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Soccer Mommy was the musical guest on last night’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Sophie Allison and her band performed “Shotgun” from her upcoming Daniel Lopatin–produced album Sometimes Forever. Watch it happen below. Sometimes Forever—the follow-up to 2020’s Color Theory—is out on June 24 via Loma Vista. Soccer Mommy announced the album in March with the lead single “Shotgun.” She recently shared the album’s second single, “Unholy Affliction.” She’s set to tour later this year. Read Pitchfork’s new feature “Soccer Mommy Slays Her Demons.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.

Pharrell Williams’ Something in the Water Festival is returning this summer, with the rapper and producer performing as part of a lineup that also features Lil Baby, Chloe x Halle, Lil Uzi Vert, Tyler, the Creator, Tierra Whack, Run the Jewels, Jon Batiste, Dave Matthews Band, and more. After its first iteration in Virginia Beach, Virginia in 2019, the festival has relocated to Washington, D.C. It happens over Juneteenth weekend, June 17-19. Find the lineup poster below. Last year, Williams shared that the festival would not return to his home town of Virginia Beach due to “toxic energy” from local authorities, including the mayor and city manager. The fallout resulted from the March 2021 death of Donovon Lynch, Williams’ cousin, who was shot and killed by a Virginia Beach police officer w...

Ryuichi Sakamoto has shared a new song in collaboration with Illia Bondarenko called “Piece for Illia.” It appears on the new compilation For Ukraine (Volume 2). Curated by composer Hollie Kenniff, it’s out April 29 and benefits International Rescue Committee to support displaced children and families impacted by President Vladimir V. Putin and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Listen to the song and find the tracklist below. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. For Ukraine (Volume 2): 01 Ryuichi Sakamoto / Illia Bondarenko: “Piece for Illia”02 Claire Deak: “A Million Cloaked Ghosts”03 Joe Trapanese: “Introspection”04 Rachel Grimes: “Patsy (Instrumental)”05 Zakè & 36: “Rodych”06 Aisha Burns / Jake Woodruff: “The Reservoir”07 Sachi Kobayashi: “Sakura”08 An...

T Bone Burnett has developed a new medium for recorded sound, a disc format he’s dubbed Iconic Originals. He’s tried out the technology with Bob Dylan re-recording some of his classic songs, but those recordings are not yet available for the public to hear. A press release indicates that the project is part of Burnett’s attempts to “reset the valuation for recorded music.” According to a statement from the producer, one-of-a-kind Iconic Originals are “lacquer painted onto an aluminum disc, with a spiral etched into it by music.” Burnett’s project is the first major development in analog music reproduction in more than 70 years, when phonograph discs shifted from being made of fragile shellac to the polyvinyl plastic material still used in the present day. The rest of Burnett’s stateme...