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Recover From the Damage: Reviewing John Darnielle's Debut Novel, Wolf in...
Note: This review contains mild discussion of plot details.One of the most beloved songs in the Mountain Goats canon is "Going to Georgia", which appeared on their 1994 debut Zopolite Machine and...
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Music and Movies: Cruel Intentions and the Verve's "Bittersweet Symphony"
This week Pitchfork's film site The Dissolve counted down "The Movies' 50 Greatest Pop Music Moments". We asked Pitchfork contributors to contribute some personal selections that didn't make the list....
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How College Students Listen: One Nation, Under Spotify
Graphic via SpotifyLast week Spotify announced a report on the listening patterns of college students across America. Based on internal metrics and subscription, they determined which schools listen to...
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Hell Awaits: Dawnbringer, Cara Neir, Rigor Mortis 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 O'Connor sizes up new releases from Dawnbringer, Cara Neir, Rigor Mortis and...
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Selected Aughties Works: The 5 Best Tracks From Aphex Twin's Quiet Period
The gap between Richard D. James records is easily exaggerated. It’s true that with this week’s phenomenal Syro, Aphex Twin has released his first proper album under that name since 2001’s Drukqs. But...
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Down Is Up 24: Uniform and York Factory Complaint
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 noise artist...
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Pitchfork Podcast 35: Aphex Twin
Pitchfork contributing editor Philip Sherburne recently interviewed the elusive Richard James, aka Aphex Twin. Here, he speaks with Pitchfork editor-in-chief Mark Richardson about his conversation with...
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Mixdown: Big Quis, Big Sean, Kendrick Lamar
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's Great Pop Music Movie Moments
Last week Pitchfork's film site The Dissolve counted down "The Movies' 50 Greatest Pop Music Moments". We asked Pitchfork contributors for personal selections that didn't make the list, and they've...
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Take It to the Hub: Pornhub Records' Search for an Anthem
A few months ago, Coolio returned from the Valley of the Shadow of Death with a new, NSFW video called "Take It to the Hub", commissioned by the popular, YouTube-esque porn playground known as Pornhub....
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Shake Appeal: A Report From Gonerfest 11
This week, in his garage rock column Shake Appeal, Evan Minsker files a report from Gonerfest, which celebrated its 11th year last weekend in Memphis, Tennessee.As soon as I got settled in after...
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The Present’s Void: EMA's New Zine Tackles Modern Alienation
Screenshot from Back to the VoidIn March of this year, I wrote about the increasing difficulties women and marginalized groups were facing due to online surveillance culture, and how artists like EMA...
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Pitchfork Podcast 36: The State of Garage Rock
Building off Evan Minsker's recap of last weekend's garage rock mecca Gonerfest, Corban Goble talks with staff writer Evan about the festival, bands like Ausmuteants, Nots and Golden Pelicans, and the...
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Hell Awaits: Atomikylä, Owl's Blood, Nihill 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 Kelly sizes up new releases from Atomikylä, Owl's Blood, Nihill, and...
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Invisible Hits: The Replacements at Their Best—And Worst
Since 2013, the reunited Replacements have played a series of high profile show at various festivals (Riot Fest, Coachella, Austin City Limits) and a few select destinations (last month’s triumphant...
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Shake Appeal: Ausmuteants, Manateees, Useless Eaters, Buck Biloxi, Total...
Shake Appeal is a column that highlights new garage and garage-adjacent releases. It's a huge week: Evan Minsker discusses the latest from Ausmuteants, Manateees, Useless Eaters, Buck Biloxi and the...
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Sun Kil Moon Yells At Cloud: "War On Drugs: Suck My Cock" and the Language of...
Every major music journalism outlet has been following the story of Mark Kozelek's beef with the War on Drugs. The initial complaint—that TWOD drowned out Kozelek during a festival performance—turned...
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The American Songbook vs. the Rock Star: Five Crossover Standards Albums Done...
Following Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga’s #1 debut on Billboard last week, and with American Songbook-centric releases by Annie Lennox and She & Him due out before the end of the year, it seems as...
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Goodbye To Crystal Castles: Their Ten Best Songs
Photo by Erez AvissarAlthough the Toronto electro-punks recently announced their split, Crystal Castles still made some of the decade’s best synth pop. Charting a course of abstract alienation, their...
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Hex Key Fantasies: Teki Latex's Deconstructed Trance
There's something really appealing about the concept of "deconstructed trance." Trance—the musical genre—is so structural, you can only imagine it would lend itself especially well to deconstruction....
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