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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 Ravyn Lenae, @,…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The elusive Cooper Flagg NBA Rookie Debut Patch Autograph card has yet to be pulled, days after it was randomly inserted in the 2025-26 Topps Chrome Update Series Basketball Cards release. Flagg, the 2025 NBA Rookie of the Year, signed the card at Fanatics Fest last month, and the one-of-one chase card immediately became one of the biggest chase cards of the basketball season. The hunt for Flagg’s autographed card accelerated Thursday when the Dallas Mavericks announced a…

Rod Stewart has postponed a live show in the US at the last minute due to health issues. Read More: Rod Stewart live at Glastonbury 2025: Vegas showmanship adds razzle dazzle to legends slot The 81-year-old artist had been scheduled to perform at the Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, last night (Sunday August 9) as part of his current ‘One Last Time’ North American tour. However, just hours before doors were set to open, organisers shared a statement confirming that the concert would no longer be going ahead as planned. “Due to an unforeseen but minor medical procedure that required…

We are always listening to what’s next, but we’re only human, and these are the records that are stuck on repeat. We’re highlighting some of 2026’s most outstanding albums to date by rounding up the ones that have earned high scores and Best New Music designations with a quick list of RIYLs (that’s Recommended If You Like) and links to our coverage.Unlike our year-end lists, this one is organized in reverse chronological order. To help you keep track of the year’s best music, we’ll be updating it periodically throughout the remainder of 2026.JulyRIYL: K Wata; Basic Channel; expensive mineral water;…

C omb through any era of J Balvin’s decades-long career and you’ll find some impressive accolade or bit of Latin-music history sitting in plain sight: Start early on, when he’d just shot out of Medellín’s music scenes, there’s all the massive achievements he set for songs like 2015’s “Ginza”; he even scored a Guinness World Record for longest consecutive run at Number One on the U.S. Hot Latin Songs chart.  His 2018 album, Vibras, which featured a young Rosalía when she was just breaking out of Spain, shattered streaming records in its first week, and included the global smash “Mi…

This fall, the Chicks will be embarking on a North American tour to herald the 20-year anniversary of their pivotal album, Taking the Long Way – and with jabs at Mitch McConnell, dances with Tim McGraw and a fierce displays of their ace musicianship, their summer shows have already been the kind of catharsis we sorely need. Now the trio of Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire, and Emily Strayer are taking the celebration one step further with a special reissue, Taking the Long Way (20th Anniversary Edition). Out Oct. 2, it will include five bonus tracks, including a demo of their Grammy-winning,…

Barack Obama will discuss a half-dozen of his favorite books on a new six-episode podcast coming exclusively to Audible in September. A Great Book With Barack Obama will find the former president and yet-to-be-announced guests talking about six books that profoundly shaped his worldview and our society. Among the titles chosen by Obama are Cormac McCarthy’s All the Pretty Horses, Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon, and Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men. “Great books have always helped me figure out who I am and what I believe. The six books featured in this series have stayed with me throughout…

Brad Pitt opened up about experiencing suicidal thoughts over ongoing family issues, the movie star admitted in a wide-ranging cover story with Esquire.  “I just couldn’t — just didn’t see a way out,” the 62-year-old told the magazine. “The pain was so oppressive that — I wasn’t going to act on this, but I could feel — I could feel the cold steel of the bullet in my head, and it felt like relief. And I thought, ‘Oh, okay, now I understand.’ I understand suicide, in the sense that it’s just relief. It’s just looking for relief from the pain.…

The pop stars Garner grew up with in the late ’90s and early aughts were the products and, often, victims of exacting major-label machinery. But over the last two decades, the serrated steel of the star machine has rusted, forcing young artists to effectively develop themselves. So Slayyyter’s a pop star, yes, but also her own creative director and, occasionally, an auteur filmmaker. Garner directed four out of WGIA$’s five proper music videos on her own, and makes most of her stage costumes. “It’s all glue,” she winks. She carefully considered every aspect of the album’s packaging, down to where…

It’s a warm morning in May, and thousands of YouTubers, TikTokers, Facebook posters, and Instagram influencers have flooded the Fox Studio Lot in Century City, Los Angeles. They’re being ushered through manicured sidewalks by the hosts of this gathering, creator-industry whisperers Colin Rosenblum and Samir Chaudry. Winding past murals of the Simpsons and Marilyn Monroe, the group eventually finds itself in a rough re-creation of New York City, as imagined by Samsung, Canon, and Google, among others.  Corporate sponsors pursuing creators isn’t new. But Rosenblum and Chaudry hosting a summit on this century-old lot marks a new era of partnership.…