Queens of the Stone Age have announced a new concert film. Alive in the Catacombs documents a largely acoustic performance that the band—accompanied by a three piece string section—recorded in the Catacombs of Paris last July, around the time frontman Josh Homme underwent emergency surgery that led them to cancel some of their 2024 tour…
A new one-day music festival is scheduled for later this year in New York. CBGB Festival—not affiliated with the citywide CBGB Music and Film Festival of the early 2010s—will take place September 21 at Brooklyn’s Under the K Bridge Park. Iggy Pop, Sex Pistols, and Jack White are set to headline, with the Smiths’ Johnny…
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…
Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi has announced his memoir. The new book, Cudi, will get released on Tuesday, August 5, via Simon & Schuster. According to the book’s description, Cudi is “a story of survival—through depression, addiction, isolation, and doubt.” In addition, the 41-year-old rapper, singer, and actor shared on social media, “Its filled w so…
Nick Cave and Nicolas Cage are two of the most unmistakeable personalities in their fields. One is an artistic mastermind with striking vampiric looks who has used his intimate appreciation of avant-garde composers like Karlheinz Stockhausen to elevate a popular art form to the realm of greatness—and the other fronts a band called the Bad…
Sean “Diddy” Combs, the musician and rap mogul being sued by dozens of people for alleged sex crimes, begins his sex trafficking trial today (May 12) in Manhattan’s Federal District Court. Prosecutors will argue that Diddy abused his money and power to traffic, drug, and sexually assault women; the defense claims any encounters were consensual….
Not only was the late Steve Albini a legendary recording engineer, musician, and poker player, he was also a longtime collector of underground memorabilia. Now, thousands of his belongings—rare vinyl, weird books, vintage t-shirts, CDs, cassettes, singles, zines, art, and “mysterious bargains”—are being sold on Steve Albini’s Closet, a new website that operates as a…
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Grandaddy have announced a tour to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their sophomore album, The Sophtware Slump. They’ll play the album in full at shows across North America in September and October. Support at select concerts comes from Pedro the Lion and Greg Freeman. See all of Grandaddy’s tour dates below. Jason Lytle and his…
Meg Remy has announced a new U.S. Girls album: Scratch It, the follow-up to 2023’s Bless This Mess, is out June 20 via 4AD. The new album’s lead single is the 12-minute “Bookends.” Watch the track’s music video below. Scroll down for U.S. Girls’ upcoming tour dates. Remy co-wrote “Bookends” with Edwin de Goeij. The…
