MUSIC
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The 55 Most Anticipated Albums of 2026
Danny L Harle: Cerulean February 13 On his first album in five years, Danny L Harle continues to plunder pure aural ecstasies of dancefloors past and drag them kicking and screaming into the 2020s. In a collider of trance, progressive techno, and various rave tendrils, the British producer draws guests including Caroline Polachek, PinkPantheress, Oklou, Dua Lipa, and Clairo into…
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Peter Gabriel Lines Up a New Year of Lunar Releases With O/I
I’m delighted to say that tonight, at the full moon, we will be beginning another year of full moon releases under the name o\i. The songs are a mix of thoughts and feelings. I have been thinking about the future and how we might respond to it. We are sliding into a period of transition like no other, most likely triggered…
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Brigitte Bardot Dies at 91
Brigitte Bardot, the French icon who glamorously embodied the postwar pop zeitgeist, has died. Her animal rights foundation announced the news in a statement sent to Agence France-Presse. No cause or date of death were given. Bardot was 91 years old. Bardot was born into a wealthy Parisian family in 1934 and trained as a ballerina before landing the modeling…
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The Cure’s Perry Bamonte Dies at 65
Perry Bamonte, the Cure’s longtime guitarist and keyboardist, has died following an undisclosed illness. He was 65. In a statement posted to their website, the band wrote that Bamonte, who went by the nickname “Teddy,” was “quiet, intense, intuitive, constant and hugely creative,” as well as “a vital part of the Cure story.” Perry Bamonte was born in September 1960…
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Bob Vylan Won’t Face Charges for “Death to the IDF” Chant
U.K. police have ended their criminal investigation into Bob Vylan over comments the punk duo made on stage about the Israeli military. “We have concluded, after reviewing all the evidence, that it does not meet the criminal threshold outlined by the [Crown Prosecution Service] for any person to be prosecuted,” the Avon and Somerset Police said in a statement. “No…
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EsDeeKid Releases Remix Featuring a Rapping Timothée Chalamet
Timothée Chalamet took a break from talking table tennis to hop on a “4 Raws” remix with mysterious U.K. rapper EsDeeKid. The move is an extended part of a dull internet conspiracy that maintained Chalamet—who used to rap under the alias Lil Timmy Tim and was once knighted by Lil B—was actually EsDeeKid. You can listen to the Oscar nominee…
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The Flaming Lips’ Steven Drozd Says He’s No Longer in Band
Steven Drozd—the Flaming Lips’ longtime guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and primary songwriter alongside Wayne Coyne—is no longer in the band, according to a since-deleted post Drozd made online. When replying to a fan on Threads who asked if he was “officially done with the FLips,” the musician replied, “They’re done with me – but we’re not talking about it. So yes I’m…
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Ice Spice, Leif and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist
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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Pooh Shiesty Drops First Single Since Prison Release
Pooh Shiesty has shared his first song since being released from prison in October. The TP808-produced “FDO” is out now alongside a homecoming-themed music video directed by Cotto0verdidit. Watch it below. The Memphis rapper shouts out a number of contemporaries in the song’s sprawling, single verse, including Lil Wayne, former collaborator Lil Durk, and Kendrick Lamar. “If my Drac’ jam…
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PUP Announce Live Album, Documentary, and Zine
PUP are immortalizing their recent Megacity Madness tour with a live album, video documentary, and 196-page zine dubbed the Megacity MegaZine. The bumper crop of archival material is drawn from the Toronto band’s six-show stint behind the May album Who Will Look After The Dogs?, which took them to successively bigger hometown venues—each with a place in the band’s own…
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