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  Introducing The Music & Politics Issue, Pitchfork's third themed edition. Illustration by Kate Prior

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  With 5 essays about musicians who made an impact, and bold songs that created change

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  A look back at Tropicália, Brazil's short-lived and strong musical protest movement. Illustration by Llew Mejia

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  Simon Reynolds reflects on how music did (and didn't) change the U.K.

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  M.I.A. defies boundaries. Photography by Mads Perch.

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  Peek inside the house ballroom scene with a photo essay by Gerard Gaskin

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  Illustrators, including Laura Callaghan, imagine alternate worlds

• Appearing: M.I.A. • Dolly Parton • Public Enemy • DeRay Mckesson • Sam Cooke • Poster Children • Denise Ho • Nation of Ulysses • And more!
• Contributors: Adam Pally • Aleksandar Hemon • Alex Frank • Anders Holm • Andy Beta • Antony Huchette • Ariel Davis • Ava DuVernay • Camille Dodero • Carri Munden • Cleon Peterson • Courtney Duckworth • Denise Ho • DeRay Mckesson • Dischord Records • Dorian Lynskey • Esther Leung • Gaurab Thakali • Gerard Gaskin • James Brown • Jessica Viscius • Jillian Mapes • Joe Scarborough • Joy Reid • Kate Prior • Kathleen Hanna • Laura Callaghan • Llew Mejia • Mads Perch • Marc Hogan • Marc Masters • Mark Richardson • Matthew Schnipper • Melissa Etheridge • Michael Galinsky • Mike Renaud • Nadya Tolokonnikova • Ninni Nummela • Noelle Roth • Quinn Moreland • Rachael Finley • Rebecca Bengal • Ruth Pointer • Ryan Dombal • Sam Esmail • Sarah Mazzetti • Simon Reynolds • W. Kamau Bell • Wolfgang Tillmans
• Inside Issue 11: Essays • Interviews • Photo Essays • Songs of Change • Illustrations • Portraits

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   Issue 11

   M.I.A. • Dolly Parton • Public Enemy • DeRay Mckesson • Sam Cooke • Poster Children • Denise Ho • Nation of Ulysses • And more!

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   Issue 10

   Animal & the Muppets • Questlove • Beach House • Brian Wilson • Phish • Digable Planets • The Newport Jazz Festival • Bonnaroo • Burning Man • Unsound • Osheaga • And more!

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   Issue 9

   Albert Ayler • Don Cheadle • Donny McCaslin • Esperanza Spalding • Jazz Radio • John & Alice Coltrane • JÜRGEN SCHADEBURG • Lisa Simpson • Max Roach and Abbey Lincoln • Niklaus Troxler • Sam and Bea Rivers • Sonnenzimmer • Sonny Rollins • Sonny and Linda Sharrock • Sun Ra • Supreme • The Selmer Mark VI Saxophone • Thelonious Monk • Tomeka Reid & more!

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   Alex Chilton • Alex Schubert • American Dance Music Culture • Howard Werth & the Moonbeams • Ibiza Raves • Jimmy Somerville • Los Crudos / Limp Wrist frontman Martin Sorrondeguy • NYC Proto-Punk 1976 • Soft Cell • TV On The Radio's Tunde Adebimpe • Tame Impala's Kevin Parker • The History of Musical Notation • The Story of Prince's Dirty Mind • Pet Shop Boys

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   Anders Nilsen • Angela Bofill • Franz Liszt • Future • Goodie Mob • Grace Jones • Ice Cube • Jeff Tweedy • Johnny Sampson • Lea Heinrich • Robyn • San Francisco Art Punk • Sara Drake • Sufjan Stevens • Terry Riley

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   Bjork • Run D.M.C. • Young Thug • Clara Schumann • Antony Hegarty • Lizzy Merceir Descloux • DJ Rashard • Lucinda Williams • Demi Adejuyigbe • Liz Armstrong • Emily Berl • Jefferson Cheng • Hazel Cills • Grayson Haver Currin • Joe Gross • Ian Harris • Eleni Kalorkoti • Tim Lahan • Sara Lautman • Zoe Leverant • Marianna and many more

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   Issue 5

   Aphex Twin • The B-52s • Bjork • Dead Moon • Jawbreaker • N.W.A. • The KLF • Madvillain • Sleater-Kinney • Demi Adejuyigbe • Stuart Berman • Joshua Clover • Ryan Dombal • Caitlin Donohue • Doug Aitken • Keith Bennett • Katie Carey • Leon Chew • Eric Coleman • Rachel Duggan • Aisha Franz • and many more

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   An oral history of NYC's NASA club night • David Bowie's Low • Michael Galinsky photographs the American underground • A day in the increasingly busy life of Australian songwriter Courtney Barnett • Exclusive Zola Jesus and The Tea Heads 7”

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   Issue 3

   Don Drummond and Margarita Mahfood: Jamaica's first musical couple • John Fahey, record collector • The life and death of Jason Molina • An oral history of Elliott Smith • Exclusive King Tuff and the Lentils 7”

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    Issue 2

    Holger Czukay of Can • Stanley Kubrick's Infinite playlist • David Toop on Kate Bush • A photo essay by Matthew Barney and Jonathan Bepler • Exclusive Kurt Vile & the Lovetones / Watery Love split 7”

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    Issue 1

    Simon Reynolds on '80s alt-weeklies • The rise and fall of Otis Redding • Glenn Danzig • Delicious Vinyl and the birth of LA hip-hop • Pitchfork Music Festival Paris in photos