My Chemical Romance gave “War Beneath the Rain,” a song written before their breakup, its live debut on Saturday night (July 26), as Stereogum notes. Performing at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium, Gerard Way said they had laid down the track at a studio in North Hollywood for “a record that never came out.” He added,…
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…
Global Citizen has announced the 2025 lineup for its annual free benefit concert that’s held on the Great Lawn of New York’s Central Park. Headlining Global Citizen Festival, on Saturday, September 27, are the Weeknd and Shakira. Joining them on the bill are Tyla, Ayra Starr, and Mariah the Scientist also slated to perform. Hosting…
Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band have announced a headlining tour and shared “Better If You Make Me,” the final preview of their upcoming album New Threats From the Soul. Accompanying the single is a music video directed by Tijah Bumgarner that was shot in Charleston, West Virginia, and Lexington, Kentucky. Watch it below. “I…
Wednesday are back with another new song from Bleeds, their upcoming sixth studio album. “Pick Up That Knife” comes with a grainy, camcorder-shot music video of a couple making out in the woods and other friends gorging themselves on watermelon, as directed by Sara Melosh. Watch it below. “‘Pick Up That Knife’ is a song…
Chappell Roan has announced Visions of Damsels & Other Dangerous Things, a series of all-ages pop-up shows that’ll take place in select U.S. cities. First, Roan will take the stage at Forest Hills Stadium, in Queens, New York. Next, she’ll play the Museum and Memorial Park, in Kansas City, Missouri. Finally, Roan has multiple concerts…
Former Anti-Flag frontman Justin Sane has been ordered to pay nearly $2 million in damages to a woman who alleged that he raped her in 2010, Rolling Stone reports and Pitchfork can confirm. The woman, Kristina Sarhadi, filed a lawsuit against Justin Sane, whose legal name is Justin Cathal Geever, in 2023, but the singer…
Glorilla was recently arrested after police officers investigating a burglary at an Atlanta home that she owns said they found marijuana in a bedroom closet. Glorilla was not home at the time of the burglary, early on Saturday morning, July 19, and it was cut short when somebody in the home fired shots at the…
Kneecap have been banned from Hungary for three years, government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs shared on X. Kovacs claimed that the Irish rappers have “repeatedly engage in antisemitic hate speech supporting terrorism and terrorist groups.” He also said that the trio’s planned performance at Budapest’s Sziget Festival “posed a national security threat.” Kneecap responded to the…
Chuck Mangione, the fedora-sporting flugelhorn and trumpet player whose 1977 smooth jazz hit “Feels So Good” left an indelible mark on American pop culture, has died. In a statement reported by Rochester, New York’s Democrat and Chronicle, Mangione’s family shared that he “peacefully passed away in his sleep at his home in Rochester, New York,”…
