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Mixdown: Lil B, Travis Porter, and a New Bop Compilation
Welcome to Mixdown, an ongoing series where Pitchfork staffers and contributors talk about mixtapes, mixes, and other beat-based ephemera that may not be covered in our reviews section but are worth...
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Shake Appeal: An Interview with Angie (Straight Arrows, Ruined Fortune,...
Shake Appeal is a column that highlights new garage and garage-adjacent releases. In recent months, this column has featured various projects from Sydney's Angela Garrick, a.k.a. Angie, including...
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Why Aren't There More Vinyl Pressing Plants?
On April 22, Owen Pallett posted the following on Facebook: “The album release date for In Conflict has been pushed back to May 27. This is due to a backup at the pressing plant; Record Store Day was a...
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Beyond C86: The Forgotten Gems of NME's Cassette Series
Between 1981 and 1988, the venerable British music magazine NME released a staggering thirty-six cassette compilations. These were created as giveaways, intended to be promotional items rather than...
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Invisible Hits: Patti Smith Before Horses
Welcome to Invisible Hits, a column in which Tyler Wilcox scours the internet for the best (and strangest) bootlegs. Tyler also blogs at Doom & Gloom From the Tomb. This time, he digs up recordings...
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Hell Awaits: Hollow Sunshine, Brownout and more
Hell Awaits is a column by Kim Kelly and Andy O'Connor that shines a light on extreme and underground metal. This time, Andy sizes up new metal from Hollow Sunshine, Brownout, Diocletian and...
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Pitchfork Podcast 27: Songs of the World Cup
On this week's Pitchfork Podcast, host Corban Goble talks to Pitchfork contributor Nick Neyland about best (and worst) World Cup-related songs, a recent subject of Pitch debate. Listen below or via the...
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Pitchfork Podcast 28: Sober and Satisfied—Parquet Courts on the Road
On the latest Pitchfork Podcast, host Corban Goble talks with Pitchfork contributing editor Mike Powell about life on the road with Parquet Courts, their new Sunbathing Animal, the retirement of...
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Shake Appeal: Summer Reading Edition
Shake Appeal is a column that highlights new garage and garage-adjacent releases. Evan Minsker is on vacation, so he asked a bunch of artists he likes to offer their summer reading recommendations:...
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Down Is Up 21: You Are Your Own Master: An Interview With NYC Punk Artist...
Down Is Up discusses music that falls slightly under the radar of our usual coverage: demos, self-releases, and output from small or overlooked communities. Today, Jenn Pelly speaks with Alexander...
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If I Loved You: A Night of Gender-Flipped Duets
The timing for the premiere of If I Loved You: Gentlemen Prefer Broadway, a night of classic Broadway love duets sung exclusively by men, couldn’t have been more serendipitous. The event took place in...
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Documents: The Best (And Weirdest) R.E.M. Rarities
R.E.M. were a very different band when nobody was looking. During their early years on I.R.S. Records, they were hardworking and mysterious, touring constantly and writing songs that glanced toward...
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"Bowie Has Saved More Lives Than Batman": An Interview with the Creators of...
Every 90 years, twelve gods reincarnate into human hosts. They become famous, adored, loathed, and catalyse the culture around them. And then within two years, they’re all dead. For their 2014...
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Tuxedomoon's Pink Narcissus: A Cult Classic Film Gets a Hypnotic New Score
In September 2011, nestled between Centre Pompidou and the Louvre at Paris’ Forum des Images, James Bidgood’s 1971 gay fantasia Pink Narcissus was projected onto a screen next to an experimental rock...
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Mixdown: Don't Tread on This Edition
Welcome to Mixdown, an ongoing series where Pitchfork staffers and contributors talk about mixtapes, mixes, and other beat-based ephemera that may not be covered in our reviews section but are worth...
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Pitchfork Podcast 29: Lana Del Rey's Sublime Sadness
On this week's Pitchfork Podcast, Pitchfork editor-in-chief Mark Richardson speaks with associate editor Lindsay Zoladz about Lana Del Rey's new Ultraviolence. Listen below or via the Pitchfork Weekly...
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Hidden World: The (In)essential Jade Tree Records
Lifetime goes record shopping. Photo via Jade Tree.It's been an unusually busy month for the great Delaware label Jade Tree. First, they dropped their entire discography on Bandcamp for our listening...
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This Summer's Six Best Movie Soundtracks
This summer, there has been a steady stream of Hollywood movies that reject the glossiness of the Blockbuster experience and instead embrace the chaos of everyday life. And, fittingly, the soundtracks...
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Shake Appeal: Ghetto Ghouls, Nots, TV Freaks, Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs
Shake Appeal is a column that highlights new garage and garage-adjacent releases. This time, Evan Minsker talks about new stuff from Austin's great Ghetto Ghouls, Nots from Memphis, and records from...
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Listen to Jason Forrest's Early Mash-Up Masterpiece
When Girl Talk’s game-changing mash-up album Night Ripper started getting around in 2006, those with longer memories who’d been following new developments in recontextualized pop generally had one of...
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