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Hell Awaits: Rippikoulu, Derketa, Wrought Iron, 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, Kim shares new music from Rippikoulu, Derketa, Wrought Iron, and more. Welcome to...
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Down Is Up 22: Siamese Twins
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 shadowy dream...
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Moonwalking Forward: The Posthumous Chart Legacy of Michael Jackson
photo by Neal PrestonHey, did you hear that awesome Michael Jackson song that popped into the Top 20 a month ago? It just materialized all the way up at No. 14 on Billboard’s Hot 100 one week in late...
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Pitchfork Podcast 30: How to Dress Well's Radical Honesty
On the latest Pitchfork Podcast, host Corban Goble talks with features editor Ryan Dombal and reviews editor Larry Fitzmaurice about How to Dress Well's new "What Is This Heart?". Listen below or via...
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Shake Appeal: Mac Blackout Band, Ausmuteants, Beastman, Steve Adamyk Band,...
Shake Appeal is a column that highlights new garage and garage-adjacent releases. This week, Evan Minsker discusses the debut LP by Mac Blackout Band, two recently-released records by Ausmuteants, a...
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The Preacher's Pulpit: Bobby Womack, the Soul Singles Chart, and Pop Crossover
After a long, colorful career, Bobby Womack died on Friday at age 70. Critics, music historians and longtime R&B fans know his importance, but despite Womack’s deserved induction five years ago...
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Say Anything... Is A Real Mensch: Max Bemis on the Bizarre Maturity of Hebrews
photo by Neil ViselLike most 30-year olds who make it a priority to carp about the state of indie rock, Max Bemis appears to have better things to do with his time. Though the loquacious Say Anything...
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The Good, The Bad, and Loutallica: 5 Collaborations Between Rock Icons and...
Yesterday, it was announced that avant-crooner Scott Walker and drone metal pioneers Sunn O)))are working on an album together. It's the sort of pairing that might seem odd at first, but actually has a...
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Mixdown: THIS AIN'T THAT REAL NEW YORK 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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Death Grips: A Eulogy
photo by Tom SprayAs you’ve probably heard by now, the Sacramento band Death Grips have broken up. Generally speaking, this is no big loss: Good bands break up all the time, and there will never be a...
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Never Will Come for Us: The Unexpected Return of Braid and the Jazz June
Braid; photo via Topshelf RecordsThis past April, we were in the midst of what could qualify as a weeklong, 15-year class reunion for emo’s second wave. Mineral and American Football had just announced...
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Shake Appeal: Giorgio Murderer, Power, the Dacios, Energy Gown, the Shanghais
Shake Appeal is a column that highlights new garage and garage-adjacent releases. This week, Evan Minsker writes about new EPs from Giorgio Murderer and Las Sultanas, new releases by Melbourne bands...
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Invisible Hits: The Unreleased Nick Drake
When Nick Drake died in November of 1974, at age 26, he left behind just three albums—less than two hours of music. Largely unloved during his lifetime, that scant body of work’s reputation has grown...
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The Ballad of Vaginal Mustard: "SNL" Star Vanessa Bayer Advises the...
In her online series "Sound Advice", "Saturday Night Live"'s Vanessa Bayer plays Janessa Slater, a sorrowfully overeager, obnoxious, tone-deaf, probably-emotionally-unstable "media coach" who sits down...
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Hell Awaits: Music Blues, Electric Funeral, Bongripper, 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 releases from Music Blues, Electric Funeral, Bongripper and...
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Pitchfork Podcast 31: Summertime Happiness
On this week's edition of the Pitchfork Podcast, host Corban Goble talks with features editor Ryan Dombal and associate editor Lindsay Zoladz about candidates for 2014's song of the summer. Listen...
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Want to Front a Legendary Black Metal Band?
Last week, two members of the lauded Norwegian black metal band Carpathian Forest announced their decision to set aside their duties with the group and focus on a new project called the 3rd Attempt....
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Shake Appeal: OBN IIIs' Live in San Francisco
Shake Appeal is a column that highlights new garage and garage-adjacent releases. Next week, Castle Face are releasing the latest installment of their Live in San Francisco series. Evan Minsker...
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The CBGB Beat: Five Drummers Who Powered the NYC Punk Explosion
Tommy Ramone via the Ramones Facebook pageWhen it comes to the major bands that rose out of the CBGB scene in the mid-1970s, we usually think first of those iconic frontmen and women: Tom Verlaine,...
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The Rise of DC Street Rap
Above: Shy Glizzy by Ryan LyonsOver the past couple of years, Washington D.C.'s rap scene has produced a handful of artists that, just 10 years ago, would have had no blueprint on how to make it from...
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