Category: Music

Florence and the Machine will release a new album, Everybody Scream, on October 31. The Halloween-bound LP follows 2022’s Dance Fever and its expanded edition in 2023. Details remain thin on the ground, but the album is up for pre-sale in various formats—including some with bonus tracks and an alternate cover—on Florence’s website. Florence Welch…

Pitchfork Music Festival London has announced its final wave of artists. Among the additions are a Young label showcase at Outernet venue Here—with Two Shell, Mechatok, Silver Gore, and Isaiah Hull—as well as Pitchfork London Selects, a four-day takeover at 93 Feet East. The latter features the World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am…

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…

Joyce Manor are back with new music. Produced by Brett Gurewitz, “All My Friends Are So Depressed” is the band’s first original song since releasing 40 oz. to Fresno in 2022. Watch the accompanying video, directed by Jaxon Whittington and frontman Barry Johnson, below. “The first line I came up with for this song was…

Dijon has announced a tour of North America and Europe behind new album Baby. A North American run kicks off in San Diego on October 25, taking in a number of West Coast cities before moving inland and heading East—including two nights at Brooklyn Paramount—through the remainder of the year. A European stint follows in…

MTV has announced the first round of performers for the 2025 Video Music Awards. Taking part in the show are: Alex Warren, Busta Rhymes, J Balvin, DJ Snake, Ricky Martin, Sabrina Carpenter, and Sombr. The 2025 VMAs take place on Sunday, September 7, at UBS Arena, in Elmont, New York. At the 2025 VMAs, Ricky…

Merchandise, the post-punk band from Tampa, Florida, are back with their first new music in nine years. “You Shot Me Down (Single Mix)” follows the group’s 2016 album, A Corpse Wired for Sound, and it arrives via frontman Carson Cox’s new digital label, Symbol + Sound. Hear the track below. Merchandise—the trio of singer Carson…

Boomtown has always defied easy definition. It’s not simply a music festival, but an entire city built from imagination, theatre, and community spirit, underpinned by some of the most adventurous line-ups in the UK. For 2025, the Hampshire spectacular felt even more ambitious. Its sprawling set design, storyline-driven performances, and kaleidoscopic cast of artists created…

Godspeed You! Black Emperor are the latest indie-rockers to pull their music from Spotify. However, the Canadian post-rock band have gone one step further and removed nearly their entire discography from all major streaming services. Pitchfork has reached out to the band’s label, Constellation Records, for comment. Currently, no Godspeed You! Black Emperor records are…

A new movie from Mexican director Fernando Frias built around Depeche Mode live footage will get a theatrical release, including Imax screenings, from October 28. Depeche Mode: M is a feature film about Mexican culture’s relationship with death—a theme explored through the medium of Depeche Mode’s 2023 album, Memento Mori, and their attendant shows at…