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Charli XCX, the Strokes, the xx, and More Performing at Outside Lands 2026

The San Francisco festival will also feature Rüfus Du Sol, Baby Keem, Turnstile, Dijon, Death Cab for Cutie, Clipse, and Geese

Greg Mendez Announces Album and Tour, Shares Video for New Song

The Philadelphia singer-songwriter will bring Beauty Land across North America after its May 29 release

Bob Power, Prolific Engineer Behind Hip-Hop Classics, Dies at 73

Power collaborated with De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, D’Angelo, Erykah Badu, and more

Aldous Harding Announces New Album Train on the Island

Watch a video for “One Stop” from the John Parish-produced LP

Loraine James Details New Album with Alan Sparhawk, Tirzah, and More

Detached From the Rest of You arrives on May 8

Grime MC Ghetts Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Fatal Hit-and-Run

The UK rap veteran admitted to causing the death of a student by dangerous driving

Gorillaz Announce 2026 North American Tour

Damon Albarn and co. will cross the ocean in support of The Mountain, joined by Little Simz and Deltron 3030

Maya Hawke Announces New Album and Spring Tour

“Devil You Know” leads Maitreya Corso, the Stranger Things actor and singer-songwriter’s fourth LP

Siblings Accuse Michael Jackson of Sex Trafficking and Abuse in New Lawsuit

Four adult siblings from the Cascio family say the pop star abused them across more than a decade, beginning when they were children

Underscores Lines Up 2026 North American Tour

On the heels of officially announcing U, her new album

New Music Releases and Upcoming Albums in 2026

A regularly updated guide to the new albums, EPs, mixtapes, and projects getting released in the coming weeks and months

Fever Ray, Underscores, Lightning Bolt, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist

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

Neil Sedaka, Chart-Topping Pop Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 86

Across a seven-decade-long career, he penned retro hits like “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do” and “Calendar Girl”

Watch Harry Styles, Rosalía, Björk, and More Perform at 2026 BRIT Awards

Olivia Dean, Raye, Sombr, and Wolf Alice also took the stage at Manchester’s Co-op Live Arena

BRIT Awards 2026 Winners: Geese, Rosalía, Olivia Dean and More

Bruno Mars, Lola Young, Wolf Alice, and others were recognized tonight at the ceremony in London

When We Were Young Festival 2026 Canceled

The Las Vegas festival will return in October 2027

Underscores Details New Album U

April Harper Grey’s long-teased third studio LP is out March 20

Radiohead to ICE: “Go Fuck Yourselves”

The Department of Homeland Security had used a choral rendition of “Let Down” in an Instagram Reel

100 Gecs’ Dylan Brady Shares “Needle Guy” Video

His first official solo release in 8 years

PinkPantheress Drops Four Tet Remix of “Illegal”

Hear Kieran Hebden’s take on the breakaway hit from Fancy That

Fever Ray Shares New Songs From Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! Soundtrack

Karin Dreijer cameos as an underground club performer in the new spin on The Bride of Frankenstein

Gorillaz Release New Album The Mountain: Listen and Read the Full Credits

Damon Albarn and co.’s latest features an absurd array of collaborators, dead and alive

11 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Mitski, Bill Callahan, Gorillaz, and More

Stream new releases from Mitski, Bill Callahan, Bruno Mars, and Gorillaz

Mitski Haunts a House in New “If I Leave” Video

The latest video from her eighth album Nothing’s About to Happen to Me

Watch Bruno Mars Front a Mariachi Band in “Risk It All” Music Video

The singer’s new album The Romantic is out today

Fred Again.. Previews New Harry Styles Song at London Show

Styles’ new album Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. drops on March 6

Yeat and EsDeeKid Party at Drake’s House in “Made It on Our Own” Video

The rappers go balaclava for balaclava in the Director X-directed clip

Megan Thee Stallion to Star in Moulin Rouge! on Broadway

She’ll take on the role of Zidler—proprietor of the Moulin Rouge cabaret and the show’s de facto narrator—for eight weeks beginning in March

Honey Dijon Enlists Rochelle Jordan, Madison McFerrin, and More for New Album

Nightlife also features Greentea Peng, Chlöe, Mahalia, and Bree Runway