On her debut album, the Chattanooga rapper balances raunchy sex talk with reflections on trauma. It’s a deliriously entertaining, ambitious project from an artist operating at her peak.
Nodding to Bowie and the Beatles on songs about climate change and capitalism, the 21-year-old songwriter roots his political critique in the rich tradition of British protest rock.
Channeling an eerily affecting cyborg tenderness, the Austrian producer and digital nomad writes post-club anthems that sound like pop hits from a parallel universe.
With her solo debut, AlunaGeorge’s Aluna Francis explores dance music in many forms—pop-house, dancehall, funk, Caribbean and African dance—as a personal refuge and an industry corrective.
Our recommendations of songs for hitting the road, banging your head, and wrapping up summer, on the latest episode of our podcast The Pitchfork Review
As his longstanding band Bright Eyes returns, the 40-year-old songwriter reflects on the artists that have soundtracked his life, from Cyndi Lauper to the Faint to Phoebe Bridgers.
Matty Healy discusses every album by the 1975 in this episode of “On the Records”
The stunning, open-hearted new album from indie rock singer-songwriter Hannah Read renders personal crises with a deft and delicate touch.
The collected solo recordings from a veteran of three of krautrock’s fundamental groups—Kraftwerk, Neu!, and Harmonia—walk the line between mesmerizing riffs and wistful, cinematic gestures.
Behind their overt shoegaze and grunge revivalism, the Houston rock band finds careful guitar melodies, sensitive vocal deliveries, and earnest earworms.
One of rock music’s former Next Big Things returns with a propulsive, stream-lined album that has the modest charm of fan service.