Purity Ring Cover Soulja Boy, Announce Spring Tour
Purity Ring: "Grammy" (Soulja Boy cover)Back in 2011, when they'd only released a couple of songs, Purity Ring's Corin Roddick told Pitchfork that he "can't get enough" of Soulja Boy's album The...
View ArticleReport: Justin Timberlake Live In Los Angeles
It was the first time he'd performed publicly in Los Angeles in more than five years, so it was natural to view Justin Timberlake's post-Grammys show at the Hollywood Palladium as an Event rather than...
View ArticleRihanna Gets Melancholy in the Bathtub for Her "Stay" Video
After performing the track at the Grammys last night, Rihanna has shared the video for her Mikky Ekko-featuring Unapologetic ballad "Stay". The clip, directed by Sophie Muller, is a single shot of Ri,...
View Article!!! Share New Track "Slyd", Announce Tour
!!!'s amazingly titled LP THR!!!ER is out April 30 in the U.S. and April 29 in the UK via Warp. Today, they've shared the first taste of the album, "Slyd" (which is pronounced "slide"). It features...
View ArticlePhoenix Detail New Album, Bankrupt!
Details have been leaking out since December, but now Phoenix have finally shared the full scope of their upcoming record, Bankrupt!, the follow-up to 2009's breakthrough Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. It's...
View ArticleWatch Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Perform Live From Los Angeles in a Webcast...
On February 21, the same week that the band releases Push the Sky Away, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' will perform at Los Angeles' Fonda Theatre. It's one of their special album release shows that will...
View ArticleWatch: Local Natives Recruit Blind Model Airplane Pilots, Magic Sandwiches...
Local Natives' Ben Reed-directed video for the Hummingbird highlight "Heavy Feet" is subtitled "Heavy Feet: The Ecstatic Flight of the Llandow Visually Impaired Harriers". In it, a group of blind model...
View ArticleHear New Albums From Matmos, Mark Kozelek, Eat Skull on Pitchfork's Streaming...
Electronic experimentalist duo Matmos' new album The Marriage of True Minds is out next week via Thrill Jockey. It features vocals from Dan Deacon, Angel Deradoorian (formerly of Dirty Projectors), Wye...
View ArticleNew AraabMuzik: "Never Have to Worry"
AraabMuzik: "Never Have to Worry" on SoundCloud. Following "The Prince Is Coming", MPC prince AraabMuzik has shared another new song-- have a listen to "Never Have to Worry" above. That's from For...
View ArticleJustin Timberlake and Jay-Z Planning Tour
Jay-Z photo via Barclays CenterBoth The New York Post and Rolling Stone report that Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z will tour stadiums across America together this summer in support of The 20/20...
View ArticleWatch: ... And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Travel the World in the...
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead have shared a clip for the title track to last year's Lost Songs. The video collage shows the band's 2012 tour around the world-- in 125 seconds, there's...
View ArticleTNGHT Plot New Tour
Photos by Christina KernohanProduction duo TNGHT-- aka Hudson Mohawke and Lunice-- have announced a few new shows, as Brooklyn Vegan points out. They'll play a few U.S. shows alongside their Coachella...
View ArticleAesop Rock and Kimya Dawson Form Band the Uncluded, Announce Album, Share Video
Photo by Chrissy PiperAesop Rock and Kimya Dawson are not strangers. Dawson appeared on Aesop's 2012 album Skelethon. Aesop made several appearances on Dawson's 2011 album Thunder Thighs. The duo have...
View ArticleM.I.A. Working With Hit-Boy on Tracks for New Album
The Grammys aftermath has produced another exciting little nugget of information: M.I.A.'s new album Matangi will prominently feature production from Hit-Boy, the producer responsible for monster...
View ArticleWatch: Waka Flocka Flame Details a Peculiar Childhood Punishment on...
Today, Pitchfork.tv on YouTube presents a new installment of its animated series "Frames". The show highlights first-person storytelling from musicians, brought to life by Pitchfork.tv's animators....
View ArticleWatch an Animated St. Vincent Sing About Being a Bad Girl for Cartoon Sitcom...
For the uninitiated, "Bob's Burgers" is an animated Fox sitcom that is now in its third season. It's centered on a family, the Belchers, who run a hamburger joint. Vulture reports that musicians like...
View ArticleSigur Rós Are Selling Their Own Scented Candle That Smells Like Their Studio,...
Sigur Rós fans the world over may well agree that nothing suits the Icelandic act's evocative, slow-moving post-rock quite like a bunch of burning candles. Now, fittingly, the band is selling a custom...
View ArticleWatch: Topless Ladies and Abel Tesfaye Star in the Weeknd's "Twenty Eight" Video
The Weeknd has shared his new video for "Twenty Eight", one of the bonus tracks found on last year's mixtape re-release package Trilogy. Directed by Nabil, the video features Abel Tesfaye having a...
View ArticleGhostface to Release Deluxe Ironman Box Set
Get On Down, the Boston label behind box set reissues of classics from Nas, Raekwon, and GZA, has announced another extra-fancy item. Ghostface Killah's 1996 solo debut album Ironman will be released...
View ArticleCocoRosie Announce New Album, Tales of a Grass Widow, Share First Single...
Last spring, avant-folk sister duo CocoRosie returned with a new single, "We Are on Fire", the first new piece of music from Touch and Go in years. Now the band has announced its full-length followup...
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