Arthur Russell’s archives will be displayed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music for an exhibition called Do What I Want: The Experimental World of Arthur Russell. Presented by BAM Visual Art, Russell’s estate, and Russell’s partner Tom Lee, the exhibition will be open from March 1 to May 14 and is free to the public. The exhibition features more than 150 items, including a selection of Russell’s own notes, scores, photos, test pressings, show fliers, and album covers. There are also never-before-heard recordings from his personal working tapes.
Do What I Want will include listening stations featuring playlists spanning Russell’s discography. The playlists were compiled by Steve Knutson of Audika Records, who released much of Russell’s music. The exhibit was organized by curators Nicole Will and Jonathan Hiam.
Last year, Russell’s archives were obtained by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. The full archive contains letters, photographs, unreleased recorded material contained on cassette tapes, VHS, reel, DATs, Beta, and more. The library has digitally archived the unreleased material with the intention to make those materials available to the public.
04-15 Indio, CA - Coachella
04-22 Indio, CA - Coachella
08-01 Vancouver, British Columbia - Rogers Arena
08-03 Edmonton, Alberta - Rogers Place
08-05 Tacoma, WA - Tacoma Dome
08-08 Los Angeles, CA - The Forum
08-11 Las Vegas, NV - T-Mobile Arena
08-13 San Francisco, CA - AT&T Park
08-15 Sacramento, CA - Golden 1 Center
08-19 Omaha, NB - Centurylink Center
08-21 St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
08-23 Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena
08-25 Chicago, IL - Wrigley Field
08-28 New York, NY - Citi Field
09-01 Boston, MA - Fenway Park
09-04 Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre
09-06 Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre
09-10 Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center
09-15 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Rock in Rio Festival
09-22 Barcelona, Spain - Palau Sant Jordi
09-24 Zurich, Switzerland - Hallenstadion
09-26 Milan, Italy - Mediolanum Forum
09-29 Hamburg, Germany - Barclaycard Arena
10-01 Antwerp, Belgium - Sportpaleis
10-03 Amsterdam, the Netherlands - Ziggo Dome
10-06 Paris, France - Accorhotels Arena
10-09 London, England - O2 Arena
10-15 Birmingham, England - Barclaycard Arena
10-17 Manchester, England - Manchester Arena
10-21 Copenhagen, Denmark - Royal Arena
10-23 Stockholm, Sweden - Ericsson Globe
10-26 Berlin, Germany - Mercedes-Benz Arena
10-28 Koln, Germany - Lanxess Arena
11-05 Indianapolis, IN - Bankers Life Fieldhouse
11-07 Detroit, MI - Little Caesars Arena
11-10 Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun
11-13 Louisville, KY - KFC Yum! Center
11-15 Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center
11-16 St. Louis, MO - Scottrade Center
11-19 Washington, DC - Verizon Center
11-20 Pittsburgh, PA - PPG Paints Arena
11-28 Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena
11-30 Miami, FL - American Airlines Arena
12-01 Tampa, FL - Amalie Arena
12-03 Houston, TX - Toyota Center
12-05 Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center
12-08 Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
12-09 Oklahoma City, OK - Chesapeake Energy Arena
12-12 Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
12-14 Salt Lake City, UT - Vivint Smart Home Arena
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has announced that information about users registered on its website (a process required to purchase tickets for the festival) has been digitally compromised. The below statement, emailed to account holders, was forwarded to Pitchfork. A representative for AEG, the company behind Coachella, confirmed that the statement is official. “We recently discovered that unauthorized third parties illegally gained access to the usernames, first and last names, shipping addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth individuals provided to Coachella,” an email to account holders reads. “We have confirmed that no user passwords were stolen.” The statement follows a recent Motherboard report claiming that hacked Coachella account data was being sold on the dark web.
According to the statement, an investigation found that “no financial information was accessed.” The statement also says the festival has “taken measures to block further unauthorized access” and has reported the incident to the appropriate authorities. The statement continues:
Please be aware that you may be targeted by phishing emails sent from people impersonating Coachella personnel. Please remember that Coachella will never solicit personal information or account information from you via email. Please exercise caution if you receive any emails or phone calls that ask for such information, or direct you to web sites where you are asked for personal or financial information. Festival ticketing purchase accounts were not affected by this incident, however festival attendees may want to consider changing any passwords that they have shared with others.
Big Walnuts Yonder—a new band comprised of bassist/vocalist Mike Watt (Minutemen, the Stooges), guitarist Nels Cline (Wilco, Nels Cline Singers), drummer Greg Saunier (Deerhoof), and guitarist/vocalist Nick Reinhart (Tera Melos)—have announced their debut album. The self-titled album is out May 5 via Sargent House. The first offering from the release is a new song called “Raise the Drawbridges?”—find the track, tracklist, and cover art below.
The idea for Big Walnuts Yonder began in 2008 when Watt and Reinhart toured together in Japan, later enlisting Cline who insisted Reinhart pick the drummer (Saunier). But they didn’t play any music together until six years later. The album was recorded in just three days in summer 2014 in Brooklyn, NY with former Pere Ubu bassist Tony Maimone as engineer. “It was this concentrated sort of freakout,” Saunier said of the sessions in a press release. “We basically had to invent a new band on the spot.” In 2010, Mike Watt and Nels Cline formed a new group with Yuka Honda and Dougie Bowne called Floored by Four.
01 All Against All
02 Sponge Bath
03 Flare Star Phantom
04 I Got Marty Feldman Eyes
05 Raise the Drawbridges?
06 Ready to Pop!
07 Forgot to Brush
08 Rapid Driver Moon Inhaler
09 Pud
10 Heat Melter
YouTube has announced a new alternative to cable or satellite television, CNBC reports. YouTube TV is a live and on-demand TV subscription service. The service will feature a DVR-style recording service with unlimited cloud storage. Subscriptions will cost $35 per month, and subscribers will have access to up to 40 networks and original content from YouTube Red. All four major networks will be included (ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC) as well as channels like ESPN, USA, FX, and more. Other channels like Showtime will be made available for an additional fee. YouTube TV does not have a set arrival date, but it’s set to launch in the U.S. within the next few months. Get notifications about the service’s launch date, and watch a demo below.
Naturally, there are gaps in the service. Viacom and Turner networks such as Comedy Central, MTV, TBS, CNN, and Cartoon Network weren’t listed in the launch announcement, The Verge points out. AMC Networks, Discovery Communications, and A+E Networks are also missing from the announcement. While Showtime is listed as an add-on premium channel, HBO is not. Hulu previously announced plans to launch a similar service.
Kim Gordonhas revealed in a new interview withClashthat she has scored a film for James Franco, calling the movie “problematic, I think.” When asked about if she has any desire to do more work in film scoring, Gordon said, “I like doing it but it depends on the director and how much freedom you have… I did one on my own recently for a film that I don’t know what happened to” (referencing Franco’s movie). Read the full interviewhere.
Fleet Foxes have announced four new shows at Sydney Opera House’s Concert Hall. They are part of Australia’s annual Vivid LIVE festival, and take place from Friday, May 26 through Monday the 29th. The band will play material from their forthcoming third LP at the festival. In conjunction with the concert announcement, frontman Robin Pecknold has shared a playlist of music that influenced him and the band while making the album. It includes tracks by Curtis Mayfield (whom he covered), Karen Dalton, Stravinsky, and more. Check it out below. Scroll down for Fleet Foxes’ upcoming tour itinerary.
Pecknold has teased the follow-up to 2011’s Helplessness Blues for quite some time now. In November, he said the album is “alllllmost done,” and later revealed it’s 11 tracks and “55ish minutes” with “some folk-soul songs.” Recently, he told a fan, “songs soon!” on Instagram.
Fleet Foxes:
05-26-29 Sydney, Australia - Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
07-01 Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain - Vida Festival
07-03 Turin, Italy - Piazza Castello
07-06-08 Bilbao, Spain - Bilboa BBK Live
07-13 Dublin, Ireland - Iveagh Gardens
07-14 Dublin, Ireland - Iveagh Gardens
07-28 Newport, RI - Newport Folk Festival
Watch Robin Pecknold perform with the Gene Clark No Other Band, via Pitchfork.tv:
Rihanna is accepting the honor of Harvard’s Humanitarian of the Year today at the university’s campus today. Watch the live stream of the ceremony below.
Rihanna is being awarded the honor in recognition of her many humanitarian projects, such as her building a breast cancer diagnosis and treatment facility in Barbados, and creating a scholarship program for students attending U.S. colleges from Caribbean countries. Previous recipients include Ban Ki-moon, Malala Yousafzai, and actor James Earl Jones. Rihanna’s last album, ANTI, was released last year.
Run the Jewels are currently on tour behind their excellent record RJT3. On March 1, they will perform the last of three shows at Terminal 5 in New York City. Pitchfork is happy to announce that we will stream the concert live on our homepage and through Facebook Live. It’s the first show in our new Pitchfork Live series, featuring live streams that will occur throughout the year as Pitchfork covers concerts and events around the country. The Pitchfork Live stream of Run the Jewels’ Terminal 5 show begins at 10 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, March 1. See the rest of RTJ’s upcoming tour dates below.
03-01 New York, NY - Terminal 5
03-11 New Orleans, LA - BUKU Music + Art Project
03-14 Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore (Octoberlaunch party)
03-29 Belfast, Ireland - Limelight
03-30 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia
03-31 Manchester, England - Albert Hall
04-01 London, England - Roundhouse
04-03 Mayrhofen, Austria - Snowbombing
04-05 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
04-06 Brussels, Belgium - AB Main Hall
04-07 Paris, France - Élysée Montmartre
04-29 Fort Worth, TX - Fortress Festival
05-05-07 Miami, FL - Rolling Loud Festival
05-26-28 Boston, MA - Boston Calling
05-26-28 Township, IL - Summer Camp Music Festival
06-02 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound
06-03 London, England - Field Day
06-09-12 Bethel, NY - Mysteryland USA
06-09 Aarhus, Denmark - Northside Festival
06-16 Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands - Best Kept Secret Festival
07-14-16 Louisville, KY - Forecastle Festival
07-15-16 Birmingham, AL - Sloss Music & Arts Festival
07-22 San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
Depeche Mode have announced new tour dates for North America. The new leg of their world tour behind upcoming album Spirit kicks off August 23 in Salt Lake City at the USANA Amphitheatre. The band most recently shared the music video for their new song “Where’s the Revolution.” You can find their tour dates below. Spirit is out March 17 via Columbia. Depeche Mode’s last album was 2013’s Delta Machine.
Read Pitchfork’s interview with Depeche Mode vocalist Dave Gahan.
Depeche Mode:
05-05 Stockholm, Sweden - Friends Arena
05-07 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Ziggo Dome
05-09 Antwerp, Belgium - Sportpaleis
05-12 Nice, France - Stade Charles-Ehrmann
05-14 Ljubljana, Slovenia - Dvorana Stožice
05-17 Athens, Greece - Terra Vibe Park
05-20 Bratislava, Slovakia - Štadión Pasienky
05-22 Budapest, Hungary - Groupama Aréna
05-24 Prague, Czech Republic - Eden Aréna
05-27 Leipzig, Germany - Festwiese
05-29 Lille, France - Stade Pierre-Mauroy
05-31 Copenhagen, Denmark - Telia Parken
06-03 London, England - London Stadium
06-05 Cologne, Germany - RheinEnergieStadion
06-09 Munich, Germany - Olympiastadion
06-11 Hannover, Germany - HDI Arena
06-18 Zurich, Switzerland - Letzigrund Stadion
06-20 Frankfurt, Germany - Commerzbank-Arena
06-22 Berlin, Germany - Olympiastadion
06-25 Rome, Italy - Stadio Olimpico
06-27 Milan, Italy - Stadio San Siro
06-29 Bologna, Italy - Stadio Rentao Dall'Ara
07-01 Paris, France - Stade de France
07-04 Gelsenkirchen, Germany - Veltins-Arena
07-06 Bilbao, Spain - BBK Live Festival
07-08 Lisbon, Portugal - NOS Alive Festival
07-13 St. Petersburg, Russia - SKK
07-15 Moscow, Russia - Otkritie Arena
07-17 Minsk, Belarus - Minsk-Arena
07-19 Kiev, Ukraine - Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex
07-21 Warsaw, Poland - PGE Narodowy
07-23 Cluj-Napoca, Romania - Cluj Arena
08-23 Salt Lake City, UT - USANA Amphitheatre
08-25 Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
08-27 Detroit, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre
08-30 Chicago, IL - Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
09-01 Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
09-03 Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre
09-05 Montreal, Quebec - Centre Bell
09-07 Washington, DC - Verizon Center
09-09 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
09-11 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
09-13 Tampa, FL - MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre
09-15 Miami, FL - American Airlines Arena
09-18 Nashville, TN - Ascend Amphitheater
09-20 Austin, TX - Austin360 Amphitheatre
09-22 Dallas, TX - Starplex Pavilion
09-24 Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
09-27 Phoenix, AZ - AK-Chin Pavilion
09-30 Las Vegas, NV - T-Mobile Arena
10-02 Santa Barbara, CA - Santa Barbara County Bowl
10-06 San Diego, CA - Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
10-08 San Jose, CA - SAP Center
10-10 Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena
10-12 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl
10-14 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl
10-21 Seattle, WA - KeyArena
10-23 Portland, OR - Moda Center
10-25 Vancouver, British Columbia - Rogers Arena
10-27 Edmonton, Alberta - Rogers Place
Lorde has released another mysterious video featuring a clip of new music. It was posted on Lorde’s cryptic new website, imwaitingforit.com. Yesterday, a different clip featuring similar music was also posted on the site and appeared in ads that aired on TV in Lorde’s native New Zealand. Both teasers indicate that something is happening on March 2 in NYC and March 3 in New Zealand. Watch them below.
Lorde has long been at work on the follow-up to 2013’s Pure Heroine, with speculation intensifying this year as she lines up festival appearances including Coachella, Bonnaroo, and Governors Ball.
Modest Mouse have announced a new US tour. It kicks off May 23 in Spokane, Washington, and includes shows in Oregon, California, Missouri, and more. Check out the band’s full list of tour stops below. Modest Mouse’s last album, Strangers to Ourselves, arrived in 2015. They hit the road alongside Brand New in a co-headlining tour last year.
Modest Mouse:
05-23 Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory 05-24 Eugene, OR - Cuthbert Amphitheater 05-26 Napa, CA - BottleRock 05-28 Pomona, CA - Fox Theater 05-30 San Diego, CA - Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre 05-31 Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom 06-02 Anaheim, CA - House of Blues 06-03 Las Vegas, NV - Brooklyn Bowl 06-05 Salt Lake City, UT - Rockwell Room @ the Complex 06-08 Oklahoma City, OK - Diamond Ballroom 06-09 St Louis, MO - The Pageant 06-10 Lincoln, NE - Pinewood Bowl
Watch Pitchfork Classic’s episode on Modest Mouse’s The Lonesome Crowded West on Pitchfork.tv:
Last year, Comedy Centralannounced a partnership with Bonnaroo parent company Superfly to produce a three-day comedy and music festival in San Francisco in summer 2017. Now, the company has detailed the lineup for the festival. The first-ever Colossal Clusterfest will feature performances by Jerry Seinfeld, Kevin Hart, Ice Cube, Tegan & Sara, Hannibal Buress, Fred Armisen, Reggie Watts, and more. Sarah Silverman, Chris Hardwick, and Chromeo have also been announced for the festival, which takes place in San Francisco from June 2-4 at the Civic Center Plaza and the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. There will also be three onsite attractions at the festival, themed around “South Park,” “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” and “Seinfeld.” Check out a trailer for the festival below.
03-20 Paris, France - Café De La Danse
03-21 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Zonnehuis
03-24 London, England - Rio Cinema Dalston
03-26 Glasgow, Scotland - 6Music Festival
04-12 San Diego, CA - Humphrey’s
04-14 Indio, CA - Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
04-21 Indio, CA - Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
05-05 Toronto, Ontario - Royal Alexandra Theatre
05-06 Toronto, Ontario - Royal Alexandra Theatre
05-10 Brooklyn, NY - Kings Theatre
05-13 Mayer, AZ - FORM Arcosanti Festival
05-15 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre
05-24 Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre
05-26 Burnaby, British Columbia - Festival Lawn at Deer Lake Park
06-07 Mexico City, Mexico - Metropolitan Theatre
06-22-24 Oslo, Norway - Piknik I Parken Festival
06-23-25 Ewjik, Netherlands - Down the Rabbit Hole Festival
07-28-30 Niigata, Japan - Fuju Rock Festival
08-04-06 Montreal, Quebec - Osheaga Festival
08-31-09-03 Dorset, Elgnad - End of the Road Festival
Watch the Pure Comedy film:
Watch FJM perform “I Love You, Honeybear” for Pitchfork.tv’s “City of Music”:
Earlier this year, Ride announced their first new album in two decades would arrive this summer on Wichita Recordings. Now, the British shoegazers have revealed a new series of North American tour dates, including shows in New York, Boston, Toronto, and more. Check out the itinerary below. The band recently debuted two new songs from their forthcoming record: “Charm Assault” and “Home is a Feeling.”
Revisit our 5-10-15-20 interview with Ride frontman Andy Bell.
Ride:
07-17 Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall
07-19 Boston, MA - Royale
07-20 New York, NY - Terminal 5
07-22 Philadelphia, PA - TLA
07-23 Washington, DC - Sixth & I
Next month, the Jesus and Mary Chain will release Damage and Joy, their first album in 18 years. In addition to their upcoming European dates behind the record, the band have now announced a North American spring tour. This May, they will perform in Brooklyn, Chicago, Toronto, and more. Find their upcoming shows below.
The Jesus and Mary Chain:
03-23 Newcastle upon Tyne, England - Northumbria University 03-25 Manchester, England - Academy 03-27 Leeds, England - Church 03-28 Leicester, England - O2 Academy 03-29 Bristol, England - O2 Academy 03-31 Birmingham, England - O2 Institute 04-01 Bournemouth, England - O2 Academy 04-02 Oxford, England - O2 Academy 04-03 Cambridge, England - Junction 1 04-05 London, England - O2 Shepherds Bush Empire 04-06 Bexhill-on-Sea, England - De La Warr Pavilion 04-07 Dublin, Ireland - Academy
05-09 St. Paul, MN - The Palace
05-10 Chicago, IL - Riviera
05-12 Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall
05-14 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel
05-19 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
05-20 Oakland, CA - The Fox Theater
05-22 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
05-23 Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo
05-24 Vancouver, British Columbia - Vogue Theatre
The latest run of hip-hop inspired comic book variant covers from Marvel has been revealed, with the most notable one being Royals #1’s play on Frank Ocean’s Blondecover art. Other artists that are referenced in this new series include Tupac Shakur, Rae Sremmurd, Method Man, RZA, and more. Check out the variant cover below, and all of the newest ones here. In the past, artists like Beyoncé and Run the Jewels have gotten nods from Marvel in their cover series. Ocean most recently released a new song with Calvin Harris and Migos called “Slide.”
Slayer, Lamb of God, and Behemoth have announced a joint tour. The North America jaunt kicks off at the Sanford Center in Bemidji, Minnesota, and will take the band across the United States, with two shows in Canada as well. Check out the full tour schedule below. Slayer’s last album Repentlessand Lamb of God’s VII: Sturm und Drangwere issued in 2015. Behemoth’s latest LP, The Satanist, came out the year before.
Slayer:
07-12 Bemidji, MN - Sanford Center^*
07-13 Cadott, WI - Rock Fest^
07-15 Oshkosh, WI - Rock USA^
07-16 Chicago, IL - Chicago Open Air Festival^*
07-18 Columbus, OH - Express Live!^*
07-20 Raleigh, NC - Red Hat Amphitheater^*
07-21 St. Augustine, FL - St. Augustine Amphitheater^*
07-23 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory Outdoors^*
07-25 Boston, MA - Blue Hills Bank Pavilion^*
07-27 New York, NY - Theater at Madison Square Garden^*
07-28 Baltimore, MD - Pier Six Pavilion^*
07-30 Nashville, TN - Municipal Auditorium^*
08-01 Bonner Springs, KS - Providence Medical Center Amphitheater^*
08-02 Denver, CO - 1st Bank Center^*
08-04 Las Vegas, NV - The Joint^*
08-05 Los Angeles, CA - The Forum^*
08-09 San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium^*
08-11 Eugene, OR - The Cuthbert Amphitheater^*
08-12 Seattle, WA - WaMu Theatre^*
08-14 Dawson Creek, British Columbia - Encana Events Center^*
08-15 For McMurray, Alberta - SMS Equipment Stadium^*
08-17 Missoula, MT - KettleHouse Amphitheater^*
08-19 Albuquerque, NM - Isleta Amphitheater^*
08-20 Phoenix, AZ - Comerica Theater^*
Franz Ferdinand have announced a new U.S. tour. The band were previously announced to perform at Governor’s Ball festival in New York City, and now will perform headlining shows in Baltimore, Los Angeles, Nashville, New Haven, Charlottesville, and more. Find their full itinerary below. Franz Ferdinand’s last studio album, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action, arrived in 2013. Founding member and guitarist Nick McCarthy departed the group last summer. Most recently, frontman Alex Kapranos has been collaborating with members from Band of Horses, Midlake, and Grandaddy in a new supergroup called BNQT.
Franz Ferdinand:
05-21 Gulf Shores, AL - Hangout Music Festival
05-22 Nashville, TN - Exit/In
05-23 Charlotte, NC - The Underground
05-25 Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theatre
05-26 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
05-27 Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE
05-28 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
05-30 Louisville, KY - Mercury Ballroom
05-31 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
06-02 Toronto, Ontario - Danforth Music Hall
06-03 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis
06-04 New York, NY - Governor's Ball
06-07 New Haven, CT - College Street Music Hall
06-08 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street
06-11 Oceanside, CA - Oceanside Pier Amphitheater
06-12 Los Angeles, CA - The Regent Theater
06-14 Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live!
06-15 Charlottesville, VA - Jefferson Theater
06-16 Dover, DE - Firefly Music Festival
07-21-23 The Lake District, England - Kendal Calling
07-28-30 Benidorm, Spain - Low Festival
08-03-05 Luhmühlen, Germany - A Summer's Tale
08-05 Inverness-shire, Scotland - Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival
08-26 Charleville Mezieres, France - Cabaret Vert
08-27 Portsmouth, England - Victorious Festival
08-29 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
08-30 Antwerp, Belgium - Rivierenhof
Watch Franz Ferdinand perform “Love Illumination” on Pitchfork.tv:
U2 have been accused of lifting elements of their Achtung Baby song “The Fly” from English songwriter Paul Rose, Billboard reports. Rose claimed in a lawsuit filed Monday that U2, who signed to Island in 1989, heard a demo of Rose’s “Nae Slappin” while seeking inspiration for a new record. Rose’s lawsuit calls for a songwriting credit on “The Fly” and $5 million in damages and fees. “Although perhaps the most popular rock band in the world in the 1980s, by that decade's end the band felt in need of reinvigoration,” the lawsuit claims, according to Sky News. Hear the songs below.
Pitchfork has contacted representatives for U2 for comment.
2 Chainz and Gucci Mane were the musical guests on last night’s episode of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” Below, watch them perform “Good Drank,” with assistance from Mike Dean, Fonz Bentley, the Roots, and a gospel choir. Also check out a clip of Gucci Mane and 2 Chainz competing in a heated game of “Password.” Gucci teams up with “Breaking Bad”’s Aaron Paul, while 2 Chainz partners with “The Americans”’ Keri Russell. “Good Drank” appeared on 2 Chainz’s 2016 mixtape Hibachi For Lunch.
Kanye West and The-Dream have shared a new version of “Bed,” the song originally co-written by The-Dream for J. Holiday and released in 2007, as the Fader points out. The new version premiered during Kanye’s Yeezy Season 5 fashion show, where it played on a loop. The song that appeared on Ye’s Soundcloud early this morning—titled “BED YEEZY SEASON 5 (FT. THE DREAM)”—is also looped, lasting 17 minutes altogether, and doesn’t appear to feature Ye’s vocals. Check it out below and scroll down to hear the original.
Kanye’s “Ultralight Beam” was named Pitchfork’s 2016 Song of the Year, while The Life of Pablo landed at No. 5 on our Album of the Year list.
Tamizdat is a nonprofit organization geared toward helping musicians facing artist visa issues. The group has partnered with globalFest and BBC-affiliated radio program “PRI’s The World” for a SXSW showcase featuring artists from the seven countries targeted by Donald Trump’s immigration ban. Thus far, ContraBanned: #MusicUnites includes Iranian vocalist Mamak Khadem, Iranian producer Ash Koosha, and Somali duo Faarrow. It is set to take place at the Palm Door on Sixth in Austin on March 17. ContraBanned has started a Kickstarter campaign to to cover costs of flying and housing the participating artists. Organizers are seeking $15,000.
After Chance the Rapper’s three Grammy victories, Illinois governor Bruce Rauner shared his congratulations publicly. “Illinois is proud that you’re one of our own,” he tweeted. Chance replied, “Thank you Governor, I would love to have meeting with you this week if possible.” That private meeting will now take place this Wednesday. Chance announced on Twitter that they will get together to “address funding education in Chicago.” The Rauner Administration confirmed to Pitchfork that the Governor will meet with Chance this week. See Chance the Rapper and Gov. Rauner’s tweets below. Pitchfork has reached out to Chance’s representatives for more information and comment.
Recently, Chance responded to Donald Trump’s tweet where he threatened to “send in the Feds” to Chicago. “I hope he’s coming in to do some type of federal overturn of our state and city budgets in terms of schooling and housing,” he said. “It sounds like he was announcin’ he was going to war with Chicago.”
The 12th annual Pitchfork Music Festival takes place in Chicago’s Union Park from July 14–16. Today, Pitchfork is excited to announce the 2017 headliners. LCD Soundsystem will headline on Friday night, followed by A Tribe Called Quest on Saturday night, with Solange closing out the festival on Sunday.
Additionally, the Pitchfork Music Festival is honored to announce a special collaboration with Saint Heron, the innovative label and arts platform founded by Solange Knowles. The Saint Heron-curated event series will feature an onsite art installation, film screening, artist talks, late night jazz jam sessions, and more. These will take place from Thursday, July 13 through Sunday, July 16 at various locations throughout Chicago:
• Thursday, July 13th @ Black Cinema House at the Stony Island Arts Bank – Saint Heron curated evening of film and discussion
• Friday, July 14th @ Soho House Chicago – Poetry reading and discussion presented by Young Chicago Authors and Saint Heron
• Saturday, July 15th @ The Promontory – Saint Heron Presents an After Fest Jazz Jam & Party featuring the select house band and special surprise guests
• Friday, July 14th – Sunday, July 16th @ On-site Saint Heron Installation Space – Saint Heron will feature works from contemporary black art makers for the duration of the festival
Further details about the Saint Heron-curated event series and more of this year’s lineup will be announced in the weeks ahead.
As of today, ticket prices have increased to $75 a day, and $175 for a three-day pass. A layaway option for regularly priced three-day passes is also being offered, where you will be able to pay the $175 price over three installments. This offer will expire on March 1. Act quickly and get your tickets here!
This year, Pitchfork also announces Pitchfork +Plus—an additional ticket tier allowing attendees to enjoy exclusive amenities during the weekend, available at $365 for a three-day pass. Pitchfork +Plus passes include everything that General Admissions passes provide plus:
• Access to premium food vendors
• Access to private specialty bars (21+ area)
• Deluxe air-conditioned bathrooms
• Shaded seating areas
• Cell-phone charging stations
• Storage lockers*
• Exclusive and expedited entry to the festival
• “Come and Go” re-entry access to the festival grounds.
*Availability for storage lockers is limited and will be determined on a first come, first served basis daily.
The Pitchfork Music Festival continues to be one of the world’s most welcoming and exciting festivals, consistently dedicated to striking a balance between discovery and celebration. Stay tuned for further lineup announcements, as well as much more from Pitchfork Music Festival 2017!
For more ticket info, and to stay tuned on new amenities and additions to the 2017 Festival, visit the Festival website. Check out a photo gallery highlighting the best moments of the 2016 Fest here.
Andy Samberg was a guest at the Independent Spirit Awards this past weekend, held on Saturday evening in California. Impersonating Eddie Vedder, Samberg performed the Pearl Jam song “Alive” during the “Non Memoriam” segment, a parody of award shows’ “In Memoriam” tradition. After pointing out several actors in attendance who were very much alive, Samberg brought the focus to Fred Armisen, who promptly played dead. Check out a video clip below.
Soundgarden have announced a tour for 2017. The trek will begin on April 28 and pass through a clutch of U.S. cities over the following month. Find the full itinerary below. In 2016, Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell toured with Temple of the Dog, his early band with Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, and the drummer Matt Cameron. Soundgarden first reunited in 2010; their most recent album was 2012’s KingAnimal, and they’re currently working on its follow-up.
Read Pitchfork’s review of Soundgarden’s Superunknown reissue.
Soundgarden:
04-28 Tampa, FL - WXTV Rockfest
04-29 Jacksonville, FL - Welcome to Rockville
04-30 Ft. Myers, FL - Fort Rock Festival
05-03 Atlanta, GA - Fox Theatre
05-05 Concord, NC - Carolina Rebellion
05-06 Tuscaloosa, AL - Tuscaloosa Amphitheatre
05-07 Memphis, TN - Beale Street Music Festival
05-10 Indianapolis, IN - Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn
05-12 Council Bluffs, IA - KIWR Rockfest
05-13 Somerset, WI - Northern Invasion
05-14 Kansas City, MO - Starlight Theatre
05-17 Detroit, MI - Fox Theatre
05-19 Columbus, OH - Rock on the Range
05-20 Maryland Heights, MO - KPNT Pointfest
05-22 Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium
05-25 Houston, TX - Revention Music Center
05-26 Dallas, TX - Bomb Factory
05-27 Pryor, OK - Rocklahoma
Lorde took out an ad spot on New Zealand TV last night, teasing activity on March 2, the Spinoff reports. Multiple Twitter accounts posted home-recorded videos of the ad, which lasts about 15 seconds and features Lorde in the back of a vehicle as a snippet of upbeat music plays. Watch it below. She’s been at work on the follow-up to 2013’s Pure Heroine, keeping fans updated via social media and promising work that, in contrast to her last album’s “enshrining [of] teenage glory,” is “about what comes next.” (A previously published Republic release schedule had suggested new music would arrive on March 7.) Lorde will appear at festivals this year including Coachella, Bonnaroo, and Governors Ball.
Pitchfork has contacted Lorde’s representatives for comment.
Ariana Grande and Future have released a new music video for their collaboration “Everyday.” It features the two of them performing while people everywhere around them are hooking up in public; watch it below. “Everyday” is off Grande’s 2016 album Dangerous Woman. She recently collaborated with John Legend on the new theme forDisney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast film.
Moonlight has won the Oscar for Best Picture at the 89th Academy Awards. The film beat out other movies including La La Land, Arrival, Hidden Figures, Manchester By the Sea, and more for the coveted accolade. It marks the third award for the Barry Jenkins-directed picture tonight—earlier in the evening Mahershala Ali won for Best Supporting Actor, and the film won Best Adapted Screenplay as well. Moonlight was nominated for 8 awards in total.
La La Land was initially declared the winner after Warren Beatty was given the incorrect cue card. Halfway through the La La Land cast and crew’s acceptance speech, they were interrupted and Moonlight was declared the winner. Find a video clip of the moment below.
La La Landhas won the Oscar for Best Picture at the 89th Academy Awards. The film beat out other movies including Moonlight, Arrival, Hidden Figures, Manchester By the Sea, and more for the coveted accolade. It marks the fourth award for the Damien Chazelle-directed picture tonight—earlier in the evening it won awards for Best Cinematography and Best Production Design, while Chazelle took home Best Director. La La Landwas nominated for 14 awards in total.
For more of Pitchfork’s coverage of this year’s Oscars, clickhere.
Sara Bareilles gave a performance of Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now” during the “In Memoriam” segment of the 89th Academy Awards tonight. Jennifer Aniston introduced the performance, which was sung over a montage of the actors, directors, and film industry people that passed away in 2016 (which included Prince). Check out video from the performance below.
La La Land has won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, for the track “City of Stars.” The song was written by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Hurwitz, Pasek, and Paul were all present at the ceremony to accept the award; Hurwitz also won the award for Best Original Score. “City of Stars” beat out songs by Justin Timberlake, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Sting in the Best Original Song category.
For more of Pitchfork’s coverage of this year’s Oscars, clickhere.
Justin Hurwitz’s score for La La Land has won the Academy Award for Best Original Score. Hurwitz took the Oscar over Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka (Lion), Mica Levi (Jackie), Nicholas Britell (Moonlight), and Thomas Newman (Passengers). La La Land was nominated for 14 awards tonight, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Ryan Gosling), Best Actress (Emma Stone), Best Director (Damien Chazelle), and Best Original Song.
Earlier in the show, John Legend performed “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” and “City of Stars” from the film. Best Original Score is the film’s third award; it won the awards for Best Cinematography and Best Production Design earlier.
For more of Pitchfork’s coverage of this year’s Oscars, click here.
John Legend performed a pair of songs from La La Landduring the 89th Academy Awards tonight in Los Angeles. Both songs, “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” and “City of Stars,” are nominated for Best Original Song. Watch Legend’s performance below. The singer-songwriter has also released a studio version of his medley on Apple Music; listen to that below.
In addition to the Best Original Song nominations, La La Land is up for 12 other awards, bringing the total amount of nominations for the film to 14. It’s won the awards for Best Cinematography and Best Production Design thus far.
For more of Pitchfork’s coverage of this year’s Oscars, clickhere.
Lin-Manuel Miranda and “How Far I’ll Go” singer Auli’i Cravalho performed the Moana song at the Academy Awards tonight. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who voiced the demigod character Maui in the film, introduced them. “How Far I’ll Go” is nominated for the Best Original Song award at this year’s ceremony.
For more of Pitchfork’s coverage of this year’s Oscars, clickhere.
Mahershala Ali has won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his part as Juan in Moonlight. Moonlight was nominated for 8 Oscars in total; this marks the film’s first. At the Screen Actors’ Guild Awards earlier this year, Ali also took home the award for Best Supporting Actor.
Justin Timberlake took the stage tonight at the 89th Academy Awards to perform “Can’t Stop the Feeling,” his song for the animated feature film Trolls. Watch his performance below, which closed with a rendition of Bill Withers’ “Lovely Day.” Timberlake is up for the Best Original Song award tonight, competing against Lin-Manuel Miranda and Auli’i Cravalho’s “How Far I’ll Go” (from Moana), Sting’s “The Empty Chair” (from Jim: The James Foley Story), and “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” and “City of Stars” from La La Land.
For more of Pitchfork’s coverage of this year’s Oscars, clickhere.
Chance the Rapper is a fan of Get Out, the new movie from Jordan Peele (of Key and Peele). He made it known early this morning, yelling to his followers: “DID I NOT TELL YALL #GETOUT WAS INCREDIBLE!! BEST FILM ACROSS ANY GENRE IN AWHILE GO SEE IT TODAY!” Six hours later, he calmly informed everyone he’d bought “all the tickets” to a screening of the film at Chatham Theatre in Chicago. Pitchfork was unable to reach the Chatham Theatre, but a listing on the site shows that three screenings of the film tonight—at 5:30 p.m., 8 p.m., and 10:30 p.m.—have indeed sold out. See Chance’s tweets below.
DID I NOT TELL YALL #GETOUT WAS INCREDIBLE!! BEST FILM ACROSS ANY GENRE IN AWHILE GO SEE IT TODAY! Cc: @LilRel4@JordanPeele
In 2011, Beck contributed new music to the thriller I Am Number Four. Six years later, the film’s director D.J. Caruso has shared two unreleased songs from the soundtrack with some enterprising fans, as the Future Heart points out (via Stereogum). The full version of “Curfew” (a song used during the film, previously circulating in a condensed version) and an untitled instrumental piece are available to stream here (via fan account Beck Daily).
MailChimp has a new marketing campaign where, in a series of websites and videos, they offer “experiences” that rhyme with the company’s name. As it turns out, VeilHymn—the new duo of Dev Hynes (Blood Orange) and Bryndon Cook (Starchild & The New Romantic)—is part of that campaign. (Cook is a former Pitchfork intern.) A MailChimp press release names VeilHymn alongside “MailShrimp,” “KaleLimp,” “WhaleSynth,” and more as “strategically created executions targeting digital subculture.” The duo were prompted by the company to give the project a name that rhymed with MailChimp. A representative for Hynes confirms that their single “Hymn” was created exclusively for the company. The song’s interactive video on VeilHymn.com redirects to other websites created for the MailChimp campaign.
While an Advertising Age post claimed that the duo was “created” by MailChimp and Droga5 (the ad agency behind the campaign), Hynes’ representative called that wording inaccurate and clarified that Hynes and Cook have been collaborating on music “for years.” Hynes and Cook themselves declined to comment on the story to Pitchfork.
VeilHymn and the other experiences were launched, a MailChimp press release says, “with the intention that people may organically come across one or two parts of the campaign, piquing their interest enough that they would want to dig deeper.” When the song surfaced last month, the “Hymn” SoundCloud bio and premiere post did not address the project’s affiliation with MailChimp. The song’s YouTube description and a press release for the “Hymn” video, sent to Pitchfork on February 8, didn’t mention the company. “With all of the alter egos, we wanted to play it cool at first and let them each create intrigue and interest on their own,” Mark DiCristina, the senior director of brand marketing at MailChimp, told Pitchfork via email.
Juliana Hatfield has announced a new album called Pussycat, which is coming April 28 via American Laundromat. Hatfield wrote the album as a reaction to the 2016 presidential election. “All of these songs just started pouring out of me,” she said in a statement. “I felt an urgency to record them, to get them down, and get them out there.” It features songs called “Short-Fingered Man” and “Kellyanne.” The full-length follows last year’s project with Paul Westerberg, Wild Stab,as the I Don’t Cares. The Juliana Hatfield Three’s last album Whatever, My Love was released in 2015.
Pussycat:
01 I Wanna Be Your Disease
02 Impossible Song
03 You're Breaking My Heart
04 When You're A Star
05 Good Enough For Me
06 Short-Fingered Man
07 Touch You Again
08 Sex Machine
09 Wonder Why
10 Sunny Somewhere
11 Kellyanne
12 Heartless
13 Rhinoceros
14 Everything Is Forgiven
Watch the Juliana Hatfield Three’s “If Only We Were Dogs” video:
Last night, Swizz Beatz and Just Blaze engaged in a “battle of the beats.” It streamed live on YouTube and lasted for over two hours. At one point, Swizz dropped an unreleased song that appears to feature Jay Z, Nas, DMX, and Jadakiss. (The producer seemed to confirm that all four men were on the track when he retweeted the below Busta Rhymes reaction gif.) The entire battle is available below via Hot 97. Find the track with Jay, Nas, DMX, and Jadakiss at 2:27:12.
Busta Rhymes' reaction when he heard Swizz Beatz drop the unreleased Jay-Z/Nas/DMX/Jadakiss track during his battle vs. Just Blaze: http://pic.twitter.com/cW9TAEDTgY
Frank Ocean recently guested on Calvin Harris’ new song “Slide,” also featuring Migos. Now, the singer-songwriter has taken to Genius to annotate one of his first lyrics on the new track. “A picasso painting that sold for so much money,” he wrote, with regards to the line, “And buy that boy with a pipe.” As Genius further points out, “Boy With A Pipe” is a Picasso painting from the artist’s Rose Period that sold for $104.2 million back in 2004. Elsewhere in the song, Migos’ Offset raps, “Walk in my mansion, twenty thousand painting, Picasso.”
Where It Begins: 1977-2000 is a new documentary that follows “the rise of American independent music through a midwest college music scene.” Directed by John Isberg, it features interviews with producer Steve Albini, Joe Shanahan, KimDeal, Mike Watt, Ian Mackaye, and more. Check out a trailer for the film below. Isberg and his team recently launched an IndieGogo campaign to fund the film’s completion, and tapped Jeff Schroeder of the Smashing Pumpkins to score it.
Last month, Jack Whiteannounced the opening of Third Man Pressing, a new vinyl pressing plant located in Detroit. The environmentally conscious, state-of-the-art facility features “eight of the first newly built presses built in 35 years,”and is capable of crafting 5,000 records every 8 hours. Now, Third Man Records have shared a new video, giving viewers a tour of the plant and the vinyl record pressing process. Check it out below. In addition to pressing records for Third Man Records, the plant will also service “customers off the street, whether it’s punk bands doing their first release, mid-level indie labels looking to get increased capacity due to back-logged vinyl turnaround times; Third Man Pressing really wants to be the plant for everybody.”
Third Man Pressing officially opens for business tomorrow, with opening festivities taking place at Third Man Records, featuring limited edition merchandise, performances, and more.
Earlier this month, Pitchfork announced that Run the Jewels had developed a new beer in partnership with Interboro Brewing, a brewery run by former Def Jux manager Jesse Ferguson. A North East style IPA named “Stay Gold” (titled after the RTJ3track of the same name), the beer will be unveiled at the hip-hop duo’s first Terminal 5 show in New York City on February 25, as well as the October Kickoff Party in Charlotte, NC on March 14. (October is a creation from Slow Focus, Pitchfork's creative studio.) Check out new images from the beer cans below, featuring RTJ’s logo, as well as a short clip behind the scenes of the making of “Stay Gold.”
