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
Eminem Rapping “Venom” on the Empire State Building Is the Superhero We Deserve
You might feel all sorts ways about Venom, but seeing Eminem perform the antihero’s titular song on top the Empire State Building on Jimmy Kimmel Continue Reading
Future Just Released an Album with Juice WRLD
It’s finally Friday, so that means it’s time for an album-drop, and this week’s newest venture is a collaboration between Future and Juice WRLD. The Continue Reading
The Key Moments That Made Cloud Nothings One of the Best Indie Bands Around
Cloud Nothings began as a slapdash lo-fi pop project for Dylan Baldi in his parents’ Westlake, Ohio, basement, and the band churns out some the Continue Reading
Marsha Vlasic Told Lou Reed, ‘I Just Can’t Do This Anymore’
Marsha Vlasic won’t tolerate bullshit, and she’s seen it all. For over 40 years, the veteran music executive has wielded her power and influence to Continue Reading
Neneh Cherry’s Key Musical Moments
Not quite ten minutes into Neneh Cherry’s latest album, Broken Politics, she purrs atop a delicate vibraphone line: “It’s my politics / living in the Continue Reading
Cardi B’s “Money” Announcement Deserves Its Own, Well, Announcement
First all, GASP. Second all, Cardi B announced Monday that her upcoming song “Money,” the first new solo music since her debut album Invasion Privacy Continue Reading
Quavo Could Stand to Learn a Few Things From Usher
Atlanta has been an indispensable force in hip-hop culture since the ’80s and early ’90s, when acts like Kilo Ali and MC Shy D crossed Continue Reading
Liz Phair’s 10 Favorite Books
Bookseller One Grand Books has asked celebrities to name the ten titles they’d take to a desert island, and they’ve shared the results with Vulture. Below is Continue Reading
Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend’s Biggest Fight Nearly Turned Deadly
The highest highs, the lowest lows, and the feistiest fisticuffs between the Who’s Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend are documented all too well in Daltrey’s Continue Reading
Chance the Rapper ‘Probably Won’t Be Ever Running’ for Mayor of Chicago
In 1976, a pressor political science at the University Illinois named Milton Rakove penned “Don’t Make No Waves, Don’t Back No Losers,”,an ice-cold analysis the Continue Reading
Megative Is Your Soundtrack for Armageddon
The mood playlist is perhaps the purest form service journalism a music curator can fer the world in this internet era; bravely spelunking into clouds Continue Reading
You Know Who Had a Terrible Time at Woodstock? Some Guy Named Roger Daltrey
The legend Woodstock continues to bewitch music aficionados nearly a half-century after that fateful August 1969 weekend, even if its “peace and love” reputation has Continue Reading
T.I. Made Another Song About Good Times
Every time T.I. releases an album, there’s always at least one song that gestures at the type Instagram-ready, carefree life we all wish we could Continue Reading
Watch Travis Scott and Drake’s Surreal ‘Sicko Mode’ Video
Well, Travis Scott and Drake’s video for their Song the Year contender “Sicko Mode” certainly lives up to its titular hype. Don’t worry, it’s not Continue Reading
Tracy Chapman Sues Nicki Minaj for Never Clearing That Sample
One the many reasons Nicki Minaj blamed for the delay Queen was her failure to find Tracy Chapman to clear a sample one her songs Continue Reading