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Listen: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Cover the Magnetic Fields' "Jeremy"...
On October 9, Slumberland will release a new single from the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, "Jeremy" b/w "My Life Is Wrong". As that title suggests, the A-side will feature a cover of the Magnetic...
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New Band of Horses: "Slow Cruel Hands of Time"
Band of Horses' new album, Mirage Rock, is out September 18 via Brown/Columbia. The band's also made available a track from the record, "Slow Cruel Hands of Time", for your listening pleasure. Watch...
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Watch OFF! Chat About Their Moms in a New Pitchfork.tv Mini-Documentary,...
"I'm not talking to my mom right now; I'm really upset with her. She's moving in with this dude and she hasn't even been going out with him for a year. She has this habit of falling in love, and it's...
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Yo La Tengo to Release New EP This Month, Prep New Album for Early Next Year
Yo La Tengo will release a new, limited edition 12" called Stupid Things on September 25 through Matador, as Consequence of Sound points out. It'll be made up of the title track and a remix by EYE of...
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Listen to the New Album From Thee Oh Sees, Putrifiers II
San Francisco psych-rock titans Thee Oh Sees will release their next album, Putrifiers II, on September 11 via In the Red. Stereogum has a stream of the entire album, which is available for you to...
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Video: DIIV: "Doused"
Photo by Erez Avissar Here's the video for DIIV's "Doused", from the Brooklyn band's solid debut, Oshin. The video was co-directed by DIIV's Zachary Cole Smith and videographer Ian Perlman, and it was...
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R.I.P. DJ Matthew Africa
Matthew Africa, a beloved Oakland DJ, died after a car accident on Monday. He was 40 years old, according to SF Weekly. Africa gained a profile initially with a show on U.C. Berkeley's radio station...
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Lil Wayne Sues Producers of The Carter Documentary for Using His Music...
In what marks a bizarre and belated move, Lil Wayne is suing the producers of the 2009 Weezy documentary The Carter-- including Quincy Jones' son Quincy Jones III-- for using his music in the film,...
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Russian Prime Minister Calls for Pussy Riot Release
Photo by Lindsay Zoladz The Wall Street Journal reports that Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has today called for the three jailed members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot to be freed....
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Yeasayer Postpone European Fall Tour
Photo by Anna Palma Yeasayer's European tour in support of their recent album Fragrant World was originally scheduled to begin September 16, but the band wrote on Twitter today that the tour has been...
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G-Side Split Up
Spin reports that Yung Clova and ST 2 Lettaz will no longer work together as G-Side. The Huntsville, Alabama underground rap duo's last release was 2011's very solid LP iSLAND. "It just felt like it...
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Interpol's Paul Banks Announces Tour
Photo by Helena Christensen Paul Banks: "The Base" On October 23, Interpol's Paul Banks will release a solo LP simply called Banks through Matador. He's announced a world tour to support the record,...
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The Roots to Get Their Own Mural in Philadelphia
Photo by Colin Kerrigan Always loyal to their hometown and dedicated to community-building, the Roots are being honored with their very own mural that will be painted on a building in Philadelphia....
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New Bat for Lashes: "Marilyn"
Natasha Khan a.k.a. Bat for Lashes has a new album, The Haunted Man, out October 15 in the UK via Parlophone/EMI and October 23 in the U.S. via Capitol. Following "Laura", another cut from the record...
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Video: Trust: "Dressed for Space"
Here's the music video for Trust's TRST highlight "Dressed for Space". The clip, directed by Norman Wong, is overrun with bright neon colors and dancers. Subscribe to Pitchfork.tv on YouTube here.
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Watch: MellowHype Discuss New Album, Perform "La Bonita"
Our latest installment of Pitchfork.tv's "+1" series, which focuses on live performance, features Hodgy Beats and Left Brain, a.k.a. OFWGKTA duo MellowHype. We join the pair in Huntington, New York...
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Lower Dens Get Their Own Beer, Expand Tour
Stillwater Artisanal Brewing is probably right to assume that fans of gauzy, downtempo guitar bands enjoy drinking beer. The company has teamed up with Lower Dens as part of its Stillwater Sensory...
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Billy Corgan Opens Tea Shop
This week in Billy Corgan's Extracurricular Activities: The Smashing Pumpkins frontman has opened a tea shop called Madame ZuZu's in Highland Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. "I'm a tea guy and...
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Go Into the Studio With Meek Mill in New Documentary
Today, Pitchfork.tv on YouTube presents the first part of a seven-episode documentary on Meek Mill. It follows the Maybach Music Group rapper in the studio working on tracks for Dreamchasers 2 and his...
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Report: Swans Bring Sound, Fury to Los Angeles
Photo by Will Deitz from a 2011 show Swans' music often feels conjured as a result of-- or a response to-- a God that's either vengeful or completely unconcerned with the human condition. And this...
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