Rick Ross Indicted for Alleged Pistol-Whipping of Groundskeeper, Pleads Self-Defense

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Rick Ross has been indicted in a Georgia court for allegedly attacking a groundskeeper at his home last summer, as TMZ reports. However, Ross has argued that he was acting in self-defense. According to court documents obtained by Pitchfork, last Wednesday, a Fayette County grand jury formally indicted and charged Ross on nine counts including kidnapping, aggravated battery, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during commission of a felony. (Ross' bodyguard, Nadrian James, was also indicted on all nine counts.) On Monday, Ross' lawyers filed a motion contending he should be immune from prosecution due to the state's law on self-defense.

To indict someone is to formally charge that person with a crime. It happens when a grand jury decides there is enough evidence for the charge.

In June 2015, Ross was arrested for allegedly pistol-whipping a man working at one of his homes and preventing him from leaving. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the initial warrants said Ross chipped the man's teeth with a gun and hurt the man's jaw so severely he was "restricted to soft foods and liquid diet." The kidnapping charges reportedly relate to the alleged victim being "questioned under duress and forced to answer questions at gunpoint.”

He was subsequently released on bond. According to The AJC, if Ross violates the terms of his bond, he must give up ownership of his mansion, previously owned by boxer Evander Holyfield.

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Mobb Deep's Prodigy Settles Lawsuit by Agreeing to Tweet About It

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In November, Prodigy of Mobb Deep filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Publishing Group. According to Billboard, the complaint alleged that the company had been collecting fees for Prodigy's solo work as a featured artist and in collaborative projects for almost 20 years without his approval. The suit demanded at least $57,000 for copyright infringement and other alleged violations. Now, Prodigy has ended the dispute in an unusually public way.

Prodigy, whose legal name is Albert Johnson, filed a settlement agreement yesterday, court records show. TMZ reports that UMPG agreed to pay him more than $150,000 on the condition that Prodigy tweet the following sentences: "My dispute with UMPG was all a misunderstanding. Thankful that we resolved it quickly and happy to be continuing my long-standing relationship with UMPG."

Earlier today, Prodigy tweeted those exact words:

My dispute with UMPG was all a misunderstanding.

— PRODIGY MOBBDEEP (@PRODIGYMOBBDEEP) March 1, 2016

Thankful that we resolved it quickly and happy to be continuing my long-standing relationship with UMPG.

— PRODIGY MOBBDEEP (@PRODIGYMOBBDEEP) March 1, 2016

Spokespeople for Prodigy and UPMG declined to comment on the matter to Pitchfork.

Prodigy's lawyer confirmed the settlement to Pitchfork but declined to comment on the dollar amount.

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Lil B Apologizes for Dissing the Weeknd

Weekend photo by Lamar Taylor; Lil B photo via Instagram

Last November, Lil B shared a song called "4 Tha Record." The track saw him dissing the Weeknd with the lines "Call me Lil Bars with the XO Bars/ Saying fuck the Weeknd, I can't sing that soft," and "A lot of suckas fake, so I can't respect it/ Fuck the Weeknd, put that on record." (Later, the song appeared on his most recent mixtape, Thugged Out Pissed Off.)

The Based God has taken back those harsh words in a new interview with ILY Mag, as XXL points out. In the interview, he said his sentiments were fueled in part by the Weeknd's decision to unfollow him on Twitter. "I definitely want to apologize about what I said about The Weeknd, and I want him to know that," he said.

Here are his full remarks:

I want to give a shout out to The Weeknd. I want to apologize and take back saying, “Fuck The Weeknd.” I said it for no reason and thought about why back when I said it. It’s because he unfollowed me on Twitter and I felt weird about that, and I thought back to that moment and said, “Why’d I do that?” That’s not right. The Weeknd is a good guy—I talked to him before everything really blew up, and he told me how he felt. I definitely want to apologize about what I said about The Weeknd, and I want him to know that.

I’m not scared to admit if I’m wrong, after I analyze it. If I feel that I’m wrong or there’s somebody that I love and trust that says that I’m wrong, I can accept that and bring that to a discussion. I’m not afraid to learn.

Lil B's mea culpa came at the end of the interview, in which he also discussed his speaking arrangements at various universities, Lil Wayne, Chance the Rapper, and the creation of his well-known track "I Love You," among other topics.

Abel Tesfaye has yet to respond.

Read Jeremy Gordon's report "Based Don't Lie: Virtual Lil B Steps to Kevin Durant."

Here's the "4 Tha Record" video, featuring the disses in question:

Watch Lil B perform "Like a Martian" at Pitchfork Music Festival:

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Tame Impala's Kevin Parker and Miguel Hit the Beach in "Waves" Remix Video

Tame Impala recently remixed Miguel's "Waves" for Rogue Waves, a collection of remixes of the Wildheart track. Now, the remix—or, more accurately, a minute-and-a-half segment from it—has a video, starring both Miguel and Kevin Parker. In the short clip, the two men roam the beach. Watch below.

Read our feature, "Miguel's Righteous Path."

Read "Cosmic Neurotic: The Heady Perfectionism of Tame Impala's Kevin Parker."

Here's the original "Waves" video:

Watch Miguel perform "Adorn" for Pitchfork.tv:

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Watch A$AP Rocky Impersonate Tyler, the Creator

Tyler, the Creator has shared footage of an interview with A$AP Rocky that he conducted for GOLF Radio (via his GOLF Media app.) The four-minute video sees the two performers—who previously hit the road together for their Rocky and Tyler Tour—chatting about Tyler's car collection, go-kart racing, playing "Mario Kart," and more. Plus, at the :52 mark, Rocky does a spot-on impression of Tyler. Watch the excerpt below; the entire interview is available on Golf Media.

Recently on GOLF Radio, Tyler chatted with Vince Staples. During that conversation, he revealed that his hit "Yonkers" was made as a joke.

Watch Tyler and Odd Future do "Radicals" at Pitchfork Music Festival:

Watch A$AP Rocky freestyle in an episode of Pitchfork.tv's "Selector":

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M83 New Album Junk Announced, Listen to New Single "Do It, Try It"

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M83's new album Junk will be released April 8 via Mute. "Do It, Try It," the first single from the follow-up to 2011's breakthrough Hurry Up, We're Dreaming, can be heard below, after premiering on Annie Mac's BBC Radio 1 show. Also below, find the amazing album art and single art, as well as the tracklist. Beck and Susanne Sundfør are among the guests on the album. "I want to show different sides of me on this album," Anthony Gonzalez said in a press release. "I want to come back with something more intimate, yet somehow with…less me!" He added, "All my albums have layers of eclecticism to them, but with this album I wanted to take that even further."

In a press release, Gonzalez reflected on the album title:

Anything we create today is going to end up being space junk at one point anyway, and I find it really fascinating and scary at the same time - beautiful too in a way. I have this image of pieces of humanity floating in space, lost forever. It also means that nowadays everything goes so fast and everybody is kind of throwing away art in a certain manner. People will listen to an album for instance and just pick a track they like to put on a playlist. They're not going to take the time to listen to an album anymore because they have to jump on the next thing.

M83 is heading out on tour in support of the album this spring, with a new, crowd-sourced keyboardist. Find the dates below as well.

Here's the single art:

Junk:

01 Do It, Try It
02 Go! [ft. Mai Lan]
03 Walkway Blues [ft. Jordan Lawlor]
04 Bibi the Dog [ft. Mai Lan]
05 Moon Crystal
06 For the Kids [ft. Susanne Sundfør]
07 Solitude
08 The Wizard
09 Laser Gun  [ft. Mai Lan]
10 Road Blaster
11 Tension
12 Atlantique Sud  [ft. Mai Lan]
13 Time Wind [ft. Beck]
14 Ludivine
15 Sunday Night 1987

M83:

04-06 New Orleans, LA - The Civic Theatre *
04-08 Dallas, TX - Bomb Factory *
04-09 Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall *
04-10 Austin, TX - Stubbs Waller Creek Amphitheater *
04-12 Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre *
04-13 Phoenix, AZ - Comerica Theatre *^
04-15 Indio, CA - Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
04-16 Las Vegas, NV - Brooklyn Bowl *
04-17 Oakland, CA - Fox Theater *
04-19 Pomona, CA - Fox Theater *
04-22 Indio, CA - Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
04-23 Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst Club *
04-25-26 Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre *
04-27 Missoula, MT - The Wilma Theatre *
04-29 Edmonton, Alberta - Winspear Centre !
04-30 Calgary, Alberta - Grey Eagle Event Centre !
05-04 Hong Kong, China - Kitec Star Hall
05-07 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
05-19 Sentosa, Singapore - Hard Rock COliseum
05-21 Jakarta, Indonesia - Lapangan D - Senayan
05-24 Seoul, South Korea - Blue Square - Samsung Card Hall
05-26 Tokyo, Japan - Studio Coast
05-28 Quincy, WA - Sasquatch Festival
05-30 Salt Lake City, UT - The Great Saltair #
05-31 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre #
06-01 Kansas City, MO - Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland #     
06-03 Columbus, OH - Express Live!
06-04 New York, NY - The Governors Ball Music Festival
06-06 Pittsburg, PA - Stage AE #
06-07 Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's #
06-08 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues  #      
06-09 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music Festival  
06-11 Raleigh, NC - Red Hat Amphitheater      
06-12 Richmond, VA - The National
06-14 Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore
06-15 Norfolk, VA - The NorVa    
06-16 Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion @           
06-18 Dover, DE - Firefly Music Festival
06-24-26 Paris, France - Solidays Festival
06-28 Istanbul, Turkey - Zorlu Center for the Performing Arts
06-30-07-03 Marmande, France - Garorock Festival
06-30 Gdynia, Poland - Open'er Fectival
07-01-03 Belfort, France - Eurockeenes Festival 
07-07 Bilbao, Spain - BBK Live Festival
07-09 Lisbon, Portugal - NOS Festival
07-14-17 Ostrava, Czech Republic - Colours of Ostrava Festival
07-15 Gräfenhainchen, Germany - Melt Festival
07-23 Oro-Medonte, Ontario - Way Home Music & Arts Festival  
07-24 Detroit, MI - MoPop Festival
07-29 Montréal, Québec - Osheaga Festival
08-10 Oslo, Norway - Øya Festival
08-11 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West Festival
08-13 Helsinki, Finland - Flow Festival
08-15 Budapest, Hungary - Sziget Festival
08-18 Sankt Pölten, Austria - Frequency Festival
08-19-21 Biddinghuizen, Netherlands - Lowlands Festival
08-24 Glattsbrugg, Switzerland - Zürich Openair Festival
08-25-28 Charleville-Mézières, France - Le Cabaret Vert

* with Yacht
^ with Børns
! Okay Kaya
# with Bob Moses
@ with Tame Impala

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Guns N' Roses Reunion Won't Include Izzy Stradlin

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Earlier this year, Guns N' Roses announced a partial reunion of the band's "classic" lineup featuring singer Axl Rose, guitarist Slash, and bassist Duff McKagan. Today, guitarist Izzy Stradlin, who co-founded the band with Rose in 1985, confirmed to Rolling Stone that he will not be participating in the reunion. "At this point in time, I will not be playing at any of the April 2016 GNR shows," he wrote in an e-mail. "I've also not been in the studio recording or writing with any of the others recently. There is so much speculation, but so very little info, [that] I thought I should reach out."

Stradlin also confirmed to Rolling Stone that he's behind a Twitter account that launched at the end of February. 

Though he left Guns N' Roses in 1991, Stradlin has has performed with the band a few times over the years. In 2012, he performed at a handful of shows following GNR's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 

Guns N' Roses are headlining Coachella this year. They've also announced a handful of other dates, with a full stadium tour potentially in the works. 

Axl Rose has been the only consistent member of the band since they started in 1985. A different lineup has toured on-and-off since the early aughts, but their official output has been slim. In 2008, the band released the long-gestating Chinese Democracy. 

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Chvrches, Death Cab for Cutie Announce Joint Tour

Chvrches and Death Cab for Cutie have announced a round of co-headlining tour dates, which will take place in June. It's the latest schedule expansion for each band. Chvrches are currently touring behind last year's album Every Open Eye. Meanwhile, Death Cab are on the road supporting their most recent album Kintsugi. Find the full schedule for each band below.

Read our feature, "Keeping it Unreal: In the Studio With Chvrches".

Chvrches:

03-05 Miami, FL - Parahoy! *
03-11 New Orleans, LA - Buku Music + Arts Festival
03-13-14 Chicago, IL - The Riviera Theatre
03-15 Austin, TX - SXSW Opening Party
03-17 Austin, TX - Spotify House ‒ SXSW
03-18 Austin, TX - Stubb’s BBQ ‒ SXSW
03-31 London, England - Royal Albert Hall ^
04-02 Glasgow, Scotland - SSE Hydro !^
04-04 Cologne, Germany - E-Werk ^
04-05 Munich, Germany - Tonhalle ^
04-06 Berlin, Germany - Columbia Halle ^
04-13 San Diego, CA - The Observatory North Park #
04-14 Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory
04-16 Indio, CA - Coachella
04-18-19 Oakland, CA - Fox Theatre %
04-21 Las Vegas, NV - Brooklyn Bowl %
04-23 Indio, CA - Coachella
04-24 Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre #
04-27-28 Austin, TX - Stubbs Waller Creek Amphitheater
04-29 Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall
04-30 Dallas, TX - KDGE Edgefest
05-06 Murcia, Spain - SOS 4.8
06-03-04 Boston, MA - House of Blues
06-05 New York, NY - Governors Ball
06-07 Cleveland, OH - Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica @
06-08 Canandaigua, NY - Constellation Brands-Marvin Performing Arts Center
06-10 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music + Arts Festival
06-14 St. Augustine, FL - St. Augustine Amphitheater @
06-15 Charleston, SC - Volvo Cars Stadium @
06-16 Charlotte, NC - The Uptown Amphitheater @
06-18 Dover, DE - Firefly Music Festival
06-30 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
07-02 Gdynia, Poland - Open’er Festival
07-07 Bilbao, Spain - Bilbao BBK Live
07-15 Rathfarnham, Ireland - Longitude Festival
07-17 Gräfenhainchen, Germany - Melt! Festival
07-22 Toronto, Ontario - WayHome Music + Arts Festival
07-24 Seattle, WA - Capitol Hill Block Party
08-11 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West
08-12 Oslo, Norway - Øyafestivalen
08-13 Helsinki, Finland - Flow Festival
08-15 Budapest, Hungary - Sziget Festival
08-19 Biddinghuizen, Netherlands - Lowlands Festival
08-20 Porto, Portugal - Paredes de Coura
08-26 Reading, England - Reading Festival
08-27 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival

* with Paramore
^ with Shura
! with Twilight Sad
# with Alvvays
% with Wolf Alice
@ with Death Cab for Cutie

Death Cab for Cutie:

03-03 Bangkok, Thailand - Moonstar Studio
03-05 Manila, Philippines - Wanderland Music + Arts Festival
03-07 Sentosa Island, Singapore - The Coliseum ‒ Hard Rock Hotel
03-19 Montréal, Québec - Bell Centre *
03-20 Kingston, Ontario - Rogers K Rock Centre *
03-22 St. Catharines, Ontario - Meridian Centre *
03-23 Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre *
03-24 London, Ontario - Budweiser Gardens *
03-27 Winnipeg, Manitoba - MTS Centre *
03-28 Regina, Saskatchewan - Conexus Arts Centre *
03-29 Edmonton, Alberta - Rexall Place *
03-30 Calgary, Alberta - BMO Centre *
04-01 Vancouver, British Columbia - Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre *
04-12-13 Brooklyn, NY - 
04-28 Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live
04-29 West Palm Beach, FL - Sunfest
05-06 Missoula, MT - Adams Center ^
05-28 Napa, CA - Bottlerock Music Festival
06-05 New York, NY - Governors Ball
06-07 Cleveland, OH - Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica #
06-08 Canandaigua, NY - Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center #
06-09-12 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
06-10 Richmond, VA - The National !
06-11 Asheville, NC - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium !
06-14 St. Augustine, FL - St. Augustine Amphitheatre #
06-15 Charleston, SC - Volvo Cars Stadium #
06-16 Charlotte, NC - Uptown Amphitheatre at NC Music Factory #
06-16-19 Dover, DE - Firefly Music Festival
07-07 Council Bluffs, IA - Harrah’s Council Bluffs ‒ Stir Cove !
07-15-17 Louisville, KY - Forecastle Festival
07-16-17 Birmingham, AL - Sloss Music + Arts Festival

* with Metric
^ The Helio Sequence
# with Chvrches
! with Pure Bathing Culture

Check out Chvrches' episode of Pitchfork.tv's "Over/Under":

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FKA twigs Directs Herself in "Good to Love" Calvin Klein Video

Calvin Klein recently rolled out their new #mycalvins ad campaign, featuring a host of celebrities and musicians—including FKA twigs. Today, twigs has shared a self-directed promotional video for the campaign, soundtracked by an extended version of her recent single "Good to Love." The video depicts a sensual, choreographed encounter between twigs and dancer Kaner Flex, both of them dressed in Calvin Klein. Watch it below via Nowness.

In addition to twigs, the new #mycalvins campaign features Kendrick Lamar, Fetty Wap, Joey Bada$$, and Justin Bieber, among others.

Read our interview with FKA twigs and our report from Soundtrack 7.

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Freddie Gibbs and Zeds Dead Team for "Back Home"

Zeds Dead and Freddie Gibbs have teamed up for a new collaboration, "Back Home." The track will appear on Zeds Dead's forthcoming album, which is coming this year via their new Deadbeats label. Listen above. 

Zeds Dead have also announced they will be throwing parties at SXSW featuring Just Blaze and more (March 16 at Kingdom) and in Miami featuring Destructo and more (March 17 at the Gale).

Freddie Gibbs:

03-10 Northbridge, Australia - Jack Rabbit Slim’s
03-11 Sydney, Australia - Manning Bar
03-12 Meredith, Australia - Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre
03-20 Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory
03-24 Oakland, CA - New Parish
03-25 San Diego, CA - North Park Observatory
03-26 Phoenix, AZ - Monarch Theatre
03-29 Los Angeles, CA - The Regent
04-01 Sacramento, CA - Harlows
04-02 Eugene, OR - WOW Hall *
04-03 Portland, OR - Hawthorne * 
04-04 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile *
04-06 Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst
04-07 Santa Barbara, CA - Velvet Jones
04-08 Tucson, AZ - Rialto
04-09 Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad
04-10 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
04-13 Lincoln, NE - Bourbon Theatre
04-14 Lawrence, KS - Granada
04-15 St. Louis, MO - Fu Bar
04-16 Columbia, MO - The Blue Note
04-17 Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre
04-18 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
04-20 Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall
04-21 Detroit, MI - The Shelter
04-22 Columbus, OH - The Basement
04-26 New York, NY - Highline Ballroom
04-27 Buffalo, NY - Waiting Room
04-28 Cambridge, MA - Middle East
04-29 Millvale, PA - Mr. Smalls Theatre
04-30 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
05-02 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
05-03 Baltimore, MD - Baltimore Soundstage
05-04 Washington, D.C. - Uhall
05-06 Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade ^
05-07 Miami, FL - Rolling Loud Music Festival
05-10 New Orleans, LA - Republic
05-11 Austin, TX - Parish
05-12 Dallas, TX - The Loft
05-12 San Antonio, TX - ACMH
05-14 Houston, TX - Studio @ Warehouse Live
07-06 Liege, Belguim - P. Astrid+H. Des Foires Coronmeuse

* with ILLFIGHTYOU
^ with Archibald SLIM

Watch Gibbs and Madlib perform "Scarface" at last year's Pitchfork Music Festival:

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Darkside's Dave Harrington to Release Dave Harrington Group LP, Co-Produced by Nicolas Jaar

Photo by Chad Kammenshine (Pictured: Ben Lieberman, Tlacael Esparza, Cale Parks, Will Epstein, Morgan Z, Dave Harrington, Jordan Goldstein, Nate Sloan, Andrew Fox, Dr. Kevin Patton, Nicolas Jaar, Samer Ghadry)

Darkside's Dave Harrington is readying his debut album with the Dave Harrington Group. It features a group of his "favorite musicians and closest friends," including his Darkside partner Nicolas Jaar. Become Alive is out April 15 via Jaar's imprint Other People. That's the title track above.

Here's a statement from Harrington about the process of making the record:

This record is the result of improvising with different combinations of people, and then processing and re-sculpting those improvisations—isolating passages, turning them into something new, overdubbing layers of myself, maybe taking something from another piece and superimposing it out of its original context. But each track is always me interacting with other people, sometimes just one or two… sometimes ten.  There was flute, vibes, organ, Fender Rhodes, guitar, bass, two drummers, percussion, sax…just full-on, over-blown energy. I took all that and treated it as raw material in the mixing stage… but when you have ten people in a room, you can only edit so much. Everything is in every microphone anyway—it’s all connected, so it’s about turning it into whatever it wants to be.

Become Alive:

01 White Heat
02 Slides
03 The Prophet
04 Cities of the Red Night
05 Steels
06 Become Alive
07 Spectrum
08 All I Can Do

Watch Darkside's full set at Pitchfork Music Festival Paris:

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Darkside's Dave Harrington to Release Dave Harrington Group LP, Featuring Nicolas Jaar

Photo by Chad Kammenshine (Pictured: Ben Lieberman, Tlacael Esparza, Cale Parks, Will Epstein, Morgan Z, Dave Harrington, Jordan Goldstein, Nate Sloan, Andrew Fox, Dr. Kevin Patton, Nicolas Jaar, Samer Ghadry)

Darkside's Dave Harrington is readying his debut album with the Dave Harrington Group. It features a group of his "favorite musicians and closest friends," including his Darkside partner Nicolas Jaar. Become Alive is out April 15 via Jaar's imprint Other People. That's the title track above.

Here's a statement from Harrington about the process of making the record:

This record is the result of improvising with different combinations of people, and then processing and re-sculpting those improvisations—isolating passages, turning them into something new, overdubbing layers of myself, maybe taking something from another piece and superimposing it out of its original context. But each track is always me interacting with other people, sometimes just one or two… sometimes ten.  There was flute, vibes, organ, Fender Rhodes, guitar, bass, two drummers, percussion, sax…just full-on, over-blown energy. I took all that and treated it as raw material in the mixing stage… but when you have ten people in a room, you can only edit so much. Everything is in every microphone anyway—it’s all connected, so it’s about turning it into whatever it wants to be.

Become Alive:

01 White Heat
02 Slides
03 The Prophet
04 Cities of the Red Night
05 Steels
06 Become Alive
07 Spectrum
08 All I Can Do

Watch Darkside's full set at Pitchfork Music Festival Paris:

via Evan Minsker

Tame Impala's Kevin Parker Produces Koi Child's Debut LP

Tame Impala's Kevin Parker produced and mixed the upcoming debut LP from Australian hip-hop group Koi Child, which is out March 18. Today, the group has shared the video for "1-5-9," which finds the band performing atop sand dunes at sunset. Watch the video below.

 "1-5-9" was filmed in South Beach, Fremantle (the band's Western Australia hometown) and shot/edited by Tay Kaka. Animation was done by RLSM Studios. 

Koi Child:

03-11 Ballarat, Victoria - Karova Lounge
03-13 Meredith, Victoria - Golden Plains Festival
03-17 Melbourne, Victoria - Northcote Social Club
03-18 Brisbane, Queensland - The Brightside
03-19 Sydney, New South Wales - Newtown Social Club
04-02 Fremantle, Western Australia - The J Shed  

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Mutual Benefit Announces New Album Skip a Sinking Stone, Shares "Not for Nothing" Video

Photo by Ebru Yildiz

Mutual Benefit has announced the follow-up to 2013's Love's Crushing Diamond. Skip a Sinking Stone is out May 20 via Mom + Pop in North America, Spunk in Australia/New Zealand, and Transgressive everywhere else. Watch the animated clip for "Not for Nothing" below. Also check out the album art and tracklist below.

In a press release, Lee said of the album's title:

I kept coming back to how nice that was, throwing these stones against the water. I thought it was a fitting metaphor for the endeavors I have in my life—sometimes they work out and sometimes they don’t. I think it’s a good exercise in accepting impermanence and failure and these things that are constant, and yet the activity of skipping stones is really relaxing and beautiful.

Mutual Benefit has also announced a tour. Check out the dates below.

Skip a Sinking Stone:

01 Madrugada
02 Skipping Stones
03 Closer, Still
04 Lost Dreamers
05 Getting Gone
06 Not for Nothing
07 Nocturne
08 Slow March
09 Many Returns
10 City Sirens
11 Fire Escape
12 The Hereafter

Mutual Benefit:

03-02 Nashville, TN - City Winery *
03-03 Mobile, AL - Merry Widow *
03-04 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder *
03-05 Orlando, FL - Avalon Gallery
03-06 Savannah, GA - The Sentient Bean
03-07 Athens, GA - Georgia Theater *
03-08 Charleston, SC - Pour House *
03-09 Charlotte, NC - Neighborhood Theater *
03-10 Washington, DC - Sixth & I Synagogue *
03-11 York, PA - Strand Capitol Performing Arts Center *
03-12 Hartford, CT - Infinity Hall *
03-13 Providence, RI - Columbus Theatre
03-14 Portland, ME - Port City Music Hall *
03-15 Portsmouth, NH - 3S Art Space *
03-16 Somerville, MA - Somerville Theater *
03-18 Albany, NY - The Egg at Swyer Theatre *
03-19 Buffalo, NY - Tralf Theatre *
03-20 Morgantown, WV - Morgantown Mainstage *
04-25 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Sugarfactory Tue.
04-26 Antwerp, Belgium - Trix Bar
04-28 London, England - Bush Hall
04-29 Paris, France - Le Point Ephemere
05-27 Toronto, Ontario - The Drake Hotel
05-28 Lansing, MI - Mac's Bar
05-30 Pontiac, MI - Pike Room
05-31 Chicago, IL - Schubas Tavern
06-01 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
06-05 Seattle, WA - Barboza
06-06 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
06-08 San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop
06-10 Los Angeles, CA - The Resident
06-11 San Diego, CA - Casbah
06-14 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
06-15 Kansas City, MO - The Riot Room
06-17 St. Louis, MO - The Luminary Center for the Arts
06-18 Columbus, OH- The Basement
06-20 Washington, DC - DC9
06-21 Philadelphia, PA - Boot & Saddle
06-22 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
06-23 Brooklyn, NY - Baby's All Right
06-24 Boston, MA - Great Scott

* with Deer Tick

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The Kills Announce New Album Ash & Ice, Share "Doing It to Death" Video

Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince are back with a new Kills album. Ash & Ice, the follow-up to 2011's Blood Pressures, will arrive on June 3 via Domino. They've also shared the video for the first single "Doing It to Death," in which Mosshart and Hince attend an increasingly surreal funeral. Find that below, along with a note announcing the album. 

Dearest friends, family, fans, simpaticos, strangers…
Doing It To Death: https://t.co/sfZuloroQZ http://pic.twitter.com/0dKT392bZl

— The Kills (@TheKills) March 1, 2016

Ash & Ice was mostly recorded in Los Angeles, and at NYC's Electric Lady Studios. It was produced by Hince, and co-produced by John O'Mahoney (Metric, the Cribs).

The band has also expanded a previously announced tour. You can find those dates below.

Mosshart's other band, the Dead Weather, released their Dodge & Burn LP last year. She also covered a song for HBO's new show "Vinyl."

The Kills:

03-16 Mexico City, Mexico - House of Vans 50th Anniversary
03-17 Austin, TX - StubHub & Culture Collide Showcase
03-18 Austin, TX - Spotify House
04-07 Nashville, TN - Exit/In *
04-08 Louisville, KY - Headliner's Music Hall *
04-09 Columbus, OH - CD 102.5 Day
04-11 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer *
04-12-13 Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw *
04-15 Indio, CA – Coachella
04-18 Los Angeles, CA - Mayan Theatre ^!
04-19 Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory ^
04-22 Indio, CA - Coachella
05-01 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
05-03 Paris, France - La Cigale
05-04 London, England - Village Underground
05-13 Atlanta, GA - Shaky Knees Festival
05-14 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club !
05-19 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
05-21 Toronto, Ontario - Danforth Music Hall
05-22 Detroit, MI - St Andrew's Hall
05-23 Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre
05-25 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
05-26 Kansas City, KS - Midland Theatre
05-27 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
05-28 Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot
05-31 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
06-01 Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo
06-02 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
06-04 San Francisco, CA - Fox Theater !
06-09-12 Newport, England - Isle of Wight Festival

* with Kim and the Created
^ with Big Pink
! with LA Witch

via Evan Minsker

M83's New Album Junk Announced

Photo by Andrew Arthur

M83's new album Junk will be released April 8 via Mute. It's the follow-up to 2011's breakthrough Hurry Up, We're Dreaming. Anthony Gonzalez is heading out on tour in support of the album this spring, with a new, crowd-sourced keyboardist. Find the dates below.

M83:

04-06 New Orleans, LA - The Civic Theatre
04-08 Dallas, TX - Bomb Factory
04-09 Houston, TX - TBD
04-10 Austin, TX - Stubbs Waller Creek Amphitheater
04-12 Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre
04-13 Phoenix, AZ - Comerica Theatre
04-15 Indio, CA - Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
04-16 Las Vegas, NV - Brooklyn Bowl
04-17 Oakland, CA - Fox Theater
04-19 Pomona, CA - The Fox Theater 
04-22 Indio, CA - Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
04-23 Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst Club
04-25 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
04-26 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
04-27 Missoula, MT - The Wilma
04-29 Edmonton, AB - Winspear Centre
04-30 Calgary, AB - Grey Eagle Event Centre
05-28 George, WA - Sasquatch Festival
05-30 Salt Lake City, UT - The Great Saltair 
05-31 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
06-01 Kansas City, MO - Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland     
06-03 Columbus, OH - Express Live!
06-04 New York, NY - The Governors Ball Music Festival
06-06 Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE
06-07 Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's
06-08 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues       
06-10 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music Festival  
06-11 Raleigh, NC - Red Hat Amphitheater      
06-12 Richmond, VA - The National
06-14 Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore
06-15 Norfolk, VA - The NorVa    
06-16 Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion           
06-18 Dover, DE - Firefly Music Festival
07-07 Bilbao, Spain - BBK Live Festival
07-09 Lisbon, Portugal - NOS Festival
07-15 Gräfenhainchen, Germany - Melt Festival
07-23 Oro-Medonte, Ontario - WayHome Music & Arts Festival  
07-24 Detroit, MI - MoPop Festival
08-10 Oslo, Norway - Øya Festival
08-11 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West Festival
08-13 Helsinki, Finland - Flow Festival
08-15 Budapest, Hungary - Sziget Festival

* with Tame Impala

Revisit the video for "Midnight City":

via Matthew Strauss

LCD Soundsystem, Arcade Fire, Kendrick Lamar Headlining Coachella Organizers’ NYC Festival Panorama

Goldenvoice, the company behind Coachella, recently announced the launch of Panorama, a new festival to be held in New York City's Randall's Island Park, from July 22-24. Today, festival organizers have confirmed that LCD Soundsystem, Arcade Fire, and Kendrick Lamar will headline the event. It'll be James Murphy and company's first show in NYC since their farewell concerts at Madison Square Garden five years ago. (The group was previously confirmed for Coachella.)

Other acts on the bill include Sufjan Stevens, Broken Social Scene, FKA twigs, A$AP Rocky, Blood Orange,  the National, Kurt Vile, Run the Jewels, Foals, Anderson .Paak, Major Lazer, White Lung, AlunaGeorge, SZA, and more.

Read "Welcome Back LCD Soundsystem."

via Zoe Camp and Jazz Monroe

The Lonely Island Detail New Movie Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

Photo via the Lonely Island's Instagram

Last year, The Lonely Island (the comedy trio of Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone) announced they were working on a feature film. That movie now has a title. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping will be in theaters from June 3, through Universal Pictures. It's produced by Judd Apatow, and the trio's co-stars include Sarah Silverman, Tim Meadows, and Maya Rudolph. Last night, Samberg unveiled the poster and chatted about the movie on "Jimmy Kimmel Live." Watch video below, and scroll down more clips of Samberg on "Kimmel."

According to a press release, Popstar "goes behind the scenes as singer/rapper Conner4Real (Samberg) faces a crisis of popularity after his sophomore album flops, leaving his fans, sycophants and rivals all wondering what to do when he’s no longer the dopest star of all."

Chaffer and Taccone directed the film, which was written and co-produced by the full trio. Along with Apatow, Rodney Rothman also co-produced.

"We pitched other names to the studio," Samberg told Kimmel. "I pitched them 'Gremlins 3' and they were like, 'No.' So I was like, 'Alright: Popstar: Never Stop Stopping!'"

via Jazz Monroe

Mitski Announces New Album Puberty 2, Shares "Your Best American Girl," Plots Tour

Photo by Ebru Yildiz

Mitski has announced the followup to her 2014 album Bury Me at Makeout Creek. On June 17, she'll release a new record called Puberty 2 on Dead Oceans. She's also announced a tour of North America and Europe; see the dates, album art, and tracklist below, and listen to new song "Your Best American Girl" above.

Puberty 2:

01 Happy
02 Dan the Dancer
03 Once More To See You
04 Fireworks
05 Your Best American Girl
06 I Bet on Losing Dogs
07 My Body’s Made of Crushed Little Stars
08 Thursday Girl
09 A Loving Feeling
10 Crack Baby
11 A Burning Hill

Mitski:

03-12 McAllen, TX - Galax Z Fair V at Yerberia
03-16 Austin, TX - Hype Hotel - YVYNYL x S&S x Hype Machine 
03-17 Austin, TX - Barracuda - Secretly Group & Friends
03-18 Austin, TX - PEN - Portals SXSW 2016 - solo show
03-18 Austin, TX - Hole in the Wall - Stereogum x Exploding In Sound's Austin Invasion 2
03-19 Austin, TX - Studium - She Shreds x Punctum Records Presents
04-17 Brussels, Belgium - Ancienne Belgique - solo show
04-19 London, England - Birthdays - solo show
04-21 Paris, France - La Mécanique Ondulatoire w/ Twin Peaks - solo show
04-23 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso Basement - solo show
06-20 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
06-22 Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
06-23 Philadelphia, PA - Boot & Saddle
06-24 Philadelphia, PA - PhilaMOCA 
06-25 Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel
06-26 Durham, NC - The Pinhook
06-28 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade: Purgatory
06-29 Birmingham, AL - The Syndicate Lounge
07-01 Houston, TX - Walter’s Downtown
07-02 Austin, TX - The Sidewinder
07-03 Dallas, TX - Three Links
07-05 Phoenix, AZ - The Rebel Lounge 
07-06 Santa Ana, CA - The Constellation Room
07-07 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
07-08 San Francisco, CA - Bottom Of The Hill
07-09 Oakland, CA - Starline Social Club
07-11 Portland, OR - Analog Theater
07-12 Vancouver, British Columbia - The Cobalt
07-13 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
07-15 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
07-16 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
07-19 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
07-20 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
07-22 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe Tavern
07-23 Montreal, Quebec - Bar Le Ritz

via Jazz Monroe

Jack White and the Muppets Cover Stevie Wonder's "You Are the Sunshine of My Life"

Last week, in a teaser for the season finale of ABC's Muppets show, Jack White and Kermit teamed up to sing the White Stripes' "Fell in Love With a Girl." Tonight, ABC will air the full episode, in which White helps Miss Piggy and Kermit work out their romantic woes. During the show, White will also perform a cover of Stevie Wonder's "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" recorded with the Muppets house band, the Electric Mayhem. Third Man are lining up a vinyl release of the cover, and you can hear it on Apple Music now.

Read "The Muppets' Best Musical Moments" on the Pitch.

Watch White and Kermit do "Fell in Love With a Girl":

via Jazz Monroe