Straight Line Was a Lie
On the Auckland indie rockers’ most incisive album, bulletproof hooks cloak gnarly emotional realities and cheerfulness always comes...
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Hard Headed Woman
On her latest record, the Nashville songwriter mostly returns to classic country form. She plays to her strengths, mixes pathos with...
Animal Hospital
The Chicago indie rockers’ latest record is a tangled nest of wiry post-punk interwoven with strands of noise and pitch-black cabare...
Animal Poem
Through her graceful poetry and pristine instrumentation, the folk singer delivers indictments of modern indignities alongside momen...
Ain’t in It for My Health
The young traditionalist channels a bygone era of country radio. He’s not trying to reinvent the wheel; quite the opposite.
Aurora
The New York band strikes a balance between its customary post-punk and brighter, more melodic sounds on an album whose lyrical preo...
Fully Completely
Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible....
RA.1000
Terre Thaemlitz’s new Resident Advisor mix, echoing a performance in Brooklyn this month, interrogates Israeli genocide, American co...
EURO-COUNTRY
Irish songwriter Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson’s new album overflows with comedy, tragedy, and self-lacerating wit. It’s a bold statemen...
Swallow the Knife
Songwriter Dana Foote’s new album channels messy experiences of depression and recovery into a tight, crunchy indie-rock package.
The Passionate Ones
Marcus Brown’s remarkable new album beefs up his airy, omnivorous R&B, searching for a sound tough enough to sustain the daily grind...
Flux
Reuniting with co-producer Richard X, Alison Goldfrapp taps into airbrushed textures, shivery synth grooves, and sensual cosmic awak...
Gush
On her most social, libidinal collection of songs to date, the Los Angeles musician combines cerebral synthesis with beats inflected...
August
The New York guitar-bass-drums trio pairs the meticulous arrangements of ’90s post-rock—and the hazy vibes of bands like Khruangbin—...
Guitar
On his first non-instrumental album since 2019, the 35-year-old songwriter keeps it real simple. These endearing and affecting songs...
Songs in the Key of Yikes
After the lush, expansive contours of 2022’s Wild Loneliness, the Chapel Hill indie lifers sharpen their hooks on an energizing coll...
Dollar a Day
Behind its dollar-bin sleeve, the Texan songwriter’s new album plays like a workingman’s spaghetti Western drama.
Slanted and Enchanted
Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible....
Blue Reminder
Conditioned by the awestruck pleasure of falling in love, and showcasing Meg Duffy’s effortlessly acrobatic guitar playing, their la...
Dreams of Being Dust
The band that helped define the 2010s “emo revival” cements its move in a heavier, proggier direction, centering technical mastery a...
A Matter of Time
The Icelandic singer not only invokes the traditions of the Great American Songbook; she indulges, interrogates, and goofs on them,...
Who’s the Clown?
On her debut album, the Los Angeles singer-songwriter—who co-wrote with Gracie Abrams—pokes fun at emotional desperation. Her songs...
Star Line
In the six years since his last album, the Chicago rapper has gone through the wringer. Star Line captures a new era of transformati...
Love Is Like
The band continues its unchallenged legacy as the kings of normie rock. The swagger is unconvincing; the odes to reconciliation tepi...