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Soccer Mommy was the latest guest to the NPR office to play a “Tiny Desk Concert.” She performed songs from her three full-lengths: 2018’s Clean, 2020’s Color Theory, and last year’s Sometimes, Forever. For the performance, Sophie Allison was joined by guitarist Julian Powell, keyboardist Rodrigo Avendano, bassist Nickolas Widener, and drum machine player Rollum Haas. Watch the band do “Shotgun,” “Circle the Drain,” “NewDemo,” and “Still Clean” below. Soccer Mommy was scheduled to perform a Tiny Desk Concert in 2020; the performance was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Soccer Mommy’s Sophie Allison became the first artist to record a “Tiny Desk (Home) Concert” for the series. Last fall, Soccer Mommy revealed she’d scored the New York Times and Serial Productions podcast We Were T...

Snail Mail has announced a new run of U.S. tour dates scheduled for this spring in support of her latest LP, Valentine. The tour kicks off in Iowa City on April 7 and wraps up later in the spring. It also includes two performances in Indio, California, for the 2023 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Check out the full list of dates below. Snail Mail was originally booked on the 2020 edition of Coachella that was postponed and ultimately canceled due to the pandemic. Last fall, she announced the inaugural Valentine Fest in her Baltimore hometown; the five-night event is now sold out. Revisit Pitchfork’s feature “Snail Mail Can’t Help But Confess.” All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we...

Fall Out Boy have shared the new song “Love From the Other Side.” It’s the first taste of So Much (for) Stardust, the band’s follow-up to the 2018 album Mania. Watch the video for the single below. So Much (for) Stardust is out March 24 via Fueled by Ramen and Elektra. The new album was produced by Neal Avron, who worked with Fall Out Boy on 2005’s From Under the Cork Tree, 2007’s Infinity on High, and 2008’s Folie à Deux. “Neal not only taught us how to make records, but has a unique capacity to really take time and focus on a record,” singer Patrick Stump said in a statement. “We thought it was a no-brainer to work with him again, on a record where that was very important to us, and he was gracious enough to agree to work with us.” In the time since Mania, Fall Out Boy have gone on the H...

Wednesday: 04-26 Atlanta, GA – The Earl *04-27 Birmingham, AL – Saturn *04-28 New Orleans, LA – Gasa Gasa *04-30 Dallas, TX – Club Dada *05-01 Austin, TX – The Ballroom *05-03 Albuquerque, NM – Sister Bar *05-04 Tucson, AZ – Club Congress *05-05 Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom !05-06 San Francisco, CA – Independent *05-08 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios *05-09 Vancouver, British Columbia – Fox Cabaret *05-10 Seattle, WA – Barboza *05-11 Spokane, WA – Lucky You Lounge *05-13 Boise, ID – The Shredder *~05-12-14 Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Block Party05-15 Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge *05-17 Kansas City, MO – Record Bar *05-18 St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway *05-19 Little Rock, AR ...

Madonna has set the dates for her Celebration Tour, a huge stint across North America and Europe starting this July. Below, check out the dates, along with a Nuno Xico–directed announcement video, which plays on the 1991 Madonna documentary Truth or Dare. In the clip, Lil Wayne, Eric André, Jack Black, Judd Apatow, Diplo, Kate Berlant, Larry Owens, Meg Stalter, and more join her for a dinner party, where Amy Schumer dares her to plot a tour of career-spanning shows. Bob the Drag Queen, who also stars in the video, will support Madonna across the daters. In a press release, Madonna said, “I am excited to explore as many songs as possible in hopes to give my fans the show they have been waiting for.” Read Pitchfork’s page-by-page guide to the best Madonna books and revisit the retrospective ...

Kelela has shared “Contact,” a new song from her forthcoming LP Raven. The album is due out February 10 via Warp. Check out “Contact” below. She’s previously shared the Raven singles “On the Run,” “Washed Away,” and “Happy Ending.” Of the new song, Kelela said in a statement:  “‘Contact’ has a little bit of something for every part of the night. It’s a soundtrack for ‘pre-gaming’ (a song to play as you’re getting ready or on your way to the club). It’s also the interior club experience: the heat that envelops you when you walk into a packed rave. All this culminates in a very naughty, psychedelic moment in the back of the club with a lover.” Kelela’s 7-date RAVE:N tour—announced last month—is now sold out. It kicks off March 16 in Atlanta. Watch Kelela rate “breakfast with Björk” and ...