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Underscores isn’t the only musician thinking about U. Baauer’s first release in six years is also titled U, and it’s out June 10 on LuckyMe. You can listen to its first single, “Better”—which is packed with approximately four minutes of dopamine-boosting Eurodisco—below. Featuring collaborators Aluna, Kučka, Brazy, and Betsy, as well as Eli Teplin on

Ryan Schreiber, the founder and longtime editor of this website, has unveiled his very own memoir. Out December 1 via Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, Weird Era: How Pitchfork Changed Music Forever will trace the origins of Pitchfork from his “suburban Minneapolis bedroom, through its transformative years in Chicago, to its arrival as a global force

No Music for Genocide, the campaign that has rallied dozens of artists to pull their music from streaming services in Israel, has released an open letter calling for a boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest over its decision to allow Israel to compete. Released in partnership with the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott

We’re not even a full 24 hours out from when weekend two of the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival wrapped up, so you know what that means: the 2027 dates have been announced. The first weekend of next year’s Coachella is set for Friday, April 9, through Sunday, April 11. The second weekend

The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each other and discovering new favorites along the way. Each Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects playlist, we’re sharing what our

The Strokes returned to Coachella’s main stage on Saturday for a second performance. This time, however, they closed their set with a direct condemnation of U.S. interference in foreign governments over the years. While performing their 2016 song “Oblivius,” which features the lyric “What side you standing on?,” the band displayed a video montage accusing

Tory Lanez has filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Corrections and a corrections officer after a 2025 incident where he was stabbed “approximately 16 times” by a fellow inmate in prison, where he’s currently serving a 10-year sentence for shooting Megan Thee Stallion. Lanez, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, is suing for

Addison Rae invited a special guest to join her onstage for her Weekend Two set at Coachella: Olivia Rodrigo, who lent her voice to “Headphones On” before performing her new song “Drop Dead” live for the first time. Watch it go down below. “Drop Dead” is the lead single off of Rodrigo’s forthcoming third album

Neko Case has been working on a musical adaptation of the 1991 movie Thelma & Louise for years, and now it’s finally got a premiere date. The Trip Cullman-directed show will make its debut this fall in London at the Young Vic Theater. It’s scheduled to run from September 3 to October 24, with tickets

Olivia Rodrigo has shared the lead single from her third album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love. “Drop Dead” arrives alongside a music video directed by Petra Collins and filmed at the Palace of Versailles. Watch it below. In the new song, Rodrigo discusses stalking a crush from bed, said crush

On the heels of her Coachella debut, Slayyyter has officially dropped “Broke Bitch Free$tyle,” a song she’s been playing live since 2024. Give it a listen below. Slayyyter’s new album, Wor$t Girl in America, came out last month. After performing at Gov Ball and Lollapalooza this summer, she’ll kick off her Wor$t Girl in the

A home filled with cracked porcelain, a creaky piano, a sinister voice growling, “What the *fuck* are you doing here?” Lucy Liyou has compared her new album to a “horror house,” and the avant-garde sound artist has clearly done her homework. Mr Cobra opens like a dark, cobwebbed staircase leading into a vast and foreboding

Wu Lyf are postponing all of their upcoming North American tour dates. In a statement posted to Instagram, the British indie-rock band cited “delays in visa processing” and wrote that they’ll “be announcing new dates as soon as possible.” Find the full post below. All purchased tickets will be valid at Wu Lyf’s rescheduled shows.

Kacey Musgraves has shared “Middle of Nowhere,” the title track of her May-bound follow-up to Deeper Well. The song takes its name from a real, self-deprecating sign propped up in her tiny hometown of Golden, Texas. Check it out below. The single arrives as Musgraves prepares to make a second-weekend appearance at Coachella on Saturday

Tyla and Zara Larsson have a new song out together, “She Did It Again.” The track is the second single off Tyla’s forthcoming second album A-Pop, and naturally, the link-up comes complete with a slinky music video set between a desert and waterfall scene. Check it out below. “She Did It Again” is the first

D4vd has been arrested for the murder of Celeste Rivas, a 14-year-old girl whose body was discovered in the musician’s car in California last fall. The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed on Thursday, April 16 that the artist, real name David Burke, is being held without bail. According to the LAPD, Burke’s case will case

The second weekend of Coachella 2026 begins Friday, April 17, and you can watch many of the day’s performers from the comfort of your couch via the festival’s stage-by-stage YouTube livestreams. Headliners Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, and Karol G are again highlighted on the streams this weekend. Joining them are Kacey Musgraves, Geese, Young Thug,

After 6 years away, Massive Attack have finally gifted us with new music. The single “Boots on the Ground” also includes a rare feature from Tom Waits, who sings about the recent socio-political turmoil in America. “Born shiny bullets in an army of pants, blow that horn, we sleep in our pants,” he says, before

A jury has found that Live Nation operated as a monopoly in violation of federal and state antitrust laws. The decision arrives following a seven-week trial and four days of deliberations. Penalties against the live-music industry giant will be decided at a later date, but they could range from significant monetary damages to a break

Oneohtrix Point Never has released a two-track single, led by an original called “Dim Stars.” The B-side, “For Residue (Extended),” previously a Japanese exclusive, is a meditative version of the Tranquilizer track. Listen to both songs below, via Warp. The artist born Daniel Lopatin is releasing the single amid a European tour—alongside his visual-artist collaborator

Waxahatchee is the latest artist to cover This Is Lorelei—the project of Water From Your Eyes’ Nate Amos—for Box for Buddy, Box for Star (Super Deluxe), the new expansion of Amos’ 2024 album. Katie Crutchfield collaborated with Amos himself for the studio version of “Where’s Your Love Now.” Check it out below. Waxahatchee said in

Since 2024, Madonna has been teasing that her next album will be a sequel to 2005’s Confessions on a Dance Floor. This morning, she cleared her Instagram and changed her bio to read “Time goes by so slowly…”, a lyric from Confessions’ lead single, “Hung Up.” Though an official release date or title have yet

Last night, Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy joined Hayley Williams’ band on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert to perform Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s 2010 song, “Ffunny Ffrends.” Fittingly, Tweedy also gave a pre-show interview with his best friend, actor Nick Offerman. Watch the conversation and performance below. Tweedy’s friendship with Offerman began when the actor cast the

Truck Violence, the Montreal-based folk-punk and noisy post-hardcore band, have signed to the Flenser and announced a new album. Their sophomore LP, The Weathervane Is My Body, is out June 26. Check out the lead single “New Jesus” and its Kirill Sommer-directed music video below. Guitarist-banjoist Paul Lecours and singer-poet Karsyn Henderson formed Truck Violence

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced the class of 2026, with Oasis, Phil Collins, Wu-Tang Clan, and Joy Division/New Order among the inductees. Sade, Iron Maiden, Billy Idol, and Luther Vandross complete this year’s class. The induction ceremony is set for November 14 in Los Angeles, and a broadcast will follow on

Laufey has shared a new video for “Madwoman,” a song from the deluxe version of her 2025 album A Matter of Time. The clip stars Heated Rivalry’s Hudson Williams, The Summer I Turned Pretty’s Lola Tung, Katseye member Megan Skiendiel, and Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu, with director Warren Fu drawing on ’60s references including

Oklou invited a few special guests onstage during her set at Coachella 2026 on Sunday, April 12, the biggest of which was her collaborator Underscores. The two sang “Harvest Sky” from last year’s Choke Enough at the Gobi Stage, with Oklou performing atop a raised platform as Underscores snuck onstage while singing her part. Watch

Britney Spears has voluntarily checked herself into rehab, a representative for the singer confirmed to Rolling Stone and Variety. Last month, the pop star was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and booked into California’s Ventura County Main Jail; she was released a few hours later and given a court date. Pitchfork has