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…
David Kaff, who played keyboardist Viv Savage in Rob Reiner’s 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, has died. His band Mutual of Alameda’s Wild Kingdom shared the news to Facebook yesterday (July 13), writing “David always had a kind word and a quick wit that would slay you where you stand. Then he’d make you…
Last week, Beyoncé had numerous items stolen—including USB drives with her unreleased music, video footage for her concerts, and past and future set lists for her ongoing tour in support of Cowboy Carter—when thieves allegedly broke into a vehicle used by the pop star’s choreographer and one of her dancers in Atlanta, Georgia, reports local…
Clipse have shared the music video for “Chains & Whips,” the standout Kendrick Lamar collaboration from the comeback album Let God Sort Em Out. Lamar does not appear in director Gabriel Moses’ visual, but Pusha T and Malice are in it. Watch the clip below. “Chains & Whips” is the second Let God Sort Em…
Two Shell have released a new album that marks “the end of a chapter” for the mysterious electronic music duo. The project, IIcons, collects previously unreleased music from the group, including a song featuring vocals from Dorian Electra (“Doom Culture”), and one with contributions from the Tokyo-based musician Daigos (“As the World Bleeds”). Listen to…
Jeff Lynne’s ELO—the reformed version of Lynne’s ’70s and ’80s prog-pop outfit Electric Light Orchestra—have cancelled what was slated to be their final show ever. The performance had been scheduled for tonight, July 13, to close out BST Hyde Park’s 2025 summer concert series. A statement shared with Pitchfork explains that “Jeff has been battling…
Danny L Harle has tapped PinkPantheress for a new song. “Starlight” is the British producer’s first new music as lead artist since releasing his debut solo album, Harlecore, in 2021—and his first single for new home label, XL Recordings. Listen to it below. Harle said in a press release, “‘Starlight’ reaches for a kind of…
Neko Case has announced her first album in seven years: Neon Grey Midnight Green is the venerable singer-songwriter’s follow-up to 2018’s Hell-On, and it is out September 26 via Anti-. Listen to lead single “Wreck” below. “There are so few producers who are women, nonbinary, or trans,” Case said in a press statement. “People don’t…
Hot Chip have announced a greatest-hits album. Out September 5 via Domino, Joy in Repetition has songs from the longstanding British dance-pop group’s first seven studio albums, from 2005’s debut Coming on Strong through 2019’s A Bath Full of Ecstasy. Closing the tracklist is previously unreleased song “Devotion,” which is out today alongside a Will…
Macca is back. Sir Paul McCartney has announced a headlining tour across North America, kicking off in late September. The new run extends the Got Back Tour he launched in 2022, as he returns to cities including Atlanta, Montreal, Chicago, Buffalo, Las Vegas, Denver, and Nashville. He also plays his first-ever dates in Albuquerque, New…
