear “Circles” below. Hollywood’s Bleeding is the follow-up to Post Malone’s 2018 LP beerbongs & bentleys. It includes Post’s
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Vic Mensa has announced that his punk project 93PUNX will perform a “Fuck I.C.E.” protest concert on September 1 at I.C.E.’s Downtown Los Angeles headquarters. Mensa took to Instagram to break the news, writing in the post’s caption: “@93punx guerrilla performance at I.C.E. headquarters in LA monday 4pm 🦍 meet me there.” Mensa’s post doesn’t
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Skrillex, Boys Noize, and Ty Dolla $ign have shared a new song called “Midnight Hour.” Check it out below. [embedded content] “Midnight Hour” is Skrillex and Ty Dolla $ign’s third collaboration this year, following “two nights part ii” (with Lykke Li) and “Malokera” (with MC Lan, TroyBoi, and Ludmilla). Last year, they worked together on
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