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Last night in Flint, Michigan, directors Ryan Coogler (Creed) and Ava DuVernay (Selma) threw the #JusticeForFlint rally. The event raised money to help the city recover from its water crisis. Hosted by Hannibal Buress, it featured performances from Janelle Monáe, Stevie Wonder, Vic Mensa, and others. Watch Monáe and Wonder duet, and watch Mensa debut his song "16 Shots."
Watch Vic Mensa perform "U Mad" at Pitchfork Music Festival 2015:
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Just one year after Kendrick Lamar released To Pimp a Butterfly, Top Dawg Entertainment boss Anthony Tiffith is hinting that the rapper might release more music this year. He shared a prospective TDE schedule for the year, which also shows that new music from Schoolboy Q, SZA, Isaiah Rashad, and Ab-Soul are in the works.
Each artist's name is accompanied by a current status report ("sample clearance," "mixing," "4th stage creative"). Next to Lamar's name, it says, "??? (get Top on the phone)." Find it below.
They also tease a possible release in 2017 from "BH," which is likely referring to Black Hippy (Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, and Jay Rock). Tiffith also seems to confirm two new signees, currently just listed as "John Doe 1" and "John Doe 2."
Lamar recently revealed that he has a "chamber" of unreleased songs, which he has been performing during late night TV and award show performances.
Watch Lamar perform "Fuck Your Ethnicity" at Pitchfork Music Festival:
Photo via Technics website
Last year, Panasonic revealed plans to relaunch its Technics turntable line, which it shelved in 2010 after decades as DJs' industry standard. In January, the electronics manufacturer unveiled its new Grand Class SL-1200G and limited-edition Grand Class SL-1200GAE at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The only question was the price, which What Hi-Fi? reported at the time to be $4,000 for the non-limited model. (Pitchfork has reached out to Panasonic for exact pricing information.)
Technics CTO Tetsuya Itani has explained the price tag in a new interview with What Hi-Fi?. Itani said the new model costs more because it was redesigned "from scratch," as nearly all of the tools in the manufacturing process were no longer usable. Plus, the new Technics-1200 should be sturdier.
“Everything is new … except for the dust cover," Itani told What Hi-Fi?. "The weight of the platter is nearly three times the old 1200, and we also have a new motor, which is a very important point of the new model. The feet too. It's heavy, the old 1200 was more plastic."
Itani also reportedly hinted to What Hi-Fi? that Panasonic would consider releasing a less expensive model in the future.
The new limited-edition SL-1200GAE is set to be available this summer and restricted to 1,200 units, according to Panasonic's announcement during CES. The SL-1200G is scheduled for late 2016.
Photo via Technics website
Last year, Panasonic revealed plans to relaunch its Technics turntable line, which it shelved in 2010 after decades as DJs' industry standard. In January, the electronics manufacturer unveiled its new Grand Class SL-1200G and limited-edition Grand Class SL-1200GAE at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The only question was the price, which What Hi-Fi? reported at the time to be $4,000 for the non-limited model. (Pitchfork has reached out to Panasonic for exact pricing information.)
Technics CTO Tetsuya Itani has explained the price tag in a new interview with What Hi-Fi?. Itani said the new model costs more because it was redesigned "from scratch," as nearly all of the tools in the manufacturing process were no longer usable. Plus, the new Technics-1200 should be sturdier.
“Everything is new … except for the dust cover," Itani told What Hi-Fi?. "The weight of the platter is nearly three times the old 1200, and we also have a new motor, which is a very important point of the new model. The feet too. It's heavy, the old 1200 was more plastic."
Itani also reportedly hinted to What Hi-Fi? that Panasonic would consider releasing a less expensive model in the future.
The new limited-edition SL-1200GAE is set to be available this summer and restricted to 1,200 units, according to Panasonic's announcement during CES. The SL-1200G is scheduled for late 2016.
Photo by Colin Kerrigan
Update (2/29, 4:38 p.m.): Tidal has responded, emailing a following statement to The Fader. Read it below.
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Jay Z faces a class-action lawsuit claiming the Tidal music streaming service underpaid royalties to artists and infringed copyright, as Complex reports.
A complaint filed February 27 in New York federal court named the hip-hop mogul's S. Carter Enterprises and two affiliates as defendants.
Jay Z's businesses allegedly created Tidal's library "by dumping all of the music from independent artists into" the service without filing the proper notices, claimed John Emanuele of New York duo the American Dollar, along with Yesh Music, Emanuele's music publishing firm with bandmate Richard Cupolo. They added, "Independent artists are predominantly impacted by defendants' systematic infringement."
The complaint further accused Jay Z's organizations of "deliberately miscalculating the per-stream royalty rates."
The suit seeks between $30,000 and $150,000 for each of 118 alleged infringements.
Pitchfork has reached out to Tidal for comment.
Jay Z tweeted last year that "Tidal pays 75% royalty rate to ALL artists, writers, and producers."
Emanuele and Cupolo previously filed copyright lawsuits against televangelist Joel Osteen and the now-defunct streaming service Grooveshark.
Samsung has resumed talks to acquire Tidal, the New York Post recently reported, citing "several" unnamed sources.
Update: Tidal's statement to the Fader:
Tidal is up to date on all royalties for the rights to the music stated in Yesh Music, LLC and John Emanuele’s claim and they are misinformed as to who, if anyone, owes royalty payments to them. As Yesh Music, LLC admits in their claim, Tidal has the rights to the Master Recordings through its distributor Tunecore and have paid Tunecore in full for such exploitations. Their dispute appears to be over the mechanical licenses, which we are also up to date on payments via Harry Fox Agency our administrator of mechanical royalties.
The main compositions in question were release by The American Dollar and their entire catalogue streamed fewer than 13,000 times on Tidal and its predecessor over the past year. We have now removed all music associated with Yesh Music, LLC and John Emanuele from the service. This is the first we have heard of this dispute and Yesh Music, LLC should be engaging Harry Fox Agency if they believe they are owed the royalties claimed. They especially should not be naming S Carter Enterprises, LLC, which has nothing to do with Tidal. This claim serves as nothing other than a perfect example of why America needs tort reform.
Vans is celebrating their 50th anniversary with a series of shows across the world. Beginning March 16, ten cities including Austin, Brooklyn, Cape Town, and Hong Kong will host House of Vans showcases. Performers include Erykah Badu, Jamie XX, Nas, the Kills, Kelela, Wu-Tang Clan, Dinosaur Jr., Yeasayer, Neon Indian, Kevin Morby, Downtown Boys, Sheer Mag, Dizzee Rascal, and more. For the full list of performers and RSVP information, look above and here.
Go behind the scenes at the Pitchfork x House of Vans 2015 SXSW Showcase:
Photo by Colin Kerrigan
Update (2/29, 4:38 p.m.): Tidal has responded, emailing the following statement to The Fader:
Tidal is up to date on all royalties for the rights to the music stated in Yesh Music, LLC and John Emanuele’s claim and they are misinformed as to who, if anyone, owes royalty payments to them. As Yesh Music, LLC admits in their claim, Tidal has the rights to the Master Recordings through its distributor Tunecore and have paid Tunecore in full for such exploitations. Their dispute appears to be over the mechanical licenses, which we are also up to date on payments via Harry Fox Agency our administrator of mechanical royalties.
The main compositions in question were release by The American Dollar and their entire catalogue streamed fewer than 13,000 times on Tidal and its predecessor over the past year. We have now removed all music associated with Yesh Music, LLC and John Emanuele from the service. This is the first we have heard of this dispute and Yesh Music, LLC should be engaging Harry Fox Agency if they believe they are owed the royalties claimed. They especially should not be naming S Carter Enterprises, LLC, which has nothing to do with Tidal. This claim serves as nothing other than a perfect example of why America needs tort reform.
Jay Z faces a class-action lawsuit claiming the Tidal music streaming service underpaid royalties to artists and infringed copyright, as Complex reports.
A complaint filed February 27 in New York federal court named the hip-hop mogul's S. Carter Enterprises and two affiliates as defendants.
Jay Z's businesses allegedly created Tidal's library "by dumping all of the music from independent artists into" the service without filing the proper notices, claimed John Emanuele of New York duo the American Dollar, along with Yesh Music, Emanuele's music publishing firm with bandmate Richard Cupolo. They added, "Independent artists are predominantly impacted by defendants' systematic infringement."
The complaint further accused Jay Z's organizations of "deliberately miscalculating the per-stream royalty rates."
The suit seeks between $30,000 and $150,000 for each of 118 alleged infringements.
Pitchfork has reached out to Tidal for comment.
Jay Z tweeted last year that "Tidal pays 75% royalty rate to ALL artists, writers, and producers."
Emanuele and Cupolo previously filed copyright lawsuits against televangelist Joel Osteen and the now-defunct streaming service Grooveshark.
Samsung has resumed talks to acquire Tidal, the New York Post recently reported, citing "several" unnamed sources.
Last year, it was reported that footwork crew Teklife would be launching their own label, with a compilation as its maiden release. Today, that project has been properly announced: Afterlife, a collection of fourteen previously-unheard collaborations between the late DJ Rashad and other musicians from the Teklife crew.
Arriving April 8, the new release doubles as a tribute to Rashad, with a portion of the profits going to the footwork pioneer's family. Find a full tracklisting below, and above, listen to "High on Hope," a bonus collaboration between Microglobe and Machinedrum.
This isn't Teklife's first compilation released in tribute to Rashad. In 2014, the crew teamed with Hyperdub for the memorial release Next Life.
Read our feature "From Teklife to the Next Life."
Afterlife:
01 DJ Rashad, DJ Spinn, and Taso: "Roll Up That Loud"
02 DJ Rashad and Gant-Man: "Get Fuk’d Up"
03 DJ Rashad, DJ Manny, and DJ Spinn: "Let’s Roll Out"
04 DJ Rashad and DJ Phil: "Come Close"
05 DJ Rashad and DJ Earl: "Wear Her Pussy Out"
06 DJ Rashad and DJ Spinn: "Oh God"
07 DJ Rashad, Gant-Man, and DJ Manny: "Ratchet City"
08 DJ Rashad and DJ Taye: "Get You Burnt"
09 DJ Rashad, Tripletrain, and DJ Spinn: "Pass That"
10 DJ Rashad, Boylan, and DJ Manny: "Tony Montana"
11 DJ Rashad and DJ Tre: "Yeah We Do This"
12 DJ Rashad and Traxman: "Lost Worlds"
13 DJ Rashad, DJ Spinn, and DJ Paypal (RSP): "Do U Wanna B Mine"
14 DJ Rashad and DJ Manny: "Roll A Tree"
Watch Teklife in Monterrey, a Pitchfork.tv documentary about Rashad and Spinn:
Watch DJ Spinn's Pitchfork Music Festival 2014 set, featuring lots of guests:
Photo by Daniel Boczarski / Getty Images
Swans frontman Michael Gira has canceled the Australian leg of his solo tour, set to take place later this week and next. No reason has been given for the cancelation. All of Gira's other upcoming shows are scheduled to go on as planned. Find his full itinerary below.
Last week, singer-songwriter Larkin Grimm accused Gira of sexually assaulting her in 2008, when she was recording her album Parplar for Gira's Young God label. In response, Gira initially refuted her allegations in a post to his personal Facebook page, then, in a subsequent statement, referred to the incident as "an awkward mistake."
Michael Gira:
03-05 Brisbane, Australia - Queensland Gallery of Modern Art
03-08 Melbourne, Australia - Melbourne Recital Centre
03-09 Sydney, Australia - Carriageworks
03-30 London, England - Barbican Centre *!
04-01 Moscow, Russia - ZIL Culture Center
04-02 Saint Petersburg, Russia - The Place SPB Venue
04-04 Warsaw, Poland - Pardon, To Tu
04-05 Warsaw, Poland - Pardon, To Tu
04-07 Berlin, Germany - Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
04-08 Copenhagen, Denmark - Jazzhouse
04-09 Oslo, Norway - John Dee Club
04-10 Bergen, Norway - Bergen Kunsthall at Landmark Bar
04-11 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso Upstairs
04-13 Brussels, Belgium - AB Small Club
04-15 Paris, France - Le Point Ephémère
* with Thurston Moore
! with Laura Cannell
Hop Along photo via Facebook / Speedy Ortiz photo by Shervin Lainez
Speedy Ortiz and Hop Along have announced a series of joint tour dates. In March, the two bands will travel the East Coast before heading out West for a few shows. See the dates below, as well as the poster designed by Sadie Dupuis.
Speedy Ortiz / Hop Along:
03-05 Montague, MA - Shea Theater #
03-17 Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore *%
03-19 New York, NY - Terminal 5 *%
04-16 Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore #%
05-06 Winooski, VT - Waking Windows Festival
05-07 Portsmouth, NH - 3S Artspace ^
05-08 Boston, MA - Sinclair ^
05-12 Washington, DC - Black Cat ^
05-13 Asheville, NC - Mothlight ^
05-14 Atlanta, GA - Shaky Knees
05-15 Orlando, FL - Social
05-17 Nashville, TN - Exit/In
05-18 Indianapolis, IN - Hi Fi
05-19 Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall
05-20 Ferndale, MI - Loving Touch
05-21 Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern
05-27-29 George, WA - Sasquatch Music Festival
# = Speedy Ortiz only
* = Hop Along only
% = w/ Dr. Dog
^ = w/ 2” Astronaut opening
Listen to Hop Along's "Waitress" and watch Speedy Ortiz perform "The Graduates" at SXSW.
DJ Khaled has signed a deal with Jay Z's Roc Nation management, with Jay himself serving as Khaled's manager, Khaled announced today. The partnership was unveiled in a video in which Hov presents Khaled with a Roc-a-Fella chain, claiming it's the last original one. Jay also raps a few new bars. Watch it below.
Khaled recently debuted a radio show on Apple Music's Beats 1. Jay Z's Tidal is a competitor with Apple Music.
Read our interview with DJ Khaled.
Watch Khaled on Pitchfork.tv's "Over/Under":
Photo by Colin Kerrigan
Jay Z faces a class-action lawsuit claiming the Tidal music streaming service underpaid royalties to artists and infringed copyright, as Complex reports.
A complaint filed February 27 in New York federal court named the hip-hop mogul's S. Carter Enterprises and two affiliates as defendants.
Jay Z's businesses allegedly created Tidal's library "by dumping all of the music from independent artists into" the service without filing the proper notices, claimed John Emanuele of New York duo the American Dollar, along with Yesh Music, Emanuele's music publishing firm with bandmate Richard Cupolo. They added, "Independent artists are predominantly impacted by defendants' systematic infringement."
The complaint further accused Jay Z's organizations of "deliberately miscalculating the per-stream royalty rates."
The suit seeks between $30,000 and $150,000 for each of 118 alleged infringements.
Pitchfork has reached out to Tidal for comment.
Jay Z tweeted last year that "Tidal pays 75% royalty rate to ALL artists, writers, and producers."
Emanuele and Cupolo previously filed copyright lawsuits against televangelist Joel Osteen and the now-defunct streaming service Grooveshark.
Samsung has resumed talks to acquire Tidal, the New York Post recently reported, citing "several" unnamed sources.
Phot by Elena Olivo/Brooklyn Museum
On February 21, Iggy Pop served as the nude model in a life drawing class at the New York Academy of Art. The session was organized by the Brooklyn Museum and conceived by British artist Jeremy Deller. The resulting drawings, created by 21 artists ranging in age from 19 to 80, will be showcased in a Fall 2016 Brooklyn Museum exhibition titled "Iggy Pop Life Class," which will then go on tour.
Deller said of the project, "The life class is a special place in which to scrutinize the human form. As the bedrock of art education and art history, it is still the best way to understand the body. For me it makes perfect sense for Iggy Pop to be the subject of a life class; his body is central to an understanding of rock music and its place within American culture. His body has witnessed much and should be documented."
Iggy Pop's collaboration with Josh Homme, Post Pop Depression, is out March 18. Listen to "Sunday" below.
Explosions in the Sky have released a new song, "Logic of a Dream," off their upcoming album The Wilderness. It premiered on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 show today, and you can stream it above. The Wilderness is out April 1 via Temporary Residence.
The Wilderness is the follow-up to 2011's studio album Take Care, Take Care, Take Care, and their film scores for Manglehorn and Prince Avalanche. Previously, they shared lead single "Disintegration Anxiety."
Crystal Castles' new album will be Ethan Kath's first without former singer Alice Glass, who contentiously left the group last year. Today, the group announced the album will be out this spring. It features Glass' replacement, Edith Frances, and was produced by Kath, with mixing by Lexxx. It will include last year's "Frail" and "Deicide," and will follow 2012's (III), their last before Glass departed.
The band has also announced a round of North American festival dates, including a pair of shows at SXSW. Find those dates below.
Read our interview with Crystal Castles' Ethan Kath about the future of the band.
Crystal Castles:
03-11 New Orleans, LA - Buku Music + Arts Project
03-12 Phoenix, AZ - VIVA PHX
03-13 Santa Ana, CA - Burgerama - The Observatory OC
03-16 Austin, TX - Scoot Inn (SXSW)
03-17 Austin, TX - Stubb’s (SXSW)
03-19 Miami, FL - Ultra Music Festival
04-02 Athens, GA - Slingshot Festival, Georgia Theatre
06-12 Chicago, IL - Spring Awakening
07-22 Seattle, WA - Capitol Hill Block Party
08-05 Castellon, Spain - Arenal Sound Festival
08-26 Reading, England - Reading & Leeds Festival
08-27 Leeds, England - Reading & Leeds Festival
The Range, aka James Hinton, has released the video for "Five Four" off his upcoming record Potential. Directed by Daniel Kaufman, the video features UK-based grime emcees Ophqi and Super Thought, who are the musicians from "Five Four"'s source clip. In a press release, Hinton said "Five Four" is "about the frustration of not being able to change the circumstances of a situation." Watch the video below.
Potential is out March 25 via Domino. It's built around vocal samples Hinton found in obscure corners of YouTube. Kaufman is also directing Superimpose, the documentary about Potential and its source material.
Read our new interview with the Range.
Watch the Range perform "Jamie" at Pitchfork Music Festival:
On April 1, Mogwai will release their new album Atomic. The record is based on their soundtrack to Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise, a documentary aired last year on the BBC. Today, they've shared the video for "Ether" from the record, featuring footage from the documentary. The clip begins in monochrome with clips of microscopic cellular activity, segues into footage of the natural world, and concludes with images of human activity, kitchen appliances, and melting ice caps.
Mogwai have also announced the first batch of shows in support of Atomic. They'll perform the soundtrack to accompany screenings of the film at venues in Europe and Japan this summer. Check out the dates below, and scroll down for the video.
The film was made by Mark Cousins and Hopscotch Films using archive footage from the BFI.
Read "Looking at 20 Years of Mogwai" on the Pitch.
Mogwai:
05-01 Krems, Austria - Donaufestival
05-20 Brussels, Belgium - Cirque Royal
05-30 Tokyo, Japan - Ex Theater
05-31 Osaka, Japan - Big Cat
06-01 Hiroshima, Japan - Club Quattro
06-11 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Holland Festival
Watch Mogwai's full set from Pitchfork Music Festival Paris 2014:
The Range, aka James Hinton, has released the video for "Four Five" off his upcoming record Potential. Directed by Daniel Kaufman, the video features UK-based grime emcees Ophqi and Super Thought, who are the musicians from "Four Five"'s source clip. In a press release, Hinton said "Four Five" is "about the frustration of not being able to change the circumstances of a situation." Watch the video below.
Potential is out March 25 via Domino. It's built around vocal samples Hinton found in obscure corners of YouTube. Kaufman is also directing Superimpose, the documentary about Potential and its source material.
Read our new interview with the Range.
Watch the Range perform "Jamie" at Pitchfork Music Festival:
Photo via Larkin Grimm's Bandcamp
Singer/songwriter Larkin Grimm has released a new song called "I Don't Believe." "This song was written for all the survivors of abuse. You are not alone," she wrote on the song's Bandcamp page. Last week, Grimm wrote a Facebook post claiming that Swans frontman Michael Gira raped her in spring 2008, when she was recording her album Parplar for Gira's Young God label. In her post, she said she confronted Gira and he then dropped her from his label. Gira called Grimm's accusations "a slanderous lie" on his personal Facebook page. Later, in an official statement through his publicist, Gira refered to the incident as "an awkward mistake," describing it as a "consensual romantic moment that fortunately was not consummated." In her own statement, Grimm responded to Gira: "This is your truth as you remember it. Unfortunately, this was still rape."
Here are the lyrics to "I Don't Believe":
I don't believe you ever could be
So like those men around you.
So hungry.
I don't believe you ever think about it
But you remember words like they were more than music.
I don't believe you could ever be that way
Addicted to the pleasure, the things that people say.
I wrote this poem for you on your birthday,
Your mother read the poem
And said it couldn't be you
Nothing so beautiful
Could come from something I made.
I don't believe you.
I don't believe you
You hear your mother cry
I wish that I could die
I wish that you would die too
So I could play outside
I could be free with you.
I don't believe you.
I don't believe you need to think about it
But you remember words like they were more than music.
You hear the words I'm speaking as more than poetry.
Photo by Matt Grace
Earlier this month, New Zealand musical comedy duo Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, aka Flight of the Conchords, announced that they'd be playing the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island, igniting rumors of a full-fledged tour. Today, the duo have confirmed a full North American trek, which they've dubbed the "Flight of the Conchords sing Flight of the Conchords Tour." What's more, they'll be road-testing new material. Find a full list of dates—along with the amazing tour poster—below.
"I’m thrilled to get back on the road with over half the original band," McKenzie joked in a press release. He and Clement have yet to release a follow-up to 2009's I Told You I Was Freaky, which was released just before the group first called it quits. In 2012, Flight of the Conchords put out a charity single, "Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That)," and embarked on their first Australian tour. Last year, the The Guardian that they were working on a musical film; Clement told the publication that the project was still "a couple years away, at least."
Flight of the Conchords' upcoming tour is presented in partnership with Global Citizen, a nonprofit devoted to fighting global poverty. The organization will offer two tickets to each stop on the trek.
Flight of the Conchords:
06-11 Cleveland, OH - State Theatre
06-12 Philadelphia, PA - Mann Center for Performing Arts
06-13 Washington, DC - Wolf Trap Filene Center
06-14 Columbus, OH - Palace Theatre
06-16 Detroit, MI - Fox Theatre
06-17 Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum
06-18 Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theatre
06-19 Chicago, IL - Pritzker Pavilion
06-22 Redmond, WA - Marymoor Park
06-23 Vancouver, British Columbia - Orpheum
06-24 Portland, OR - Keller Auditorium
06-27 San Francisco, CA - The Masonic
07-01 Santa Barbara, CA - Santa Barbara Bowl
07-02 San Diego, CA - Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU
07-03 Phoenix, AZ - Comerica Theatre
07-05 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
07-07 Kansas City, MO - Starlight Theatre
07-09 Austin, TX - Bass Hall
07-11 New Orleans, LA - Saenger Theatre
07-12 Atlanta, GA - Chastain Park Amphitheatre
07-14 Nashville, TN - Ascend Amphitheater
07-16 Boca Raton, FL - Mizner Park Amphitheatre
07-17 St. Augustine, FL - St. Augustine Amphitheatre
07-18 Cary, NC - Koka Booth Amphitheatre
07-22 Newport, RI - Newport Folk Festival 2016
07-23 Boston, MA - Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
07-24 New York, NY - Central Park Summerstage
07-27 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre
Relive Flight of the Conchords' classic "Business Time:"
Photo by Jason Koenig
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis have announced a North American tour in support of their new album This Unruly Mess I've Made. The dates follow their upcoming European tour, and includes a stop at Bonnaroo.
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis:
03-08 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg - Rockhal ^
03-10 Antwerp, Belgium - Sportspaleis ^
03-12 Köln, Germany - Lanxess Arena ^
03-14 Berlin, Germany - Mercedes-Benz Arena ^
03-15 Stuttgart, Germany - Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle ^
03-16 Hamburg, Germany - Barclaycard Arena ^
03-18 Lodz, Poland - Atlas Arena ^
03-19 Vienna, Austria - Stadthalle ^
03-21 Zürich, Switzerland - Hallenstadion ^
03-22 Le Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland - Geneva Arena ^
03-24 Dortmund, Germany - Westfalenhalle ^
03-25 Paris, France - Accorhotels Arena ^
03-26 Nantes, France - Zénith Nantes Métropole ^
03-27 Pérols, France - Park&Suites Arena ^
03-30 Lisbon, Portugal - Meo Arena ^
04-01 Madrid, Spain - Barclaycard Center ^
04-04 Milan, Italy - Mediolanum Forum ^
04-06 Linz, Austria - Tipsarena ^
04-07 Munich, Germany - Olympiahalle ^
04-10 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Ziggo Dome ^
04-12 Manchester, England - Manchester Arena ^
04-13 Glasgow, Scotland - The SSE Hydro ^
04-15-16 Dublin, Ireland - 3Arena ^
04-21 Belfast, Ireland - SSE Arena ^
04-22 Newcastle upon Tyne, England - Metro Radio Arena ^
04-23 Leeds, England - First Direct Arena ^
04-24 Nottingham, England - Capital FM Arena ^
04-26 Birmingham, England - Barclaycard Arena ^
04-27 London, England - The O2 ^
05-25 Vancouver, British Columbia - PNE Forum
05-26 Portland, OR - Memorial Coliseum
05-28 San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic
05-31 Los Angeles, CA - Shrine Expo Hall
06-03 Salt Lake City, UT - Salt Air
06-05 Denver, CO - 1st Bank Center
06-08 Minneapolis, MN - Target Center
06-09 Chicago, IL - The Riviera
06-09-12 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
06-13 Philadelphia, PA - Tower
06-14 Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE
06-15 Toronto, Ontario - Echo Beach
06-17 Boston, MA - Agganis
06-21 New York, NY - Hammerstein
^ with Raury
Watch Macklemore & Ryan Lewis perform "White Privilege II" on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."
Photo by Jason Quigley
On June 17, Neko Case, k.d. lang, and Laura Veirs will release a new collaborative album, case/lang/veirs. Out June 17 on ANTI-, it'll be accompanied by a North American tour this summer. Below, check out the dates and LP artwork, and scroll down to hear new track "Atomic Number" and watch an album trailer.
The collaboration was first floated "several years ago" when lang sent Case and Veirs an email reading, "I think we should make a record together," according to a press release. Both lang and Case went on to contribute to Veirs' 2013 album Warp and Weft. The trio recorded the new record in Portland, Oregon, with producer Tucker Martine, between lang's loft and Veirs' dining room and backyard studio.
case/lang/veirs:
01 Atomic Number
02 Honey and Smoke
03 Song for Judee
04 Blue Fires
05 Delirium
06 Greens of June
07 Behind the Armory
08 Best Kept Secret
09 1,000 Miles Away
10 Supermoon
11 I Want to Be Here
12 Down I-5
13 Why Do We Fight
14 Georgia Stars
Neko Case, k.d. lang, and Laura Veirs:
06-22 San Diego, CA - Humphrey's
06-23 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre
06-25 Saratoga, CA - The Mountain Winery
06-26 Laytonville, CA - Kate Wolf Music Festival
06-28 Victoria, British Columbia - TD Victoria International Jazz Fest
06-30 Seattle, WA - Woodland Park Amphitheatre
07-02 Portland, OR - Oregon Zoo Amphitheatre
07-05 Bend, OR - Athletic Club of Bend
07-07 Reno, NV - Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater
07-10 Denver, CO - Denver Botanic Gardens
07-22 Newport, RI - Newport Folk Festival
07-24 Camden, NJ - XPoNential Music Festival
07-26 Brooklyn, NY - Prospect Park
07-27 Washington, DC - Lincoln Theatre
07-29 Atlanta, GA - Atlanta Botanical Garden
08-02 San Antonio, TX - Tobin Center for the Performing Arts
08-03 Austin, TX - Bass Performance Hall
08-09 Bayfield, WI - Big Top Chataqua
08-14 Winnipeg, MB - Interstellar Rodeo
Today, the I Don't Cares (The Replacements' Paul Westerberg and Juliana Hatfield) have shared the music video for Wild Stab track "Whole Lotta Nothin'." Done by Westerberg and Darren Hill, the video features Westerberg introducing himself as "Dale Westerberg" and teaching viewers how to write a song. (The following imagery recalls the similarly tongue-in-cheek "Bastard of Young" clip.) Watch it below.
Bob Mehr's Replacements' biography, Trouble Boys, is set to come out March 1 via Da Capo Press. It features interviews with various industry people and boasts heavy participation from Westerberg, Slim Dunlap, Tommy Stinson, and the late Bob Stinson's family members.
Read our Pitch piece, "Invisible Hits: The Replacements at Their Best—And Worst."
Public Enemy photo by Joseph Okpako / Getty Images; Chris Brown by Kevin Winter / Getty Images
Last night at the Oscars, Chris Rock used his platform as host to spotlight Hollywood's diversity crisis. As well as focusing several gags on the "Oscars So White" controversy, he also walked out on stage at the beginning of his monologue to Public Enemy's "Fight the Power." The song later played out the show as the credits rolled. Chuck D noticed, and took to Twitter to address the track's use. Watch TV footage of the closing credits below, and scroll down to read Chuck D's tweets.
"Fight the Power" was featured in Spike Lee's 1989 breakthrough film Do the Right Thing. In November, Lee received an honorary Oscar for his filmmaking work, but boycotted the 2016 ceremony due to the lack of nominations for actors of color.
Watch the opening monologue, including Chris Brown's walk-on, at Just Jared.
Anyone else digging the #FightThePower jam playing during the #Oscars credits? http://pic.twitter.com/rpUFTt72UV
— SheKnows (@SheKnows) February 29, 2016
We protested the grammies in 1989 because they HAD zero catagory for the genre. A 10 yr music at the time. It was for the entire artform-duh
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) February 29, 2016
Its the artform i WORKED in.It was my duty to fight for that respect.We unionized.Jeff&Will won it &we collectively applauded em #madeSense
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) February 29, 2016
I dont wanna hear about Oscars being white. Oscar been white. We have need black communities to support our ARTS as much as we do sports IMO
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) February 29, 2016
WHEN you CANNOT TEACH the ARTS in your community schools as HISTORY.You leave it up to the Govt & Corps to DEFINE you.Thus we wait for AWARD
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) February 29, 2016
ESPN TNT NBA & ABC is the reason StephCurry is a popular ICON.If you aint goin to the game you wont know. YET the equivalent in ARTS is ZERO
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) February 29, 2016
Schools been wack.There is a REASON folks dont know sht about music film history etc. But sportsworld will LEAVE you if you dumb on the game
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) February 29, 2016
Avg fan of music in 2016 fails any test when asked facts about it. Avg fan of sport passes the basics. In Black community its so EVIDENT
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) February 29, 2016
The USA govt cointelpro millennium plan; Dont teach them sht about the history of the sht they love & have them guessing instead of KNOWING
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) February 29, 2016
I toss a 100 sports names & many will know. Ill ask the last 100yrs of recording artists, actors, authors etc & watch fumbles all over my TL
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) February 29, 2016
Knowledge of the ARTS & a Passport is a good place to start if you wanna keep w these next 4 yrs. You aint gotta travel but your mind better
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) February 29, 2016
Oscars are like a TRADE show. If you aint in that business why should you care? Its like winter baseball meetings, how many care about that?
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) February 29, 2016
Black Community support the ARTS as education REFORM & stop waitin for corporations to educate you on something they just hustling our way
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) February 29, 2016
I seen folk past 20yrs wanna be actors in movies but ignore their school theater & plays ( if they had it) or Rappers dissin music classes
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) February 29, 2016
When FERGUSON was happening the STL radio stations STILL didnt support the MANY artists there locally & visiting who screamed to the world
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) February 29, 2016
The song FightThe Power is beyond me & the crew.The point of the song is a call to making change eventually not just applauding the thought
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) February 29, 2016
Art speaking. Fight The Power. Make change.Demand respect. Do your own awards RIGHT & give indie artists & actors a chance to make a LIVING
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) February 29, 2016
Again I mention the support of HipHop depends on IT being a Academy of its own. Where are the so called moguls? USC got 30m while HHHOF cant
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) February 29, 2016
RobertTownsend Rusty Cundiff and Matty Rich ....
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) February 29, 2016
People spend more time talkin about StacyDash while NOT even knowing who JulieDash IS when they can look her up in their attached phones-smh
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) February 29, 2016
Well pay attention to what artists do now & could be the future. Fight The Power & DoTheRightThing zero in 1990 DrivingMissDaisy & GLORY won
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) February 29, 2016
Deftones recently announced their new album, Gore. Now, they've announced a U.S. tour in support of the record. Below, check out the full list of dates, including a few previously announced European shows.
The band recently dropped the album's first single, "Prayers/Triangles," and shared the tracklist and album art.
Deftones:
03-05 Costa Mesa, CA - Musink Festival
03-16 Mission, TX - Never Say Never Festival
03-18 Austin, TX - SPIN Party at Stubb's
03-19 San Antonio, TX - Lonestar Events Center
03-20 Dallas, TX - South Side Ballroom
03-22 Houston, TX - Revention Music Center
03-24 Lubbock, TX - Lonestar Pavilion
05-08 Concord, NC - Carolina Rebellion
05-10 Memphis, TN - Minglewood Hall
05-11 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
05-13 Pompano Beach, FL - Pompano Beach Amphitheatre
05-14 Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues
05-15 Atlanta, GA - Shaky Knees Festival
05-17 St. Augustine, FL - St. Augustine Amphitheatre
05-18 New Orleans, LA - Orpheum Theatre
05-20 Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theatre
05-21 Maryland Heights, MO - KPNT Pointfest
05-22 Columbus, OH - Rock on the Range
05-24 Sioux Falls, SD - The District
05-25 Wichita, KS - Cotillion Ballroom
05-26 Oklahoma City, OK - Criterion Theater
05-28 El Paso, TX - Neon Desert Festival
06-03 London, England - The SSE Arena Wembley
06-04 Mendig, Germany - Rock AM Ring
06-05 Nürnberg, Germany - Rock IM Park
06-10 Paris, France - Download Festival
06-11 Derby, UK - Download Festival
06-14 Cologne, Germany - Palladium
06-15 Berlin, Germany - Columbiahalle
06-17 Aarhus, Denmark - NorthSide Festival
06-18 Reykjavik, Iceland - Secret Solstice
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Sam Smith has won the Best Original Song Oscar for "Writing's on the Wall," his contribution to the James Bond film Spectre. He won over the Weeknd, Lady Gaga, Anohni & J. Ralph, and David Lang. Smith performed the song live earlier tonight.
Read "What Music Fans Need to Know About the 2016 Oscars" on the Pitch.
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During tonight's Academy Awards, Lady Gaga performed "Til It Happens to You," from the campus sexual assault documentary The Hunting Ground. Wearing a white suit, she played a large white piano. At the song's crescendo, she was joined by a crowd of survivors on stage. The song, written by Diane Warren with Gaga, is nominated for Best Original Song. Gaga's performance was introduced by Vice President Joe Biden with a speech about preventing sexual assault and encouraging people to visit ItsOnUs.org. Watch the performance below.
This afternoon, Gaga tweeted:
.@kesharose I'll be thinking of u 2nite. This is not over we'll stand by u until you are free to live a HAPPY life. Everyone deserves that.
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) February 28, 2016
Earlier this month, Gaga performed the "Star-Spangled Banner" at the Super Bowl and a David Bowie tribute at the Grammys. She also won a Golden Globe for her performance in American Horror Story: Hotel.
Read "What Music Fans Need to Know About the 2016 Oscars" on the Pitch.
#Oscars: Watch @LadyGaga perform 'Til It Happens to You', up for Best Original Song tonight https://t.co/cv45ZqaBaE https://t.co/dXWQvkAOvC
— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) February 29, 2016
Watch the video for "Til It Happens to You":
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Ennio Morricone has won the 2016 Best Original Score Academy Award for his music for Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight. Morricone beat John Williams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Carter Burwell (Carol), Jóhann Jóhannsson (Sicario), and Thomas Newman (Bridge of Spies) for the Oscar.
Morricone was previously nominated for Days of Heaven, The Mission, The Untouchables, Bugsy, and Malèna. (In 2006, he won an honorary Oscar.) Morricone recently won the Best Original Score Golden Globe for The Hateful Eight.
Listen to The Hateful Eight's opening track "L'Ultima Diligenza di Red Rock - Versione Integrale" and watch the trailer below.
Read "What Music Fans Need to Know About the 2016 Oscars" on the Pitch.
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Dave Grohl wasn't nominated for an Oscar this year, but as promised, he delivered a special performance. He sang the Beatles' "Blackbird" during the Academy Awards' annual "In Memoriam" segment. Watch video below.
David Bowie was honored in the segment. They played a clip from his appearance in Zoolander.
ANOHNI, one of the nominees for Best Original Song, was not asked to perform at this year's Oscars, due to "time constraints." Read her thoughts about that in her essay "Why I Am Not Attending the Academy Awards."
Before Grohl's performance, the Foo Fighters Twitter account sent out a message of support for ANOHNI:
This one's for you, my friend. https://t.co/u2iYNQbRsS
— Foo Fighters (@foofighters) February 29, 2016
Foo Fighters' HBO series Sonic Highways won two Emmys and was nominated for the Best Music Film Grammy.
Read "What Music Fans Need to Know About the 2016 Oscars" on the Pitch.
Amy, Asif Kapadia's documentary about Amy Winehouse, has won the 2016 Oscar for Best Documentary. It beat the Nina Simone documentary What Happened Miss Simone?, as well as Cartel Land, The Look of Silence, and Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom.
Read our Pitch piece "We All Destroyed Amy Winehouse" and review of the soundtrack.
Read "What Music Fans Need to Know About the 2016 Oscars" on the Pitch.
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Tonight at the Oscars, the Weeknd performed his Best Original Song-nominated track "Earned It" from Fifty Shades of Grey. Surrounded by candles and chandeliers, he sang the track alongside a team of dancers and a string section. (The performance looked an awful lot like the song's music video.) Watch it happen below.
Earlier this month, "Earned It" won the Grammy for Best R&B Performance. The Weeknd also performed at the Grammys and the BRITs.
Read "What Music Fans Need to Know About the 2016 Oscars" on the Pitch, and read our interview with the Weeknd.
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At tonight's Oscars ceremony, Sam Smith performed his song "Writing's on the Wall," from the James Bond film Spectre. It's one of the nominees for Best Original Song. "Writing's on the Wall" was co-written by Smith and Jimmy Napes; it was produced by Disclosure. Watch video of the performance below.
Smith was introduced by Sarah Silverman, who made jokes about sleeping with James Bond. After Smith's performance, Chris Rock made a joke about confusing Smith with George Michael, saying "Father Figure" is his "favorite song."
Earlier this year, "Writing's on the Wall" won the Golden Globe for Best Original Song. In an interview after the win, he revealed that he hadn't listened to Radiohead's "Spectre," which was originally written as a possible theme for the Bond movie. He also implied that he didn't care to ever hear it.
Read "What Music Fans Need to Know About the 2016 Oscars" on the Pitch.
Watch the music video for "Writing's on the Wall":
Arca has announced a new album called Reverie. He broke the news on Instagram this morning. Watch a short teaser clip below.
Read "Arca's Warped Beauty", our interview with the producer.
Read Philip Sherburne's "The Year in Electronic Music".
James Atkins, the bass player in Hammerbox and a stalwart of the Seattle music scene, died yesterday of esophageal cancer. He was 49.
In the late 1980s, Hammerbox formed in Seattle, where they amassed a cult following and played shows with Iggy Pop, Joan Jett, and others. In 1991 they released their self-titled debut album on C/Z, before signing to major label A&M for 1993's Numb. They were dropped, and split following year when singer Carrie Aker left to form Goodness. Atkins went on to play in Seattle bands such as Anodyne, which also featured Hammerbox guitarist Harris Thurmond, and Softy.
Hammerbox reunited in 2004, selling out a show at Seattle EMP released the following year as a live album. Last December, they reunited again to play a benefit for Atkins after his cancer diagnosis. The Gits (with Rachel Flotard on vocals), Coffin Break, and Alcohol Funnycar also reunited for the show.
Atkins died "surrounded by friends and his favorite music, including AC/DC, Motörhead, Soul Asylum, and The Replacements," according to a press release. Carrie Akre said, "James deeply loved his rock ‘n roll and adored his Pacific Northwest friends. He moved back over a year ago and to him, he was coming home. We are privileged to have known and played music with him."
Photo via Killer Mike's Instagram
Last August, Black Lives Matter protestors interrupted a Bernie Sanders rally in Seattle. Sanders allowed them to take the stage before organizers ended the event. This past week, another activist for the movement interrupted Hillary Clinton during a speech in South Carolina. The protestor questioned Clinton's political record, the two had a brief back-and-forth, and then the visitor was escorted away from the event. Sanders' biggest Jewel-Running supporter Killer Mike has been in South Carolina to campaign for Sanders for the state's Democratic primary election (which takes place today). Last night, in a speech at Claflin University, Mike strongly criticized Clinton for not allowing the protestor to speak, compared to Sanders, who stepped aside upon interruption. Watch Mike's speech, as well as the incident at the Clinton rally below, via Stereogum.
In addition to speaking at Claflin, Mike appeared on MSNBC. In an interview with Chris Hayes, he talks about his history of political activism, as well as the role he plays in the campaign as a rapper. Mike also suggests that Sanders trails Clinton in the South Carolina polls because her name is better known than his. (Clinton has since won the primary election.) Watch the whole thing below.
Killer Mike recently caught some flak for comments he made about Hillary Clinton, stating that "a uterus doesn't qualify you to be president of the United States. You have to have policy that's reflective of social justice." Mike later clarified, however, that he was quoting a progressive woman who had spoken to him about why she wasn't planning to vote for Clinton.
Mike has been very busy throughout this election cycle. He interviewed Sanders at length in December. He's also spoken at a Sanders rally in Atlanta, talked about him on "Colbert," been on a panel with him about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and represented him in a post-debate spin room. Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog even interviewed Mike in a 2016 election special.
In addition to his work for Bernie, Mike discussed the controversy surrounding Beyoncé's "Formation" on HBO's "Real Time With Bill Maher." He also recently penned an op-ed for CNN about a Supreme Court case concerning rap and the First Amendment.
Read our feature "Run the Jewels: Last Rappers Standing."
Watch Killer Mike and El-P on an episode of Pitchfork.tv's "Over/Under":
Diplo and Skrillex's self-titled Jack Ü album came out one year ago today. To mark the occasion, the duo have released a music video for their Kai-featuring track "Mind," which features a recap of the duo's past 12 months. Watch them travel to Machu Picchu, tour across Canada on a train, head to Thailand's Grand Palace, play halftime of a Clippers game, headline HARD Summer, and more. Watch the Liam Underwood-directed clip below.
In 2004, David Bowie released the concert film A Reality Tour, which was filmed at the 2003 Dublin performances of his final tour. In 2010, a live album of those shows was released. On June 3, Friday Music will reissue the album in a 3xLP box set on 180-gram translucent blue vinyl. Find the tracklist and more details here.
Read our "Afterword" feature on Bowie.
Watch him perform "Rebel Rebel" in A Reality Tour:
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This year, Arcade Fire will receive the Allan Waters Humanitarian Award during this year's Juno Awards Gala Dinner & Awards, Billboard reports. The band has raised roughly $9.6 million USD, trained volunteers, and "engaged over 500,000 fans in the fight for the people of Haiti."
"It is an honour. We are very thankful," said Regine Chassagne in a statement. "It helps us continue the work."
In 2006, Arcade Fire began donating a dollar of each concert ticket sold to Partners in Health, a nonprofit organization that helps provide health care to poverty-stricken areas of the world.
The Juno Gala Dinner & Awards will take place on April 2 in Calgary, Alberta, which is the day before the awards show ceremony.
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Yoko Ono was rushed to the hospital tonight in New York. Though initial reports indicated that Ono was found unconscious at her apartment after suffering a possible stroke, Ono's representative Elliot Mintz told the Associated Press that she was hospitalized for flu-like symptoms on her doctor's advice. He added that she will likely be released from the hospital shortly, possibly as soon as Saturday. Update (2/27 12:18 a.m. EST): Yoko Ono's son Sean Ono Lennon has tweeted that his mother "is FINE." He says that she was just tired and dehydrated. See his tweets below.
Ono was taken to New York's Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital. Her husband John Lennon died at the same hospital after being shot in 1980.
Hey guys it was only rumors from press: was NOT a stroke, just dehydration/tired. She is FINE. Thank you everyone for your concern @yokoono
— Sean Ono Lennon (@seanonolennon) February 27, 2016
Only stroke @yokoono had was a Stroke of Genius! :-) She's really fine. Thanks for all the well wishes! Big Love, Sean
— Sean Ono Lennon (@seanonolennon) February 27, 2016
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Yesterday, singer/songwriter Larkin Grimm claimed that Swans frontman Michael Gira raped her in spring 2008, when she was recording her album Parplar for Gira's Young God label. In a Facebook post yesterday, she said she confronted Gira and he then dropped her from his label. Gira called Grimm's accusations "a slanderous lie" on his personal Facebook page. In an official statement through his publicist, Gira has acknowledged the spring 2008 night in question, but calls the incident "an awkward mistake." Read his full statement below. Update (2/27, 9:40 a.m.):Grimm sent us a statement in response to Gira's comments, which she calls "an admission of guilt." Read it below.
Gira:
Eight years ago, while I was still married to my first wife, Larkin Grimm and I headed towards a consensual romantic moment that fortunately was not consummated. As she wrote in her recent social media postings about that night, I said to her, "this doesn't feel right," and abruptly but completely our only intimate encounter ended. It was an awkward mistake.
Larkin may regret, as I certainly do, that the ill-advised tryst went even that far, but now, as then, I hold her in high esteem for her music and her courage as an artist.
I long ago apologized to my wife and family and told them the truth about this incident. My hope is that Larkin finds peace with the demons that have been darkening her soul since long before she and I ever met.
Grimm:
This is a perfect example of why we need to have education about consent. In a gentlemanly move he admits the act happened but cannot conceive of himself as a rapist. Thank you Michael Gira for your honesty. This is your truth as you remember it. Unfortunately, this was still rape. I said no to you many times before that day, begged you not to interfere with me sexually, even made it a part of a verbal agreement we had when I signed a contract with you. I asked you to promise that you would never have sex with me. You assured me that I could trust you. That is about as clear a NO as I could ever cry. I asked for this because I had had other experiences in my music career and I KNEW.
That night I was far too intoxicated to give you consent for any sexual act. The psychological effects of this betrayal were devastating. Even worse, when I finally confronted you about what you had done, you terminated my relationship with Young God Records, damaging my career and leading people to believe there was something wrong with me or my music.
In the end, this is about business. Art is my career. I have worked long and hard for this career, making incredible sacrifices along the way to continue to make music. The fact that a man in power can throw a women's life and work away like they are garbage, simply because she won't sleep with him, is an immoral injustice that happens to many, many women in music. I won't stand for it and neither should you.
The "Demons darkening my soul" are the men like you who interfere with my ability to do my work as a musician. This is a job I am good at. All I want is to be left in peace while I am working.
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Yoko Ono has been taken to the hospital after possibly suffering a stroke, according to CBS New York. She was found unconscious in her apartment and then rushed to a Manhattan hospital, the FDNY told CBS. Pitchfork has reached out to Ono's representatives for comment. Update (2/26 11:59 EST): Ono's representative Elliot Mintz has told the Associated Press that she was hospitalized for flu-like symptoms on her doctor's advice. He added that she will likely be released from the hospital shortly, possibly as soon as Saturday.
Ono was taken to New York's Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital. Her husband John Lennon died at the same hospital after being shot in 1980.
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Yoko Ono has been taken to the hospital after possibly suffering a stroke, according to CBS New York. She was found unconscious in her apartment and then rushed to a Manhattan hospital, the FDNY told CBS. Pitchfork has reached out to Ono's representatives for comment.
Ono was taken to New York's Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital. Her husband John Lennon died at the same hospital after being shot in 1980.
Last year, Chief Keef recruited A$AP Rocky for "Superheroes" from his album Bang 3. Today, they've shared the visual for the track. In it, the two rappers and their crews hang around a Lamborghini. Watch the Phil Jackson-directed video below.
A$AP Rocky has been releasing new music on a weekly basis lately for his "Wavy Wednesday" series. This past week, he shared a remix of A$AP Mob's "Hella Hoes" featuring Danny Brown.
Watch A$AP Rocky freestyle on an episode of Pitchfork.tv's "Selector":
