Late Saturday night (August 1), a group called Renegade hosted a free “secret” rave underneath the Brooklyn side of the Kosciuszko Bridge in New York City. Featuring sets from Pictureplane and DJ Mazurbate, the party—like many underground events in New York—was technically illegal, unsanctioned by the city or state. Several videos depicted partygoers in close […]
The Legal Team were unable to find any corroboration whatsoever of a sexual assault at the Milwaukee venue. They request that if there is anyone with corroborating information of an event as described in the allegation to please contact them. Privacy will be respected. It was ascertained that The Killers very frequently have women working […]
Pitchfork is pleased to announce that Jessy Lanza—the Canadian club-pop singer and producer—will play a stay-at-home concert that will broadcast live on Instagram this Wednesday, August 5, at 6 p.m. Eastern. You can tune in at Pitchfork’s Instagram. Lanza’s performance is part of a series of concert sessions that take place on our Instagram on […]
Move over Taylor Swift, Fontaines D.C. is ready for the chart crown. The Irish pop-punk outfit leads the midweek U.K. sales chart with A Hero’s Death (Partisan), their sophomore album. A Hero’s Death is at No. 1 on the Official Chart Update, racking up more than half its sales in vinyl, according to the Official […]
Rufus Wainwright is like a reborn artist. The veteran singer and songwriter doesn’t shy away from confronting politics in his art and challenging his own talents. He’s done just that with his ninth and latest studio album, Unfollow The Rules. His latest follows a musical diversion into opera and Shakespearean sonnets, and it finds the singer […]
Will Young’s twin brother Rupert has died at the age of 41. Rupert Young was director of U.K. mental health charity The Mood Foundation, which he established in the late 2000s. Over the years, he spoke openly about his own battles with depression and alcohol abuse. A spokesperson for the pop artist confirmed Rupert’s passing […]
The XFL has been sold to a group that includes former WWE star Dwayne “The Rock’’ Johnson, giving the bankrupt football league the kind of star power that may draw even non-sports fans. Variety’s sister site Sportico first reported the news. Johnson, an actor and producer who played college football at the University of Miami, teamed up […]
When the MTV Video Music Awards announced its nominations last week, it added a new category that’s fitting for the times: best quarantine performance. Those competing for a Moonman include Lady Gaga’s performance of “Smile” from Global Citizen’s “One World: Together At Home” concert, CNCO’s “Unplugged At Home” and Post Malone’s Nirvana tribute. Several of […]
Santiago Segura’s “Father There Is Only One 2” has punched €2.14 million ($2.5 million) across its first five days in Spain over July 29-Aug. 2, according to Comscore, maintaining its bid to become Europe’s first COVID-19 era blockbuster. With some cinema theater takings still to come in, the box office trawl is at least 21% […]
The 1975, Nile Rodgers, Jessie Ware, and more have signed a new open letter pledging to fight against systemic racism and other forms of prejudice within the music industry, as Variety points out. The #NoSilenceInMusic letter was also signed by over 700 members of the UK music industry, including producers, songwriters, managers, and more. “We, […]
Taylor Swift’s folklore has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, with over 846,000 equivalent album units sold in the first week since it was released on July 24, as Billboard reports. It replaces Juice WRLD’s posthumous album Legends Never Die as the biggest chart debut of the year. Swift’s new LP […]
Phoebe Bridgers and Courtney Barnett have teamed up for a cover of Gillian Welch’s 2001 song “Everything Is Free.” The performance was part of the Newport Folk Festival’s three-day virtual weekend and took place over livestream from Bridgers’ home in Los Angeles and Barnett’s in Melbourne, respectively. Check out footage of the performance below (via […]
Billie Eilish’s future is bright. And her latest single “My Future” is heading for a lofty debut in the U.K. The new track opens at No. 3 on the First Look chart, based on downloads and streams across Friday and Saturday. It’s on track for what should be Eilish’s fifth U.K. Top 10 single, though […]
Lana Del Rey took something of a left turn when she released Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass, a collection of poems read by the alternative pop singer with music by long-time collaborator Jack Antonoff. Now, Del Rey has shared a performance from it, a recital of “Salamander”. The DIY production is captured with a […]
Merck Mercuriadis’ Hipgnosis Songs Fund has bought Barry Manilow’s catalogue. In a statement issued Monday (Aug. 3) to the London Stock Exchange, Hipgnosis said it has acquired 100% of Manilow’s worldwide recording royalties (excluding Sound Exchange royalties) in his catalogue, comprising 917 songs. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Manilow’s biggest hits are […]
HBO Max still isn’t available directly on Roku or Amazon’s Fire TV streaming devices — more than two months after the service’s launch — as the companies remain deadlocked in disputes over business terms. For now, Roku and Fire TV still support the newly renamed HBO app for legacy customers of HBO Now, and both […]
Delayed by over a year for mysterious political reasons, epic Chinese war film “The Eight Hundred” has finally locked down a date for release in theaters. It will open in conventional and Imax cinemas in China from Aug. 21, making it one of the first outings for a high-profile local film since Chinese cinemas hesitantly […]
Iconic auteur director, Wong Kar-wai has finally confirmed “Blossoms Shanghai” will be his first dive into dramatic TV series production. An adaptation of Jin Yucheng’s multi-award-winning Shanghai-set novel, “Blossoms,” the series also marks a return for Wong to his birthplace. Although he is associated with the free-wheeling Hong Kong film industry, Wong was born in […]
Detroit producer/DJ Black Noi$e has revealed the tracklist for his new project Oblivion, which comes out August 14 via Earl Sweatshirt’s Warner imprint Tan Cressida. The 13-track release has guest spots from Earl, Danny Brown, duendita, ZelooperZ, MIKE, Liv.e, and more. Below, check out a new song featuring BbyMutha called “Mutha Magick.” Check out Pitchfork’s […]
New Jersey artist Coi Leray has announced a new EP. It’s called Now or Never and it’s out August 14 via Republic. The six-song release features appearances from Gunna, Fetty Wap, and others. Below, check out the new song “Do Better” with a lyric video directed by @Fahmeedx. Read about Coi Leray in Pitchfork’s “10 […]
After teasing a new collaboration, Lil Uzi Vert and Future have released a pair of new songs: “Over Your Head” and “Patek” (not to be confused with Uzi’s 2018 single “New Patek”). Check those both out below. It’s the first new music from the pair since they linked up for “All Bad,” a cut from […]
Hundreds of key players in the U.K.’s music industry, including artists, managers, producers and record labels, are co-signing an urgent call to speak out against racism and intolerance. A letter, supported by the likes of The 1975, Niall Horan, Little Mix, Nile Rodgers and Lewis Capaldi, major U.K. labels Universal Music, Warner Music and Sony Music […]
More than three years after the highly publicized Fyre Festival famously fizzled out in the Bahamas, merchandise and other “minor assets” are up for sale — courtesy of the U.S. Marshals Service. In a release Thursday (July 30), the U.S. Marshals announced that 126 items from the festival will be auctioned off, with proceeds going […]
Taylor Swift‘s “Betty,” one plucky part of what she’s affectionately coined Folklore‘s “Teenage Love Triangle,” ends with a cliffhanger. “If I just showed up at your party, would you have me? Would you want me? Would you tell me to go f— myself, or lead me to the garden?” the song’s protagonist, James, sings throughout […]
Donald Trump said he will move as soon as Saturday to ban TikTok from the U.S., several weeks after the administration first said it was considering taking such an action against the popular Chinese-owned social video app over concerns that it’s a threat to national security. “As far as TikTok is concerned, we’re banning them […]
Back in October (which, in a COVID-19 timeline, may as well be last century) a smallish film called “Lucy in the Sky,” starring Natalie Portman as a post-mission astronaut struggling to accept the limitations of life on earth, opened and closed in short order. It was neither as bad as its dismal reviews and mortifying […]
Harley Quinn’s story has always been a love story. Since her first appearance in “Batman: The Animated Series” in 1992, the psychiatrist turned pinwheeling hellion has always overflowed with spirit, smothered those around her with affection, offered up her heart on a silver platter even when she knew she was offering herself up to get […]
Peaches has put her spin on T. Rex’s 1972 song “Solid Gold Easy Action.” It’s set to appear on the Hal Willner–produced tribute album AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan and T. Rex. Listen to Peaches’ cover below. “Hal and I always wanted to work on music together and when this came up, Hal […]
Arrow de Wilde said she was told that the incident was orchestrated by Brooks Nielsen and cost the band “a few hundred bucks,” calling it “a pretty expensive joke.” Starcrawler guitarist Henri Cash corroborated de Wilde’s story in a statement to Pitchfork. “Everything Arrow said in her statement is true,” Cash wrote. “We were locked […]
Earlier this month, Jay-Z, Yo Gotti, and Team ROC helped secure legal representation for 227 inmates at Mississippi’s Parchman Prison, enabling them to file a class action lawsuit against the new Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Nathan Burl Cain and prison healthcare provider Centurion, alleging subpar living conditions at Parchman. According to documents viewed by […]