Category: Music

Turnstile are coming back with their first album since 2021’s Glow On. The new album, Never Enough, is out on June 6 via Roadrunner. Leading the full-length is the title song, which arrives with a music video directed by singer Brendan Yates and guitarist Pat McCrory. Watch the new video below. Brendan Yates produced Never…

Mac DeMarco has announced a tour of the United States, Europe, the United Kingdom, and his native Canada. The first show is slated to take place on Friday, August 29, at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre. By then, we are likely to have a new Mac DeMarco album, as the musician said in a statement, “I…

Arcade Fire have announced their first album since frontman Win Butler was accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women in 2022. Pink Elephant, out May 9 via Columbia, was produced by Butler and Régine Chassagne alongside Daniel Lanois; the lineup remains as it has been since Will Butler left the group in 2022. A new…

Earlier this year, there was a small bit of consternation in the Death Grips fan community due to an apparent private comment from erstwhile band member Andy Morin that was leaked publicly. In the message, Morin suggested the band had broken up, but conceded “none of us can ever predict what will happen with the…

Chicago rock trio Lifeguard have announced their debut album. Ripped and Torn drops June 6 via Matador. The band has also announced a North American and European tour behind the LP and shared its lead single, “It Will Get Worse.” The track arrives alongside a video, directed by Eli Schmitt, in which the band members…

Everything changed for Blondie in 1978. Leaning into their punk background, pop hooks, and the playful, far-ranging curiosities that gave their shows an edge, Blondie honed in on their sound with Plastic Letters, their sophomore album, in February and landed on U.S. Billboard charts for the first time. The band’s cultural domination exploded with Parallel…

Amadou Bagayoko, the award-winning Malian singer and guitarist in the husband-and-wife duo Amadou & Mariam, has died, according to the Associated Press. In a local televised broadcast, Mali’s Minister of Culture Mamou Daffé revealed that Bagayoko died on Friday (April 4) in his hometown of Bamako. He was 70. Alongside his wife Mariam Doumbia, Bagayoko…

Dave Allen, the bassist who played with Gang of Four in their heyday, died at home with his family on Saturday, April 5, the band announced on social media. While no cause of death was given, the band said Allen had been living with early-onset dementia for several years. He was 69 years old. David…

Wes Anderson’s new movie, The Phoenician Scheme, arrives in theaters on May 30, and today, Focus Features has unveiled the first trailer. It presents the story of Zsa-zsa Korda (Benicio del Toro), a rich businessman and “maverick in the fields of armaments and aviation” who enlists his daughter (Mia Threapleton), a nun, in a treacherous…

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…