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News Kendrick Lamar Doesn’t Wait for Drake Response, Drops Another New Diss Song “Not Like Us”: Listen Lamar quickly answered Drake’s “Family Matters” with “Meet the Grahams,” and he’s piling on with another new diss track By Matthew Strauss May 4, 2024 Facebook X Kendrick Lamar (Ricardo Rubio/Europa Press via Getty Images) Facebook X Drake

News Drake Fires Back at Kendrick Lamar on New Song “Family Matters”: Listen After Lamar’s back-to-back diss tracks, “Euphoria” and “6:16 in LA,” Drake takes his turn on the offensive By Matthew Strauss May 3, 2024 Facebook X Drake, March 2024 (Carmen Mandato/Getty Images Facebook X The ball is back in Drake’s court. After Kendrick

News Kendrick Lamar Wastes No Time to Answer Drake Diss With New Song “Meet the Grahams”: Listen Immediately following Drake’s “Family Matters,” Lamar is already back with ferocious words for Drake and his family By Matthew Strauss May 4, 2024 Facebook X Kendrick Lamar, September 2023 (Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Images) Facebook X Kendrick Lamar

News Phil Elverum Shares New Mount Eerie Song on Palestine Benefit Album: Listen The singer-songwriter’s “& Sun (Early)” is one of 55 tracks on a compilation that benefits the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund and Palestine Legal By Jazz Monroe May 3, 2024 Facebook X Mount Eerie’s Phil Elverum, March 2022 (Mariano Regidor/Redferns) Facebook X Phil

News Gary Floyd, Incendiary Singer of Texan Punk Greats the Dicks, Dies at 71 Fronting the queercore communist band in the 1980s, Floyd secured his status as a punk legend with a riotous stage presence and anthems like “The Dicks Hate the Police” By Jazz Monroe May 3, 2024 Facebook X Gary Floyd, March 2009

News Vampire Weekend to Return as Saturday Night Live Musical Guests The Maya Rudolph–hosted episode will mark the band’s fourth appearance on the show By Madison Bloom May 2, 2024 Facebook X Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig, April 2024 (Erika Goldring/Getty Images) Facebook X Vampire Weekend will return to Saturday Night Live this month. Maya Rudolph

News King Princess Covers Steely Dan’s “Dirty Work”: Listen Mikaela Straus recorded her version of the Can’t Buy a Thrill song for the new season of Hacks By Matthew Strauss May 2, 2024 Facebook X King Princess, photo by Collier Schorr Facebook X King Princess has shared a new cover of Steely Dan’s Can’t Buy

News Illuminati Hotties Announces Tour, Shares Video for New Song “Can’t Be Still”: Watch Sarah Tudzin’s last album, Let Me Do One More, came out in 2021 By Nina Corcoran May 2, 2024 Facebook X Illuminati Hotties, photo by Sherwin Lainez Facebook X Illuminati Hotties has announced a North American tour that’s slated for this

News Ra Ra Riot Return With First New Song in Five Years: Listen “The Wish” was co-written and produced by Rostam Batmanglij By Jazz Monroe May 1, 2024 Facebook X Ra Ra Riot, photo by Rowan Daly Facebook X Ra Ra Riot are back with their first song in five years. Listen to “The Wish”

News Wild Up Announce New Julius Eastman Album, Share Song: Listen The Los Angeles music collective will release The Holy Presence, its fourth volume of Eastman recordings, in June via New Amsterdam Records By Matthew Strauss May 1, 2024 Facebook X Julius Eastman, photo by Chris Rusiniak and courtesy of Twnty Three Facebook X Wild

News Charly Bliss Announce First Album in Five Years, Share Video for New Song: Watch “Nineteen” leads Forever ahead of the full-length’s release on August 16 By Nina Corcoran May 1, 2024 Facebook X Charly Bliss, photo by Milan DiLeo Facebook X Charly Bliss have announced their first new album in five years: Forever, the

News Kendrick Lamar Responds to Drake Disses With New Song “Euphoria”: Listen The rappers’ tête-à-tête continues with another barbed track By Matthew Strauss April 30, 2024 Facebook X Kendrick Lamar, photo courtesy of pgLang and the Lede Company Facebook X Kendrick Lamar has responded to Drake’s latest diss tracks with the new song “Euphoria.” Listen

News Joni Mitchell Announces New Vinyl Box Set With Liner Notes by Meryl Streep Listen to “Coyote” from the new Asylum Albums set, featuring remasters of Hejira, Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter, Mingus, and Shadows and Light By Jazz Monroe April 30, 2024 Facebook X Joni Mitchell, 1976 (Ginny Winn/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Facebook X Joni

News Sufjan Stevens Musical Illinoise Nominated for Best Musical at 2024 Tony Awards David Byrne and Alicia Keys are also up for awards at this year’s ceremony By Eric Torres April 30, 2024 Facebook X Ricky Ubeda and Broadway Company of Illinoise, photo by Matthew Murphy Facebook X The nominations for the 2024 Tony Awards

News Billie Eilish Announces Massive Tour for New Album Eilish releases her new album, Hit Me Hard and Soft, in May and begins her tour in September By Matthew Strauss April 29, 2024 Facebook X Billie Eilish, February 2024 (Chelsea Guglielmino/WireImage) Facebook X Billie Eilish has announced a huge tour in support of her forthcoming

News Nilüfer Yanya, Tems, Porter Robinson, Sabrina Carpenter, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat By Pitchfork April 29, 2024 Facebook X Play/Pause Button Pause Graphic by Chris Panicker Facebook X The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot

News Mabe Fratti Announces New Album Sentir Que No Sabes, Shares Songs: Listen The Guatemalan musician will follow her new album with performances at Pitchfork Music Festivals London and Paris in November By Nina Corcoran April 29, 2024 Facebook X Mabe Fratti, photo by Melissa Lunar Facebook X Mabe Fratti has announced a new album.

News Christine and the Queens Shares Video for New Song “Rentrer Chez Moi”: Watch Chris dances in the desert in the video for the new single, “a wholesome surrender,” Chris says in press materials By Jazz Monroe April 26, 2024 Facebook X Christine and the Queens in “Rentrer Chez Moi,” directed by Sasha Mongin Facebook