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Lil Nas X Announces 2022 Tour Dates
Lil Nas X is going on tour in support of his debut album Montero. The North American leg of the Long Live Montero Tour takes place in September and October. The musician will then play shows in Europe and the United Kingdom in November. Find Lil Nas X’s tour dates, as well as a trailer for the tour, below. Lil Nas X recently performed a suite of Montero songs—including “Dead Right Now,” “Montero (Call Me by Your Name),” and “Industry Baby”—at the 2022 Grammy Awards. He got five nominations at the 2022 Grammys, but did not take home any awards. All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero Tour Lil Nas X: 09-06 Detroit, MI – The Fi...
The B-52’s Announce Farewell Tour
The B-52’s have announced a farewell tour, which begins in Seattle on August 22. It wraps up in mid-November in Atlanta, with the Tubes and KC & The Sunshine Band taking support slots along the way. See the full schedule below. In the fall of 2019, band member Fred Schneider told Billboard that they wouldn’t embark on any more tours, but that they’d still make occasional festival appearances. The band’s most recent album is 2008’s Funplex, which arrived 16 years after its predecessor, 1992’s Good Stuff. Read the Sunday Review of the B-52s’ 1979 self-titled debut, and revisit Pitchfork’s feature “The B-52s’ Kate Pierson on the Music That Made Her.” The B-52’s: 08-22 Seattle, WA – McCaw Hall*09-29 Mashantucket, CT – Foxwoods Casino**09-30 Boston, MA – MGM Mus...
Silver Jews’ American Water Artwork Prints and Paintings Being Sold by Original Artist
Chris Kysor is the artist behind the painting on the cover of David Berman’s 1998 Silver Jews classic American Water. Today, starting at 12 p.m. Eastern, Kysor is selling prints and new painting reproductions of that artwork for the first time. In addition to a limited edition run of 225 prints sized 20″ x 16″, there will be multiple paintings available in a variety of sizes. Find them at Cluster Wall Gallery. Kysor was a childhood friend of Berman’s, and in 1998, Berman saw the painting for the first time in Kysor’s Williamsburg, Brooklyn studio. Berman was recording American Water at Rare Book Room at the time and asked Kysor for permission to use the painting as his album’s cover. Berman died in 2019 at the age of 52. That same year, he released his sole album under the name...
Color K Drops Kaleidoscopic Music Video for Uplifting Single, “Traveling Space”
Inviting fans deeper into the orbit of his unique sound, French electronic music artist Color K has unveiled the official music video for “Traveling Space.” Bubbly and buoyant, “Traveling Space” features summery, potent synths and intoxicating sound design. Its central theme is wanderlust, with lyrics exploring our need as humans to seek out adventure in the wake of a heartbreak. “I am traveling space, looking for a better place,” warbles Color K’s warm, vocoded voice. Color K’s music video essentially functions as a kaleidoscope, wherein fans can listen to his new single as they look out into various trippy, animated locales throughout the galaxy. The vantage point is first-person, directly from the seat of a spaceship that speeds thro...
Underground Vibes | 079
“Odeum” – sebjin & High Klassified Returning to Quality Goods Records, Montreal-based artist sebjin has just unveiled his Cliff EP, with “Odeum” alongside High Klassified making up for a bright showcase of his multi-faceted style. “Trojan Horse” – Klasey Jones & Sooski Taken off Klasey Jones and The Wildcatz’s recent collaborative EP Operation Midnight (Part 2), “Trojan Horse” finds the former enlist Sooski for an ethereal drum & bass vibe. “Prove It” – Direct Based in Columbus, Direct has been capturing an international audience’s attention for some time now with his pensive productions, having become closely affiliated with landmark label Monstercat. His latest single “Prove It” combines tasteful UK garage grooves and nuanced melodies. “In My Head” – D...
Benson and Tommy Trash Unite for Colossal Tech House Single, “Spilt Milk”
Joining forces for a collaboration that is bound to start lighting up dancefloors in no time, Benson and Tommy Trash have delivered irresistible tech house grooves on “Spilt Milk.” Hailing from Australia, Benson and Trash have cemented themselves as powerhouses within dance music over the past years, achieving massive global success while receiving ARIA and Grammy nominations, respectively. Infectious and relentless, “Spilt Milk” marks Benson’s first single of 2022 while arriving fresh off Trash’s extended hiatus from the music industry and his North American “Jaguwawa” tour, which followed his eponymous single. Out via Ultra Music, “Spilt Milk” finds the two house virtuosos masterfully combine their unique production perspectives. Starting off with sultry vocals and subtle atm...
GT_Ofice and Britt Lari Deliver Anthemic House Track, “Moving On”
Miami-based producer GT_Ofice has been making strides in the electronic dance music space since emerging in 2019. What makes this producer stand out is his ability to create infectious electro-pop productions alongside sensational vocalists. For his latest offering, “Moving On,” GT_Ofice taps in Britt Lari for their third collaborative track to come out on CAINE Records. The two seem to work well together, once again unveiling a bubbly electronic anthem. The track begins with soft keys and warm chord progressions, setting the tone for the melodic house arrangement that follows. Lari provides a typically strong topline above GT_Ofice’s production, which is as radiant as ever, akin to finally breaking free from a ball and chain. “‘...
Lil Nas X Is Finally Going on Tour
Social media king and hitmaker Lil Nas X will finally hit the old town road for his first-ever tour. Here’s a message from the artist himself: [embedded content][embedded content] Dubbed the Long Live Montero tour, Lil Nas X will be zigzagging across North America and Europe in support of his Grammy-nominated debut, Montero. The “That’s What I Want” singer will kick things off in September in Detroit and be out until mid-November. The North American jaunt will close with an October 23 show at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. General public tickets for the North American shows go on sale at 10 am local on Friday, April 29. Tickets for the European dates go on sale at 10 am local on Friday, May 6. All tickets can be found through the Long Live Montero tour website. Lil Nas ...
Journey Return With Their First Album in 11 Years
It turns out that the wheel in the sky does keep on turning. For the first time in 11 years, pop-rock icons and continued classic rock radio staples Journey are back. The band shared details for their 15th studio album, Freedom, and released its first single, “You Got the Best of Me.” The band’s previous release was 2011’s Eclipse. As for the single, the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers’ latest song has fingerprints from the band’s hit-making past. “I wanted kind of a punky rendition of ‘Any Way You Want It,’” guitarist Neal Schon says about the single. “I usually don’t go in saying I’m going to look for something like that, but then it just came to me, like ‘Wheel in the Sky’ did years ago. It just kind of flew out of my mouth.” Longtime keyboarder Jonathan Cain and voc...
The B-52s Are Hitting the Road for the Last Time
The love shack is closing down. The B-52s have announced that their upcoming tour will be their last. Hitting 11 U.S. cities (for now), The B-52s will kick off the tour in late August in Seattle before ending in their home state of Georgia in November. “Who knew what started as a way to have some fun and play music for our friends’ at house parties in Athens in 1977 would evolve into over 45 years of making music and touring the world,” co-founder Kate Pierson said in a statement. “It’s been cosmic.” The tour’s pre-sale begins at 12 p.m. EST on Wednesday, April 27. The general ticket sale begins at 12 pm EST on Friday, April 29. The Tubes and KC & The Sunshine Band are set to support on various dates. “No one likes to throw a party more than we do,” frontman Fred Schneider says, “but a...
Jane Inc Is Dance-Pop With Depth
“I was very obsessed with Jimi Hendrix when I started playing guitar, but I don’t know if it was because of guitar that I became obsessed, or if I was obsessed with him and then guitar followed,” Carlyn Bezic says over Zoom. The Toronto-based Bezic is the musical mastermind behind the electronic pop group Jane Inc, whose new record, Faster Than I Can Take is out now via Telephone Explosion Records. Bezic’s musical pedigree sprang to life at an early age, starting with growing up in a musical house with a mom who exemplified the consummate performer as a singer, dancer and part-time piano teacher. Then, in high school, she and her brother formed a band with him on drums and her on guitar and vocals. “A lot of the songs came out of just finding interesting chords,” Bezic says. “I definitely ...
The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain – WATAIN
RATING: 8/10 Any kind of extreme music act that sticks around for several years faces the challenge of knowing how to proceed once it is three or four albums deep into its career. Pushing the intensity, whether it’s speed or heaviness or whatever, will reach a ceiling at some point, but Scandinavian black metal maniacs WATAIN have successfully challenged expectations for years. They’ve proven that they’re an extreme band that remains relevant years after their inception, much like bands as varied as IMMOLATION, GOATWHORE and NAPALM DEATH. With “The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain”, the Swedish band’s seventh full-length, WATAIN has created one of the best albums of its career just one year shy of being a quarter century old. “The Agony & Ecstasy ...
