Vybz Kartel has played some shows since he was released from prison last year, and he’s now announced a proper tour. The Jamaican dancehall singer will soon embark on the Worl’ Boss Tour, playing shows in Guyana, Trinidad, the United States, and elsewhere. See Vybz Kartel’s upcoming tour dates below. Along with the tour news,…
Gorillaz turn 25 this year, a milestone the Damon Albarn side project turned phenomenon will celebrate this summer with a residency and exhibition at London’s Copper Box. Dubbed House of Kong, the exhibition promises a “journey through the band’s life of misadventures, musical innovation and ground-breaking virtual ways,” according to a press release. No further…
Following its premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, Kelly Reichardt’s forthcoming new film The Mastermind has received its first official preview. In the clip, which features co-stars Josh O’Connor and Alana Haim, O’Connor steals a toy soldier figurine from a museum display case as Haim stays with their children. Watch it below. In addition…
Sacha Jenkins, the hip-hop journalist and documentary filmmaker who co-founded the highly influential Ego Trip magazine, has died. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Jenkins’ wife, Raquel Cepeda, confirmed his cause of death as complications from multiple system atrophy. He was 54. Born in Philadelphia in 1971, Jenkins was seven years old when his parents separated….
Wednesday are back with their first official single since the 2023 release of Rat Saw God. The Asheville, North Carolina, indie-rock band’s “Elderberry Wine” comes with a music video directed by Spencer Kelly (who helmed the “Chosen to Deserve” visual). Find it below. “Elderberry is known as a healing fruit, and is an ingredient in…
Four Tet’s Kieran Hebden and Nashville guitarist William Tyler have announced a new collaborative album. Out September 19 via Temporary Residence Ltd., the seven-track 41 Longfield Street Late ‘80s is led by an 11-minute cover of Lyle Lovett’s “If I Had a Boat.” Listen to it below. Both Hebden and Tyler shared statements about the…
Avery Tucker, formerly half of Girlpool, has shared a new song. “Big Drops” is Tucker’s debut solo single, and he co-wrote and co-produced it with frequent A. G. Cook collaborator Alaska Reid. In a press statement, he described the song as “a story about loving and losing someone who is finding themselves time and time…
On Tuesday (May 20), Florida rapper and singer Rod Wave was arrested in Georgia on 14 charges, including aggravated assault and possession of a firearm, according to jail records viewed by Pitchfork. Wave, whose real name is Rodarius Marcell Green, was also booked into Fulton County Jail for aiming a pistol at another person, reckless…
Isabella Lovestory has announced a new album: Vanity, the follow-up to the Honduran experimental pop artist’s Amor Hardcore, is out June 27 via Giant Music. The 13-track effort will include “Puchica,” “Putita Boutique,” “Telenovela,” and a new Chicken-produced song called “Gorgeous.” Watch the video for the new single below. Scroll down for the Vanity artwork….
Slikback, the Kenyan electronic music producer who’s now based in Poland, has announced his first album for Mike Paradinas’ Planet Mu label. The new album, Attrition, lands on July 18. Leading the 11-track effort is “Taped.” Find the new song below. Slikback made Attrition while awaiting his visa after moving to Poland from Kenya. “I…
