Author: Press Room
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 highlighting some of the Pitchfork staff’s favorite new music. The playlist is a grab-bag of tracks: Its only guiding principle is that these are the songs you’d gladly send to a friend.This week’s Pitchfork Selects playlist features Olivia Rodrigo, Aja…
A new chapter of VIBE has arrived. More than a decade after VIBE ceased producing physical copies and became online-only, the iconic brand is relaunching print — with the first issue set to be released next week. Quincy Jones created VIBE Magazine in 1992 when the media landscape looked very different. As one of the most accomplished producers in history, the late genius and visionary saw a void in American media. Black culture was shaping music, fashion, language, film, and politics, but there wasn’t a mainstream publication reflecting its full power, sophistication, and influence. VIBE changed all of that and…
Here's where to buy New York Knicks T-shirts ahead of their first Finals apperance since 1999 The New York Knicks are headed to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999. Mike Brown and Co. secured their spot in the Finals by sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers on Memorial Day, winning Game 4 130-93. They'll now get more than a week of rest before the Finals start on June 3, when they'll face either the San Antonio Spurs or the reigning champion Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2026 NBA Finals. As usual during Knicks' playoff action, Monday's game also brought…
Olivia Rodrigo's upcoming third album, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Lovewill be split into two sides, like an LP or cassette, possibly reflecting the moods of the music. The first, “Girl So in Love,” contains seven songs, while the flip side, “You Seem Pretty Sad,” bears six. Whether or not there's any deeper conceptual meaning behind the subtitling of the sides will be revealed when the record comes out on June 12. Rodrigo posted the news on Tuesday to Instagram. She's wearing a pink babydoll dress in the accompanying photo, and, of course, she looks a…
Donald Trump once again made a trip to the hospital on Tuesday, for yet another “routine” medical assessment, according to the White House. Trump spent the morning at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he received his “annual dental and medical assessment.” Most wouldn't know it, but the White House medical center has its own dentist on staff, which has performed routine dental care for past presidents and staffers. The justification for Trump's visit to Walter Reed looked additionally flimsy given that the president had a dental appointment with his personal doctor in Florida earlier this month, and the…
Nothing But Thieves have announced their fifth studio album, “Stray Dogs,” out September 25th. The album arrives three years after “Dead Club City” and was preceded by the single “Evolution”, already available (you can listen to it below). At the same time as the announcement of the new work, the English band also confirmed a new tour between Europe, the United Kingdom and North America, with a stop also scheduled in Italy. The Essex group – made up of Conor Mason, Joe Langridge-Brown, Dominic Craik, Philip Blake and James Price – will perform on Sunday 24 January 2027 at the…
In the same interview granted to Uncut in which he spoke colorfully about his hospitalization in Italy, Robert Fripp explained what happened to the project of recording a record with King Crimson, a record which in some way was started after the group's last performances, but never really developed.«It's the so-called new King Crimson album. Even though we had recorded all the concerts for the archives, the drummers were convinced that the sound would be better if they recorded separately,” explains Fripp. The last Crimson lineup featured three batteries: Pat Mastelotto, Gavin Harrison, Jeremy Stacey.«So the drummers rerecorded their parts…
Drake has set several new Billboard Hot 100 chart records following the release of his three new albums, Iceman, Habibti, and Maid of Honour. In total, Drake placed 42 songs on the Hot 100, a new single-week record that leapfrogs Morgan Wallen’s tally of 37 songs on the chart last May. Iceman, Habibti, and Maid of Honour contained a combined 43 tracks, and since Billboard hasn’t released the full Hot 100 chart for the week of May 30, it’s unclear which lone song missed out (though the 42-second “Where’s Your Stuff Interlude” from Maid of Honour seems a likely contender). …
What do Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young have in common? Long-running legends, co-employers of guitarist Nils Lofgren, writers of songs called “Born to Run,” “Long Walk Home,” and “Wrecking Ball.” But on Kurt Vile’s latest album, the only thing the 46-year-old songwriter cares about is that Bruce and Neil have both written music about his hometown.“I’m from Philadelphia,” Vile sings in “You don’t know cuz it’s my life.” “A couple heroes wrote songs but that ain’t where they’re from… So, hey, you don’t know!” Since the undercurrent to Vile’s sunny, hypnotic music has long been a sense of universal benevolence,…
Kae Tempest has spoken to NME about his unwavering respect for Jacob Alon, and aspiring to make a “profound moment of connection” through his music. The rapper, poet and author caught up with us at the 2026 Ivor Novellos last week, where he and Fraser T. Smith were awarded Best Contemporary Song with their track 'I Stand on the Line'. That song featured on his fifth studio album 'Self Titled', which dropped last July via Island Records and featured appearances from Pet Shop Boys' Neil Tennant, Young Fathers and Connie Constance. This year's victory marked Tempest's second Ivor Novello trophy…
