Paul McCartney has announced Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run, a new 528-page book chronicling the formation and adventures of his 1970s band Wings after the Beatles ended. Written by McCartney and featuring an introduction by editor Ted Widmer, the book comes out on Tuesday, November 4. Wings: The Story of a…
Bob Dylan likes to have fun on social media. There’s his X account, home to musings about Nick Cave, A Complete Unknown, and, most recently, the late bluegrass and country musician Don Reno. Or you can go to his TikTok page, which he launched just before the platform was (very briefly) banned in the United…
The composer and experimental musician Kali Malone has announced a new reissue of her 2019 album The Sacrificial Code. The new edition lands will be released via Ideologic Organ on April 11. It includes a new arrangement of the title piece that Malone recorded, in 2023, on a 16th-century organ at Sweden’s Malmö Konstmuseum. Find…
Little Simz has announced her sixth studio LP: Lotus arrives May 9 via AWAL. Today, the British rapper shares lead single “Flood,” which was produced by Miles Clinton James and features vocals from Obongjayar and Moonchild Sanelly. The track arrives with a striking black-and-white visual directed by Salomon Lighhelm. Check it out below. Lotus follows…
Autechre will tour North America for the first time in a decade this October. The English electronic artists have a busy schedule lined up as they cross the Atlantic after a European tour in August, kicking off in Englewood, Colorado, on October 1, before taking in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Toronto, Philadelphia,…
Jenny Hval has announced her new album, Iris Silver Mist, which takes its name from a fragrance made by Maurice Roucel. It arrives May 2 via 4AD, and you can listen to the lead single, “To Be a Rose,” now. The song’s accompanying music video is comprised of tour footage of the Norwegian artist from…
Last month, Sparks shared the new song “Do Things My Own Way” and announced that they’d soon be releasing a new album called Mad! Now, brothers Ron and Russell Mael have revealed the details of their follow-up to 2023’s The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte. The new album is out May 23, via Transgressive,…
New Zealand singer-songwriter Marlon Williams has enlisted Lorde to guest on his new song. “Kāhore He Manu E” is taken from Williams’ first Māori language album, Te Whare Tīwekaweka, out April 4. The video is pulled from Ngā Ao E Rua – Two Worlds, Ursula Grace Williams’ documentary about the making of the album. Check…
Pitchfork and AdHoc Projects are happy to announce a live event to celebrate the release of a new zine. The event takes place on Tuesday, March 4, at 6 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, at New York’s Printed Matter. The event is free, and the zine will be available for purchase exclusively at Printed Matter. RSVP…
Last summer, I joined Pitchfork as its new editor from the world of 2020s independent music blogging. It is an unglamorous world, but one I’m deeply fond of, all janky websites and Substack newsletters. It is where a lot of terrible, unedited writing is happening, but also where some of the most vital and urgent…
