MUSIC
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Listen to Xaviersobased’s Song With Skrillex and Dylan Brady
Xaviersobased has released a new song with 100 Gecs’ Dylan Brady and Skrillex. “Party At My Place” comes hot off the heels of the New York rapper’s debut album, Xavier, which came out last week. Listen to it below. This is Skrillex’s second release of 2026 following a busy 2025. In January, he surprise-released an ambient EP, Kora, which featured…
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Watch Cardi B Perform “Bodega Baddie” and “ErrTime” on Saturday Night Live
Cardi B was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live last night (January 31), performing “Bodega Baddie” and “ErrTime” off her 2025 album Am I the Drama? On “Bodega Baddie,” the Bronx rapper was joined by renown Dominican accordionist El Prodigio. It was Cardi’s first time performing on SNL since 2018. You can watch both performances below, as well as…
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Lady Gaga to Perform at 2026 Grammys
Lady Gaga has been announced as a performer at the 2026 Grammy Awards. She’s up for seven trophies—the second-most of any nominee, tied with producers Jack Antonoff and Cirkut—including Album of the Year for Mayhem and Record and Song of the Year for its single “Abracadabra.” The other performers at the 2026 Grammys are: Justin Bieber, Sabrina Carpenter, Clipse and…
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King Tuff Announces Album and Tour, Shares Video for New Song
King Tuff has a new album on the way, and it’s called Moo. The Vermont garage rocker also known as Kyle Thomas will put out the follow-up to 2023’s Smalltown Stardust on March 27 via his own new label, MUP Records, and Thirty Tigers. He’s also shared a music video for the record’s lead single and opening track, “Twisted on…
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7 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Ari Lennox, Lucinda Williams, and More
As the all-ages fans flooding the aisles of David Byrne‘s 2025 Radio City Music Hall show made clear, Talking Heads have one of the most enduring catalogs in modern American rock music. Naive Melodies, a new compilation on BBE curated by Drew McFadden, aims to make the group’s often-undersung Afro-diasporic influences as indelible as the “Psycho Killer” chorus. In step…
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12 Songs You Should Listen to Now
The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each other and discovering new favorites along the way. Each Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects playlist, we’re sharing what our writers are playing obsessively and…
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Charli XCX Releases New Song “Wall of Sound”
Charli XCX has shared a new song from Wuthering Heights, her soundtrack and accompaniment to the Emerald Fennel movie of the same name. Listen to it below ahead of the film and album’s dual release on February 13. Charli’s recent singles “Chains of Love” and the John Cale-assisted “House” will appear on the album which she has described, on Substack,…
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John Forté, Rapper and Fugees Producer, Dies at 50
John Forté, the rapper and producer who emerged as a key contributor to the mid 1990s New York hip-hop scene and close collaborator of Fugees, was found dead at his home in Chilmark, Massachusetts, on Monday (January 12), The Associated Press reports. There was no sign of foul play or a “readily apparent cause of death,” Sean Slavin, the Chilmark…
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Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir Dead at 78
Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir has died. Weir played rhythm guitar and sang lead vocals for the entirety of the Grateful Dead’s 30-year tenure. He also founded and played in several bands during and after his time with the Dead, including Kingfish, the Bob Weir Band, Bobby and the Midnites, Scaring the Children, RatDog, and Furthur. After the Grateful…
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David Byrne Covers Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License”
Olivia Rodrigo has marked the fifth anniversary of her post-Disney debut “Drivers License” by enlisting David Byrne to record a cover. Check it out below. A 7″ vinyl single, out April 3, will pair the cover with Rodrigo and Byrne’s version of Talking Heads’ “Burning Down the House,” recorded at the 2025 Governors Ball. This is the first in a series of…
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