Death Grips' "I've Seen Footage" Becomes Interactive...
Death Grips have shared a second video for their The Money Store cut "I've Seen Footage"-- but this one, directed by WeAre From L.A. and produced by MTV, is not your typical music video. Rather, it's...
View ArticleEcho Chamber: Kathleen Hanna to Missy Elliott
Kathleen Hanna photo credit: Aliya Naumoff "@MissyElliott How about female rappers unite and do a huge tour together...ladies firstpalooza?" -- Kathleen Hanna has a suggestion for Missy Elliott. (via...
View ArticleSteve Albini Slams Amanda Palmer for Asking Fans to Play in Her Band for Free
Photo credit: Palmer by Shervin Lainez and Albini by Ryan Muir For those of you not following the recent path of former Dresden Dolls frontwoman Amanda Palmer, a little primer: The latest iteration of...
View ArticleGhostface Killah Announces New Album Executive Produced and Released by RZA
Ghostface Killah has announced that his new studio album, Twelve Reasons to Die, will be out on November 20 through RZA's Soul Temple Records. It'll be a collaborative effort, Billboard reports,...
View ArticleWatch: Girl Talk's Cat Sings Collective Soul
This afternoon, Gregg Gillis, aka Girl Talk, posted this amazing video on Facebook, as the A.V. Club points out. At first, we were all like "oh haha look at this funny video of this cat 'singing'...
View ArticleWatch the Walkmen on "Conan"
The Walkmen appeared on "Conan" last night, supporting their recent record Heaven with a performance of "Love is Luck". They also performed "We Can't Be Beat" as a web exclusive. Also below, watch the...
View ArticleVitalic Shares New Single, Album Details, Dates
French touch don Vitalic will offer up the follow-up to 2009's Flashmob, a new LP titled, very keenly, Rave Age. That's out November 5 through Different Recordings (pushed back from the original...
View ArticleListen: New Version of Kanye West and Pusha-T's "New God Flow", Featuring...
Pusha-T is especially excited about one Cruel Summer track: "It took everything in my power to not tweet that Ghostface was added to NGF", he wrote on Twitter, referring to "New God Flow", his track...
View ArticleIs Sufjan Stevens Making a New Christmas Record? Is Kitty Pryde Involved?!
UPDATE! A post on Kitty Pryde's Facebook from September 6 reads: "just finished my christmas song for sufjan stevens....................(:" Holy. Shit. Sufjan Stevens got Tumblr! Christmas has come...
View ArticleWatch: How to Dress Well Discusses His Writing Process and Musical Background
Pitchfork.tv recently sat down with Tom Krell, a.k.a How to Dress Well, to discuss his musical background-- singing in recitals as a boy, learning power chords in high school for the sake of making...
View ArticleSteve Albini, Amanda Palmer: The Fight Continues
Photo credit: Palmer by Shervin Lainez and Albini by Ryan Muir Amanda Palmer's decision to crowdsource some of her live instrumentalists and pay them in beer has gotten her a lot of flack in the last...
View ArticleVisit Nick Zammuto's Farm in a New Documentary
Today Pitchfork.tv on YouTube presents a mini-documentary on Nick Zammuto, a.k.a. Zammuto, formerly of the Books, directed by Matt Day. The film, Shape of Things to Come, draws its title from the...
View ArticleNumero Group Celebrates Tenth Anniversary With Huge Eccentric Soul 7" Box Set
The Numero Group-- the label focused on obscurities and reissues-- will celebrate its tenth birthday with a special installment of its Eccentric Soul release series celebrating undiscovered soul music...
View ArticleWu-Tang Clan Slapped With Sample Suit
AllHipHop reports that Wu-Tang Clan's Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Method Man, and RZA have been hit with a sample suit. Bridgeport Music and Westbound Records filed a lawsuit on September 7 claiming...
View ArticlePitchfork Fest Paris Adds James Blake, Parties With Melody's Echo Chamber,...
We're happy to announce many exciting additions to Pitchfork Music Festival Paris, including new artists on the festival lineup, pre- and after-parties, and new ticketing options. James Blake,...
View ArticleWatch Grizzly Bear on "Fallon"
Last night, Grizzly Bear played "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon". It was their second late night gig in support of their album Shields (out next week via Warp) after their performance at StePhest...
View ArticleListen: Beck Covers Caetano Veloso
Photo by Drew Brown On a new tribute compilation to Brazilian tropicália legend Caetano Veloso, Beck has covered the track “Michelangelo Antonioni” (via his Twitter). A Tribute to Caetano Veloso is...
View ArticleLee Ranaldo, Tom Morello, Kool A.D., My Brightest Diamond, More to Play...
This Monday, September 17 marks the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement. To celebrate, on Sunday, September 16, the OWS Guitarmy group will be staging a free concert at New York's...
View ArticleWatch Frank Ocean on "Saturday Night Live"
Frank Ocean appeared last night on the season opener of "Saturday Night Live". On a stage set surrounded by vintage arcade games, he performed channelORANGE cuts "Thinking About You" and "Pyramids"....
View ArticleVideo: Frank Ocean: "Pyramids"
Following last night's "Saturday Night Live" performance, the video for Frank Ocean's nine-minute channelORANGE cut "Pyramids" has surfaced, via Odd Future Talk. It was directed by Nabil, who also...
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