Few speak truth to mundanity quite like Courtney Barnett. Her work, including her 2015 debut LP Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Continue Reading
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Kim Kashkashian: J.S. Bach: Six Suites for Viola Solo
There are as many ways to play Bach cello suites as there are to draw breath. You can treat these pieces as a map to Continue Reading
Ben Stiller’s Band Capital Punishment Share First New Song in 36 Years: Listen
Capital Punishment, Ben Stiller’s high school punk band, have shared their first new song since 1982. Listen to “Confusion” below. It’s the first song on Continue Reading
“What’s Good” This Week: Mick Jenkins, Mr Twin Sister, Neneh Cherry, and More
“What’s Good” is Pitchfork’s new weekly playlist, curated by Pitchfork founder Ryan Schreiber, bringing you highlights from new releases across all genres. It’s updated every Continue Reading
Red Dead Redemption 2 Soundtrack Announced: Arca, Daniel Lanois, More
Rockstar Games has revealed new details about the soundtrack and score to Red Dead Redemption 2, their upcoming Western-themed action adventure video game for PlayStation Continue Reading
French Artist Commissions All-Star Album to Mourn Her Dead Cat
Forget about all those good boy dogs, have you heard about Sophie Calle’s dead cat? No? Let us prime you: The French conceptual artist’s cat, Continue Reading
Teyana Taylor’s ‘Gonna Love Me’ Remix Is the Best Wu-Tang Song in Ages
In an alternate world, Teyana Taylor’s K.T.S.E. would be a widely recognized highlight 2018, and one the best the crop Kanye West–produced albums from the Continue Reading
Cardi B Returns With New Single ‘Money’ Because Babies Are Expensive
When Cardi B released her debut album earlier this year, she was still pregnant with her first child, Kulture. The full reality motherhood had not Continue Reading
The Making (and Unmaking) of Paul’s Boutique
Michael Diamond: After the success Licensed to Ill, a bunch people thought they knew exactly what our future should look like. After we parted ways Continue Reading
Lady Gaga Shares A Star Is Born’s ‘I’ll Never Love Again’ Music Video
Welcome to the riff-heavy, tearful, so ’90s it’s basically just Whitney portion the Star Is Born soundtrack. After Lady Gaga’s wail from “Shallow” catapulted A Continue Reading
Elton John Is Not the Man They Think He Is at Home
There’s an incident from early on in Elton John’s career that reminds us how peculiar it has been. The year was 1970. John’s first album, Continue Reading
Prince Estate Is Pissed Donald Trump Keeps Playing ‘Purple Rain’ at Rallies
Prince is joining an illustrious list musicians who have been forced to unite for one reason and one reason only: to stop our president from Continue Reading
John Carpenter on Halloween and the Long Con of His Legendary Career
John Carpenter is a silver-screen legend and something a god in the horror industry. Together with his fellow horsemen the cinematic apocalypse — Tobe Hooper, Continue Reading
Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor Blasts Rock Hall of Fame: ‘I Don’t Give a F*ck!’
In 2016, Nine Inch Nails received their first nomination for the Rock and Roll Hall Fame, an honor that hasn’t been repeated in the two Continue Reading
The Enduring Appeal of Nine Inch Nails
I think a lot ’90s youth angst was cosmetic. All those black-clad teens shuffling around small town malls in Tripp pants and band tees got Continue Reading
Lady Gaga Lands Her Fifth Number-One Album With A Star Is Born Soundtrack
While you might not be happy in this modern world, here’s a little something to tide you over in the meantime: A Star Is Born Continue Reading
Ariana Grande Quits Social Media to Avoid News About Pete Davidson Breakup
In the three days since Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson broke up, ending their quickie engagement, she’s reportedly given back the ring, he’s canceled a Continue Reading
How Underground Resistance Became the Public Enemy of Techno
Funkadelic never said that a lecture is funkier than a party — but they weren’t far f. To wit: understanding why one New York’s hottest Continue Reading
How Indie Rock’s Class of 2008 Changed the Music Industry
What comes to mind when you think indie in 2008? The year was, on its surface, a watershed moment that sat squarely in the middle Continue Reading
Live From Uganda, It’s Kanye West! Riffing Some New Music!
After a brief hiatus, Kanye is finally back on Twitter, working on new music while visiting Uganda with the whole Kardashian-West family and, most importantly, Continue Reading