Today, we bring you the latest episode of Pitchfork.tv's "Pitchfork Weekly". In this week's installment, Big K.R.I.T. lists some of his favorite things, Liars try to figure out how to perform their new record WIXIW live, and much more.
Subscribe to Pitchfork's YouTube channel and stay tuned every Friday for new episodes of "Pitchfork Weekly." Other new Pitchfork.tv episodes on our YouTube channel this week included segments taped at the San Miguel Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona with M83, the Rapture, and Chairlift, collected in a special Primavera edition of "Pitchfork Weekly". Pitchfork.tv also shared a "+1" with Zola Jesus, a mini-documentary about Curren$y, and a clip from the upcoming LCD Soundsystem documentary Shut Up and Play the Hits, as well as a pair of new music videos, for Grass Widow's "Goldilocks Zone" and Killer Mike's "Big Beast". And, finally, Pitchfork.tv also posted a new City of Music, featuring Bear In Heaven.
Below the video is a round-up of highlights from this week at Pitchfork.
This week in Pitchfork News:
- We reported from San Miguel Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona, catching sets from Beach House, Sleigh Bells, Spiritualized, M83, Atlas Sound, Jeff Mangum, and more.
- Pitchfork launched Soundplay, an interactive program focused on the intersections of music, gaming, and technology, with video games inspired by M83 and Matthew Dear.
- The Pitchfork Music Festival schedule was announced.
- The Flaming Lips and Erykah Badu fought over the "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" video.
- Grizzly Bear announced a new album.
- Frank Ocean announced his Def Jam debut album Channel Orange, plus a tour.
- The controversy over Volkswagen's apparent Beach House rip-off continued.
- Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti announced a new record, Mature Themes, and a tour.
- Jens Lekman announced I Know What Love Isn't, his new record.
Notable music videos include:
- Beach House: "Lazuli"
- Danny Brown: "Grown Up"
- Kanye West [ft. Big Sean, Pusha T, and 2 Chainz] : "Mercy"
- Dirty Projectors: "Gun Has No Trigger"
- Sigur Rós: "Varúð"
- A$AP Rocky/Schoolboy Q: "Brand New Guy"
We named six Best New Tracks:
- Fiona Apple: "Werewolf"
- Tomas Barfod: "November Skies" [ft. Nina Kinert]
- Grizzly Bear: "Sleeping Ute"
- Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti: "Baby"
- Peaking Lights: "Beautiful Son"
- Recloose: "Magic" [ft. B Slade]
Notable album reviews include:
- Liars: WIXIW
- Beak>: >>
- Pauline Oliveros: Reverberations: Tape & Electronic Music 1961-1970 [Best New Reissue]
- Patti Smith: Banga
- Laurel Halo: Quarantine
- Azealia Banks: 1991 EP
And for some longer reads, our new features include:
- An interview with Fiona Apple.
- An interview with Paul McCartney.
- A "Guest List" with El-P.
- An "Update" conversation with the xx.
- Dave Tompkins' look back at Big Fun in the Big Town.
- A run-down of the 25 best "SNL" Digital Shorts.
- An "Update" with Grizzly Bear.
- An interview with Hot Chip.