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Lady Gaga, Celine Dion, Gojira, and More Perform at Paris 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony
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Erika de Casier and Nick León Share New Song “Bikini”
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Reviews
Wild Guess
Robber Robber
The Vermont indie-rock quartet’s debut album pits airy dreamscapes against raw realities, frolicking in the tumult of uncertainty.
By Samuel Hyland
Barrio Fino
Daddy Yankee
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 Daddy Yankee’s breakthrough album, the unforgettable year of “Gasolina,” and how the Puerto Rican rapper helped make reggaeton a global sensation.
By Isabelia Herrera
Live at Wembley Stadium
Blur
Taken from a rousing 2023 reunion show, the UK stalwarts offer another souvenir double-live album filled with aged and elegant takes from the core of their songbook.
By Stephen Thomas Erlewine
SMILE! :D
Porter Robinson
The one-time EDM superstar’s production has never sounded shinier or sugarier, but beneath the maximalist synths and peppy rhythms lurk more complicated, bittersweet feelings.
By Colin Joyce
The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
EminemA concept album about killing his alter ego can’t save the impishly clever Eminem from the same tired, dated, developmentally arrested material.Passage du Desir
Johnny Blue Skies / Sturgill SimpsonBest New AlbumSturgill Simpson’s outstanding album under a new stage name expertly balances cosmic and outlaw country and reintroduces himself as the premier Nashville outsider.My Light, My Destroyer
Cassandra JenkinsThe New York singer’s smoldering, sophisticated songs get a little more cosmic while retaining their characteristic wit and charm.Only God Was Above Us
Vampire WeekendBest New AlbumOn their masterfully knotty fifth album, Vampire Weekend go on a self-mythological journey into old sounds, old haunts, and old cities to find something new within.All Born Screaming
St. VincentAnnie Clark’s self-produced seventh album goes for a hard reset on the St. Vincent project. She retains her sharp edge as a songwriter while making the music sound exalting, inspiring, and thoroughly romantic.The Great American Bar Scene
Zach BryanThe country crossover star’s excellent songwriting is raw and evocative, and though he continues to hone his sound, the total emotional experience of the album sometimes wears a bit thin.
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Happy MondaysEach 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 apex of the infamous UK band, a hedonistic and sampledelic Madchester masterpiece that reinvented post-punk for the rave era.Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes to HollywoodEach 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 subversive 1984 debut from the UK synth-pop group, an exquisite-sounding album that snuck an ode to amyl nitrate and orgasms onto pop charts around the world.Inter-Dimensional Music
IasosEach 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 a foundational new age album from 1975, an alluring, slightly fried soundscape channeled directly to its composer from an inter-dimensional entity named Vista.AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted
Ice CubeEach 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 Ice Cube’s 1990 debut solo record, a groundbreaking piece of hard and funky reality rap that introduced the tabloid decade.She’s So Unusual
Cyndi LauperEach 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 Cyndi Lauper’s massive debut, a slyly feminist new wave pop record whose undeniable singles helped usher in the MTV era.Judy at Carnegie Hall
Judy GarlandEach 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 Judy Garland’s mythical 1961 live album, a late-career triumph that helped to outline the shape of queer fandom for decades to come.