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Willie Nelson Announces Tour With Jason Isbell, ZZ Top, and More
Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Music Festival Tour is back for 2022, with a rotating lineup that includes Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit and ZZ Top at select dates. Others on the bills in various cities include Larkin Poe, Steve Earle & The Dukes, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, the Avett Brothers, Gov’t Mule, and more. Check out the lineups below. “The Outlaw Music Festival Tour has always been about family and friends coming together for a great day of music and fun,” Nelson said in a statement. “With the amazing group of artists joining us, this year promises to be our most special Outlaw Tour to date.” 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. Willie ...
12 Songs You Should Listen to Now: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist
The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each other and discovering new favorites along the way. Each Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects playlist, we’re sharing what our writers are playing obsessively and highlighting some of the Pitchfork staff’s favorite new music. The playlist is a grab-bag of tracks: Its only guiding principle is that these are the songs you’d gladly send to a friend. This week’s Pitchfork Selects playlist features Arcade Fire, Sudan Archives, Rosalía, Normani, Mike, Flasher, Muna, Oso Oso, Ravyn Lenae, and more. Listen below and follow our playlists on Apple Music and Spotify. (Pitchfork earns a commission from pur...
Quasi Sign to Sub Pop, Announce North American Tour
Quasi, the duo of Janet Weiss and Sam Coomes, have announced that they’ve signed to Sub Pop for their next album. They haven’t detailed release plans for the project, but they’ve announced a string of North American tour dates. See those below. Weiss and Coomes last issued a Quasi record, Mole City, in 2013. They teased some new material in 2020 with the release of a “quarantine demo” titled “RottenWrock.” The forthcoming Quasi LP is Weiss’ first new project since she announced her departure from Sleater-Kinney in 2019 after the release of The Center Won’t Hold. Quasi: 04-04 Seattle, WA – Neumos *04-05 Portland, OR – Revolution Hall *04-11 Buffalo, NY – Rec Room ^ 04-12 Toronto, Ontario – Lee’s Palace ^04-13 Detroit, MI – El Club ^04-14 Chicago, IL –...
Pusha T Disses McDonald’s With New Song for Arby’s: Listen
Pusha T has partnered with Arby’s to share a new song that promotes the fast food restaurant chain and disses McDonald’s. On “Spicy Fish Diss Track,” the rapper touts the superiority of Arby’s fish sandwiches over the McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish. “Filet-O-Fish is ***/And you should be disgusted,” he raps. “A little cube of fish from a clown is basic.” Listen to the track below (via Rolling Stone). In 2016, it was revealed that Pusha T wrote the iconic McDonald’s jingle “I’m Lovin’ It.” While the claim has been disputed, Pusha T does allude to the jingle on “Spicy Fish Diss Track,” opening the song, “I’m the reason/The whole world love it/Now I gotta crush it.” Speaking with Rolling Stone, Pusha T reiterated, “I am solely responsible for the ‘I’m Lovin’ It’ swag and the jingle of that company.”...
The Delicate, Dirty and Diverse World of UK Garage
An upbeat two-step rhythm, a touch of R&B soul, and a groovy house vibe. That’s what it takes to conjure the sound of the people — or as those people call it, UK garage. You may know it from Daniel Bedingfield’s 2001 UK No. 1 “Gotta Get Thru This” or T2’s 2007 single “Heartbroken” with Jodie Aysha. Maybe you heard the recent streaming hit “Pain” by breakout star PinkPantheress, and wondered to yourself where you could find more. From the London streets in the mid ’90s to the modern stages of now, the upbeat rhythms and flirtatious vocals of UK garage is a sound that stays fresh after 30 years due mostly in part to its inherent diversity: diversity of sounds, of influencers, and of creators and fans alike. Advertisement While garage is a definitely UK kinda vibe, the genre has its roots...
Tool’s Maynard James Keenan Pranks Drummer Danny Carey with Dildo Mid-Show: Watch
Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan played an epic prank on drummer Danny Carey mid-show, replacing one of his drum mallets with a dildo. Keenan is known to get into some shenanigans when Carey takes the spotlight for his drum solo, like playing Jenga next to the drum kit earlier on the tour. The singer’s latest stunt involved a large dildo. Tool shared the video, which was filmed at one of their recent concerts. Keenan covertly army crawls under the curtain behind Carey, who’s shredding away at his kit during the solo. When he reaches down for his gong mallet, he instead grabs the phallus, and hits the gong with the sex toy instead. Advertisement Related Video Maynard is of course giddy with satisfaction, having pulled off the prank. The clip ends with him maniacally waving the dildo at th...
Ukrainian President Zelensky Thanks Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher for Raising $35 Million in Aid
In just over two weeks, Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher have raised a whopping $35 million to provide humanitarian aid to refugees of Ukraine following the ongoing invasion by Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky recently hopped on Zoom with the couple to express his gratitude for the couple’s efforts, while also sharing a snapshot of the call on social media. “.@aplusk & Mila Kunis were among the first to respond to our grief,” Zelensky wrote on Twitter. “They have already raised $35 million & are sending it to @flexport & @Airbnb to help [Ukrainian] refugees. Grateful for their support. Impressed by their determination. They inspire the world.” Earlier this month, Kunis (who immigrated from Ukraine to the US in 1991) and her husband started a ...
Consequence’s 2022 SXSW Party at Brooklyn Bowl’s Family Reunion: Recap + Photo Gallery
It seems like we’ve been saying “live music is returning” for a year now. For a moment last summer, it felt like it was fully back before a fall variant threw everything out of whack again. There’s honestly no knowing whether another hold is on the horizon, but if there’s a sure sign concerts are back with a vengeance, it’s the return of South by Southwest. After being forced into a second virtual iteration last year, the long-running music conference and festival returned to Austin last week to once again bring together artists, fans, and industry figures for a celebration of all things live music. We at Consequence couldn’t have been more ecstatic to be part of the activities, reteaming with Brooklyn Bowl and Relix for the third “annual” Family Reunion at SXSW. Taking place on Friday, Ma...
Rihanna Declares Herself ‘#PreggoAF’ in New Baby Bump Selfie Video
Rihanna took to social media on Sunday night (March 20) to show off her growing baby bump. “Takin ‘booty do’ to new levels #preggoAF,” the superstar captioned the Instagram Story, which starts with a closeup of her bump before panning to reveal her smiling face. Ever the business mogul, RiRi also took the opportunity to shout out one of her latest Fenty Beauty products, which she just so happened to be wearing in the selfie video, writing, “I’m not gon’ lie we f—-ked this new lip gloss color UUUPPP!!! #BubbleBinge is easily my new obsession.” Explore Explore Rihanna See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Last week, the singer revealed in a new interview with Elle during the opening of Fenty Beauty at Ulta that she’s officially entered into the third trimester...
Glass Animals’ ‘Heat Waves’ Rules Hot 100 For Third Week, Imagine Dragons & JID’s ‘Enemy’ Hits Top 10
Glass Animals‘ “Heat Waves” tops the Billboard Hot 100 for a third week, after completing a record 59-week climb to No. 1. Meanwhile, Imagine Dragons and JID‘s “Enemy” enters the Hot 100’s top 10, jumping from No. 12 to No. 8. The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated March 26, 2022) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (March 22). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram. [embedded content] Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Heat Waves,” released on Wolf Tone/Polydor/Republic Records, drew 67.3 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 2%) and 15.2 million U.S. streams (up 1%) and sold 3,100 downloa...
AleXa Is Repping for K-Pop and Oklahoma In ‘American Song Contest’
“K-Pop” and “Oklahoma” are two words you don’t really think of in the same breath. But one of the 56 artists competing on the Monday (March 21) night series premiere of NBC’s American Song Contest just might change that — AleXa, a K-Pop artist from Tulsa, Okla. Born to a South Korean mother and an American father, she first learned about K-Pop in 2008, through one of her best friends. “The first group I ever saw was Super Junior – they’re a huge senior group in the K-Pop industry, but my gateway was SHINee,” AleXa tells Billboard. “I’ve been hooked ever since.” She moved to Korea in the first quarter of 2018 and competed on two reality shows, Rising Star and Produce 48. She signed with ZB, a label owned by South Korean video production company Zanybros. Her first single, “Bomb,” was releas...
Sebastian Yatra Taps John Legend for Bilingual Remix of ‘Tacones Rojos’
Colombian pop star Sebastian Yatra will release a bilingual remix of his hit “Tacones Rojos,” featuring John Legend on Wednesday (March 23). The new version of the feel-good track — on which Yatra channels ’90s Spanish pop with airy good humor, eschewing graphic lyrics for sweet lines such as “My slice of sunshine, the apple of my eye” — will now begin with Legend singing in English, before Yatra takes over in Spanish. Yatra announced the remix, slated for release this week, in a social media post. Recording with Legend, he tells Billboard exclusively, was a dream come true. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “John is miraculously talented and musically he can go anywhere. He’s someone I admire, and vocal-wise, it’s very intriguing to see how...
