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Childish Gambino Announces Massive 2024 Tour
Childish Gambino has announced a tour of North America, Europe, and Australasia, billed as the New World Tour. Donald Glover will take Amaarae and Willow along for select dates. The stint marks his first tour since 2019, and follows the release last night of Atavista, which he calls the finished version of his 2020 record 3.15.20. Find the tour dates below. The last time Childish Gambino went on tour, he had just dropped the internet-breaking single “This Is America” and his Summer Pack EP, off...
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Listen to Childish Gambino’s New Album Atavista
Donald Glover has shared a Childish Gambino album that he describes as “the finished version of 3.15.20, the album I put out 4 years ago.” It’s called Atavista and it’s out now. The 11-track record includes the new song “Little Foot Big Foot” featuring Young Nudy, which also comes with a black-and-white music video directed by his longtime collaborator Hiro Murai and stars Quinta Brunson, Monyett Crump, Rob Bynes, and others. Check it out below. Glover released his most recent Gambino album,...
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Tems Announces 2024 Tour and New Album Release Date
Last month, Tems announced the title of her debut album, Born in the Wild. She’s now revealed that the full-length is out June 7 (via RCA/Since ’93). Find a trailer for the LP below. Along with the album news, Tems has announced her Born in the Wild World Tour. The trek begins in London in June, and the Nigerian singer, songwriter, and producer heads to North America for shows beginning in August. See all of Tems’ tour dates below. Born in the Wild follows Tems’ two EPs, For Broken Ears and If...
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Charli XCX Enlists Julia Fox, Chloë Sevigny, and More to Star in Extremely Charli XCX Video for New Song “360”: Watch
Charli XCX has enlisted an all-star cast of internet celebrities in the very meta video for her new song “360.” The short, directed by Aidan Zamiri, brings together a committee including Julia Fox, Rachel Sennott, Hari Nef, Gabbriette, Alex Consani, and Emma Chamberlain to anoint the next “hot internet girl,” before the video proper gets under way and scoops up a Chloë Sevigny cameo. Watch it go down below. Among the rest of the cast are producer A. G. Cook—who, like Fox, gets a shoutout in the...
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Steve Albini Remembered: Cloud Nothings, Nirvana Biographer Michael Azerrad, and More React to Death of ...
Figures in the music world and beyond are reacting to the death of Steve Albini. Michael Azerrad, the author of the 1993 biography Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana, wrote on X of the In Utero producer and engineer, “He had a brilliant mind, was a great artist and underwent the most remarkable and inspiring personal transformation.” Albini produced Cloud Nothings’ beloved 2012 album, Attack on Memory, and the Cleveland rock band’s Dylan Baldi paid tribute to the musician on X. “steve touched...
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Steve Albini, Storied Producer and Icon of the Rock Underground, Dies at 61
Steve Albini, an icon of indie rock as both a producer and performer, has died of a heart attack, staff at his recording studio, Electric Audio, confirm to Pitchfork. As well as fronting underground rock lynchpins including Shellac and Big Black, Albini was a legend of the recording studio, though he preferred the term “engineer” to “producer.” He recorded Nirvana’s In Utero, Pixies’ Surfer Rosa, PJ Harvey’s Rid of Me, and countless more classic albums, and remained an outspoken critic of...
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Who Could New Jersey Devils Select With 10th-Overall Pick In NHL Draft?
The New Jersey Devils did not win the 2024 NHL Draft Lottery. That's okay since they only had a 3.5% chance going in to win the rights to Boston University's Ma
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Drake Responds to Kendrick Lamar With New Song “The Heart Part 6”: Listen
The ongoing rap battle between Drake and Kendrick Lamar continues, with Drake sharing a new song titled “The Heart Part 6” — a reference to the Pulitzer Prize winner’s ongoing single series. “And we know you’re dropping 6 mins after so instead of posting my address you have a lot to address,” he wrote on Instagram. Drake’s track responds to the two singles Lamar dropped over the weekend, Friday’s late-night “Meet the Grahams” and Saturday’s “Not Like Us.” Listen to the new song below. After...
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Kendrick Lamar Doesn’t Wait for Drake Response, Drops Another New Diss Song “Not Like Us”: Listen
Drake has yet to answer Kendrick Lamar’s latest diss, the late-night “Meet the Grahams,” but that’s not stopped Lamar from dropping another new song. The latest, “Not Like Us,” is produced by Mustard. Listen to the track below. Along with his now-expected Drake disses on “Not Like Us,” Lamar takes aim at some of the rapper’s October’s Very Own (OVO) affiliates. Among the targets are security guard Chubbs (“They tell me Chubbs the only one that get your hand-me-downs”), PartyNextDoor (“And Party...
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Kendrick Lamar: “6:16 in LA” Track Review
Over a soulful Al Green flip, Kendrick stays on offense by peacefully dismantling Drake's whole situation.
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Jessica Pratt: Here in the Pitch Album Review
Jessica Pratt's fourth album of hypnagogic folk music hones her mysterious song to its finest point.
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Kendrick Lamar Wastes No Time to Answer Drake Diss With New Song “Meet the Grahams”: Listen
Kendrick Lamar is already back with another Drake diss. “Meet the Grahams,” the Compton artist’s third track of the week—following “Euphoria” and “6:16 in LA”—arrives within an hour of Drake’s barbed response, “Family Matters.” Find the latest new song below. Lamar opens “Meet the Grahams” by addressing Drake’s son, Adonis Graham: Dear Adonis, I’m sorry that that man is your father, let me be honest It takes a man to be a man, your dad is not responsive I look at him and wish your grandpa...