Category: Music

Sony Music Entertainment is suing Rhapsody International, the parent company of streaming service Napster, for $9.2 million in licensing fees and unpaid royalties, as well as a potential $36 million in damages from copyright infringement. In a lawsuit filed last Friday (August 1) in Manhattan federal court and viewed by Pitchfork, Sony claims that Napster…

Freddie Gibbs and the Alchemist will tour North America together this autumn. Alfredo: The Tour kicks off September 20 in Philadelphia and runs through the month of October, before wrapping up in San Francisco on November 9. Scroll down to see all of the rapper and producer’s upcoming shows. Gibbs and the Alchemist released Alfredo…

Terry Reid, the British rock singer and songwriter, who turned down offers to front Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple to embark on a solo career that earned him the nickname Superlungs, has died. Cleopatra Records shared the news in an email, and Reid’s representative gave confirmation to The Guardian. No cause of death was given,…

Joan Shelley has announced a new album: Real Warmth is out September 19 via No Quarter. The Kentucky songwriter’s follow up to 2022’s The Spur was produced by Ben Whiteley and features contributions from the Weather Station’s Tamara Lindeman, Doug Paisley, Nathan Salsburg, Matt Kelley, Ken Whiteley, drummer Philippe Melanson, and saxophonist Karen Ng. Listen…

The key to a good recording is something that really engages the listener without the visual aspect of seeing a performance live or on film. This month there were many albums that stood out as something worth hearing, with music ranging from the medieval age to the 2020s. Among the stage works that still come…

The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each other and discovering new favorites along the way. Each Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects playlist, we’re sharing what our…

Dekmantel’s 11th edition reaffirmed why Amsterdam’s most discerning electronic music festival continues to set the standard for curatorial excellence. Across five days from July 30 to August 3, the festival’s return to its original format after last year’s expanded ten-day celebration felt like a perfectly calibrated reset, balancing heritage with innovation in ways that few…

Doechii is heading out on her biggest ever tour. The run, dubbed Live From the Swamp, kicks off in Chicago on October 14 and runs across North America before concluding in Seattle on November 10. Check out her full itinerary, including a number of previously announced festival stops, below. Doechii announced the tour and launched…

Avant Gardner LLC, the operator of an entertainment complex that includes New York’s beleaguered Brooklyn Mirage, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Billboard reports and documents confirm. The company, which also runs Great Hall and Kings Hall, had planned to reopen Brooklyn Mirage in May after a remodeling, but the scheduled shows have all been…

Leonardo “Flaco” Jiménez, the singer, songwriter, and master accordionist, has died. Across a career spanning over 70 years, which included collaborations with Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, and many others, Jiménez helped to popularize the Mexican music birthed in his native South Texas alternatively called conjunto, norteño, or Tejano, though Jiménez often preferred to label…