Beck and Thurston Moore Perform Together...

Last night, Beck participated in Doug Aitken’s Station to Station project at the Barbican in London, accompanied by Thurston Moore. The performance was billed as “an evening of music, poetry and visual arts,” pairing music with poetry readings by Simon Armitage and others; the cinematic backdrop belied a cowboy theme, further emphasized by Beck (and some onstage actors’) Wild West garb. The Guardian reports that Beck performed the rare Stereopathetic Soulmanure cut “Waitin’ For A Train” that evening, along with Morning...

Miguel Surprise Serenades a Woman in a C...

Miguel‘s got a new album out this week called Wildheart. During his spot as musical guest on last night’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live”, he sang “Coffee” alongside a backing band dressed all in white. Before that, however, he stopped off at a coffee shop in Los Angeles to serenade an unsuspecting customer with the Wildheart track. Watch below. Also, this morning, he did the same song on “Good Morning America”. Watch that below as well. Watch Miguel play “Adorn” at a Warm Up event at MoMA...

Four Tet and Steve Reid’s "St...

Four Tet, aka Kieran Hebden, collaborated multiple times with the late jazz drummer Steve Reid. They released albums such as 2007′s Tongues, 2008′s NYC and 2011′s Live At the South Bank. They also recorded a version of Derrick May’s “Strings of Life” before Reid passed away in 2010. The song was played on a Gilles Peterson podcast celebrating Reid’s life, but was never officially released. Today, Hebden announced on Twitter that it’ll soon receive a formal release, as FACT points out. Update: It’s streaming now. Listen...

Apple Music Launches

Apple Music has now launched across iOS devices. As previously reported, it combines streaming, downloads, radio, and social elements all in one place. iTunes now includes access to all of the iTunes store streaming on demand, with features like customized playlists and recommendations. Pitchfork is one of Apple Music’s Curation Partners. Check out Pitchfork’s profile for regularly updated playlists. Beats 1, the in-house radio station, is broadcasting 24 hours a day. Beats 1 is co-anchored by Zane Lowe in Los Angeles, Ebro Darden of Hot 97 in New York, and...

Santigold Shares New Song "Radio&qu...

Photo by Colin Kerrigan Santigold has shared “Radio”, a new song that appears on the original soundtrack for Paper Towns, the forthcoming coming-of-age movie based off a John Green novel that stars Cara Delevingne. You can listen to it below. The soundtrack is out July 10, while the movie is out July 23. Santigold is at work on the follow-up to 2012′s Master of My Make-Believe, which she intends to release later this...