On their steady path from friends making lo-fi freak-folk to bandmates going proggy art-pop, Bruiser and Bicycle always find a calming center at the heart of their otherwise dizzying albums. Deep Country, their third album and follow-up to 2023’s Holy Red Wagon, takes that grounding reassurance to new depths, with shades of jangle pop and…
New York-based musician ShiShi has arrived at an unexpected destination with his latest album, Indigo. Released independently in early September, the project sees the multifaceted artist trading laptop beats for live guitars, yet somehow making tabla players and Sanskrit mantras feel perfectly at home alongside power chords and distortion. Born Aasheesh Paliwal and raised across…
Lorde is among the latest wave of artists joining the No Music for Genocide campaign, which urges musicians to geo-block their music in Israel in solidarity with the Palestinian people. Caribou, Hayley Williams, Dry Cleaning, Marina, Caroline, Diiv, Duval Timothy, Idles, Muna, Paloma Faith, Obongjayar, Marc Rebillet, Tokimonsta, 454, Pinegrove, and Skee Mask have also…
Life Without Buildings, the beloved Glaswegian art-rock band, broke up in 2002 after the release of their sole, classic album, Any Other City. But not before recording a final song, “Love Trinity.” The rarity received a small Australian release, but the studio recording never became widely available; most fans have heard the song only via…
The first trailer for season 2 of The Vince Staples Show is here. Below, watch Staples rattle through a series of hijinks on “a wild journey in search of inner peace,” as the Netflix synopsis puts it. The six-episode series arrives on the platform on November 6. The satirical comedy series, featuring a fictionalized Vince…
Oklou has announced an expansion of Choke Enough—and with it, “Viscus,” a new song and video with FKA twigs. Below, watch the duo make their way around an unsettling suburban home in director Gil Gharbi’s video. In addition to “Viscus,” Choke Enough Deluxe features three new songs, out October 30 via True Panther. An expansion-pack vinyl…
Revisit Ian Cohen’s Sunday Review of Joyce Manor’s self-titled debut. All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Joyce Manor: 10-16 Munich, Germany – Backstage Werk *10-17 Berlin, Germany – Columbia Theater *10-18 Oberhausen, Germany – Turbinenhalle10-19…
Taylor Swift stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon yesterday (October 6), making her first U.S. late-night appearance since the release on Friday of The Life of a Showgirl. Below, watch her break down the themes behind several of the album’s songs, including an explanation of her much-maligned sex song “Wood.” She also chats…
Geese have shared a music video for “Au Pays du Cocaine,” from their new album Getting Killed. In the clip, directed by Milo Hume, frontman Cameron Winter contends with a baby across a long wooden table. The video ends with Winter himself climbing into a crib. Watch it below. Last week, Geese appeared on Jimmy…
Gorillaz have shared the latest single from new album The Mountain. “The Manifesto” features the Argentine rapper Trueno, as well as a freestyle from the late D12 member Proof, recorded in his early days as a rapper. Check it out below. “The Manifesto” also features an illustrious cast of musicians, including sarod players Amaan Ali Bangash…
