The Weather Station Battles Climate-Change Anxiety, One Song at a Time
Singer-songwriter Tamara Lindeman talks about confronting the emotional fallout of looming environmental disaster on her new album, Ignorance.
Sample Snitching: How Online Fan Chatter Can Create Legal Trouble for Rap Producers
By publicly identifying and discussing unlicensed samples, hip-hop fans on websites like WhoSampled and YouTube may be unwittingly putting their favorite producers at risk.
The 41 Most Anticipated Albums of 2021: Kendrick, Rihanna, Adele, and More
New releases to look forward to in the coming months, from SZA, Drake, Lana Del Rey, Lorde, and others
The Pitchfork Staff on Their Unique, Solitary Year in Listening
Our writers, editors, and more share the music that brought them comfort, the shows they long to see, and the 2020 losses that hit the hardest.
The 2020 Club Bangers That Could Have Been
Electronic artists ranging from Jayda G to Roísín Murphy to Lorenzo Senni sound off on a year without dancefloor catharsis for their songs, and themselves. These are their imagined raves.
The 16 Best Ambient Albums of 2020
Whether offering solace, transport, or simple numbness, these albums perfectly suited a year of lockdown.
How Music Persisted During the Pandemic
From Bandcamp Fridays to Verzuz battles, these were our silver linings from a strange, stuck year in music.
A Year in Music on TikTok
Revisiting the motley trends of 2020, from “male manipulator music” to Flo Milli and nightcore remixes.
The Best and Worst of Everything Else
To cap off our year-end coverage, we’re talking about the best and worst in categories that may not merit entire lists of their own: petty lawsuits, coronavirus-era concerts, and more.
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