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The Brooklyn-based psychedelic rock band Crumb—the quartet of Lila Ramani, Bri Aronow, Jesse Brotter, and Jonathan Gilad—have returned with a new song. “Trophy” arrives with a new music video directed by Haoyan of America and featuring animations by Truba Animation. Watch it below. The new song and video are the first taste of new music

Ibeyi have released the new song “Recurring Dream,” which the duo wrote and composed for Ed Morris’ new movie How to Stop a Recurring Dream. (Ed Morris has directed Ibeyi’s music videos for “River,” “Ghosts,” and “Deathless.”) Listen below and also check out a trailer for the film. Ibeyi last released Ash in 2017. Revisit

A new study from the University of Southern California’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative reveals the bleak reality for women in popular music. The report—compiled by Dr. Stacy L. Smith, Dr. Katherine Pieper, Hannah Clark, Ariana Case & Marc Choueiti—sought to “assess the gender and race/ethnicity of artists, songwriters and producers across the 800 top songs from

Grimes has signed with Columbia Records. “Thanks for tuning in all these years,” she tweeted. “We’ll meet again soon.” Grimes also shared a link to a new website. Find Grimes’ announcements below. Billboard first reported news of Grimes’ Columbia signing on Friday, March 5. Grimes has released all of her music via independent labels. She

Gladys Knight and Alessia Cara performed the national anthems of their respective countries at the NBA All-Star 2021 basketball game, which is being held tonight at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. Knight was present in Atlanta to sing “The Star Spangled Banner,” while Cara delivered a remote performance of “O Canada” from Toronto.

Cardi B, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, HAIM, Megan Thee Stallion, Harry Styles, Bad Bunny, DaBaby, Dua Lipa, Post Malone, and more have been announced as performers at the 2021 Grammy Awards. The Recording Academy dropped the news today (March 7), stating in a press release that “artists will be coming together, while still safely apart,

Beyoncé has released a brief a capella medley of songs in memory of Lyric Chanel, a 13-year-old girl whose two-year struggle with brain cancer was documented on Instagram before she passed away on Friday, as Rolling Stone reports. The medley, set to a slideshow of photos of Chanel, includes the songs “Brown Skin Girl” (The

Montreal producer Mike Silver is self-releasing a new CFCF album: Memoryland, the follow-up to 2019’s Liquid Colours, is out April 9. The full album features appearances by fellow Montreal music group No Joy and Kero Kero Bonito frontwoman Sarah Bonito. Take a listen to the new track “Life Is Perfecto” below and check out the

SZA has shared a new video for her song “Good Days.” The Solana-directed clip finds SZA in a psychedelic forest surrounded by giant mushrooms. Check it out below.  “Good Days” is the b-side to “Hit Different,” [ft. Ty Dolla $ign] which SZA released in September, directing the video herself. She had previously joined Justin Timberlake

Back in 2016, it was revealed that actor Joe Manganiello had gotten Morrissey’s approval to make his Smiths-inspired film Shoplifters of the World. Many years later, the film’s official trailer has arrived. Watch that below (via Entertainment Weekly). The film, directed and written by Stephen Kijak, is based on a largely embellished story about a

Chance the Rapper has shared a video for a new song called “The Heart & the Tongue.” Take a look below. Since releasing his studio album The Big Day in 2019, Chance the Rapper has hosted Saturday Night Live and Quibi’s short-lived Punk’d reboot, more recently sharing the new single “The Return.” He’s also made

No Rome has enlisted Charli XCX and the 1975 for a new single called “Spinning.” No Rome produced the track with the 1975’s Matty Healy and George Daniel. Give it a listen below. The 1975 and No Rome, who are both Dirty Hit artists, have collaborated in the past: The band hopped on No Rome’s

Lil Baby has returned with his first single of the year. “Real As It Gets” features Louisville, Kentucky rapper EST Gee. Check out the Caleb Jermale-directed music video for the track below. Late last year, Lil Baby dropped visuals for two new tracks, “Errbody” and “On Me.” His most recent LP My Turn came out

Nigerian singer-songwriter Fireboy DML and rapper D Smoke have released a music video for their Pheelz-produced track “Champion.” The cinematic visual was shot in Nigeria. Check it out below. “Champion” appears on Fireboy DML’s latest album APOLLO, which came out last year. Last month, Fireboy performed a medley of “Champion” and “Vibration” (from Laughter, Tears

Iggy Pop has joined legendary Hammond B-3 organist Dr. Lonnie Smith for a cover of Donovan’s 1966 hit “Sunshine Superman.” The track will appear on Smith’s forthcoming album Breathe. Listen to their take on the song below. Breathe arrives March 26 via Blue Note. It is the companion album to Smith’s 2018 LP All in

Reggae legend Bunny Wailer has died, The Associated Press reports. Wailer was the last surviving member of the iconic reggae band the Wailers, which he co-founded with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh in 1963. Jamaica Observer reported that the reggae luminary suffered a stroke in 2020 and had been in and out of the hospital since

Hundreds of songs from popular K-pop acts, including Sistar, IU, Monsta X, Epik High, and more, have been removed from Spotify in markets outside of South Korea. In a statement to the NME, Spotify confirmed that the songs would no longer be available “due to the expiration of our license.” But the Korean company that

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

Tonight at the 78th annual Golden Globes, Andra Day took home the award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for her titular role in The United States Vs. Billie Holiday. Day won over performances by Viola Davis (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), (Frances McDormand (Nomadland), Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman), and Vanessa Kirby