Category: Music

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…

Bruce Springsteen has announced a Nebraska expansion that includes the fabled Electric Nebraska sessions, released for the first time. Long sought-after by fans, Electric Nebraska is the informal title of the album that Springsteen and the E Street Band recorded, in 1982, from a suite of demos for his follow-up to The River. But the…

Animal Collective are celebrating the 20th anniversary of Feels with a special reissue of the album featuring nine B-sides and previously unreleased demos. Feels (20th Anniversary) is out on vinyl, CD, and digitally on October 17 via Domino. What’s more, the experimental indie-rock band is also putting out FeelsLive 04/05, a collection of live recordings…

Kneecap will livestream a concert from a secret location in Ireland on Friday, October 10, as a sort of makeup show for their recently canceled U.S. tour. As well as broadcasting online from 9 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (at this link), the stream will play at a ticketed showing at Kings Theatre, in Brooklyn, New…

In a series of social media posts, Justin Bieber announced that he’s releasing a new album at midnight Eastern Daylight Time. The album, Swag II, is a sequel to the pop star’s surprise July comeback effort, Swag. See the artwork for the new album below. Bieber made Swag—his first studio album since 2021’s Justice—with Mk.gee,…

If you thought the Weeknd’s After Hours Til Dawn Stadium Tour was over, then you simply thought wrong. The musician has announced more dates on the years-long tour, with the new shows taking place between April and August 2026. Joining the Weeknd at Mexican and Brazilian shows is Anitta, and Playboi Carti is opening on…

Located in the small northwestern Québec town of Rouyn-Noranda, Abitibi-Témiscamingue—a place now best known for hosting Festival de Musique Émergente (FME) and other festivals thanks to its vibrant arts scene and dedication to uplifting artists—this year’s 23rd edition of FME felt especially unique.  Not only did it gather an eclectic mix of emerging artists eager…

Drake shared more new music via his Iceman livestream series. On a new episode, he premiered “Somebody Loves Me Pt. 2”—essentially a Cash Cobain remix of the $ome $exy $ongs 4 U track “Somebody Loves Me”—a song with Yeat apparently called “Dog House,” and a new one that might be called “Thats Just How I…

Montréal-based pop experimental artist N NAO, born Naomi 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, bridging Québec’s anglophone and francophone communities by singing in both French and English while fostering connection and community…

While Oasis, Blur, and, to some degree, Pulp rake it in with reunions bankrolled by nostalgia, Suede are still plugging away as a working band of Britpop survivors. Antidepressants, their 10th studio album, channels their usual mix of light social commentary and first-person misadventure in songs as full-throatedly anthemic as anything in their catalog. Listen…