Category: Music

Back in the 1970s, British musicians frequented American hotels. And one day in 1974, Christopher Guest, a young comedic actor and writer, happened upon a U.K. ensemble checking into the Chateau Marmont. “Where’s your bass?” the manager asked one musician in a Cockney accent. “Wot?” “I said, ‘Where’s your bass?’” “Wot?” The conversation went several…

Hot on the heels of her extravagant performance at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, Lady Gaga was the musical guest on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (September 8). Wearing a black dress for this quieter performance, Gaga played piano with a guitar duo backing her for a sparse rendition of “Vanish Into You”…

Rick Davies, the founder, lead singer, and primary songwriter of Supertramp, died on Saturday, September 6, according to a post on the British rock band’s website. Davies had been living with multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer, for more than 10 years, the group said. He was 81 years old. Richard Davies was born…

Big Thief have enlisted Adrianne Lenker’s brother, Noah, to direct a video for their Double Infinity track “Words.” In the short, the band indulges in mystical activities—conjuring, transmogrifying, reading alphabetti spaghetti tea leaves—in various rural settings, using the power of words to unlock mysteries of the universe. Join them below. This is Big Thief’s first…

Montréal-based pop experimental artist N NAO, born Naomie de Lorimier, is redefining herself and her identity through sound. Signed to Montréal-based indie label Mothland, N NAO uses music as a personal outlet and a means of self-exploration. Though Lorimier sings exclusively in French, her work resonates with both francophone and anglophone audiences. Lorimier’s reach extends…

Last week, Yasmin Williams announced a free show at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC on September 18. Now the Virginian composer and guitarist—who posted screenshots of a heated email exchange with Kennedy Center president Richard Grenell in April, and later elaborated on the experience in an interview with…

Flenser artists Ragana and Drowse have announced a new collaborative album. The Pacific Northwest musicians recorded Ash Souvenir at the Unknown, in Anacortes, Washington, after premiering the material at the Roadburn Festival, in Tilburg, Netherlands. The album is out November 14. Below, listen to excerpts from the opening song, “In Eternal Woods.” Ragana (the duo…

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…

Lady Gaga’s anticipated performance at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards was tonight. In a pre-taped segment recorded at her Madison Square Garden concert last night (September 6), the pop star sang “Abracadabra” from her new album Mayhem and “The Dead Dance,” her new single for Netflix’s Wednesday. “The category is dance or die,” Gaga…

Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, British vocalist Yungblud, and Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt shared the stage at Long Island’s UBS Arena to pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards. The segment was introduced by Osbourne’s son Jack and his family, and then Yungblud shirtlessly sang “Crazy Train,” before donning a…