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Lou Reed’s Pre–Velvet Underground Songwriting Compiled on New Album: Listen to a Song

Before co-founding the Velvet Underground, Lou Reed was a staff songwriter for other artists at Pickwick Records. Now, his mid-1960s songs, performed by assorted artists

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Knocked Loose Announce North American Tour

Knocked Loose are currently on tour with Slipknot, and they have now announced headlining tour dates of their own. The North American shows begin in

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Girlpool’s Harmony Tividad Announces Debut Solo Album, Shares New “No Romeo” Video: Watch

Harmony (aka Girlpool co-founder Harmony Tividad) has announced her first solo album. The new release, Gossip, is out October 11 via the artist’s own label,

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Charles R. Cross, Seattle Music Journalist and Author of Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrix Biographies, Dies at 67

Charles R. Cross, the Seattle music journalist and bestselling author behind Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain and Room Full of Mirrors: A

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Barack Obama Shares 2024 Summer Playlist: Charli XCX, Tems, 2Pac, Nick Drake, and More

Former President Barack Obama has shared his playlist of his current favorite songs for summer 2024. Included is Charli XCX’s high-speed Brat song “365”—because not

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2024 MTV VMAs Gets New Date to Avoid U.S. Presidential Debate

The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards are getting pushed back a day. The event will now take place on Wednesday, September 11, at Long Island’s

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Celine Dion and Estate of Isaac Hayes Denounce Trump’s Use of Their Songs

Former President Donald J. Trump has been using Celine Dion and Isaac Hayes songs at rallies, and neither artist’s camp is happy about it. The

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Black Midi Go on Hiatus as Geordie Greep Says Band Is “Indefinitely Over”

It could be a little while before Black Midi release new music. Over the weekend, singer-guitarist Geordie Greep hosted an Instagram Live session and, at

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Listen to Panda Bear & Sonic Boom’s New Reset Mariachi EP

The final chapter in the Reset story. We had the idea to record with a Mexican mariachi party band going back to “Tropic of Cancer”

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The Smile, Flo, YFG Fatso, Parannoul, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist

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