As Mainstream Music Stays Quiet on Sexual Assault, We Ask Grammy Nominees How...
At an awards show that left Kesha and Janelle Monáe to address the elephant in the room, we asked the red carpet what needs to happen now.
View ArticleThe 11 Best DJ Mixes of January 2018
The first month of the new year brought a bumper crop of great DJ mixes.
View ArticleHow “The Assassination of Gianni Versace” Uses Dance Pop to Craft a Gay...
The new season of “American Crime Story” casts Versace killer Andrew Cunanan less as a reflection of gay culture than a plague on it.
View ArticleOn Hearing My Father’s Legacy in Vampire Weekend
In Vampire Weekend’s 2008 debut, I recognized the African soukous and rumba that had been my father’s calling.
View Article7 New Metal Releases that Embrace—or Challenge—Escapism
Records that brutally face reality, or run away from it through dark fantasy
View ArticleJustin Timberlake’s Super Bowl Halftime Show: Meh, Personified
Not great but not terrible nostalgia for JT’s past highs
View ArticleDon’t Give Spotify Too Much Credit for Adding Credits
The move spotlights one of streaming’s biggest problems: how to identify and pay songwriters and producers
View ArticleThe 7 Best Music Videos of January 2018: Troye Sivan, Sigrid, and “In Living...
That thing where we watch all of the music videos that came out in the last few weeks so you don’t have to.
View ArticleHow Black Panther Composer Ludwig Göransson Found the Sound of Wakanda
Donald Glover and Ryan Coogler’s righthand man traveled around West and South Africa with local musicians, hoping to honor their traditions in one of the year’s biggest blockbusters.
View Article10 Pitchfork Staffers on Their Favorite Snow Day Albums
With the right soundtrack on the stereo, watching from a window as snow falls can be pretty magical
View ArticleThe End of Slayer, The Greatest Metal Band Still Going
Slayer is one of those bands that people who know nothing about metal know about. Do you know how hard that is to do (and still sound good)?
View ArticleFugazi Returns... Through Opera?
Even the band’s Guy Picciotto at first didn’t understand what an experimental theater group wanted with recordings of Fugazi stage banter.
View ArticleDead Mom Soundtrack, or the Top 5 Songs About Losing Your Mother
My mother’s death fundamentally changed the way I think about personal soundtracks. Sometimes they assemble themselves.
View Article9 Pitchfork Staffers on Their Favorite Collaborations by Musical Couples
Love: not so bad when it inspires great songs
View Article5 Times Billy Corgan Said Reunions Were Bullshit
In honor of the Smashing Pumpkins reunion tour
View ArticleHow Creedence Clearwater Revival Became the Soundtrack to Every Vietnam Movie
From Forrest Gump to The Post, music supervisors can’t let go of Creedence. We trace the history of this cinematic cliché.
View ArticleAt Bon Iver’s For Emma, Forever Ago 10th Anniversary Concert, Nostalgia Is...
Justin Vernon returns to his breakout debut album after spending the last decade trying to escape its long shadow.
View ArticleModular Synthesizer Videos Are the YouTube Rabbit Hole You Won’t Want to Leave
Bespoke consoles get their soothing moment in the sun
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