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Bill Callahan is lending his weathered baritone to the audiobook world. The fabled Austin singer-songwriter is set to narrate Rise Above, the upcoming memoir from Matthew Schnipper. The book details how Schnipper navigated grief following the death of his nearly two-year-old son Renzo in 2021. (Full disclosure: Schnipper is a former executive editor of Pitchfork.)

Ariana Grande brought out Ty Dolla $ign for a surprise performance of ‘Safety Net’ during her latest ‘Eternal Sunshine’ tour date – watch footage below. The pop star played the third night of her five-show residency at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Thursday (July 16), as part of her first headline tour since 2019. During ‘Safety Net’, which appears in the

Jeff Tweedy recently took a night off from Wilco’s North American tour to perform for a Jimmy Kimmel Live! episode that aired last night. Watch him do the Twilight Override single “Out in the Dark” with a five-piece band—including his sons Spencer and Sammy Tweedy—below, following an introduction by The Studio actor Ike Barinholtz. Wilco’s

Gojira have announced that drummer Mario Duplantier will be unable to join them for their US festival dates due to “visa issues”, and confirmed that another drummer named Luigi will be temporarily joining as a replacement. The French metal icons made the announcement on social media earlier this week, just days before they were set

This post has been updated to include a statement from Spotify. Lorde would prefer to let her music speak for itself, especially when it comes to misleading AI descriptions. In an Instagram story posted on July 16, the singer expressed frustration over Spotify’s new About the Song feature, which uses AI to generate a summary

The Cure’s Robert Smith has shared his thoughts on the upcoming FIFA World Cup final halftime show curated by Coldplay’s Chris Martin. The first ever official World Cup final halftime show will take place at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Sunday (July 19), and is set to feature Madonna, Justin Bieber, Shakira and BTS, with Martin curating the performance.

Tinashe has taken a break from smashing up cars in Silver Lake to officially announce her new album. Popstar includes last month’s “Too Easy,” as well as a new single, the crunk-inflected “Crash Out.” “The American dream is outdated,” Tinashe sing-raps on the track, “now they sitting on the internet hating.” Popstar is out September

Lana Del Rey has announced an untitled companion album to accompany her long-awaited record ‘Stove’. Now, the ‘Say Yes To Heaven’ singer has given fans a positive update, announcing a “large companion album”. She added that the record was “compiled by as many people as I could find” and “a commentary of sorts on everything

Synth-pop emergency! Robyn stopped by BBC Radio 2 earlier today, July 15, for a quick performance, during which she busted out a cover of Erasure’s 1994 classic “Always.” She also played three songs from her most recent album, Sexistential: “Dopamine,” “Sucker For Love,” and “Talk to Me.” Watch it all go down below. The session

Suede have announced plans for a 30th anniversary of reissue of their landmark LP ‘Coming Up’ along with a 12 inch singles collection. READ MORE: Suede: “I don’t think there’s any band of our generation still making records as vital as ours” The album, which was their third, shot to Number One in the UK

Toronto singer-songwriter Charlotte Cornfield is going on tour with Friendship this December. No, not the concept of camaraderie—the Philadelphia band whose latest record, Caveman Wakes Up, came out in 2025. The co-headliners will spend the last month of 2026 traversing the U.S., making stops in New York, Atlanta, Nashville, St. Louis, and more. (Requisite hometown

Queens Of The Stone Age have returned with a new single, ‘Easy Street’ – check it out below. The psychedelic, jaunty track marks Josh Homme and co’s first material since 2023, following on from their eighth studio album, ‘In Times New Roman…’. The band first debuted the song live last autumn as part of their

Jake Xerxes Fussell is readying a new album for release on September 18, via Fat Possum. The Southern folk singer-songwriter made The Old Beloved Path with producer Ben Whiteley in North Carolina. Leading the record is Fussell’s take on the folk standard “Rock Island Line.” Check that out below. Though he typically avoids such well-trodden

L7 bassist Jennifer Finch has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. Her bandmates shared the news on Monday (July 13), only two months after they announced they would be hitting the road for their final ‘The Last Hurrah Tour’, which is due to begin on October 6 in San Diego. Finch will

Fancy some film? PinkPantheress has locked in her first-ever acting role in a movie. Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, the Oscar-winning directing duo who go by the Daniels, are staying tight-lipped about their new feature film for Universal, but we do know that the British pop star has joined the cast alongside Matt Damon and

Mastodon have announced their first album in five years ‘Marrow Deep’, and shared new single ‘Snakes For Dinner’ featuring Josh Homme. READ MORE: Mastodon interview: “We don’t talk about our feelings with each other, we just put them in the lyrics” The long-awaited new album is set for an August 28 release via Loma Vista Recordings,

On Friday night, more than 45,000 people gathered at Yankee Stadium not to enjoy the national pastime, but a bucket-list New York one: seeing Jay-Z perform in celebration of the 30th anniversary of Reasonable Doubt. It was the first in a three-night residency, with the Friday show dedicated to Reasonable Doubt and the Saturday show

Pulp played an epic closing set at Mad Cool 2026 last night (Saturday July 11), with their performance also doubling up as a celebration for England fans. The escalations of the World Cup have been a focal feature of the Madrid festival, particularly the day before when Spain beat Belgium. Not only was the home

Last month, Four Tet dropped a surprise new album under his long-running Wingdings moniker. The Quietus appears to be the only outlet who spotted the June 10 release and its limited-edition (and now soldout) run of 2,000 vinyl copies. The unpronounceable, eight-track LP later appeared on streaming services on July 3; we were finally alerted

Bring Me The Horizon played the new ‘Repented’ version of their 2006 debut ‘Count Your Blessings’ in full in Manchester last night – check out footage below. READ MORE: ‘Bring Me The Horizon L.I.V.E. In São Paulo’ review: a love letter to their fans and statement of greatness Back in April, the Sheffield band confirmed Monday

On Wednesday, July 8, the fashion house Balenciaga presented its latest haute couture collection at Paris Fashion Week, the first designed by freshly appointed creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli. But Piccioli’s garments weren’t the only new pieces of art revealed on the catwalk. The runway sountrack featured a recorded performance by ANOHNI, who covered verses from

TOMORA have spoken to NME about soundtracking the TV coverage of the World Cup in the UK, just as their native countries of England and Norway go head to head tonight (Saturday July 11). The duo made up of Norwegian art-pop phenomenon Aurora and The Chemical Brothers‘ legend Tom Rowland have two songs from their

We finally have details on Alabama Shakes’ long-rumored new album. I Must Be Dreaming, their first LP in 11 years, is coming August 28 via Island and will include the already-released tracks “American Dream” and “Another Life.” Below, listen to the album’s latest single, “I Feel Hope Coming,” which the band shared today, July 10.

Sam Fender and Olivia Dean‘s ‘Rein Me In’ has made history by becoming the longest-running British Number One single of all time. The two artists officially released the collaborative version of the ‘People Watching’ track last summer, after they performed it live together at Fender’s shows in London and Newcastle. READ MORE: Olivia Dean live in

Here at Pitchfork, we’ve all but excommunicated the adjective “Lynchian” for its overuse. But Xiu Xiu might be one of the few bands who really earn the descriptor. Back in 2016, they released the cover album Plays the Music of Twin Peaks with the blessings of Lynch and composer Angelo Badalamenti. After Lynch’s death early

Madison Square Garden reportedly kept an internal database of celebrities and VIPs that included labels for sexuality, racial identity and “risk” levels. According to a new report by Wired, the New York City venue’s “talent” database included 39,539 entries, spanning musicians, actors, politicians, athletes, business figures and other high-profile guests. The documents were reportedly published last month by the criminal

Madison Square Garden’s current on-site technology includes cameras that scan for facial recognition, allowing the arena to track every person who enters the building. But according to a recent Wired report, the historic New York City venue is keeping a far more extensive database on celebrities than previously known, with entries noting a supposed risk

Getdown Services have shared the “saddest song we’ve ever written” – check it out below. The downbeat single ‘Cha Cha Slide’ from the Bristol disco-duo follows ‘I Can’t Die Like That’ from their upcoming second album ‘Massive Champion’. The record follows on from the recent NME cover stars‘ 2023 cult classic debut ‘Crisps’. It is

Wavves and Say Anything are merging their respective takes on coastal pop-punk for a new collaborative album called Cherry Soda. It’s out September 18 via I Surrender. The lead single, “Deathx1k,” gets a cheeky stop-motion video directed by Jelly Eyes, featuring claymation versions of Nathan Williams, Max Bemis, and a handful of other critters who