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Coachella 2027 Dates Announced

Mark your calendars if you want to attend the California music festival next year

Grimes Says She Made an Album Called Psy Opera

She also claims to be working on a “documentary about machine consciousness” and that she “might have AI psychosis”

Someone Stole Madonna’s Coachella Outfits

“I’m offering a reward for their safe return”

Shaboozey Returns With New Album The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales

The concept LP is out July 31 via American Dogwood

Tiga, Massive Attack, and Nine Inch Noize: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist

Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat

Jane Remover Lines Up North American Tour

The Live Exhibit tour comes with support from Dazegxd

Lorde, Geese, Turnstile, and More to Play Form Arcosanti 2026

Adrianne Lenker, Blood Orange, Kamasi Washington, and Disclosure are also performing at the Arizona festival this year

Ruth Garbus Readies New Album Profound

“I Think I’m Ready Now” leads the Alive People follow-up

Beth Orton Announces New Album and Tour

The Ground Above, her ninth LP, features Nick Hakim, Tom Skinner, Shahzad Ismaily, and more

Tory Lanez Sues California Prison System Over Inmate Stabbing

Lanez claims he was “knowingly” housed with the maximum-security prisoner who stabbed him 16 times

The Strokes Close Coachella Set With Video Denouncing U.S. Foreign Intervention

The band showed footage of bombings in Gaza and Iran and images of world leaders the CIA has been accused of overthrowing

Olivia Rodrigo Performs with Addison Rae at Coachella

The duo sang “Headphones On” together before giving Rodrigo’s new song “Drop Dead” its live debut

Watch Justin Bieber Bring Out SZA and Billie Eilish at Coachella

Sexyy Red, Dijon, and Big Sean also joined Bieber onstage for his Weekend Two set

Listen to Madonna’s New Song “I Feel So Free”

Fresh off her surprise appearance at Sabrina Carpenter’s Coachella set, the first preview of Confessions II

Wu Lyf Postpone North American Shows

In a statement, the band cited “delays in visa processing” and wrote that they’ll “be announcing new dates as soon as possible”

Listen to Kacey Musgraves’ New Song “Middle of Nowhere”

The title track of her new album precedes her late-notice set at Coachella this weekend

12 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Tokischa, Nine Inch Noize, and More

Stream new releases from Tokischa, Nine Inch Noize and Jessie Ware

Tyla Taps Zara Larsson for New Song “She Did It Again”

It's their first collaboration, and the latest preview of Tyla’s second album, A-Pop

Slayyyter Drops New Song “Broke Bitch Free$tyle”

The live staple gets an official release ahead of her Coachella Weekend 2 set

Olivia Rodrigo Gets Versailles to Herself in New “Drop Dead” Video

The lead single from You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love is out now

D4vd Charged With Murder of Celeste Rivas

The 14-year-old girl’s body was found in the singer-songwriter’s Tesla last September

Massive Attack’s First Song in Six Years Features Tom Waits

“Seen within the American emergency, this track contains pulses of callous impulse and abandoned mind,” the duo says of “Boots on the Ground”

Neko Case’s Thelma & Louise Musical to Debut This Fall

The movie’s original writer penned the book while Case wrote the music and lyrics

Coachella 2026 Weekend 2 YouTube Live Stream Schedule & Details

Missed the festival sets last weekend? Now you can see Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, Karol G, and more perform live

Charli XCX Is Making a Rock Album

“I think the dance floor is dead,” she told Pitchfork contributor Laura Snapes in a new British Vogue cover story

Listen to Lana Del Rey’s Theme for the New James Bond… Video Game

“First Light” was written by the singer and Bond composer David Arnold

Boards of Canada Return With First New Music in 13 Years

After a series of cryptic posters and creepy VHS tapes, the duo has released a mysterious piece of music

Lyra Pramuk Announces Hymnal (Resung) and Shares New Djrum Rework

The new spin on her 2025 album also features Verraco, Laurel Halo, and more

Watch Ariana Grande Go Toe-to-Toe With Ben Stiller in Focker-in-Law Trailer

The latest film in the Meet the Parents series, which also stars Robert De Niro, is out on Thanksgiving

Jury Finds Live Nation Acted as an Illegal Monopoly

Penalties against the music industry giant will be decided at a later date