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Roddy Ricch Has Weapons Possession Charges Dismissed
On Saturday night, June 11, Roddy Ricch was arrested while trying to enter Governors Ball and was unable to perform at the Queens, New York festival. He was charged with four counts of criminal possession of a weapon, one count of possession of a large capacity ammo feeding device, and one count of unlawful possession of a large capacity ammo feeding device. The criminal charges have now been dismissed, according to the Daily News and Rolling Stone. On Sunday night, Ricch performed at Hot 97 Summer Jam at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. According to footage posted on social media, the rapper led the crowd in chanting “Fuck the NYPD!” Pitchfork has reached out to representatives for Roddy Ricch for comment and additional information.
Badge Époque Ensemble Announce New Album, Share Video for New Song “Zodiac”: Watch
Badge Époque Ensemble have announced a new album, a follow-up to 2020’s Self Help. It’s titled Clouds of Joy and it’s out September 9 via Telephone Explosion. They’ve shared one song from the album, “Zodiac,” along with a video for it by Colin Medley. Check out “Zodiac” and the Clouds of Joy tracklist below. Led by Max Turnbull, the Toronto group issued the Nature, Man & Woman EP and a self-titled project in 2019. Fellow Toronto artist James Baley, who released his debut album A Story last year, makes a guest appearance on “Zodiac.” Self Help made it to the long list for Canada’s esteemed Polaris Music Prize in 2020. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. Clouds of Joy: 01 Conspiring With Nature02 Clouds of Joy03 Let Breath Be the Sum04 Badge Époque Ens...
Tame Impala to Headline Desert Daze With Lonerism 10th Anniversary Set
Tame Impala, Iggy Pop, and King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard are set to headline Desert Daze 2022. It happens September 30 to October 2 in Lake Perris, California. Perfume Genius, Sky Ferreira, Aldous Harding, BadBadNotGood, and Chicano Batman are also among those slated to perform. See the rest of the lineup in the poster below. Tame Impala will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of 2012’s Lonerism at Desert Daze, performing the album in full. The band’s festival date coincides with the week of the album’s original release, which happened on October 5, 2012. Iggy Pop’s set at the festival is also his only show in North America for 2022, according to a Desert Daze press release. All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy somethin...
Watch Bartees Strange’s Video for New Song “Wretched”
Bartees Strange has released a new single from his second album Farm to Table, a track titled “Wretched.” Check it out with a video by Michael Parks Randa below. In a statement about “Wretched,” the Washington, D.C. artist offered a dedication: This song is about the people who’ve always stood by me, even when I was wretched. When I was trying to be something other than myself—they saw me even through that and held me down. Folks from past lives, and folks who’ll play a big part in my future—I’m grateful for them and the love they’ve poured into me. This song is for and about them. Since issuing his debut album Live Forever in 2020, the singer-songwriter has updated the record with a deluxe edition, co-produced an Oceanator LP, remixed Phoebe Bridgers’ “Kyoto,” and covered songs by TV on t...
Post Malone Reveals 2022 Tour
Today, Post Malone announced a 2022 North American tour for his latest album, Twelve Carat Toothache. Twelve Carat Tour. Citibank Presale Tuesday. Tickets on sale Friday pic.twitter.com/rBiI3HtO2G — twelve carat toothache (@PostMalone) June 13, 2022 The 33-show tour also includes Roddy Ricch and is set to run from September through November. The fourth studio album from the Syracuse-born rapper was released on June 3, 2022, and features Roddy Ricch, Doja Cat, Gunna, Fleet Foxes, The Kid LAROI and The Weeknd. The latest project comes on the heels of his 2019 Grammy-nominated album Hollywood’s Bleeding. Twelve Carat Toothache reached the No.2 position on the Billboard 200 chart during its debut week. The Citibank presale begins Tuesday, June 14 and the general sale begins Friday, June 17. In...
Sidiki Diabaté – Mogolankolo Faidjai
Check out this brand new single from Sidiki Diabaté titled “Mogolankolo Faidjai”, out now. Malian kora player, musician, and music producer, Sidiki Diabaté drops a brand new single titled “Mogolankolo Faidjai“. The new record is an amazing piece of music dedicated to the fans. It fills in as a follow-up to his previously released songs “Fais Moi Confiance” & “Viens Denser” from his album “Diabateba Music, Vol 1“. Listen and share Sidiki Diabaté – “Mogolankolo Faidjai” below. https://www.naijamusic.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Sidiki_Diabat_-_Mogolankolo_Faijai_NaijaMusic.com.ng.mp3 Download
Chris Brown ft Wizkid – Call Me Everyday
Check out this brand new single from Chris Brown titled “Call Me Everyday”. American singer/songwriter Chris Brown unveils his new project tagged “Breezy” and from it, is his brand new single with Wizkid titled “Call Me Everyday“. The new single is an amazing piece for your listening pleasure. Moreover, both singers blended so well to complement each other on the track. It is also a follow-up to his song “Warm Embrace“. Listen and share Chris Brown ft Wizkid – “Call Me Everyday” below. Download coming soon.
Players Uses League of Legends to Satirize Sports Docs, and It’s Hilarious: Review
The Pitch: What Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story did for music biopics, Netflix’s American Vandal did for the true-crime docuseries. For two glorious seasons of adolescent dick and poop jokes painted with all the forensic seriousness of Making a Murderer, Tony Yacenda (who also directed episodes of Dave and real-life true crime doc Trial by Media) and Dan Perrault perfectly threaded the needle between the melodramatic trivia of teenhood and the over-the-top mechanics of true crime. After that show’s unceremonious cancellation, Yacenda and Perrault are back with another pointed critique of the documentary format and the juvenile antics of manchildren. This time, the question is: What would The Last Dance look like if it were actually about mouthbreathing esp...
Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood’s The Smile Announce North American Tour
The Smile, the new band from Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, and Sons of Kemet dummer Tom Skinner, have announced their inaugural North American tour. The 19-date outing comes in support of the trio’s debut album, A Light for Attracting Attention. The tour kicks off in Providence, Rhode Island on November 14th, with further stops scheduled in Boston, New York, Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, Atlanta, New Orleans, and beyond, before wrapping up out west with gigs in San Francisco and Los Angeles at the end of December. Check out the full schedule below. A Live Nation pre-sale goes down Thursday, June 16th (use code DAZZLE) ahead of the public on-sale on Friday, June 17th via Ticketmaster. Advertisement Related Video The Smile 2022 Tour Dates:11/14 – Providence, RI @ V...
2022 Tony Awards: Watch the Red Carpet Livestream
Before the 2022 Tony Awards begin, this year’s nominees, presenters and guests will be walking the red carpet outside of Radio City Music Hall, where the 75th annual celebration of the best of Broadway is set to take place. Presenters set to take the stage Sunday night include Utkarsh Ambudkar, Skylar Astin, Zach Braff, Danielle Brooks, Danny Burstein, Len Cariou, RuPaul Charles, Jessica Chastain, Lilli Cooper, Bryan Cranston, Wilson Cruz, Colman Domingo, Anthony Edwards, Cynthia Erivo, Raúl Esparza, Laurence Fishburne, Andrew Garfield, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Tony Goldwyn, David Alan Grier, Marcia Gay Harden, Vanessa Hudgens, Jennifer Hudson, Samuel L. Jackson, Nathan Lane, Telly Leung, Judith Light, Josh Lucas, Gaten Matarazzo, Ruthie Ann Miles, Patina Miller, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bebe Ne...
Jennifer Hudson Becomes an EGOT
Jennifer Hudson is in the “Spotlight,” to borrow the title of her 2008 hit. At the 2022 Tonys on Sunday (June 12), Hudson became just the 17th individual to achieve EGOT status. She won as one of a platoon of producers of A Strange Loop, which was named best musical. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news At 40 years and nine months, Hudson is the third-youngest person to EGOT. Only Robert Lopez (who was 39 when he completed the awards sweep) and John Legend (who was 39 years and eight months) were younger. Moreover, Hudson is just the third Black EGOT, following Whoopi Goldberg and Legend. Hudson took her first step toward the EGOT in 2007 when she won an Oscar for best supporting actress for her first feature film, Dreamgirls. She took her s...
Harry Styles Returns to U.K. Albums Chart Summit
Harry Styles checks back into top spot on the U.K. albums chart with Harry’s House (via Columbia), while Post Malone has the week’s highest debut with Twelve Carat Toothache. As it lifts 2-1 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart, Styles’ third studio album becomes the first title this year to score a second week at No. 1. According to the OCC, 21 different LPs have held top spot in 21 weeks so far in 2022. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The highest number of unique leaders in a calendar year stands at 43, the charts company reports, a record set in 2020. Styles’ return to the summit comes as the European leg of his Love On Tour shows kicks off at Glasgow’s Ibrox Stadium, and, with “As It Was” completing a 10th week atop the singles survey, he bags...
