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Might Delete Later

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Published: April 10, 2024 04:02

Skilled though he may be, J. Cole’s surprise mixtape makes good on its promise to negate its relevance in real time.

A LA SALA

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Published: April 10, 2024 04:01

This domestic, stripped-down edition of Khruangbin has all the comforts of home, wherever in the world that may be.

FearDorian

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Published: April 10, 2024 04:00

The 17-year-old rapper-producer’s solo debut is pastel pretty in the Surf Gang tradition, coating pristine samples in a thin layer of digital grime.

Watch Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn in Joker: Folie à Deux’s First Trailer

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Published: April 10, 2024 01:02

Gaga stars alongside Joaquin Phoenix and Zazie Beetz in Todd Phillips’ sequel to the 2019 blockbuster

Coachella 2024 Lineup & Schedule: All the Set Times You Need to Know

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Published: April 9, 2024 20:40

A complete roundup of when to watch Lana Del Rey, Tyler, the Creator, Doja Cat, No Doubt, Vampire Weekend, and more

Fuerza Regida Announce U.S. Arena Tour

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Published: April 9, 2024 18:08

The Mexican American band’s Pero No Te Anamores Tour begins in June and stretches into November

Outkast’s André 3000, Kamasi Washington, Laufey, and More to Perform at Newport Jazz Festival 2024

https://pitchfork.com/news/outkast-andre-3000-kamasi-washington-laufey-to-perform-at-newport-jazz-festival-2024

Published: April 9, 2024 17:30

Elvis Costello, Brittany Howard, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Meshell Ndegeocello, Makaya McCraven, Kassa Overall, Samara Joy, Robert Glasper, and others are also set for the Rhode Island festival’s 70th anniversary edition

The Roots Announce U.S. Tour With Arrested Development and Digable Planets

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Published: April 9, 2024 16:50

The Hip-Hop Is the Love of My Life Tour follows the inaugural Los Angeles edition of Roots Picnic, also featuring the three groups

Kathleen Hanna Taps Molly Ringwald, Amy Poehler, and More as Book Tour Moderators

https://pitchfork.com/news/kathleen-hanna-taps-molly-ringwald-amy-poehler-book-tour-moderators

Published: April 9, 2024 16:24

Plus, read a new excerpt from Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk ahead of the memoir’s release next month

Watch Tyla Perform “Art” on Colbert

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Published: April 9, 2024 13:15

The South African singer celebrates her debut LP’s release on the late-night circuit

Pandora EP

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Published: April 9, 2024 04:02

The debut EP from TikTok’s favorite teenage shoegazer includes breakout song “Your face” and other delicate acts of genre worship.

We Belong

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Published: April 9, 2024 04:01

Drawing freely from funk, gospel, African pop, and electronica, Ahmed Gallab’s exuberant new album rejoices in the power of Black diasporic identity and community.

The Great Fire of Beatenberg

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Published: April 9, 2024 04:00

The trio’s latest album proposes a distinctly South African brand of sophistipop, folding elements of amapiano, mbaqanga, and house into a breezy, wistful blend.

Keith LeBlanc, Drummer on Grandmaster Flash and Sugarhill Gang Songs, Dies at 69

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Published: April 8, 2024 16:41

The Tackhead and Little Axe member also drummed on songs for Nine Inch Nails, Tina Turner, and R.E.M.

Watch Mandy, Indiana’s New “Idea Is Best” Video

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Published: April 8, 2024 16:16

The single arrives ahead of the British group’s debut Coachella performance

Billie Eilish Announces New Album Hit Me Hard and Soft: Watch the Trailer

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Published: April 8, 2024 15:24

The musician’s third studio album arrives in May

Caribou Shares Video for New Song “Honey”: Watch

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Published: April 8, 2024 15:05

Dan Snaith’s first new music under the moniker in nearly three years is a dancefloor party

Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier Announces Debut Solo Album, Shares Video for New Song: Watch

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Published: April 8, 2024 14:57

We Sang, Therefore We Were arrives on April 26 via Joyful Noise

Anitta to Tour North American for the First Time

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Published: April 8, 2024 14:41

The Brazilian superstar is bringing tthe Baile Funk Experience to Los Angeles, Brooklyn, and other cities

Watch Moses Sumney and Halsey in First MaXXXine Trailer

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Published: April 8, 2024 13:50

The 1980s-set slasher film starring Mia Goth arrives in theaters this summer

J. Cole, at Dreamville Festival, Calls Kendrick Lamar Diss Track “Lame” and “Goofy”

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Published: April 8, 2024 13:31

After explaining how conflicted he felt about “7 Minute Drill,” Cole asked the Raleigh crowd, “How many people think Kendrick Lamar is one of the greatest motherfuckers to ever touch a fuckin’ microphone?”

Missy Elliott Announces First-Ever Tour of North America

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Published: April 8, 2024 13:10

Ciara, Busta Rhymes, and Timbaland will join the R&B legend. “I knew if I was ever going to do it, I had to do it big, and I had to do it with family!” said Elliott.

Chappell Roan, Charli XCX, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist

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Published: April 8, 2024 12:55

Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat

The Sunset Violent

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Published: April 8, 2024 04:02

Dominic Maker and Kai Campos blaze another new path, but the genre vagabonds get a little lost in their sleek shoegaze post-rock album.

Delight

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Published: April 8, 2024 04:01

The New York-based musician explores the nature of longing in a set of pieces that merge modular synthesis with Hindustani classical music.

All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade

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Published: April 8, 2024 04:00

On their second album since reforming in 2010, the UK’s once-notorious indie rockers settle into the congenial sound of a pretty good band.

Beyoncé Earns Eighth No. 1 Album With Cowboy Carter

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Published: April 7, 2024 23:56

It topped the Billboard 200 and the Top Country Albums chart, making her the first Black woman ever to debut at No. 1 on the latter

Raye Performs “Escapism” and “Worth It” on Saturday Night Live: Watch

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Published: April 7, 2024 22:54

The British pop star joined Kristen Wiig for her fifth time hosting SNL

CrazySexyCool

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Published: April 7, 2024 04:00

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit TLC’s classic second album, whose unapologetic femininity and low-key swagger made it a landmark of pop,…

Erbil

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Published: April 6, 2024 04:00

The Syrian dabke icon’s latest album is slicker and less varied than his earlier releases, but its breakneck rhythms and euphoric synths still pack a joyful punch.

Beyoncé: Cowboy Carter

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Published: April 1, 2024 04:02

The follow-up to Renaissance is a powerful and ambitious country album cast in the singular mold of Beyoncé. She asserts her rightful place in the genre as only a pop star of her incredible talent and influence can do.

1010Benja: Ten Total

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Published: March 28, 2024 04:02

On his chic, adventurous, hybrid-pop debut, Benjamin Lyman is a world-weary optimist and DIY maximalist with a voice fit for the mainstream yet made for the arthouse

Empress Of: For Your Consideration

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Published: March 26, 2024 04:02

Lorely Rodriguez’s fourth album is a dazzling showcase for her unexpected vocal and production approach as she experiences the peaks and valleys of heated romance.

Waxahatchee: Tigers Blood

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Published: March 22, 2024 04:02

Carrying forth the Southern sound of Saint Cloud, Katie Crutchfield does it again. Her dazzling, piercing songwriting is perfectly in tune with the band behind her.

Adrianne Lenker: Bright Future

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/adrianne-lenker-bright-future/

Published: March 21, 2024 04:03

Recorded straight to tape with a small group of close confidants, the Big Thief singer’s latest solo album is free-flowing and intuitive, reveling in the space between spontaneity and impermanence.

Kim Gordon: The Collective

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Published: March 8, 2024 05:01

Pairing blown-out trap beats and industrial noise with deadpan stream-of-consciousness lyrics, Gordon’s second solo album revels in the broken and the mundane.

Hannah Frances: Keeper of the Shepherd

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/hannah-frances-the-keeper-of-the-shepherd/

Published: March 7, 2024 05:02

With the energy and conviction of a debut, the intuitive singer-songwriter returns with a dazzling folk album that contends with the long grip of grief and the belief that it will steadily loosen.

Schoolboy Q: Blue Lips

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Published: March 4, 2024 05:02

The TDE rapper’s sixth album is a daring feat that finds the sweet spot between comfort and anguish. It’s the rawest and most adventurous music of his career.

Kali Malone: All Life Long

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Published: March 2, 2024 05:00

On an interconnected suite of pieces for pipe organ, brass ensemble, and chamber choir, the composer balances minimalist intensity with sacred music’s depth of feeling.

Mannequin Pussy: I Got Heaven

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Published: February 29, 2024 05:02

The Philadelphia rock band meets the moment with an essential, wide-ranging record that’s mouthy, messy, and self-assured.

Hurray for the Riff Raff: The Past Is Still Alive

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/hurray-for-the-riff-raff-the-past-is-still-alive/

Published: February 27, 2024 10:52

Alynda Segarra’s fantastic new album revives the folky textures of previous records to grapple with American myths and tragedies. It’s part folk-punk memoir, part spiritual invocation.

Brittany Howard: What Now

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Published: February 13, 2024 05:02

The second solo album from the Alabama Shakes singer-songwriter is musically muscular and thematically heady, a sound nerd’s project with stadium-sized panache.

Helado Negro: Phasor

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/helado-negro-phasor/

Published: February 9, 2024 05:02

Roberto Carlos Lange eases back into the groove with a gorgeous, delicately rendered album. It’s got space-age synths, wistful romance, and the breeziest vibe in town.

The Smile: Wall of Eyes

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Published: January 25, 2024 05:02

Channeling jazz, kosmische, and prog, the Radiohead offshoot’s second album burrows deeper into their strangely enchanting appeal.

Xaviersobased: Keep It Goin Xav

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Published: January 24, 2024 05:02

Xaviersobased comes for the stoner party-rap crown on a mixtape that’s improvisatory, totally zooted, and New York through and through.

Kali Uchis: Orquídeas

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Published: January 12, 2024 05:02

With a lavish new album, the Colombian American singer serves up lush ballads about protecting your peace and sizzling reggaeton to disturb it.

André 3000: New Blue Sun

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/andre-3000-new-blue-sun/

Published: November 20, 2023 05:02

The rapper and now flautist’s debut solo album is an 87-minute devotional to new age, ambient jazz, and spiritual discovery. It’s beautiful, demanding, and among the most fascinating artistic left turns in recent memory.

Hotline TNT: Cartwheel

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/hotline-tnt-cartwheel/

Published: November 3, 2023 04:03

Will Anderson amplifies everyday heartbreak with towering shoegaze and supersized power-pop anthems that demand to be played loud.

Titanic: Vidrio

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/titanic-vidrio/

Published: November 2, 2023 04:02

The Mexico City duo of Mabe Fratti and Héctor Tosta break with the hushed beauty of the cellist’s earlier work, exploring sprawling new directions in modern composition, jazz, and art song.

Ragana: Desolation’s Flower

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Published: October 31, 2023 04:03

The Pacific Northwest metal duo’s riveting new album is a sludgy and simmering call to action.

Sofia Kourtesis: Madres

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Published: October 27, 2023 04:03

The Peruvian producer’s debut album is a shimmery collection of protest chants, club rhythms, and sunlit synths that testifies to dance music’s spiritual nourishment.

L’Rain: I Killed Your Dog

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Published: October 12, 2023 04:02

With an elliptical and bewitching new album, Taja Cheek turns her expansive, introspective compositions toward surreal humor and playfulness.

Pangaea: Changing Channels

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Published: October 6, 2023 04:03

The Hessle Audio cofounder’s exuberant new album is stuffed with high BPMs, ribcage-vibrating basslines, and richly hued synths. Club music this banging is rarely so nuanced.

Sufjan Stevens: Javelin

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/sufjan-stevens-javelin/

Published: October 5, 2023 04:02

Sufjan’s masterful new album recalls his intimate singer-songwriter days. But it also draws on his entire catalog, his dazzling musicality, and his lifelong inquiries about love and devotion.

yeule: softscars

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Published: September 22, 2023 04:03

On their riveting new album, the 25-year-old singer-songwriter-producer shifts from future-shocked electronic pop to a super-sized emotional bloodletting steeped in ’90s alternative.

Tomb Mold: The Enduring Spirit

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Published: September 19, 2023 04:03

The Toronto death metal band returns with its best album yet: an ambitious and deeply human suite that touches the sublime.

jaimie branch: Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/jaimie-branch-fly-or-die-fly-or-die-fly-or-die-world-war/

Published: August 28, 2023 04:03

The late trumpeter’s third and final album opens dazzling new paths in her work. It’s a heartbreaking glimpse of where she might have gone next, but more importantly, it’s a joy to hear.

Noname: Sundial

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Published: August 11, 2023 04:02

Noname’s first album in five years is a cool and masterful interrogation of the culture. She’s taking everyone’s name—including her own.

Julie Byrne: The Greater Wings

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/julie-byrne-the-greater-wings/

Published: July 11, 2023 04:02

Completed after the death of her producer, collaborator, and close friend, the New York singer-songwriter’s album envisions mourning as a form of meditative practice and constant renewal.

ANOHNI and the Johnsons: My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/anohni-and-the-johnsons-my-back-was-a-bridge-for-you-to-cross/

Published: July 10, 2023 04:02

After 13 years, Anohni gets the band back together for a soulful and intense record that provides a safe place to grieve nothing less than the destruction of the planet.

Joanna Sternberg: I’ve Got Me

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/joanna-sternberg-ive-got-me/

Published: June 30, 2023 04:03

The New York City songwriter meets the hardest of feelings with uncommon compassion. Their second album’s singsong ditties and openhearted ballads play like new standards.

Blue Lake: Sun Arcs

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Published: June 29, 2023 04:02

Layering his custom-built 48-string zither with slide guitar, clarinet, and pump organ, the Texas native makes music that draws as much from drone and ambient as from jazz and Americana.

Feeble Little Horse: Girl With Fish

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Published: June 15, 2023 04:02

The Pittsburgh noise-pop experimentalists come into their own on a short yet richly textured album full of fuzzy melodic hooks and beguiling left turns.

Youth Lagoon: Heaven Is a Junkyard

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/youth-lagoon-heaven-is-a-junkyard/

Published: June 13, 2023 04:03

Trevor Powers has long shown a penchant for reinvention, but his first album as Youth Lagoon in eight years feels like a homecoming; he’s never sounded so confident or at peace with himself.

Amaarae: Fountain Baby

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Published: June 12, 2023 04:03

The Ghanaian American singer’s dazzling second album is a confident and unconventional record that flows, saunters, and boasts its way to one of the best pop albums of the year.

Water From Your Eyes: Everyone’s Crushed

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/water-from-your-eyes-everyones-crushed/

Published: May 30, 2023 04:03

The Brooklyn duo's logic-defying new album threads anticapitalist critique, stoner humor, and a hazy undercurrent of fatalism into art-pop so mesmerizing it'll give you a contact high.

Mandy, Indiana: i’ve seen a way

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/mandy-indiana-ive-seen-a-way/

Published: May 19, 2023 04:03

The Manchester quartet’s debut album fuses dance rhythms, corroded guitars, and seething vocals into a transfixing blend of violence and transcendence.

billy woods / Kenny Segal: Maps

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/billy-woods-kenny-segal-maps/

Published: May 5, 2023 04:03

The New York rapper reconnects with the Los Angeles producer for a masterful road-trip album. Humor and dread, weed and food, technique and style—billy woods is in full command of it all.

Nourished by Time: Erotic Probiotic 2

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/nourished-by-time-erotic-probiotic-2/

Published: May 4, 2023 04:03

Filtering the sound of ’80s freestyle through a buoyant, time-warped haze, the debut album from singer/producer Marcus Brown is both captivating and elusive.

Jessie Ware: That! Feels Good!

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Published: April 28, 2023 04:03

Jessie Ware’s sumptuous fifth album is classic disco revival done right.