Album Jun 18, 2025
Chuck Person’s Eccojams Vol. 1
Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not…
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Album Jun 18, 2025
Carrie & Lowell (10th Anniversary Edition)
Sufjan Stevens remains embarrassed by the raw grief of the 2015 album devoted to his late mother. For…
Album Jun 17, 2025
Never Enough
The biggest band in hardcore grows big enough to encompass electronic rhythms and flute meditation. Its new album…
Album Jun 16, 2025
Don’t Trust Me
The California rapper’s unrelentingly bleak tales of street justice have made him one of drill’s hottest young stars.…
Album Jun 16, 2025
Trainspotting
The Griselda MC makes acrobatic rapping sound easy, and the Kansas City producer’s beats are spellbindingly psychedelic. If…
Album Jun 15, 2025
Faith
The Brooklyn trio’s second album puts a contemporary spin on Y2K ambient music, trading the era’s cryptic leanings…
Album Jun 15, 2025
Five Forever
The young Twitch streamer tries to become a rapper using the innate talent and creative vision of a…
Album Jun 14, 2025
Let All That We Imagine Be the Light
The alt-rock veterans’ eighth album lacks the bite of their 2021 LP; despite typically expert production, the songwriting…
Album Jun 13, 2025
“Bold, unapologetic, and utterly fearless” Something Beautiful – Miley Cyrus
With her smoldering alto, a roster of indie rock luminaries, and remarkable gusto, Miley Cyrus tucks into a…
Album Jun 13, 2025
Evangelic Girl is a Gun
The shapeshifting pop producer and vocalist’s fourth album summons the chilly cool of trip-hop, but doesn’t do much…
Album Jun 13, 2025
Get Sunk
The National frontman’s second solo album, made in the aftermath of a depressive episode, embraces a more positive…
Album Jun 13, 2025
Paradise Now
The Nigerian British pop star’s overstuffed new album shines when it’s danceable, complex, and ferocious.
Album Jun 13, 2025
Гільдеґарда (Hildegard)
Using modular synth and pre-modern vocal styles, the Ukrainian duo turns the music of 12th-century mystic Hildegard von…
Album Jun 13, 2025
Black Hole Superette
The veteran underground MC offers another clinic in richly detailed writing and production. His latest explores the profoundly…
Album Jun 13, 2025
Alan Sparhawk With Trampled by Turtles
On his second album since Mimi Parker’s death, the former Low singer steps away from electronic abstraction and…
Album Jun 13, 2025
Negotiations EP
On an EP of icy, chrome-plated pop that considers the body and mind as glitching machines, the Los…
Album Jun 13, 2025
Crowded House Expand 2025 Regional Tour With Two New Shows
Their Red Hot Summer tour just got even more red hot The post Crowded House Expand 2025 Regional…
Album Jun 13, 2025
The Maggie Pills Return With Haunting New Punk Haunter, ‘Velobell’
"A howl from the void" The post The Maggie Pills Return With Haunting New Punk Haunter, ‘Velobell’ appeared…
Album Jun 3, 2025
Spellling’s Portrait of My Heart Is a Surreal, Soul-Baring Leap into Rock Elegance
Spellling doesn’t follow trends—she conjures worlds. On her fourth studio album, Portrait of My Heart, the Oakland-based shapeshifter…
Album Jun 3, 2025
Momma’s Welcome to My Blue Sky Is a Coming-of-Age Dream Drenched in Grunge Pop Glory
Brooklyn duo Momma have always had a knack for fusing vulnerability with distortion, but on their latest album…
Album Jun 3, 2025
Scowl – Are We All Angels (Album Review)
Scowl doesn’t just flirt with evolution on Are We All Angels—they dive in headfirst. The Santa Cruz hardcore…
Album Jun 3, 2025
Album Review: Barker – Stochastic Drift
With Stochastic Drift, Barker doesn’t just return—he evolves. Released in April 2025 via Smalltown Supersound, this sophomore album…
Album Apr 29, 2025
Shakespeare Rewired: Solemn Pledge’s Rock Opera Redefines Romeo and Juliet
Solemn Pledge, the rock duo of Maria Genevieve Elia and Michael Justin Lee, has reimagined Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy…
