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Bartees Strange just released his latest album Farm to Table, and last night, he stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! to perform the single “Wretched.” The Washington, D.C. musician was joined by a full band including drummer Momma Johnson, guitarist Daniel Kleederman, bassist John Daise, and keyboardist Graham Richman. Watch it all go down below. Farm to Table is the second full-length from Bartees Strange, following 2020’s Live Forever. Strange issued “Heavy Heart,” “Cosigns,” “Hold the Line,” and “Wretched” before releasing the new LP. Read Pitchfork’s Profile interview “He’s Just Bartees Strange, Baby.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.

Los Angeles singer-songwriter Christian Lee Hutson made his television debut on CBS This Morning: Saturday earlier today, where he was joined by friend and frequent collaborator Phoebe Bridgers. They played two of Hutson’s originals: “Rubberneckers” and “Lose This Number.” Hutson also covered the Cure classic “Just Like Heaven” solo. Watch it all happen below. “Rubberneckers” appears on Hutson’s latest studio album Quitters, which came out earlier this year. Bridgers and Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst both contributed as producers to the LP, which arrived two years after Hutson’s debut album Beginners. Hutson shared the Quitters single “Strawberry Lemonade” in November of 2021, along with a music video directed by Waley Wang. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates fro...

The Libertines will release a souped-up version of their landmark debut, Up the Bracket, on October 21, via Rough Trade. The deluxe edition corrals 65 rarities including demos, radio sessions, and live recordings, including one from the 100 Club in 2002. It comes with a 60-page book featuring a foreword by Matt Wilkinson, new interviews with the band, and photos and memorabilia. The band will play London’s Wembley Arena, backed by the Cribs and others, on July 23. With the release of Up the Bracket in 2002, the Libertines instantly established a UK counter-current to rival the international sensation of the Strokes’ Is This It. Peter Doherty and co-frontman Carl Barât set an enduring paradigm for British indie, weaving tall tales of late-night escapades and Victorian daydreams that seemed ...

Whitney, the Chicago-based duo of Julien Ehlrich and Max Kakacek, have announced a new album: Spark is due out September 16 via Secretly Canadian. Whitney are previewing the record with lead single “Real Love” and a music video directed by Aaron Brown. Check it out below. Spark is Whitney’s third studio album, following their 2019 sophomore effort Forever Turned Around. It’s billed as a reintroduction to the duo as Ehlrich and Kakacek explore the sound of “classic pop.” This fall, Whitney plan to hit the road in support of their new album. Their North American and European tour kicks off on September 29 in Iowa and concludes in late December with a three-night run of shows in Chicago. Find the full list of tour dates below. All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by o...

Lambchop have announced a new album. It’s called The Bible and it’s out September 30 via Merge in North America and City Slang for the rest of the world. To preview the record, the band has shared the lead single, “Police Dog Blues.” Kurt Wagner explained in a statement that he wrote the song after witnessing the unrest in Minneapolis in 2020 while listening to the Blind Blake song “Police Dog Blues.” Check it out below. Accompanying “Police Dog Blues” is a music video directed by Isaac Gale, who generated it on the Unreal 3D graphics engine. “We took the police dog from the song title literally and imagined a city, post cop-apocalypse, overrun by German Shepherds just kinda doing their thing,” Gale said in a statement. “White privilege and apathy in the face of disastrous reality. I don’t...