Music

News Mitski, Girlpool, Wet Leg, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat By Pitchfork December 13, 2021 Facebook Twitter Graphic by Callum Abbott Facebook Twitter The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of

Billie Eilish kept coughing during her new interview with Howard Stern, leading the veteran radio host to ask if she’d come down with COVID-19. She responded that she had “just tested, I don’t have COVID,” adding, “I also had COVID already. Nobody knows that. But fuck that shit, dude.” After Stern asked how bad it was, Eilish

News Proceeds From Kanye and Drake’s #FreeLarryHoover Merch Not Going to Charity A string of clothing items and accessories were “engineered by Balenciaga” to commemorate the December 9 benefit concert By Madison Bloom December 12, 2021 Facebook Twitter Ye, Drake (Photos via Getty Images). Facebook Twitter On Thursday, December 9, Kanye West (now legally known

Call her Megan Thee Graduate. On Saturday, Megan Thee Stallion attended her college graduation ceremony, earning her bachelor’s degree in health administration from Texas Southern University. “Good morning hotties !!! It’s graduation dayyyy,” the “Thot Shit” rapper tweeted the morning of her big day, even getting a custom emoji on the social platform featuring her

News Watch Billie Eilish Host, Perform “Happier Than Ever” and “Male Fantasy” on SNL Eilish spoofed TikTok, holiday traditions, and more in her first turn as Saturday Night Live host By Nina Corcoran and Madison Bloom December 12, 2021 Facebook Twitter Finneas and Billie Eilish on SNL (Photo by Will Heath/NBC). Facebook Twitter Billie Eilish

Billie Eilish went through a minor but impressive pop-culture rite of passage this weekend on Saturday Night Live: After appearing as musical guest in September 2019, she returned to the show for double duty, hosting and serving as musical guest. This isn’t exclusively the specialty of young, female pop stars—Justin Timberlake has famously done it,

News Rick Ross and Jazmine Sullivan Perform “Outlawz” on Fallon: Watch A track from Ross’ new Richer Than I Ever Been By Allison Hussey December 11, 2021 Facebook Twitter Rick Ross and Jazmine Sullivan Perform “Outlawz” on The Late Show with Jimmy Fallon (Photo by: Ralph Bavaro/NBC) Facebook Twitter Rick Ross and Jazmine Sullivan appeared

“Good Ones” just got a spritz of perfume. Today, Charli XCX unveiled a new remix of her latest hit single courtesy of Perfume Genius. Stream the track below. Under the spell cast by the artist otherwise known as Michael Hadreas, the song is transformed from a high-energy bop into a ghostly goth banger, with Charli’s

News Mission Creek Festival 2022 Lineup Announced: Beach Bunny, Soccer Mommy, Arooj Aftab, More Squirrel Flower, Ohmme, Adia Victoria, and more will be in Iowa City in April By Allison Hussey December 11, 2021 Facebook Twitter Mission Creek Festival 2022 (graphic courtesy Mission Creek) Facebook Twitter The Mission Creek Festival is returning to Iowa City

Kanye West performed his first show in five years at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Thursday night, teaming up with longtime frenemy Drake to host the Free Larry Hoover concert, an event meant to raise awareness and funds for the clemency of Gangster Disciples co-founder Larry Hoover. But while ticket sales to the concert were

News Travis Scott’s Cacti Hard Seltzer Discontinued Manufacturer Anheuser-Busch announced the end of the brand after less than a year in stores By Allison Hussey December 10, 2021 Facebook Twitter ERIKA GOLDRING Facebook Twitter Travis Scott’s Cacti hard seltzer has been discontinued by manufacturer Anheuser-Busch, as Billboard reports. It had been on the market for

The Consequence Shop is bringing you holiday cheer and holiday deals with our biggest sale of the year! From December 11th through 26th, we’re offering up to 50% off all our custom apparel, masks, CBD, and Delta-8 products storewide. First off, all our latest collections and T-shirts are now 20% off. That includes our extra comfy

News Kim Gordon and J Mascis Release New Songs: Listen “Abstract Blues” b/w “Slow Boy” is the latest addition to the Sub Pop Singles Club By Eric Torres December 10, 2021 Facebook Twitter Kim Gordon, J Mascis (Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Kim Gordon and J Mascis are the latest artists to contribute to the Sub

Michael Nesmith, co-founding member of The Monkees, has died at the age of 78. “With Infinite Love we announce that Michael Nesmith has passed away this morning in his home, surrounded by family, peacefully and of natural causes,” his family said in a statement. “We ask that you respect our privacy at this time and

News Lingua Ignota Accuses Daughters’ Alexis Marshall of Abuse, Marshall Denies Allegations Marshall says his relationship with Lingua Ignota was “unhealthy for both of [them],” but denies the musician’s allegations of mental and physical abuse By Matthew Strauss December 9, 2021 Facebook Twitter Lingua Ignota, photo by Emily Bird Facebook Twitter In a new interview,

Juice WRLD’s second posthumous album is here. Today the late emo rapper’s mother, Carmela Wallace, and record labels, Grade A and Interscope, released Fighting Demons. Listen to the LP below. Born Jarad Higgins, Juice WRLD died in December 2019 after suffering a seizure; authorities believe he ingested a large amount of painkillers just beforehand. Fighting

News Secretly Label Group Sets “Climate Positive by 2026” Pledge Aiming to trigger an industry-wide shift, the group behind Secretly Canadian, Jagjaguwar, and other labels has unveiled an extensive sustainability plan By Jazz Monroe and Evan Minsker December 9, 2021 Facebook Twitter Secretly, image courtesy of Shore Fire Media Facebook Twitter Secretly—the company behind labels

It took Tierra Whack three years to release a follow-up to 2018’s Whack World, but this month, she’s on a roll. The singer-rapper dropped the surprise EP Rap? last week, and today she’s released its sister project Pop?, via Interscope Records. Whack has always been a genre chameleon, and in a new interview with Zane Lowe for

News Did a Pulitzer-Winning Journalist Deceive Hundreds of Musicians? A musician’s claim that Outlaw Ocean author Ian Urbina misled over 400 artists about their contributions to a journalism-adjacent music project ignited a social media firestorm. “I apologize unequivocally,” Urbina responded. By Evan Minsker December 8, 2021 Facebook Twitter Ian Urbina, January 2017 (David M. Benett/Dave

Robbie Shakespeare, the Jamaican bassist and producer who contributed to countless groundbreaking records as one-half of Sly & Robbie, had died at age 68. The Gleaner reports that he passed away in a Florida hospital following kidney surgery. Raised in Kingston by a family of musicians, Shakespeare learned to play the bass from legendary reggae musician