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It’s a December tradition like no other: Roasting Reading former President Barack Obama’s annual list of his favorite movies, books, and songs. This year’s selection includes a cut off Richard Russell’s Everything Is Recorded project, Olivia Dean’s “Nice to Each Other,” Lady Gaga’s “Abracadabra,” Laufey’s “Silver Lining,” and BLACKPINK’s “Jump,” among others. (In a bipartisan

Fela Kuti, Whitney Houston, and Paul Simon are among those set to receive Lifetime Achievement Awards at the 2026 Grammys, the Recording Academy announced today. Cher, Carlos Santana, and Chaka Khan will round out the honorees. Bernie Taupin, Eddie Palmieri, and Sylvia Rhone have been named as next year’s Trustees Award winners, and the Technical

Update: Well, that was quick. Less than a day after the all-Republican Kennedy Center board voted to rename the venue to the Trump-Kennedy Center, construction workers could be seen drilling the new one onto the facade, reports The Washington Post. Original story follows: The board of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing

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

CHE has unveiled a deluxe edition to his chest-rattling 2025 album REST IN BASS. “FUCKIT IM STEALIN XMAS,” the Atlanta rapper wrote on Instagram. REST IN BASS: ENCORE features 14 unreleased tracks, including “WHIPPIN” with OsamaSon, the follow-up to their REST IN BASS breakout “Hellraiser.” You can listen to the Christmas Day drop and see

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

Attorneys for Sean “Diddy” Combs have filed a notice of appeal, requesting their client’s “immediate release” from federal prison and to “either grant a judgment of acquittal or vacate and remand for resentencing,” reports Rolling Stone. In the notice, attorney Alexandra Shapiro accused Judge Arun Subramanian of acting “as a thirteenth juror” during sentencing, adding,

Peppa Pig: 02-06 Silverdale, WA – Central Kitsap PAC02-07 Tacoma, WA – Pantages Theater02-09 Abbotsford, BC – Abbotsford Centre02-10 Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall02-11 Bend, OR – Tower Theatre02-14 Walnut Creek, CA – Lesher Center for the Arts02-15 Folsom, CA – Harris Center02-18 Burbank, CA – Luther Burbank Center for the Arts02-20 Modesto,

Tyler, the Creator has unveiled a new freestyle called “Sag Harbor” alongside a fresh “Sugar on My Tongue” remix. You can hear them both below. “Harbor” makes numerous references to Tyler’s triumphant 2025, including his surprise album DON’T TAP THE GLASS (“Son got his fourth number one in a row, I’m a champion”), his sold-out

Chance the Rapper and Jeremih have added to their growing Christmas music catalog with a new five-track EP called Secret Santa. It’s the duo’s fourth official holiday release, following 2016’s Merry Christmas Lil’ Mama, and its two expanded editions, 2017’s Merry Christmas Lil’ Mama: Re-Wrapped, and 2020’s Merry Christmas Lil Mama: The Gift That Keeps

Last night, December 20, Ariana Grande returned to Studio 8H to host Saturday Night Live for the second time in as many years. During her monologue, Grande parodied Mariah Carey’s recently record-breaking “All I Want for Christmas Is You” and was joined by Bowen Yang, who is leaving the SNL cast midway through his eighth

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

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

A new Lady Gaga concert film will arrive on Christmas Eve. Lady Gaga in Harlequin Live: One Night Only was recorded last year during a performance at Los Angeles’ Belasco Theatre, where Lady Gaga performed Harlequin—her 2024 “companion album” to Joker: Folie à Deux, in which she starred as Harley Quinn—in its entirety. The film

Just over a month after he was released from prison following a 16-year-long stint behind bars, Max B is back with his first new full-length in four years. The rapper has surprise-released Public Domain 7: The Purge, the seventh installment of his ongoing Public Domain mixtape series. You can listen to it below. Public Domain

Bon Iver, Gracie Abrams, and the National’s Aaron Dessner have released a new song, “Sold Out,” to benefit the gun violence prevention organization Everytown. Though Justin Vernon has often collaborated with Dessner, and Abrams and Dessner are ongoing songwriting partners—not to mention that Abrams has covered Bon Iver’s “Beach Baby”—“Sold Out” is the first formal

Last week, Steven Drozd revealed in a since-deleted post that he’s no longer in the Flaming Lips after a nearly 35-year-long run. The band hasn’t formally released its own statement, and neither has Wayne Coyne, but their current drummer Matthew Duckworth Kirksey did share some thoughts in an Instagram post today in collaboration with the

Kali Uchis is dipping back into her Orquídeas era. Months after “Muévelo,” a leaked demo from the 2024 album’s studio sessions, began making the rounds online, the Colombian American singer has unveiled the full version. “for my final act of self love this year i will release this song bcoz prior to tonight it was

At least one record label is happy to release new Morrissey music. The Smiths’ founder has signed a new contract with Sire Records, reports Rolling Stone, three years after the singer’s previous home, Capitol, shelved a finished album, and five years after BMG officially dropped him—a development Moz blamed on new management and, uh, “diversity.”

A federal judge has overturned the conviction of one of two men found guilty in the murder of Jason Mizell, aka Jam Master Jay, reports Billboard. Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall granted the motion for acquittal of Karl Jordan Jr., who was found guilty in 2024 of killing Mizell, his godfather and the D.J. for legendary