Rapper Accuses Lil Yachty of Stealing New Song “Peek A Boo”

Rapper Memphis Ash has claimed one of Lil Yachty’s new songs off Teenage Emotions isn’t an original. He and his legal team believe “Peek A Boo,” featuring Migos, lifts some verses and the hook from Memphis’ song “Pikachu.” That track came out last year. Listen to both below. Memphis’ lawyer Ben McLane originally served Yachty with a cease and desist, granting him 10 days to deliver any royalties from the song to Memphis, but he has not complied, according to TMZ. “I think it's pretty obvious Yachty didn't rip off this song,” a representative for Yachty told Pitchfork. “Memphis Ash does not own the rights to the phrase ‘peek a boo.’ It's public domain!” Memphis’ lawyer plans to pursue the case, and wants “Peek A Boo” removed from all streaming services. 

Watch Lil Yachty in Pitchfork’s “Over/Under”:

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Listen to Radiohead’s Previously Unreleased Song “I Promise”

Radiohead have shared “I Promise,” one of the three previously unreleased tracks from their forthcoming OK Computer reissue OKNOTOK. They premiered the track on BBC Radio’s “6 Music Recommends” tonight. Listen below. OKNOTOK marks the 20th anniversary of OK Computer, and will feature the remastered album, eight B-sides, as well as the three aforementioned tracks. The other two tracks are titled “Man of War,” and “Lift.” Radiohead recently gave a rare, intimate interview about creating their iconic album. “The paranoia I felt at the time was much more related to how people related to each other,” Thom Yorke explained. “But I was using the terminology of technology to express it.” According to BBC Radio 6 host Steve Lamacq, a source close to the band told him they were “especially pleased to find [I Promise] in the vaults because they thought it’d been lost over the years.”

In March, Pitchfork celebrated the 20th anniversary of OK Computer with a series of features. Revisit them here.

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Nicki Minaj and Yo Gotti Team for New Song “Rake It Up”: Listen

Nicki Minaj and Yo Gotti have teamed up for a new song called “Rake It Up.” Check it out below. It’s taken from Yo Gotti and Mike WiLL Made-It’s new collaborative album entitled Gotti Made-It. While the project was slated to arrive at midnight tonight, it is now available for streaming on TIDAL, Apple Music, and more. Yo Gotti and Mike Will Made-It have both released albums this year: White Friday (CM9) and Ransom 2, respectively. Minaj recently opened the Billboard Music Awards with a medley performance, and also starred alongside Lil Wayne and David Guetta in the “Light My Body Up” music video.

Watch David Guetta, Nicki Minaj, and Lil Wayne’s “Light My Body Up” video:

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Dirt from Brian Wilson’s Home Used to Create New Album

The dirt from Brian Wilson’s childhood home has been turned into a series of collectible LPs. In 2016, artist Jeff Hassay visited the site where Wilson’s house used to stand—before it was torn down years earlier—and made an 18-minute field recording. With that audio, he created Beach Boys House: Dirt Sounds (out June 6 via Small World). Each record was created by “pouring clear resin and dirt into silicone molds,” and contains soil from the home’s location. There are only 100 available albums, and they cost $100, according to the product description. Watch the making-of video below. 

Meanwhile, Brian Wilson recently extended his tour celebrating the 50th anniversary of the classic Beach Boys album, Pet Sounds. He will now be on the road through October. Read Pitchfork’s feature, “The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds Celebrates its 50th Anniversary: Artists Pay Tribute to the Eternal Teenage Symphony.” 

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Eminem’s “Stan” Added to the Oxford English Dictionary

Eminem’s lingo has officially been added to the Oxford English Dictionary. The tome now includes the word “stan” from Eminem’s song by the same name, off his 2000 album, The Marshall Mathers LP. The OED defines “stan” as “an overzealous or obsessive fan of a particular celebrity.” In the track, Eminem delivered the first three verses from the title character’s point of view. Stan, an obsessive Slim Shady fan, grew increasingly upset that Slim never responded to his letters, and ended up killing his pregnant girlfriend and himself. The song inspired a new word used heavily on social media to describe a super fan who goes too far in their appreciation. 

Eminem recently celebrated the 15th anniversary of The Eminem Show with special bundles featuring a cassette of the album, t-shirts, and autographed posters. 

Watch the music video for “Stan” below:

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Watch Arcade Fire Perform New Song “Creature Comfort” at Surprise Primavera Show

Arcade Fire Announce Infinite Content Tour

Arcade Fire have announced the "Infinite Content" tour, following the announcement of their new album Everything Now and release of their new single and video. (Earlier this week, the band teased something called "Infinite Content.") It will take them through North America this fall, following European dates announced earlier this year as well as festival appearances. Find the full itinerary here. Wolf Parade, Broken Social Scene, Angel Olsen, Phantogram, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and Grandmaster Flash will open on various dates. 

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Watch Arcade Fire’s New “Everything Now” Video

Arcade Fire have shared the music video for their new song “Everything Now.” Directed by the Sacred Egg, it takes place in the desert where they had launched the mysterious “Live From Death Valley” stream. The video begins with a young girl standing on a car. From there, the band perform the track in front of an “Everything Now” sign while wearing “Everything Now” jackets. It ends with a fire. Watch the video below. “Everything Now” was produced by Arcade Fire, Pulp’s Steve Mackey, and Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter. Everything Now is out July 28 via Columbia Records.

Watch Win Butler at SXSW, via Pitchfork.tv:

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Arcade Fire’s New Song “Everything Now” Is a Daft Punk Collaboration: Listen

Arcade Fire have shared official audio for new song “Everything Now,” the title track from their new record. The song is produced by Arcade Fire, Stevey Mackey, and Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter, who is also credited with providing synthesizers. In addition, frequent collaborator Owen Pallett (and Arcade Fire) did the arrangement. Listen below. “Everything Now” came out on vinyl yesterday at Primavera Sound ahead of the wide release this afternoon. Everything Now is due out July 28 via Columbia Records.

Revisit our Cover Story with Daft Punk.

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Arcade Fire Announce New Album Everything Now

A new Arcade Fire album is on the way. Everything Now, the follow-up to 2013’s Reflektor, is out July 28 via Columbia. The record includes the new song “Everything Now,” which they sold as a 12” vinyl single at Primavera Sound. In the buildup to the album, there was a flurry of cryptic developments: They tweeted “Stay tuned for Infinite Content,” their site redirected to a mysterious pseudo-livestream, and a Twitter account designed to look like a Russian spambot appeared to leak information. Listen to “Everything Now” below.

Earlier this year, Arcade Fire released the Mavis Staples-featuring track “I Give You Power,” benefitting the ACLU. More recently, the band debuted six new songs at a tiny Montreal show. This summer, they will embark on a tour of Europe largely comprising festival dates; as of now, there’s no news of a North American tour.

 

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Lorde Shares New Song “Perfect Places”: Listen

Lorde has shared the latest song from her upcoming album Melodrama, which is out June 16 (via LAVA/Republic). It’s called “Perfect Places,” and it was made with frequent collaborator Jack Antonoff. It’s the final track on Melodrama. Listen to it below. “Perfect Places” follows the previously shared songs “Liability” and “Green Light,” which recently got remixed by Chromeo. She’s also debuted “Homemade Dynamite” and “Sober” at recent shows. Lorde has performed “Green Light” on “Saturday Night Live,” at the Billboard Music Awards, and on BBC Radio 1, where she turned it into an ode to Cadbury Creme Eggs. She has done “Liability” on “SNL” while wearing a wedding dress.

Read Pitchfork’s interview with director Grant Singer about the “Green Light” video, and find “Tracing Lorde’s Little Clues About Her Sophomore Album” on the Pitch.

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Unearthed Radiohead Song “I Promise” Out Tonight

On June 23, Radiohead release OKNOTOK, their 20th anniversary reissue of OK Computer. Along with the songs from the original LP, OKNOTOK includes eight B-sides and three previously unreleased tracks. One of those songs, “I Promise,” is coming out tonight. BBC Radio 6 Music has announced that Steve Lamacq will air the track tonight at midnight BST (7 p.m. Eastern) on “6 Music Recommends.” Listen to the program here. Ahead of the new release, Radiohead conducted an intimate interview about their seminal OK Computer. They discussed the album’s recording, what was going on in their personal lives at the time, and more. Find more from the interview here.

Pitchfork recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of Radiohead’s OK Computer with a series of features; find them here. Read “Why Radiohead Finally Releasing ‘Lift’ Matters” on the Pitch.

Steve Lamacq will be playing the OKNOTOK track I Promise from midnight on his Recommends hour 💾 https://t.co/NMi7OyqfeQ #radiohead #OKNOTOK http://pic.twitter.com/e38XONrPFy

— BBC Radio 6 Music (@BBC6Music) June 1, 2017

Watch Pitchfork.tv’s “Liner Notes” on OK Computer:

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Watch Chance the Rapper Talk Kanye, Bieber, Trump, More on “The View”

Chance the Rapper was a guest on today’s episode of “The View.” During the interview, Chance discussed a wide range of topics, including his success as an unsigned artist, his identity as a “Christian rapper,” his charity work for Chicago Public Schools, and more. He also spoke about his appreciation for Kanye West, Justin Bieber, and Stevie Wonder, whom he hails as “the greatest living artist.” At one point, he addressed Donald Trump’s remarks about Chicago, as he’s done in the past. “I haven’t seen him in Chicago before,” Chance said. “I don’t know if he knows what he’s talking about.” At the end of the interview, Chance gives his trademark “3” hats to all the hosts of the show. Watch it all go down below.

Chance recently collaborated with Francis and the Lights for “May I Have This Dance (Remix),” which they performed together at Boston Calling festival. Chance also recently announced that he and Jamila Woods are holding a contest among Chicago Public School students to direct their new video for the pair’s HEAVN collaboration “LSD.” He is currently on tour behind last year’s Coloring Book.

Read “Charting Chance the Rapper’s Unsigned Success” on the Pitch. 

Chance the Rapper’s Coloring Book was one of Pitchfork’s 10 Best Albums of 2016:

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Jack White and Elton John Team for New Song “Two Fingers of Whiskey”: Watch

Jack White and Elton John have teamed up for a new blues song called “Two Fingers of Whiskey.” The collaboration was captured in White’s upcoming film The American Epic Sessions, which showcases contemporary artists replicating early recording processes. In the scene, John is asked to improvise a new song from lyrics that his longtime collaborator Bernie Taupin handed him. John leads on piano, White accompanies on guitar, and their performance is recorded straight to wax. Watch it happen below. The American Epic Sessions premieres June 6 on PBS. The film’s soundtrack arrives on CD and digital download on June 9 via Columbia. It gets a vinyl release from White’s Third Man on June 16.

Nas and White previously shared a clip of their session covering the Memphis Jug Band’s “On the Road Again.” Other artists who are set to appear in The American Epic Sessions include Beck, Steve Martin, Alabama Shakes, the late Merle Haggard, and more. The forthcoming film is the follow-up to American Epic, a three-part documentary series centered around early American recording technology. Both projects are executive produced by White, T-Bone Burnett, and Robert Redford; they’re directed and produced by Bernard MacMahon, Allison McGourty, and Duke Erikson. 

John shared his latest studio album Wonderful Crazy Night last year. White’s most recent solo album is 2014’s Lazaretto. He recently announced a We’re Going to Be Friends children’s book, based on the White Stripes song of the same name.

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Prophets of Rage Share Michael Moore-Directed “Unfuck the World” Video: Watch

Prophets of Rage—the supergroup featuring members of Rage Against the Machine, Public Enemy, and Cypress Hill—have officially released their new single “Unfuck the World.” (They debuted the track at a recent show in Chile.) As they hinted, the video is directed by the Oscar-winning documentarian Michael Moore. The clip, as you might imagine, is full of political imagery. Trump appears plenty of times, as do clips of protests, that infamous Pepsi ad, meat grinders, the Kardashians, drone strikes, Flint’s water plant, and more. There are also clips from Prophets’ live shows. Watch it below. 

“I am thrilled to once again be working with my old friends and comrades in the struggle for a just world,” Moore said in a statement. “Prophets Of Rage is the right band, saying the right shit, at this very critical moment. This music video is our collective battle cry against those who seek to harm the innocent and the powerless. I am proud to have directed this video and I ask all who see it do their part to unfuck this world. ALL HANDS ON DECK!”

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Watch the 2017 Primavera Sound Festival Live Stream Here

The 2017 Primavera Sound Festival is happening right now in Barcelona, Spain. But if you can't make it to the fest, you can still watch many of the performances via Red Bull TV's live stream. Starting today, June 1, at 1 p.m. Eastern time, and continuing through Saturday, tune in here and below to watch sets from Run the Jewels, Mac DeMarco, Broken Social Scene, Angel Olsen, Local Natives, Afghan Whigs, Weyes Blood, and many more streamed live. Below, find the full schedule. (All times are listed in Central European Summer Time.) 

The stream will take place on two channels and will also include artist interviews. Channel 1 is hosted by Julie Adenuga, Will Best, and Johann Wald. 

Pitchfork will also stream select sets live from our stage at Primavera, via Pitchfork's homepage, YouTube channel, and Facebook page. King Krule, Hamilton Leithauser, Pinegrove, Swet Shop Boys, S U R V I V E, and Priests are just some of the artists included. Find the schedule here.

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Watch Foo Fighters’ Video for New Song “Run”

Foo Fighters are back with a new song, “Run.” Check out the Dave Grohl-directed video below and scroll down to see the artwork. It’s the band’s first new release since the 2015 EP Saint Cecilia. Back in May, the band debuted a new song called “The Sky Is a Neighborhood.” Last year, the band responded to breakup rumors with a faux-documentary video assuring fans, “For the millionth time, we’re not breaking up and nobody’s going fucking solo” (although later that year, drummer Taylor Hawkins did release a solo album). Their last full-length was 2014’s Sonic Highways.

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Major Lazer Announce New EP Know No Better, Share Video for New Song With Travis Scott, Quavo, More

Major Lazer have released “Know No Better,” a new song featuring Travis Scott, Camila Cabello, and Quavo. Check it out below. It’s the title track from a surprise six-track EP, due today. Know No Better follows the group’s 2015 album Peace Is the Mission. Jidenna, Busy Signal, Sean Paul, Konshens, Patoranking, Ice Prince, Nasty C, J Balvin, and Machel Montano are also featured on the new record. Find the artwork and full tracklist below. Major Lazer recently teamed with Nicki Minaj and PARTYNEXTDOOR for their collaborative single “Run Up.”

Know No Better EP:

01 Know No Better [ft. Travis Scott, Camila Cabello & Quavo]
02 Buscando Huellas [ft. J Balvin & Sean Paul]
03 Particula [ft. Nasty C, Ice Prince, Patoranking & Jidenna]
04 Jump [ft. Busy Signal]
05 Sua Cara [ft. Anitta & Pabllo Vittar]
06 Front of the Line [ft. Machel Montano & Konshens]

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Arcade Fire Launch Mysterious “Live From Death Valley” Stream

Yesterday, Arcade Fire released new single “Everything Now” as part of a flurry of cryptic activity, stoking speculation about an incoming LP. Now, something is happening on their website. The band tweeted a link this morning to arcadefire.com, which redirects to live.everythingnow.com. The stream shows an apparently pitch-black backdrop, a neon display reading “Everything Now” (which is now showing in various languages), an icon in the top-left corner reading “Live” (or, sometimes, “Lie”), and a rotating “EN” (“Everything Now”) logo, which is always reversed. Some fans, though, have reported seeing the stream in daytime, apparently from Death Valley, California—as per the tweet below. See for yourself here, and listen to a recording of “Everything Now” below.

Speculation about new Arcade Fire activity kicked into gear yesterday when the band teased something called “Infinite Content.” The “Everything Now” release followed, via a 12” single sold at Primavera Sound. A Twitter account designed to like a Russian spambot also appeared to be leaking information. It was announced later yesterday that the band had signed to Columbia.

That pic from the live stream on https://t.co/du9Hc60alx

지금모든 것 = Everything Now

(Thx @stashkindaniel for the Korean translation) http://pic.twitter.com/F6SlzOCd9J

— Arcade Fire tube 🌐 (@ArcadeFiretube) June 1, 2017

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The War on Drugs Announce New Album A Deeper Understanding, Share New Song: Listen

The War on Drugs have announced their full-length follow-up to 2014’s Lost in the Dream. A Deeper Understanding is out August 25 via Atlantic. The War on Drugs also shared a new song from the project, “Holding On.” Find the new song, tracklist, and album artwork below. The project is mixed by Shawn Everett (a mixing engineer known for his work with Alabama Shakes, Weezer, and Julian Casablancas) and features Hand Habits’ Meg Duffy on guitar. Earlier this year, the band returned with a new 11-minute single called “Thinking of a Place”—a song they released as a 12" single on Record Store Day. That track also appears on the album. They’re embarking on a world tour later this year. 

Revisit Pitchfork’s feature, “The War on Drugs: Inside Man.”

A Deeper Understanding:

01 Up All Night
02 Pain
03 Holding On
04 Strangest Thing
05 Knocked Down
06 Nothing to Find
07 Thinking of a Place
08 In Chains
09 Clean Living
10 You Don't Have to Go 

Watch the War on Drugs perform “Red Eyes” at Primavera Sound via Pitchfork.tv:

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