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ANOHNI and the Johnsons Share New Song “Breaking”: Listen
On the heels of last week’s tour announcement, ANOHNI and the Johnsons have shared a new song, “Breaking.” The single, released via Rough Trade, comes from the sessions that produced 2023’s remarkable My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross. Listen to the new song below.
Posthumous Justin Townes Earle Album Announced: Listen to New Cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams”
New West Records has announced a new compilation of music from Justin Townes Earle. The album, All In: Unreleased & Rarities (The New West Years), is out August 9. As the title suggests, the album features previously unreleased recordings and never-before-heard songs from the late singer-songwriter. Below, listen to Earle’s cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams.”
Listen to J.P.’s “Over Here”: The Ones
This new J.P. album, Coming Out Party, is completely bizarre. There are songs that sound like Khalid if he made twerk music. Ditties that belong on pop-country radio, if they would give him a chance. Full-throated gospel vocals over Milwaukee lowend handclaps. I mean, c’mon, the project kicks off with J.P. getting a little freaky over a sample of Laurie Anderson’s “O Superman.” I think I dig it? Ask me tomorrow and my opinion might change. But I’m for sure into “Over Here,” where the college athlete turned viral rap star churns out one of those soft and cozy party anthems he’s so good at. He sounds like he’s swooning while he gives out twerk commands, with twangy, fluffy melodies that would be sweet enough for Radio Disney if he wasn’t so raunchy. I’m setting the over/under on dancefloor meet-cutes that will happen to “Over Here” this summer at somewhere in the triple digits.
Mustafa Shares Video for New Song “Gaza Is Calling”: Watch
Mustafa has shared a new song, “Gaza Is Calling,” with net proceeds benefitting the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. Watch the video, directed by the filmmaker and Succession actor Hiam Abbas, below. Mustafa, who is Sudanese Canadian, wrote “Gaza Is Calling” in 2020, but chose to release it...
Watch Billie Eilish Perform “The Greatest” on Colbert
Last night, Billie Eilish was a musical guest on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert for the second time during the Hit Me Hard and Soft cycle. After last month’s rendition of “Lunch,” this time she gave a powerhouse performance of the album’s sprawling centerpiece, “The Greatest,” joined by Finneas and other musicians. Watch it go down below.
Berwyn Announces Debut Album, Shares New “Dear Immigration” Video: Watch
Berwyn has announced his debut studio album. The Romford-raised artist will release Who Am I on July 12 (via Columbia). Below, watch the new video for “Dear Immigration.”. Who Am I includes Berwyn’s recent songs “Neighbours” and “I Am Black.” The album follows the Demotape/Vega and Tape 2/Fomalhaut mixtapes, the former of which made the shortlist for the Mercury Prize in 2021.
Breathe... Godspeed
Verraco and his peers in Medellín, Colombia once presented themselves as rave revolutionaries: guerillas rising up to topple a hegemonic club culture and wrest electronic music from the Global North’s death grip. They called their label Insurgentes; its inaugural release, Verraco’s debut EP, was titled Resistir. But over the past seven years, Verraco (aka JP López) and his crew have grown from upstarts into some of the most feted names in the underground, kingpins of a scene that onlookers have dubbed—somewhat problematically—“Latin club.”
Statik
An apprehensive energy charges the atmosphere just before a thunderstorm erupts. The light seems wrong, shadows washed out by the flat, sickly greenish hue of the sky. You can feel the air thinning as the barometric pressure drops, preparing for the coming gusts of wind and spiky torrents of rain or hail. Those moments seem to last forever, stretching time taut until the storm finally arrives, offering a respite from the tension.
Fucked Up Announce Tour and Album, Share Video for New Song: Watch
Fucked Up have announced a new album, Another Day, and a tour of North America and Europe. Check out the tracklist, artwork, and tour dates below, along with a single, “Stimming,” and its hyperactive video. Guests on the One Day follow-up include Sam Bielanski, Pretty Matty, Charlie Manning Walker, Holden Abraham, D. Franklan, and Danko Jones. The band’s Mike Haliechuk produced most of the LP.
Nilüfer Yanya Announces New Album My Method Actor, Shares Song: Listen
Nilüfer Yanya has announced a new album. My Method Actor, the London singer-songwriter’s third album, arrives September 13 via Ninja Tune. The LP features the recent single “Like I Say (I Runaway),” plus “Method Actor,” a new song released today. Check out the single alongside the album’s artwork and tracklist below.
John Early Announces Now More Than Ever Album and Tour
Actor and comedian John Early has announced a new album. Now More Than Ever, an expansion of his recent HBO comedy special of the same name, arrives September 13 via For My Denim Records/Thirty Tigers. The album, which features Early’s backing band the Lemon Squares, includes comedy as well as covers of songs by artists such as Neil Young, Britney Spears, Madonna, Aaliyah, and more. Early and the Lemon Squares will also embark on a North American tour in support of the album this fall. Check out the tracklist, album art, and dates below.
Watch Adrianne Lenker’s New Mega Bog–Directed Video for “Evol”
Adrianne Lenker has shared another music video for a Bright Future cut. This time, it’s “Evol,” and she tapped Mega Bog’s Erin Birgy to direct it. In the clip, Lenker does pushups, tosses hay bales, and watches sheep roam on a farm among a rotating cast of friends and people. Watch the slice-of-life video below.
Ela Minus, the Jesus Lizard, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist
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 writers are playing obsessively and highlighting some of the Pitchfork staff’s favorite new music. The playlist is a grab-bag of tracks: Its only guiding principle is that these are the songs you’d gladly send to a friend.
Charli XCX Releases Deluxe Edition of Brat: Listen
Three days after Charli XCX released her new album Brat, the English pop star has unveiled a deluxe edition of the LP. Brat and It’s the Same But There’s Three More Songs So It’s Not features three new tracks and is out now. “Hello Goodbye” was produced by A. G. Cook; “Guess” was both produced by the Dare and co-written with 100 gecs’ Dylan Brady; and “Spring Breakers,” which samples Britney Spears’ 2003 song “Everytime,” was produced by A. G. Cook, Easyfun, and Jon Shave. Give it a listen below.
Inside the Marble
Sometimes you go through a breakup and feel like you could just wither away; sometimes you read the news and are reminded that one day, the sun really will just wither away. Regardless of their respective scales, both problems can feel equally real. But the collision of these micro and macro heartaches can be destabilizing. “If I change my life/Will I die?” singer-songwriter Margaux Bouchegnies, who performs mononymously as Margaux, wonders on her debut album, Inside the Marble, pondering quandaries both personal and existential against dreamy, imaginative soundscapes.
Below the Waste
Goat Girl are a balancing act, really. The London art rock trio tempered references to cyanide with wry melodies on their eponymous 2018 debut album, and they used cool synths to make having scabies sound more chill on 2021’s On All Fours. Their third album, Below the Waste, once more pilfers the garbage can for inspiration—entrails and mud are some featured lyrics—but they’re not as explicit as they used to be. Now, the band’s mastery of balance lies mostly in their production. Below the Waste welds Goat Girl’s scrap-metal clanging to the more subtle garage-pop groove of On All Fours, creating a more refined version of the band’s music. They’re jumping into filth, and doing it with style.
AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted
Ronald Reagan knew television. Broadcasting since the birth of the medium, he always understood exactly how he looked on the other side of the camera. He used TV to cast himself as a kindly septuagenarian who loved jelly beans and playing cowboy, while his aides prepped him not with foreign policy debriefings but by telling him what to do in a particular “scene.” His major political battles were waged by the combined force of law and the mass media against enemies foreign (the Soviet Union) and domestic (the poor, especially Black).
What Is Not Strange?
Tashi Wada was born into the avant-garde. Growing up in a building shared by Fluxus artists, Wada lived next door to the choreographer Simone Forti. Video artist Nam June Paik was in the apartment upstairs. His father, legendary composer Yoshi Wada, worked as a plumber by day and an artist by night, stretching the limits of minimalism by incorporating Scottish bagpipes and Indian ragas. Tashi’s own work is rarely described without reference to those pioneering drones, but he shrugs off questions about paternal influence. “Sometimes I have a sense of how my work is perceived in relation to my father’s, but I tend to limit my understanding to my own personal space and how I feel about it,” he said in a 2019 interview. “I leave the rest to the world to sort out.”
Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter Releases New Chiroptera Soundtrack, Additional Six Hours of Music: Listen
Former Daft Punk musician Thomas Bangalter worked with artist JR and choreographer Damien Jallet on the new dance performance Chiroptera, which features 154 dancers and takes place on multiple floors. It debuted in the Paris Opera House’s forecourt last November. Now, over half a year later, Bangalter’s soundtrack for that performance is finally out, and you can listen to it below.
Ariana Grande Releases New Video for “The Boy Is Mine”: Watch
Ariana Grande has released a new music video for her Eternal Sunshine cut “The Boy Is Mine.” Directed by Christian Breslauer, the clip shows Grande tuning in for a TV press conference from the city’s mayor, played by Gossip Girl and You actor Penn Badgley, and concocting a love potion in her kitchen to win his heart. Once finished, she dons a Catwoman suit and breaks into his apartment to stalk him. Brandy and Monica also star as news reporters. Watch it below.
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