Clams Casino
The New York singer poses life’s big questions in the form of exuberant, classic pop-rock. His new album sounds like it could’ve bee...
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Joy in Repetition
Drolly titled and curiously sequenced, the London electro-pop quintet’s best-of collection highlights the group’s deadpan humor, win...
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Volver EP
The Peru-born, Berlin-based producer and singer’s latest EP—dedicated to the LGBTQ+ community—comprises a kaleidoscopic set of songs...
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AIN’T NO DAMN WAY!
Kaytranada slips back into dancefloor mode with a slick, relatively brief instrumental album. It’s the sound of an artist casually s...
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Soli Deo Gloria
The Queens-born rapper is deep in his comfort zone on his latest project, sounding philosophical, charismatic, and imaginative as ev...
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Adventure Club
Backed by a new band dubbed the Trauma Tropes, the Against Me! frontwoman pokes fun at minor indignities and major assholes in a set...
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GOODNIGHT HYPNOPOMP
The songwriter’s latest album, split between polished cabaret pop and slow-burning emo explorations, is a striking but uneven listen...
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MASA
The Baton Rouge rapper’s first release since his legal pardon is a hyper-emotive data dump that churns through hunger, bitterness, b...
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Neon Grey Midnight Green
Neko Case’s eighth album meets the storms of memory and grief with a clarity of purpose and an awe for life. It’s a reflective momen...
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when i paint my masterpiece
With an unforced approach and humble wit, musician and visual artist Alexandra Levy reflects on creativity, community, and writing a...
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Baby
The Los Angeles singer’s second album is a spectacular new vision of soul, pop, and R&B. His surrealist, collagist approach to songw...
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Easier Said Than Done
The Tallahassee group crams hooks, angst, rumination, and studio wizardry into its debut album for Epitaph, with denser, darker song...
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Music for Writers
The Brooklyn guitarist moves away from his customary folk and rock roots on an album of atmospheric ambient music intended as a comp...
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Hail to the Thief (Live Recordings 2003-2009)
Radiohead’s second official live album is a kinetic recreation of almost every song on their transitional sixth record. As a timepie...
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Secrets
Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible....
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No One Was Driving the Car
On an album named after a deadly Tesla crash, the Michigan band channels its rage over greed, corruption, and empty promises into am...
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Songs in the Key of Z
Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible....
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Racing Mount Pleasant
Combining the panoramic sweep of post-rock with the intimacy of Midwest emo, the Ann Arbor septet’s debut is ambitious but underwhel...
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DON’T TAP THE GLASS
Tyler’s ninth studio album is a brisk, single-minded, and snappy dancefloor romp. He skitters through electro, synth-funk, disco, an...
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Nobody’s Girl
The songwriter and fiddle player’s latest record comes after her divorce from fellow Americana artist Jason Isbell. Comprising mostl...
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Essex Honey
Dev Hynes’ elegant new album, his first in six years, inhabits memories of an English childhood filled with joy, pain, and music.
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Who Is the Sky?
The artist’s new album of bright, bustling pop is positioned as a celebration of reasons to be cheerful. Often its fountain of optim...
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Lateral / Luminal
The duo’s debut collaborative albums use ambient and dream pop to channel hard-to-articulate feelings, but the concept feels more nu...
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HAGEN
Grounded by the hum of cello, the new record from Mexico City duo Héctor Tosta and Mabe Fratti is a study in instrumental tension an...
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