Matthew Strauss

Alynda Segarra has announced their next Hurray for the Riff Raff album: The Past Is Still Alive is out February 23 via Nonesuch. Listen to the new album’s first song, “Alibi,” below. The Past Is Still Alive follows Hurray for the Riff Raff’s 2022 album, Life on Earth. Segarra worked on the new LP with producer Brad Cook and a whole host of collaborators, including vocalists Anjimile, Conor Oberst, and S.G. Goodman, as well as musicians Libby Rodenbough, Matt Douglas, Meg Duffy, Mike Mogis, Phil…

Daft Punk have shared the second preview of the new Random Access Memories (Drumless Edition). The new track, “Motherboard (Drumless Edition),” is a stripped-back version of the 2013 original. Hear it below. Random Access Memories (Drumless Edition) is out November 17. As the title suggests, it’s a version of Random Access Memories that doesn’t have drums. The lead single was “Within (Drumless Edition).” The new album will follow the recent anniversary edition of Random Access Memories. Check ou…

Kelly Moran is coming back soon with a new project: The Vesela EP is out November 17 via Warp. Listen to the title song below. Moran made her new EP using a Yamaha Disklavier player piano. Along with the title song and “Soft Focus,” Vesela features “Medusa,” which is the composer and pianist’s expansion of the late Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Medusa theme. The new EP was mastered by Telefon Tel Aviv’s Joshua Eustis. Vesela follows Kelly Moran’s 2018 solo full-length, Ultraviolet. Revisit the Rising inter…

The Collected Works of Neutral Milk Hotel is nominated for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package at the 2024 Grammy Awards. The officially recognized nominees are the collections’ art directors: Daniel Murphy, Mark Ohe, and Neutral Milk Hotel bandleader Jeff Mangum. It’s the first time that Mangum has ever been nominated for a Grammy Award. Mangum, Murphy, and Ohe will face off against the art directors behind For the Birds: The Birdsong Project, Ngọt’s Gieo, and the deluxe editions of B…

The Killers have announced the new career-spanning compilation Rebel Diamonds. The group’s second greatest hits album, following 2013’s Direct Hits, is out December 8. Watch a trailer for the new album below. Rebel Diamonds is presented chronologically, beginning with four songs from the band’s 2004 debut, Hot Fuss, and followed by two Sam’s Town tracks, three entries from 2008’s Day & Age, two more from Battle Born, one Wonderful Wonderful song, three Imploding the Mirage songs, and two tracks…

Kevin Abstract has released his new album, Blanket. The Brockhampton founder worked on his Arizona Baby follow-up with producers Romil Hemnani, Jonah Abraham, Tyler Johnson, Kid Harpoon, John Carroll Kirby, and Julian Ali. He also enlisted indie artists Kara Jackson and MJ Lenderman for the album’s closing song, “My Friend.” Listen to it below. Romil Hemnani and Jonah Abraham co-produced “My Friend.” MJ Lenderman provided vocals and guitar, while Kara Jackson sang vocals on the track. “My Friend…

In a newly released statement, Kate Bush has confirmed that she will not attend the 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony tonight in Brooklyn, New York. “I’m afraid I won’t be able to attend the ceremony tonight, but for me the real honour is knowing that you felt I deserved it,” she wrote. “The RRHOF has welcomed me into the most extraordinary rostrum of overwhelming talent.” Bush continued by congratulating fellow inductee and famed Elton John songwriter Bernie Taupin, who’s recogni…

Bad Boy Chiller Crew have announced the details of a new album: Influential is out November 10 via Relentless. The latest single from the album, “Memory,” comes with a new music video starring three young boys as the Bradford trio’s Gareth “GK” Kelly, Sam “Clive” Robinson, and Kane Welsh. Watch it below. Influential follows last year’s Disrespectful. “Memory” is the ninth preview of the 22-track album, following “BMW (French the Kid, Mist, Bugzy Malone Remix),” “Skank All Night (You Wot, You Wot…

Buffy Sainte-Marie, an icon of Canadian music, has released a statement about her Indigenous heritage ahead of an investigative report that apparently calls into question her Native identity. The report comes from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s documentary series The Fifth Estate. The description for the episode, expected to air tomorrow (Friday, October 27) is: “An icon’s claims to Indigenous ancestry are being called into question by family members and an investigation that included g…

In a recent interview with France Inter, Thomas Jolly teased the potential presence of Daft Punk at the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics. Jolly, the artistic director for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, said in French, “It would be very happy if they were in this ceremony. We can’t not think about it.” A representative for Daft Punk now tells Pitchfork that the duo will not reunite for the Olympics. “This is just a rumor and not true,…