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.
No details of the settlement have so far been released, but a court filing on Monday confirmed that the Internet Archive and UMG Recordings, Capitol Records, Sony Music Entertainment, and other record labels "have settled this matter." More details may come in the next 45 days, when parties must submit filings to officially dismiss the lawsuit, but it's unlikely the settlement amount will be publicly disclosed.
I don't want to alarm you, but autumn is almost here, people. September 15-21 is the last week before the equinox, and fortunately for us, Portland has plenty of creative and apparently candlelit events planned. On the docket are astral jazz, Sasha Fishman's slime sculptures, and vampire baseball set to a live orchestra. Plus, you'll find the latest from some locals, including novelist Leni Zumas, certified baddie Wynne, and Gaia lovers Making Earth Cool. Here's what not to miss.
Ed Sheeran's Tiny Desk (home) concert from 2021 was a huge moment for NPR Music. During a time of uncertainty, his show now at nearly 15 million views honored the intimate nature of our platform while also reimagining his work. We knew that when the time was right, Sheeran would step behind the real Desk and that time is now.
It's because of these connections, as well as the wide-reaching influence of Native Tongues - a bunch of MCs who made it acceptable to be heady and overly lyrical - that Sunday's event is significant, with its onstage visuals, stories and music.
Cardi B refuses to be involved in any drama, well, any that she's not starting herself. Her second album, Am I The Drama?, comes out on September 19, and she continues to remind us that drama doesn't only involve one person. Below, everything we know about the new record, including who's featured and how she's using her civil suit as free promo.
In the heat of a recent night, a teen folklorico group stomp in dance heels across the floor in preparation for their upcoming performances. The group is set to perform at a private 49ers staff event on Sept. 16 and during halftime at BayFC's Latino Heritage Night game Sept. 21. "I enjoy the music, sometimes when I dance I sing along," said Giovani Damain , dimples appearing as he smiles widely during a break in the practice.
Aerosmith have teamed up with Yungblud for a new single titled "My Only Angel," with both acts unveiling a teaser clip for the song on Monday (September 15th). The short clip (watch and listen below) shows Steven Tyler and Yungblud recording the song's big chorus as they stand side by side at the mic, with other scenes revealing guitarist Joe Perry contributing to the track, as well.
Daphne Oram was one of the first British composers to produce electronic sound and an early practitioner of musique concrète in the UK. In 1957, she produced the BBC's first-ever fully electronic score for a play, and that led to more commissions. Just a year later, she helped set up the legendary BBC Radiophonic Workshop, where she was central to the development of British electronic music.
It's a match made in heaven: Dance-rock band LCD Soundsystem is bringing back a pop-up of frontman James Murphy's acclaimed and very cool natural Williamsburg wine bar, the Four Horsemen, during their upcoming NYC concert residency this late fall, where anybody can be a drunk girl. LCD's 12 shows will take place at Queens venue Knockdown Center in Maspeth at 52-19 Flushing Avenue, at 54th Street in late November and run early to mid-December.
Like other Midwest rockers before them- The Replacements, Hüsker Dü, and Guided By Voices all come to mind-Liquid Mike like their runtimes short, their guitars loud, and their hooks easy to sing along to no matter how many beers you've had. The band's first five albums were mostly inspired by Maple's time driving the mail truck around Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and the small-town shenanigans he and his friends got up to off the clock.
What comes to mind when you think of Starship' s eternal 1985 hit "We Built This City?" For most it'll be that bright, synth-heavy chorus, which is sung with such gusto by Grace Slick and Mickey Thomas that you can practically picture them fist-pumping in the vocal booth when they recorded it. Some people may hear "We Built This City" and just generally think about the mid '80s, where this brand of so-called "corporate rock" had reached a dominant apex in Reagan's America
NEW YORK Bobby Hart, a key part of the Monkees' multimedia empire who teamed with Tommy Boyce on such hits as "Last Train to Clarksville" and "I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone," has died. He was 86. Hart died at his home in Los Angeles, according to his friend and co-author, Glenn Ballantyne. He had been in poor health since breaking his hip last year.
After being introduced, the Maiden singer got a warm response from the crowd, and then began singing "The Star-Spangled Banner." Get Bruce Dickinson Tickets Here Dickinson started out a little rough on the opening lines, but then quickly recovered to belt the heck out of the song, with a powerful delivery of "And the rocket's red glare" and going full Maiden on "O'er the land of the free," holding the note on "free" for a good six seconds.
We ended up playing a set that included all but one song off of our new, but still unfinished album. I didn't even know until recently that there was an existing tape of the show. This is a beautiful document of our band at a very crucial and joyous moment in time. I'm so happy that it exists.
She is wearing a goldtrimmed, blusher-pink, kaftan-style caped dress and has a wide smudge of neon-blue eyeshadow streaked across her eyelids. She could have freshly twirled off the dancefloor at Studio 54. It is a strong look for a late afternoon chat in a quiet hotel, but then I remember that she has been at a photoshoot all day, and assume she must still be wearing one of the outfits. These are my own clothes, she says, as if that should have been perfectly obvious.
The outing comes in support of their fourth album, Even in Arcadia, and launches Tuesday (September 16th) at Gas South Arena in Duluth, Georgia. The route runs through November 11th at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles and hits Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Denver, and Oakland, among other cities. There's also a festival stop on September 19th at Louder Than Life in Louisville, Kentucky.
The Jonas Brothers have it figured out. So many of their peers and colleagues from Disney Channel or the 2000s/2010s music scene are re-recording their music or making a comeback to the studio. Why not give them a platform for their return? It's a win-win; their crowd, who obviously is very nostalgic for their favorite Disney band, will love it, the musicians get exposure to their direct audience, and the Jonas Brothers get to book their pals/idols. It's simply too good.
Consider, for example, the photograph that graces the cover of his forthcoming album, Mark William Lewis. As soon as he saw the image - shot last spring by veteran rock photographer Steve Gullick - "I knew that felt like the world I was trying to describe in my mind's eye," Lewis says. "It's a bit murky. There's an uncanniness to it."
David Byrne's American Utopia, released in 2018 as a resistance manifesto and rallying cry during the first Trump administration, was as ambitious as its title. Beginning as a songwriting reunion with his old partner Brian Eno, the album ballooned into a Broadway production that was eventually captured on film by Spike Lee. Every iteration and star collaboration positioned American Utopia as a major statement, a reckoning with the distance between the illustrious promise of the United States and its benighted reality.
