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PnB Rock’s Girlfriend Breaks Her Silence, Reveals The Rapper Saved Her Life
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Robert Gauthier / Getty Immediately following the tragic murder of rapper PnB Rock, his girlfriend was falsely blamed for his death, and now she is finally breaking her silence. Following the development that PnB Rock’s killer was already at Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles in South Los Angeles on September 12, Stephanie Sibounheuang took to Instagram to update her followers on how she is doing after that fateful day. In the lengthy caption for the post featuring a video montage of moments of the couple together, Sibounheuang writes, “I am 100% not ok. If I wasn’t spiritual I could kill my self (but then I’ll go to hell and my man not there).” Sibounheuang revealed that before he was gunned down, PnB Rock pushed her underneath the table as gunshots were rin...
Watch Animal Collective Cover Silver Jews’ “Trains Across the Sea”
Animal Collective have recorded a new session for SiriusXMU, where they played a live version of the Silver Jews song “Trains Across the Sea.” The track first appeared on Silver Jews’ 1994 debut, Starlite Walker; in the session, Animal Collective spliced it with live favorite “Genie’s Open,” which has not officially been released. Watch it happen below. In clips that have not been shared online, they also performed their Time Skiffs cuts “Prester John” and “Passer-by,” as well as “Bluish” from Merriweather Post Pavilion. Animal Collective issued Time Skiffs early this year, following their 2018 release Tangerine Reef. In 2019, the band shared Ballet Slippers—a live record pieced together from four Merriweather Post Pavilion–era sets. The band was meant to head out on a European tour in sup...
Watch Pusha T Perform “Just So You Remember” on Seth Meyers
Pusha T was the musical guest on the most recent episode of Late Night With Seth Meyers. The rapper performed “Just So You Remember” from his most recent album It’s Almost Dry. Watch it happen below. Pusha T released It’s Almost Dry back in April; it subsequently became the rapper’s first LP to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The new record follows his 2018 full-length Daytona, which was produced by Kanye West as part of his five-album G.O.O.D. Music rollout that year. Pusha T is currently on an extended tour behind It’s Almost Dry. He recently performed at the 2022 BET Hip Hop Awards, where he did a live rendition of “Diet Coke” and “Just So You Remember.” He was then joined by No Malice for a surprise Clipse performance of “Grindin’.” Read more about It’s Almost Dry in Pit...
8 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: The 1975, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and More
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 the 1975, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lucrecia Dalt, Bill Callahan, Plains, Mavi, Sam Gendel, and Palm. 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.) The 1975: Being Funny in a Foreign Language [Dirty Hit] For the follow-up to Notes on a Conditional Form, Matty Healy and co. enlisted super-producer du jour Jack Antonoff...
Neil Young to Reissue Harvest for 50th Anniversary
Neil Young will reissue Harvest for its 50th anniversary, adding a previously unreleased documentary and concert film, three outtakes from the sessions, and more. Out December 2 via Reprise, the 3xLP and 3xCD sets both come with a hardbound photo book, posters, and liner notes by photographer Joel Bernstein. Listen to “Heart of Gold” from the concert film below and scroll down for the full tracklist. That track and seven others were recorded live in concert at the BBC in February 1971. This will be that set’s first official release. The three outtakes included with the reissue are “Bad Fog of Loneliness,” “Journey Through the Past,” and “Dance Dance Dance,” the latter two of which are also performed in the BBC set. Both the CD and vinyl box sets come with a DVD of the concert and the two-h...
M. Shadows Admits Avenged Sevenfold “Cut a Little Too Close” to Metallica on Hail to the King
Avenged Sevenfold’s 2013 album Hail to the King attained platinum certification and yielded two No. 1 mainstream rock singles, but has been criticized for containing songs that sound too similar to Metallica. In a new social media post, A7X frontman M. Shadows admits that the album “cut a little too close” to the metal legends. As Avenged Sevenfold prepare to release their long-awaited follow up to 2016’s The Stage, Shadows took to Twitter to respond to fan commentary on Hail to the King. It started when one fan defended the album, tweeting, “Hot take: The ‘Hail to the King’ album by @TheOfficialA7X is amazing and deserves respect. So many people chaff at the ‘simple riffs’ and classic hard rock sound, but the album has incredible complexity under the surface, if you really listen.” Advert...
Lil Baby’s It’s Only Me Is Mired in Mediocrity
Following up the biggest album of your career is tough sledding for any artist. But for rappers? It’s something only Houdini might pull off with ease. Hip-hop is always about what you’re doing now, not what you did yesterday. Just one false move takes you from relevant to irrelevant at the drop of a quarter, nickel, or dime. Lil Baby finds himself in that very unenviable position. 2020’s My Turn was, in a word, massive. Baby not only refined his hit-making skills but improved his rapping technique and writing. Since its release, Baby found himself the focus of a documentary that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. So yeah, Lil Baby finds himself in a bit of a moment. It’s Only Me, out Friday, October 14th, is the result of all that pressure, success, and newfound lifestyle for the...
R.I.P. Robbie Coltrane, Hagrid in Harry Potter Series Dead at 72
Robbie Coltrane, the beloved comic actor who starred as Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter film franchise, is dead at the age of 72, his agent confirmed to Deadline. Coltrane had been in poor health for about two years, and died in a hospital near his Larbert, Scotland, home. Coltrane featured prominently in all eight films in the Harry Potter series, serving as a bumbling but lovable father figure to the titular orphan. He also stole scenes in the James Bond films GoldenEye (1995) and The World Is Not Enough (1999) as Russian gangster Valentin Zukovsky, and won three consecutive BAFTA Awards for best actor in the ITV crime series Cracker. Michael Gambon is the only other actor to achieve that distinction. Coltrane appeared in the anniversary special ...
Neil Young Announces Harvest 50th Anniversary Reissue, Shares Live Version of “Heart of Gold”: Stream
Neil Young will celebrate the 50th anniversary of his fourth studio album, Harvest, with a deluxe reissue out on December 2nd via Reprise. Available on 3xLP or 3xCD, the box set will come with the original album; three studio outtakes; a previously unreleased BBC solo performance recorded on February 23rd, 1971; and a documentary called Harvest Time. Also included are a hardbound photo book, posters, and liner notes by photographer Joel Bernstein. The outtakes included in the reissue are “Bad Fog of Loneliness,” “Journey Through the Past,” and “Dance Dance Dance.” Meanwhile, Harvest Time features footage from Young’s “Harvest Barn” sessions in Northern California along with recording sessions in Nashville and London. Advertisement Related Video Pre-orders are ongoing. Scroll onwa...
Anderson .Paak Debuts 70s-Inspired Limited-Edition Snare Drum Kit
Anderson .Paak has debuted a hilarious new video for his first-ever signature drum kit. Teaming up with the acclaimed drum brand Ludwig for the kit, the Silk Sonic artist’s limited-edition Pee .Wee Signature Drum Collection consists of his first-ever signature snare drum paired with a plush drum rug. The kit is designed to serve as the drummer’s all-purpose tool. A paisley pattern is printed across Ludwig’s Classic Maple series 7-ply shell, cut with a 45-degree bearing edge that serves to bring the apex close to the center of the drum. The shell is rigged with brass-plated die-cast hoops, brass-plated tube lugs and a brass-plated throw-off and butt plate, as well as a decorative Ludwig Keystone badge and a commemorative badge. “I can’t believe it’s really happening! Before I wanted anyth...
Taylor Swift Unveils 3 Curated Playlists: ‘Quill,’ ‘Fountain’ & ‘Glitter Gel’ Pen Songs
Taylor Swift revealed a detail about her writing process in September: She categorizes each of her songs as having “Fountain Pen,” “Quill Pen” or “Glitter Gel Pen” lyrics. And now, one week ahead of the release of her new album Midnights, the pop star has teamed up with Apple Music to unveil three playlists that reveal which of those uniquely specific groupings are home to a handful of her tracks — from songs on Fearless (Taylor’s Version) to Evermore. Announced Friday (Oct. 14), Apple’s playlists are titled after Swift’s three “Pen” groupings, something she opened up about while accepting the Songwriter-Artist of the Decade honor at the Nashville Songwriter Awards. “I came up with these categories based on what writing tool I imagine having in my hand when I scribbled it down, figurativel...
EMPIRE Announces ‘Where We Come From (Vol. 1)’ African Compilation Album Featuring Fireboy DML, Olamide, Wande Coal & More
EMPIRE announced its first-ever African compilation album, Where We Come From (Vol. 1), on Friday (Oct. 14). It will feature Fireboy DML, BNXN fka Buju, Olamide, Wande Coal, L.A.X. and more. Kizz Daniel dropped the first single “Cough (Odo)” from the LP, which aims to celebrate and amplify Africa’s rising stars and their music. “For this song, I wanted to highlight the feeling of new love,” he said in a statement. “The song itself is energetic, celebratory and really captures what it’s like to impress someone new.” Artists from the continent have grown more prominent in the global music scene over the last few years and gained more notoriety in the West with crossover hits such as Wizkid and Tems’ “Essence,” Fireboy’s “Peru” and Burna Boy’s “Last Last,” the latter of which recently earned ...
