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My Year in Music: Mike Madden
We asked Pitchfork writers and editors to share their personal highs and lows of 2013. Check back for more installments of My Year in Music.Favorite Tracks of 2013:01 Denzel Curry: "Threatz" [ft. Yung...
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My Year in Music: Matt LeMay
We asked Pitchfork writers and editors to share their personal highs and lows of 2013. Read more installments of My Year in Music.Your Most Played Song of 2013: According to iTunes, it is "Duper" by...
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Shake Appeal: New Videos From White Mystery, Endless Bummer, Factotum, and...
Shake Appeal is a column that highlights new garage and garage-adjacent releases. For the first installment of 2014, Evan Minsker features new music videos from Chicago's White Mystery, Los Angeles'...
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Aural Déjà Vu: How Oneohtrix Point Never and Colin Stetson Create Music...
We tend to think of music as escapism: that slow train out of consciousness that takes you to a place where all the piles of laundry, dishes, debt, and unheard voicemails from close family members are...
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Down Is Up 12: Ascetic House; "The BJ Rubin Show"
Down Is Up discusses music that falls slightly under the radar of our usual coverage: demos and self-releases, as well as output from small or overlooked labels and communities. This week, Jenn Pelly...
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Chicago Rap Documentary The Field Investigates the Origins of Drill
This week WorldStarHipHop made its entry into documentary filmmaking with The Field: Violence, Hip-Hop & Hope In Chicago, the latest in a recent crop of firsthand investigations into the war zone...
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From Nirvana to the Frozen Soundtrack, Why Kids Have Always Taken Over the...
It’s been just over two weeks since Americans unwrapped the bounty under the tree, and the Billboard charts have settled into their usual post-holiday funk. But the last couple of weeks on Billboard’s...
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Mixdown: Lil B, Fabo(lous), Justin Bieber
Welcome to Mixdown, an ongoing series where Pitchfork staffers and contributors talk about mixtapes and mixes that may not be covered in our reviews section but are worth discussing. Today we're...
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Shake Appeal: Rall Tide, CCR Headcleaner, the Memories, Black Mekon, and more
Shake Appeal is a column that highlights new garage and garage-adjacent releases. This time, Evan Minsker looks at new material from Rall Tide, CCR Headcleaner, the Memories, the Yolks, Today'sHits,...
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How Loud Is Too Loud? Doctors and Club Owners on Hearing Loss and Volume
Last year, Grimes cancelled tour dates because of her struggle with tinnitus. Photo by Daniel Cavazos.A few months ago while photographing a concert in Montreal, I saw something I'd never seen at a...
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Ty Segall and John Dwyer on Why So Many Musicians Are Leaving San Francisco...
John Dwyer, photographed by Nolan WellsOver the last few years, there's been a lot of talk about the "San Francisco garage rock scene," primarily because of critically adored records and livewire shows...
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Down Is Up 13: Flesh World, Hand of Dust, Dead Moon
Down Is Up discusses music that falls slightly under the radar of our usual coverage: demos and self-releases, as well as output from small or overlooked labels and communities. This week, Jenn Pelly...
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Sebadoh Co-Founder Eric Gaffney's Bandcamp Is a Treasure Trove of Unreleased...
In 2007, Lou Barlow, Jason Lowenstein, and Eric Gaffney—the incarnation of Sebadoh responsible for classics like Sebadoh III and Bubble and Scrape—reunited for a tour. Shortly after it was over,...
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Top 10 Revelations from The Wire's Interview With Jandek
The new issue of the UK magazine The Wire has the first-ever face-to-face interview with reclusive and enigmatic singer-songwriter Jandek. These may or may not be among the landmark interview’s...
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Shake Appeal: R.I.P. Windian Records Founder Travis Jackson, Plus New Garage...
Shake Appeal is a column that highlights new garage and garage-adjacent releases. This time, Evan Minsker looks at records by together PANGEA and Pookie and the Poodlez. But first, an homage to the...
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littleBits' Synth Kit: A Modular Synth for People Intimidated by Modular Synths
We often blow off doing things we know are good for us because we know they’re a drag. For some people this means learning a second language; for some it means keeping an eye on blood glucose levels....
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How California Hip-Hop Collective Funk Volume Make an Independent Living
California rapper Hopsin doing his signature crowd-walkFunk Volume is a DIY hip-hop label from Southern California, and despite millions of Youtube views and several sold-out shows across America,...
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Down Is Up 14: Makthaverskan, Bridge Collapse, The Courtneys
Down Is Up discusses music that falls slightly under the radar of our usual coverage: demos and self-releases, as well as output from small or overlooked labels and communities. This week, Jenn Pelly...
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Mixdown: Young Thug and Bloody Jay, Tink, Young Money
Welcome to Mixdown, an ongoing series where Pitchfork contributors talk about mixtapes and mixes that may not be covered in our reviews section but are worth discussing. Today, we're ruminating on...
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Lorde Forgives, We Don't: Highs and Lows of the 2014 Grammys
Lindsay Zoladz: Larry! Hello. I haven't seen you since the Grammys aired, so I feel like the Ryan Lewis groom to your blushing Macklemore bride. Much to discuss about the night my mom realized for the...
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