Wednesday Music News

Father John Misty has shared the latest single from his forthcoming album, God’s Favorite Customer. Titled “Please Don’t Die,” the song comes with a video from claymation animator Chris Hopewell, who also did “Things It Would Have Been Helpful To Know Before the Revolution” off of last year’s Pure Comedy. “Please Don’t Die” sees Josh Tillman in a dire position in a hotel room before being pulled down to hell by the Grim Reaper. Luckily, a woman who looks a lot like his wife Emma pulls him up to safety before he can be buried. “Please Don’t Die” follows “Mr. Tillman,” “Just Dumb Enough To Try” and “Disappointing Diamonds Are the Rarest of Them All.” God’s Favorite Customer is out this Friday, June 1 via Sub Pop. Catch FJM on Sunday, July 22 at 2018’s Capitol Hill Block Party. [ Pitchfork ]

Today, Kendrick Lamar has become Pulitzer Kenny. Last month, he was named the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for music and today he accepted the prize at the closed ceremony. The ceremony was livestreamed via the Pulitzer Facebook page where Lamar received a standing ovation when accepting his award. On his current Championship Tour, Lamar has been performing in front of large screen that reads “Pulitzer Kenny.” Lamar is the first rapper to win the award. [ SPIN ]

Later… with Jools Holland has been doing the most in terms of musical guests lately. Last night, they packed the show with Florence and the Machine, UK pop star Lily Allen, and Scottish experimental hip-hop trio Young Fathers. Florence performed “Hunger” and “100 years” from their upcoming album, High as Hope. Allen performed alongside Holland himself, for her ballad “Three,” off her forthcoming record No Shame. Young Fathers made their debut performance on the program with “Toy,” from their recently released Cocoa Sugar. Florence and the Machine are playing the Key Arena on Monday, September 10 with St. Vincent and Lizzo. Young Fathers will take the Showbox stage on Friday, November 16. [ Consequence of Sound ]

The Internet have announced their fourth studio album, Hive Mind, out July 20 via Columbia. They’ve also shared the second song off the album, “Come Over,” on Beats 1 which follows last month’s “Roll (Burbank Funk).” In an interview with Zane Lowe, the band explains why the album doesn’t have any features. "Hive Mind is basically just a group ego," Matt Martians said. "[The Internet's first album] Ego Death was the death of all our individual egos and now it’s like we’re one group ego. We move as a unit. We’ve become closer since the solo projects." [ The Fader ]

Jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington is releasing his expansive double album Heaven and Earth next month. Today, he’s shared a new song off of it called “Street Fighter Mas” inspired by his childhood memories playing video games. "When I was younger … we used to go to this place called Rexall to play Street Fighter," he explained. "At Rexall, there would be different people from different hoods there playing the game. It was the one place that was like an equalizer. It was just about how good you were at Street Fighter … for the most part. In other places, you were afraid of these dudes; there, you would just play the game and it was what it was, you know? I was really good at Street Fighter, so where the song really came from was me jokingly saying I was going to have my own theme song … like a boxer." Heaven And Earth is out June 22 on Young Turks. Washington will play the Showbox on Wednesday, October 17. [ Rolling Stone ]