Made from afar, primarily with the National’s Aaron Dessner, Swift’s eighth album is a sweater-weather record filled with cinematic love songs and rich fictional details.
The unlikely collaboration between the vaporwave producer and the 311 frontman feels as natural as a wedge of lime and a bottle of Corona—equal parts basic and deeply satisfying.
The rapper/singer East London singer is mostly successful in creating a portrait of late nights out by using the sounds he grew up as the backdrop for his free-wheeling ruminations.
On his debut album under his own name, the artist formerly known as Deadboy captures a cross-section of recent UK dance-music history, spanning 2-step, breaks, sunrise anthems, and dub techno.
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In this Rising interview, the lifelong New Yorker and member of the art-punk trio Palberta talks about building up the confidence to release her first official solo record.
FINNEAS explores the sounds that sparked his greatest musical breakthroughs in this episode of “Critical Breakthroughs”
Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit the hard-fought third album by the D.C. hardcore icons who played faster and better than everyone else.
The Australian singer-songwriter eases up on her customary digital glitches, manipulated vocals, and sudden cuts for a warm record about the difficulty of forging intimacy through technology.
Anchored by a punishing and timely take on Neil Young’s “Southern Man,” this unexpected covers collection finds the audacious Southern band cutting loose.
On the sequel to last year’s Listening to Pictures, the octogenarian trumpet player slips into memoirist mode, allowing old tropes from his past to flicker back to life.