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André 3000, Mitski, and Moses Sumney, and More Feature on Soundtrack to New A24 Movie Everything Everywhere All at Once
André 3000, Randy Newman, Moses Sumney, David Byrne, Mitski all contributed to the new soundtrack for Everything Everywhere All at Once, an A24 film scored by Son Lux. Mitski and Byrne duet on “This Is a Life,” and André 3000 plays flute on the record. Other contributors include Nina Moffitt, Chris Pattishall, Rob Moose, yMusic, Surrija, and actor Stephanie Hsu. See the full tracklist below. The soundtrack is out April 8. Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert directed the sci-fi action film, which arrives in theaters on March 25. Son Lux shared a statement about their work on the project: Even though we knew from the moment Daniels asked us to score this film that it would push us in new and unexpected directions, we couldn’t have predicted how much we’d learn from the project. What emerged was...
5 Things You Didn’t See During Kanye West’s ‘Donda 2’ Livestream Event
Kanye West, now known as Ye, unveiled part of his forthcoming studio album Donda 2 during a one-night-only listening concert held Tuesday (Feb. 22) at Miami’s LoanDepot Park. The performance, which was simultaneously livestreamed at select IMAX theaters and via StemPlayer.com, featured a combination of music, art and fashion, plus special guests including Jack Harlow, Migos, Alicia Keys, and Marilyn Manson. Explore Explore Kanye West See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news During the nearly two-hour event, Ye performed fan-favorites such as “Eazy,” “Pablo,” and “City of Gods,” but he also debuted new tracks that, for the most part, spotlighted his fallout with ex-wife Kim Kardashian. “Sci-Fi,” for example, samples part of Kardashian’s 2021 Saturday Night Live ...
Dave Grohl Has Been Reading Lips for 20 Years: ‘I’m F–king Deaf’
If you see Dave Grohl at a dinner party and want to talk to him, he probably can’t hear you. During his appearance on a recent episode of The Howard Stern Show, Foo Fighters frontman opened up about his hearing loss and how that impacts him both in his daily life and as a musician. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “I’m a rock musician, I’m f–king deaf,” he told the shock jock while discussing his tinnitus, a condition that causes hearing loss, ringing or other noises in your ear. “I can’t hear what you’re saying.” “If you were sitting next to me right here at dinner, I wouldn’t understand a f–king word you were saying to me the whole f–king time,” the rocker admitted. “There’s no way. In a crowded restaurant – that’s the worst.” Being in a loud ...
Morgan Wallen Returns to No. 1 on Country Airplay Chart With ‘Sand in My Boots’
Morgan Wallen‘s “Sand in My Boots” reaches the summit of Billboard‘s Country Airplay chart dated Feb. 26. In the tracking week ending Feb. 20, the song, released on Republic/Big Loud Records, increased by 4% to 24.9 million in audience, according to MRC Data. “I always felt this song was extremely special, timeless even,” Wallen tells Billboard of the ballad, which Ashley Gorley, HARDY and Josh Osborne co-wrote. “None of this would be possible without the incredible team that works behind the scenes. I’m blessed to work with great writers, producers, musicians and my Big Loud family. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who continues to believe in this music we are so blessed to create.” The 28-year-old Wallen, from Sneedville, Tenn., achieves his fifth Country Airplay leader....
Yeezy Gap Engineered by Balenciaga: Where to Shop Kanye West’s Latest Collection
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Kanye West has a new fashion drop for fans to shop. Yeezy Gap x Engineered by Balenciaga — an eight-piece collection marking the first limited release between the rapper, who now goes by Ye, and Balenciaga creative director Demna Gvasalia — debuted online on Wednesday (Feb. 23). Explore Explore Kanye West See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The collection boats “timeless silhouettes translated through a lens of Ye and Demma’s shared vision of utilitarian design,” according to a press release. Featured in the collection are m...
Coldplay Covers Kid Cudi’s “Day ‘N’ Nite”
Coldplay has released a cover of Kid Cudi‘s 2008 track “Day ‘N’ Nite” as part of their Spotify Singles session. The single, which includes a short interpolation of Cudi’s “Soundtrack 2 My Life,” was recorded at Henson Recording Studio in Los Angeles, California. “‘Day ‘N’ Nite’ I loved when it came out, and I still love love love it,” Chris Martin said in a statement. “This is the first time I think that we’ve really taken proper time to record a cover, because in my head I could hear a version of it quite different from the original, that hopefully just reinforces what a brilliant song it is. One way or another I hope that anyone listening will just think, ‘Wow, Kid Cudi is amazing.’” Coldplay’s “Day ‘N’ Nite” cover arrived on Wednesday alongside a stripped-down acoustic rendition of the ...
Digging for Gold: Brazilian Hip-Hop and R&B
Digging for Gold is HYPEBEAST’s monthly playlist series that highlights regions across the world and the genres that come out of them. By putting together a mix of essentials and hidden gems, we hope to add to how you discover music and to deliver the thrill of finding new tracks. As HYPEBEAST Brasil makes its official debut, we’re delving deep into how the country’s innovative sounds are flipping the script. With homegrown genres like bossa nova, samba, and baile funk slowly making it onto some of our favorite artists’ radars (case in point: Juice WRLD’s Death Race For Love, Pharcyde and J Dilla’s “Runnin,” Lucky Daye’s “Call,” and plenty more), its musical influence continues to simmer. Few places loom as prominently as Brazil on hip-hop and R&B’s maps. Staying true to local roots, t...
Conway The Machine Says Griselda Deal Completed, Declares Himself Free Agent
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Conway The Machine emerged on the scene as a founding member of the still-growing Griselda Records camp alongside his brother, Westside Gunn. Now, the Buffalo, N.Y. star is declaring himself a free agent after sharing that his deals with Griselda and Shady Records are fully completed. The Machine sat down recently with Bootleg Kev to discuss a wide range of topics, including his highly-anticipated Shady Records debut album God Don’t Make Mistakes. Continuing his no holds barred conversation style he’s displayed in interviews past, Conway shared on Bootleg Kev’s podcast that his obligations to Griselda and Shady are in the rearview but that doesn’t mean he’s closing the door on resigning with his partner. “We haven’t really talked abou...
3 White Men Found Guilty Of Hate Crimes In Ahmaud Arbery Murder #AhmaudArbery
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE The jury got it right. The three white men who murdered Ahmaud Arbery for minding his business jogging in their neighborhood have been found guilty of hate crimes. The three Georgia men—Travis McMichael, 36, his day Gregory McMichael, 66, and William Bryan, 52—were all found guilty of attempted kidnapping while the McMichael klan was also found guilty of one count each of brandishing or discharging a firearm during a violent crime, per the New York Times. The jury found that they violated a federal hate-crime statute, and are now all facing 25 years to life in prison. The men are already sitting on life sentences from state court. Bryan is the only bozo who has a chance of parole. Also, let’s not forget that Feds originally tried to cop a plea deal. The dec...
Regina Spektor Announces New Album Home, before and after, Shares New Song: Listen
Regina Spektor has announced her first album since September 2016’s Remember Us to Life. The new album, Home, before and after, is out June 24 via Warner. She recorded and co-produced the album in upstate New York with producer John Congleton. Below, listen to Spektor’s new song “Becoming All Alone.” On April 11, Spektor will play a show at Carnegie Hall in her hometown of New York. She has additional concerts lined up in Salt Lake City, Utah, as well as Aspen and Denver, Colorado. Find her schedule below. Later this year, Spektor will release a new box set edition of her debut album 11:11. She’ll also make the record available on digital streaming platforms for the first time. See how Vrinda Jagota rescored Spektor’s fan-favorite album Begin to Hope in “Pitchfork Reviews: Rescored.” Conte...
Sigur Rós Announce Tour, Working on New Album
Sigur Rós have announced two big pieces of news—they’re heading out on a tour of North America this spring and summer, and a new album is in the works. Find the dates for the tour below. Jónsi, Georg Holm, and recently rejoined member Kjartan Sveinsson are currently in the process of writing and recording the follow-up to 2013’s Kveikur. The last album to feature Sveinsson was 2012’s Valtari. In 2020, the band released Odin’s Raven Magic—an operatic work they’d performed 18 years earlier. 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. Sigur Rós: World Tour 2022 Sigur Rós: 04-30 Cuernavaca, Mexico – Festival Vaivén05-03 Monterrey, Mexico – Citibanamex Aud...
Watch Mitski Break Down Every Song on Laurel Hell
Mitski once announced plans to retire from music after the tour for her fifth album, 2018’s Be the Cowboy. But lucky for fans, she felt the creative spark, changed her mind, and made a sixth, her recent Laurel Hell. For this episode of the Pitchfork series “Song x Song,” she sat down with us and revealed the inspirations for Hell via the three words she’d use to describe each of the album’s 11 tracks. Watch and find out which songs she would characterize as “Exorcist, Urgency, and Running” and “Eighties, Compassion, and Nuance.”
