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10 Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now
With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s batch includes new albums from Destroyer, Aldous Harding, Koffee, Soul Glo, Maren Morris, Denzel Curry, Camp Cope, Ibibio Sound Machine, Guerilla Toss, and Isik Kural. Subscribe to Pitchfork’s New Music Friday newsletter to get our recommendations in your inbox every week. (All releases featured here are independently selected by our editors. When you buy something through our affiliate links, however, Pitchfork earns an affiliate commission.) Destroyer: Labyrinthitis [Merge] Dan Bejar is back with his latest Destroyer LP. Labyrinthitis follows 2020’s Have We Met. Bejar wrot...
Bruce Hornsby Enlists Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig and Blake Mills for New Song: Listen
Bruce Hornsby has teamed up with Ezra Koenig (of Vampire Weekend) and Blake Mills for a new song called “Sidelines.” The track was co-written by Mills and co-produced by Ariel Rechtshaid, and it leads Hornsby’s upcoming album ’Flicted, which arrives May 27 via his own Zappo Productions and Thirty Tigers. Check out “Sidelines” below, along with its accompanying music video directed by Kitty Ninon Anais Faingold. Scroll down for the tracklist and Hornsby’s upcoming tour dates. “‘Sidelines’ is a song about hysteria in various forms, starting with the Salem witch trials of the 1600s then to the present-day pandemic-era panic,” Hornsby said in press materials. “It features angular melodic content vocally and a pointillistic middle instrumental section.” Of the video, Faingold added: “I wa...
The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn Announces Album, Shares New Song: Listen
The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn has announced his first solo album since 2020’s All These Perfect Crosses. The new record, A Legacy of Rentals, arrives May 20 (via Positive Jams/Thirty Tigers). The lead single is “Messing With the Settings,” and you can find that, along with an album trailer, below. Finn recorded A Legacy of Rentals with producer Josh Kaufman and engineer D. James Goodwin in May 2021. “Memory is a major theme through A Legacy of Rentals,” Finn explained in a statement, “and I wanted the first song on the record to open on that note. This song is literally a eulogy. It’s delivered by someone who has lost touch with the recently deceased but still finds them important.” He added, “The title A Legacy of Rentals acknowledges that we can never completely hold any of our possession...
Gunna Talks Grammy Ambitions and Rising to the Top
Sergio Kitchens – better known as his stage name Gunna – has amassed a solid list of industry achievements since he began making music as a teen. The Grammy-nominated rapper, singer, and songwriter has topped the Billboard 200 chart, earned platinum plaques and was even immortalized through a Spotify “Rap Caviar” sculpture erected at the Brooklyn Museum. Signed to Young Thug‘s YSL record label, Gunna’s spit-fire lyricism and high-profile collabs have solidified his rap dominance alongside artists like Lil Baby and Future. His songs consistently stream well into the millions and with his latest effort – DS4Ever – he’s again claimed the number one Billboard spot. The 28-year-old has also achieved social media stardom through the popularization of his “Pushin’ P” catchphrase — a true metric o...
‘The Batman’ Deleted Scene Featuring The Joker Released
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jonathan Olley™ & © DC Comics / The Batman Much to the surprise of many, Matt Reeves reboot of The Batman starring Robert Pattinson as the caped crusader was a hit amongst Dark Knight enthusiasts. As a treat to fans of his film, Reeves released a deleted scene featuring Batman talking one-on-one with the Clown Prince of Crime, The Joker. Originally, The Joker (played by Barry Keoghan) was relegated to a small cameo at the end of the film, but in this deleted scene it seems like he and Batman already share some kind of history as the Bat goes to him for information on The Riddler. Coming off as a Silence of The Lambs moment between Jodi Foster and Anthony Hopkins, The Batman travels down to Arkham Asylum to get some insight on The Riddler’s mind...
Ginni Thomas Texts To Mark Meadows On Stealing 2020 Election Revealed
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Consolidated News Pictures / Getty The intricate web of corruption behind events to overturn the 2020 presidential election became clearer as text messages from the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas demanding a congressman throw out the results were made public. A joint effort between Bob Woodward of the Washington Post and CBS’ Robert Costa helped break the bombshell story on Thursday (March 24th) that Virginia “Ginni” Thomas sent numerous and frantic text messages to Mark Meadows, who was serving as the Chief of Staff in the White House under President Donald J. Trump. “Help This Great President stand firm, Mark!!!…You are the leader, with him, who is standing for America’s constitutional governance at the precipice. The majority knows Biden...
Kobe Bryant’s Estate To Continue Business Relationship With Nike
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nike / NIke Looks like the fears that the Kobe Bryant brand would be leaving Nike has been put to rest as Vanessa Bryant has announced that the Bryant estate will continue their business venture with the swoosh brand for the coming future. Taking to Instagram to announce the news, Vanessa Bryant expressed her excitement at the new agreement with Nike and not only because that they’ll continue to honor her late-great husband’s legacy, but also because where the future proceeds will be going once everything comes to fruition. “We’re excited to announce our partnership with Nike is going to continue! I am so proud that my husband’s shoes are still the most worn by players on NBA courts and that the demand for his shoes remain so desired by his fans around th...
Male Birth Control Pill Highly Effective In Early Tests
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Peter Dazeley / Getty News from the scientific world has revealed that tests on a male contraceptive pill have proven to be highly successful in initial trials, paving the way to be tested on humans. In a recent report expected to be presented at a meeting of the American Chemical Society, researchers have found that their tests of a non-hormonal contraceptive pill for men produced a high rate of effectiveness. The study, which was conducted by researchers from the University of Minnesota led by Gunda Georg, Ph.D., found that when the pills were given to male mice there was a 99 percent effacacy rate of pregancy prevention in female mice. The research was conducted over a four-week period and showed highly reduced sperm counts after targeting a cert...
Kamaal Williams Embodies the Sound of the London Underground
“Being a musician or instrumentalist is a dying art in a way.” Do you want to further pursue not just graffiti, but art, in the traditional sense, that would one day be shown in a gallery setting? Definitely. I’m really doing that now. I feel like they’re the same thing to me. I do different things, sometimes it’s in the form of music, sometimes it’ll manifest in the form of a canvas or video or just a conversation. It’s just me — it’s a life thing. Everything I do in life is through the lens of art. I’ve always had that art influence from my parents, who were both architects. For me, life is constantly through the lens of art. Music is art. When I go to a museum or exhibition, that’s where I feel like, ‘okay, this feels like art to me.’ But when I log onto Spotify…do you know what I mean?...
Gwen Stefani Explains Her Missing Wedding Ring on ‘Jimmy Kimmel’: ‘I’m Sorry, Blakey!’
Gwen Stefani was wearing a ring on just about every finger except her ring finger during her Thursday (March 24) appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! But rest assured, she and Blake Shelton are still very much married. “I was like, ‘OK, I’m gonna put it in the jewelry cleaner so Jimmy sees how sparkly and amazing my ring is,’ and then boop! Hello, empty finger!” she said, explaining how she forgot to wear her wedding ring for the first time that night. “I’m sorry, Blakey! I love my husband, and I love being married to him. It’s just the greatest thing that’s ever happened to me.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news It was the first time host Kimmel had brought Stefani on as a guest since she got married, meaning the 52-year-old singer-songwriter h...
Acraze On ‘Do It To It’ Becoming An Accidental Hit and Why He’ll Do It Again
Charlie Duncker’s path to dance world fame began while watching Instagram stories in bed one morning. After he saw a clip in which a friend showed off her new car with girl group Cherish’s 2006 R&B hit, “Do It To It,” playing as a backing track, his phone went glitchy, then the song started skipping — and inspiration struck. Explore Explore Acraze See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “I was like, ‘Wait, this could be sick!’ ” says the 26-year-old Orlando, Fla.-based producer, who performs as Acraze. Within minutes, he was at his computer to perfect the idea, pitching down vocals and adding drums. An hour later, he had a rough house edit of the 2006 original (which featured Sean Paul of YoungBloodZ and peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot ...
Beyonce Basically Queen of ‘Jeopardy’ After ‘Single Ladies’ Lyrics Used in 3 Categories
It’s one of the most iconic lyrics (and hand gestures) of the early 2000s and on Thursday night (March 24) it popped up more than once on Jeopardy. For starters, three adjacent categories on the episode were titled “If You Liked It,” “Then You Should Have” and “Put a ‘Ring’ On It,” an obvious reference that even a junior member of the Beyhive would realize pointed to Beyoncé‘s beloved 2008 smash “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It).” Explore See latest videos, charts and news And while just one of the clues in the category was about Bey, the night’s big winner, Univ. of Maryland student Ciara Donegan, had no problem coming up with a quick answer to the “If You Liked It” clue that read “Appropriately, for the board, this singer was the people’s choice as the top animated movie star of 2019 for...
