Filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker, whose work includes the 1967 Bob Dylan tour film Don’t Look Back and the 1973 David Bowie documentary Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars—has died. He was 94 years old, according to Variety and The Hollywood Reporter. Variety reports that Pennebaker died Thursday night (August 1) of natural causes. Donn Alan
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Tonight, Lil Wayne took the stage at Chicago’s Grant Park for Lollapalooza 2019. During his set, Weezy busted out a remix of Lil Nas X’s No.1 single “Old Town Road.” Lil Wayne also performed “No Problem,” his 2016 track with Chance the Rapper and 2 Chainz, Young Money’s “Bed Rock” from 2009, and more. Watch
Japanese Breakfast performed at Lollapalooza last night, where they delivered a cover of Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot cut “Jesus, Etc.,” as Brooklyn Vegan points out. Watch footage of that go down below. Earlier in the day, the band teased the cover with a screenshot of the guitar tablature. [embedded content] Japanese Breakfast’s most recent album
On the second night of Lollapalooza 2019, Death Cab for Cutie were joined by a very special local guest during their set. Chance the Rapper hopped onstage for the first live performance of “Do You Remember,” from the Chicago MC’s brand new album The Big Day. Watch Death Cab and Chance play their joint track
Tonight at Lollapalooza 2019, Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino) hopped onstage during 21 Savage’s set for a rendition of their joint track “Monster.” They rapped in front of a large pyramid staircase—Donald wearing a neck brace and a sling on his arm. Watch 21 and Donald onstage in Chicago’s Grant Park below. “Monster” appeared on
A$AP Rocky has been released from Swedish jail, The New York Times reports. The rapper, who was arrested in early July and charged with assault, has reportedly been given permission to leave the country while awaiting the final verdict in his case, which is expected to be announced August 14. The other defendants in the case—Rocky’s
Teyana Taylor is back with her first new single since the release of her Kanye West-produced album K.T.S.E. last year. It’s called “How You Want It?,” and it features a guest appearance from Diddy’s son, King Combs. Hear it below. Earlier this year, Taylor released a pair of videos for songs from K.T.S.E. that included
The Man Who Fell to Earth—Nicholas Roeg’s 1976 film starring David Bowie—is being adapted into a series for CBS All Access, Variety reports. The classic sci-fi flick, based on Walter Tevis’ 1963 novel of the same name, marked one of Bowie’s most memorable roles, as Thomas Jerome Newton—an alien posing as a human in an
Noise icons Lightning Bolt have announced a new record: Sonic Citadel arrives October 11 via Thrill Jockey. The duo—bassist Brian Gibson and drummer/vocalist Brian Chippendale—recorded Sonic Citadel with Seth Manchester at the Pawtucket, Rhode Island studio Machines With Magnets. Check out the tracklist and artwork below. In 2019 and 2020, Lightning Bolt will reissue their
Broadway Performer KFIR debuts new single, Drama Queen, with a style that only he knows how to interpret! What happens when you mix the cut throat world of opera, ballet and theater with pop, tons of ambition and extremely hard work? You get drama! “KFIRs first single DRAMA QUEEN is catchy, funky and almost futuristic
The FMs (femmes, female to males, fuck me sillies) are a Brooklyn based group combining elements of industrial/synth/pop with a glam/punk attitude, advancing androgyny and activism. Dancing shoegaze machines menacing hymns on the future zeitgeist. Symphonic stoner rock nightmares. The FMs’ bizarro live shows incorporate gender bending interpretive dance with powerful electric insanity evoking a
Denzel Curry has teamed up with D.C. punk legends Bad Brains to put a fresh spin on their 1986 song “I Against I.” The new version was recorded in New York City for the Spotify Singles series. Curry also enlisted Toronto punks Fucked Up to record a live rendition of “Clout Cobain” from the rapper’s
BROCKHAMPTON have shared a new track called “I Been Born Again.” Check out the video below. It’s their first new single since they released iridescence last year. When the album was announced, they said that it was part one in a trilogy of albums. [embedded content] Earlier this year, Kevin Abstract released a new album
Lana Del Rey has finally revealed the release date of her new album, Norman Fucking Rockwell. The Lust for Life follow-up is out August 30. Scroll down to see the tracklist and cover art, which was shot by her sister Chuck Grant and features actor Duke Nicholson (who is Jack Nicholson’s grandson). Lana first announced
Carly Rae Jepsen has collaborated with DJ and producer Gryffin on his latest single. It’s called “OMG.” Have a listen below. The new single follows Carly Rae Jepsen’s new album Dedicated, which arrived earlier this year and features the singles “No Drug Like Me” and “Party for One.” She’s currently on tour behind the new
Reclusive London producer MssingNo has self-released a 20-minute mix of unreleased music called “M2 Performance Enhancer,” his first release since 2016’s “M1 Personal Trainer” mix. Listen below. MssingNo, named after the legendary glitch from Pokémon “Red” and “Blue,” first teased the mix on his Instagram stories in July 2018. In 2015 he gave Ariana Grande’s
Devon Welsh, arguably best known as one-half of the defunct duo Majical Cloudz, has announced a new album. True Love is out October 11 via his label You Are Accepted. It features his previously shared singles “Faces” and “War.” Find Welsh’s upcoming tour dates, and revisit the “War” music video (made by Devon Welsh and
A federal jury in California has concluded that Katy Perry’s 2013 single “Dark Horse” infringes on a song by a Christian rapper, the Associated Press reports. Marcus Gray, who records under the name Flame, claimed that Perry’s Dr. Luke-produced song featured the same beat and instrumental elements as his 2009 song “Joyful Noise.” Listen to
Tool have revealed the title of their next album: Fear Inoculum is out August 30. Check out the band’s announcement below. Along with the LP title, Tool have made another major announcement: Their catalog is finally heading to streaming services. Those records will stream this Friday, August 2. Find that announcement below, too. Tool last
Lizzo brought her band and her flute to NPR’s “tiny ass desk” for the latest instalment in the concert series. She belted out three cuts from Cuz I Love You: the title track, “Truth Hurts,” and “Juice.” Watch it happen below. Lizzo and Missy Elliott recently released a video for their song “Tempo.” She also appeared
Kermit the Frog made a surprise appearance today at Newport Folk Festival 2019, and he was backed by a band that included Janet Weiss on drums. Halfway through a performance of “Rainbow Connection,” Kermit told the audience, “Please welcome my friend, Jim James!” The My Morning Jacket frontman came out and sang the final half
This weekend’s Newport Folk Festival featured a performance that was mysteriously billed as “♀♀♀♀: The Collaboration.” The set turned out to be an all-female lineup of singers and special guests, curated by Brandi Carlile. It included her new supergroup (The Highwomen) as well as Sheryl Crow, Lucy Dacus, Maggie Rogers, and one very special guest:
“Shangri-La” is Showtime’s four-part docu-series chronicling the collaborative processes that occur in producer Rick Rubin’s studio of the same name. The show documents conversations between Rubin and the artists he works with, and the latest episode focuses on Rubin’s work with the late Mac Miller on his 2018 album Swimming. In a new clip from
Woodstock 50 tickets will now be free, according to Merriweather Post Pavilion operator Seth Hurwitz, as well as a new report by TMZ. When Pitchfork reached out to representatives for Merriweather Post Pavilion, Hurwitz confirmed that the free ticketing model had come to his attention. “That was the last thing we heard too,” he wrote
My Morning Jacket have shared a previously-unreleased track called “John Dyes Her Hair Red.” The song is one of 16 bonus cuts on the recently announced 20th anniversary edition of their 1999 debut album The Tennessee Fire, which is out August 2 on Darla Records. Listen to “John Dyes Her Hair Red” below. [embedded content]
Lifetime has released the first trailer for Patsy & Loretta—an upcoming biopic chronicling the storied friendship of country icons Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn. The film stars Megan Hilty (“The Good Wife”) as Cline and Jessie Mueller (Broadway’s Waitress and Beautiful: The Carole King Musical) as Lynn, as the two artists navigate the trials and
Bronx, New York rapper Lil Tjay has shared a brand new song called “LANESWITCH.” The JD On Tha Track-produced cut arrives with an accompanying music video. Watch Lil Tjay party poolside and cruise around town in the clip below. “LANESWITCH” follows Tjay’s recent single “Ruthless,” which features Brooklyn rapper Jay Critch. Read about Lil Tjay
Los Angeles rapper Drakeo the Ruler has been acquitted of murder and conspiracy to murder, stemming from a 2016 incident that left a 24-year-old man dead, journalist Jeff Weiss and The FADER report. Drakeo’s laywer John Hamasaki tells Pitchfork that his client was also acquitted on five attempted murder charges. Representatives from the Los Angeles
Jidenna is back with two new songs. “Sufi Woman” and “Tribe” mark the artist’s first solo singles since 2017. Hear them both below. [embedded content] [embedded content] Jidenna released his debut album The Chief in 2017. It featured contributions from Quavo, Janelle Monáe, St. Beauty, and others. The previous year, a chopped-and-screwed version of his
Even the most wholly original works of art can, in the service of story or character or heart, summon the stray memory, the whispery chill of déjà vu. They’ll switch on the bittersweet recall of better times or drip-drop echoey little splashes of the worst. Most, though, remember to turn the damn spigot off. Watching