This week, many members of the Pitchfork and Pitchfork.tv staffs headed to Barcelona for the San Miguel Primavera Sound Festival. Theres no full Pitchfork Weekly this week, but check out a teaser for...
To round out their extensive reissue campaign, Archers of Loaf will put out remastered versions of their final two albums, 1996s All the Nations Airports and 1998s White Trash Heroes, on August 7 thr...
Photo by Lilja Birgisdottir Sigur Rós have announced some of the openers for their (expanded) summer tour in support of Valtari. Perfume Genius and Julia Holter will each play a few North American da...
Photos by Charlotte Zoller and Erez Avissar; above: Mazzy Star by Charlotte Zoller. More photos from Thursday at Primavera can be seen here. Today we begin our reports from San Miguel Primavera Sound...
Photo by Jamie-James Medina The xx: "Open Eyes" (Demo) on Youtube. The xx have announced the eagerly awaited follow-up to their 2009 self-titled debut record. Coexist will be out through Yo...
Heres the video for the Flaming Lips and Erykah Badus cover of the standard "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", which appears on the collab-heavy release The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends....
Photos by Charlotte Zoller. Above: Japandroids. More photos from Thursday at Primavera can be seen here. Today we begin our reports from San Miguel Primavera Sound Festival 2012, going down through t...
Photos by Erez Avissar. Above: the xx. More photos from Thursday at Primavera can be seen here. Today we begin our reports from San Miguel Primavera Sound Festival 2012, going down through the weeken...
As promised, tUnE-yArDs, the Roots ?uestlove, Angelique Kidjo, and Akua Naru have released their cover of Fela Kutis "Lady", which is part of a Fela tribute compilation from the Red Hot Organ...
The Black Keys already had a video for "Gold on the Ceiling" from El Camino, a pretty standard life-on-the-road deal. But now theyve got a new clip directed by Harmony Korine, of Kids, Gummo,...
Photo by Steve Gullick Hot Chip recently covered Princes "If I Was Your Girlfriend" for Zane Lowes BBC Radio 1 show, the NJ Underground points out. Head here to check it out; the cover appear...
Sufjan Stevens, the Nationals Bryce Dessner, and composer Nico Muhly brought their collaborative, solar-system-inspired show to the Vivid Festival in Sydney, Australia this week. (Check out video of ...
Photo by Maria Chavez Dan Boeckner, formerly of Handsome Furs and Wolf Parade, Spoons Britt Daniel, and New Bomb Turks Sam Brown have a new band called Divine Fits . Theyre putting out an album later...
This summer, the stories of two iconic indie rock bands, Yo La Tengo and Meat Puppets, will be chronicled in new books. On June 5, Gotham Books will release "Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo and the R...
If you know any tourists that plan to visit New York City on June 18, theres a good chance theyll take in a Twin Shadow concert without even knowing it. That day at 8 p.m., the video for Twin Shadows...
Daniel Lopatin is planning a victory lap for Replica, the excellent record he released in 2011 as Oneohtrix Point Never. Dog in the Fog is an EP of four collaborative remixes of Replica tracks, out d...
Bloc Party have announced the first release on their new home, Frenchkiss, and their first full-length since 2008s Intimacy. Four will be out on August 21 in North America and August 20 international...
The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends, the Flaming Lips zany collaborative compilation that inspired Ke$ha to send her assistant out on LSD run, was previously only available as a Record Store Day limite...
The San Miguel Primavera Sound Festival begins in full today, taking over Barcelonas Parc del Forum on the banks of the Mediterranean Sea. Once again, were hosting our own Pitchfork stage, presenting...
Heres the latest visual to go along with Julia Holters excellent record Ekstasis. Directed by Naomi Yang of Galaxie 500/Damon & Naomi, the clip for "Our Sorrows" finds Holter winding a mi...
Heres the first music video to go along with Purity Rings upcoming debut album Shrines, which is out July 24 through 4AD and Last Gang. Directed by Brewer, the "Belispeak" clip has some serio...
UPDATE: It has been confirmed that "Lots" is indeed a track from Dan Deacons forthcoming new album, America, out August 28 in the U.S. and a day before abroad via Domino. Tracklist below. If ...
Childish Gambino: "Silk Pillow" [ft. Beck] Ok, so: comedian/actor Donald Glover just posted a new song called "Silk Pillow" on his website under his not-funny, not-good rapping guis...
Photo by Elisabeth Vitale While touring with Coldplay this summer, Robyn will host a series of club nights with DJ/producer Rokk. For the "Body Talk" nights, shell DJ "late 80s-early 90s ...
Azealia Banks has changed the name of her upcoming mixtape. Originally titled Fantastic, its now called Fantasea, according to Twitter. So there you have it. Itll still be out on July 4. Listen to mi...
Pitchfork.tv recently sat down with Aaron Freeman, aka Gene Ween of the newly disbanded Ween. He chatted about his new soft-rock solo record, Marvelous Clouds, and his desire to work with Skrillex. S...
Photo by Adrian Moeller MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, New York has announced the lineup for Warm Up, its annual outdoor summer concert series, which takes place every Saturday from July 7 to Septembe...
The Portland, Oregon festival MusicfestNW has announced its 2012 lineup. The festival, which takes place September 5-9 across 16 venues, will feature Passion Pit, Girl Talk, Sebadoh, Swans, Fucked Up...
Odd Future Records has signed Sacramento hardcore bashers Trash Talk to their roster. The band will release a new album, 119, in the fall via Odd Future Records and the bands own Trash Talk Collectiv...
Art by Elite Gymnastics Vancouver Balearic producer Blood Diamonds, aka Mike Tucker, has announced a new EP. The Phone Sex 12" will be released digitally and on transparent pink vinyl on July 16 ...
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