Features

Inside the Unmistakable Madness of Milwaukee’s Rap Scene

By Alphonse Pierre

August 21, 2023

What the Hollywood Actors and Writers Strike Means for Music

By Marc Hogan

August 14, 2023

The 25 Funniest Rappers of All Time

By Dylan Green and Alphonse Pierre

August 14, 2023

The Hollow Spectacle of Travis Scott’s Utopia

By Pitchfork

August 10, 2023

The 30 Best Movie Performances by Rappers

By Alphonse Pierre and Clover Hope

August 9, 2023

Pitchfork Staffers on Their Most Formative Rap Albums

By Pitchfork

August 8, 2023

The Price of Pop Fandom

By Marc Hogan, Jill Mapes, and Marina Kozak

August 3, 2023

The Best Street Style From Pitchfork Music Festival 2023

By Pitchfork

August 2, 2023

17 Artists on Their All-Time Favorite Rap Songs

By Andy Cush, Jayson Greene, Clover Hope, and Alphonse Pierre

July 31, 2023

Portrait and Backstage Photos From Pitchfork Music Festival 2023

By Pitchfork

July 28, 2023

Afterword

Sinéad O’Connor Was a Voice of Strength in the Darkness

By Sam Sodomsky

July 27, 2023

Pitchfork Music Festival 2023: Live Photos

By Pitchfork

July 26, 2023

The 18 Best Moments From Pitchfork Music Festival 2023

By Pitchfork

July 24, 2023

Sweeping Promises Make a Punk Home in the Heartland

By Grant Sharples

July 20, 2023

The Best of Pitchfork Music Festival, Then and Now

By Pitchfork

July 20, 2023

Teenage Post-Punks Lifeguard Are Living the DIY Dream

By Nina Corcoran

July 19, 2023

20 Contenders for 2023’s Song of the Summer

By Pitchfork

July 17, 2023

Why HBO’s The Idol Is So Fascinatingly Bad

By Pitchfork

July 13, 2023

Elliott Smith Like You’ve Never Heard Him Before

By Pitchfork

July 6, 2023

The Secret Gay History of Indie Rock

By Emma Madden

July 5, 2023

Fear Will Not Stop Queer Nightlife

By Pitchfork

June 29, 2023

The Real World of Joanna Sternberg

By Sam Sodomsky

June 29, 2023

In Puerto Rico, Queer Femmes Are Dreaming Up Rap and Reggaeton’s Future

By Isabelia Herrera

June 28, 2023

Janelle Monáe Creates a Queer Paradise on The Age of Pleasure

By Pitchfork

June 22, 2023

Life, Death, and Disco in Ibiza With Róisín Murphy

By Philip SherburnePhotography by Nik Pate

June 22, 2023

Live Photos from Pitchfork and Them Present Night Out, a Pride Celebration and Concert

By Pitchfork

June 21, 2023

Foo Fighters Rock Through the Pain Once Again

By Pitchfork

June 15, 2023

The Fight for Queer Nightlife in an Era of Political Violence

By Isabelia Herrera

June 13, 2023

These Queens Can Sing: The 15 Best Songs by Today’s Drag Performers

By Julianne Escobedo Shepherd

June 8, 2023

The Best and Worst Songs of 2023 So Far

By Pitchfork

June 8, 2023

Nourished by Time Is Dreaming of an Early ’90s R&B and Dance Utopia

By Julianne Escobedo ShepherdPhotography by Alonzo Hellerbach

June 6, 2023

The Best of Primavera Sound 2023: Blur, Kendrick, Rosalía, and More

By Eric Torres and Sam Sodomsky

June 5, 2023

The 30 Best Queer Music Movies

By Eric Torres, Nadine Smith, Tatiana Lee Rodriguez, Michelle Hyun Kim, and Emma Madden

June 5, 2023

What Does AI Mean for the Future of Music?

By Pitchfork

May 25, 2023

Does Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories Hold Up 10 Years Later?

By Pitchfork

May 18, 2023

How billy woods’ Backwoodz Studioz Became New York’s Best Underground Rap Label

By Dylan GreenPhotography by Alexander Richter

May 18, 2023

The 46 Most Anticipated Albums of Summer 2023

By Alphonse Pierre, Madison Bloom, Evan Minsker, Eric Torres, Allison Hussey, Nina Corcoran, Jazz Monroe, Marc Hogan, and Matthew Ismael Ruiz

May 15, 2023

The Invisible Work of Mothers in Music

By Allison Hussey

May 12, 2023

Words of Wisdom From Laurie Anderson and Kim Gordon

By Pitchfork

May 11, 2023

Meet Feeble Little Horse, the Young Noise-Pop Band Repping Pittsburgh DIY

By Meg FairPhotography by Meg Fair

May 10, 2023

The 30 Best Music Festivals of 2023

By Evan Minsker, Jazz Monroe, Allison Hussey, Madison Bloom, Nina Corcoran, Eric Torres, and Matthew Strauss

May 8, 2023

Mandy, Indiana Combat Our Dystopian Hellscape With Menacing Post-Punk

By Madison Bloom

May 5, 2023

Jessie Ware Reaches Disco Nirvana on That! Feels Good!

By Pitchfork

May 4, 2023

Dissecting Frank Ocean’s Coachella Performance and Its Aftermath

By Pitchfork

April 27, 2023

Overtones

Everything Is Interpolated: Inside Music’s Nostalgia-Industrial Complex

By Jayson Greene

April 27, 2023

33 Great Records You May Have Missed: Winter/Spring 2023

By Pitchfork

April 26, 2023

Jessie Ware’s Pleasure Principle

By Laura Snapes

April 25, 2023

What Does Weed Music Sound Like Now?

By Pitchfork

April 20, 2023

All Music Is Weed Music

By Andy Cush

April 20, 2023

Coachella 2023 Day 3 Recap: Frank Ocean, Björk, and More

By Allison Hussey, Jill Mapes, and Paul A. Thompson

April 17, 2023

The Best of Coachella 2023 Day 2: Jai Paul, Rosalía, Boygenius, and More

By Paul A. Thompson, Anna Gaca, and Allison Hussey

April 16, 2023

The Best of Coachella 2023 Day 1: Bad Bunny, Gorillaz, Blink-182, and More

By Anna Gaca, Jill Mapes, and Paul A. Thompson

April 15, 2023

The Ambient Anger of Yaeji’s With a Hammer

By Pitchfork

April 13, 2023

Everything But the Girl on Their Peculiar Journey Through Pop and Their Comeback

By Owen Myers

April 12, 2023

Caroline Polachek on Divas, an Acid Trip, and Desire, I Want to Turn Into You

By Jill MapesPhotography by Nedda Afsari

April 10, 2023

The Mythologies of Lana Del Rey’s Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd

By Pitchfork

April 6, 2023

Enter NOIA’s Glitchy Dance-Pop Cosmos

By Isabelia HerreraPhotography by Daniel King

April 5, 2023

Don’t Even Try to Put TiaCorine Into a Box

By Alphonse PierrePhotography by James Stone

April 3, 2023

Afterword

Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Borderless Brilliance

By Simon Reynolds

April 2, 2023

Supergroup Therapy With Boygenius’ Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker

By Pitchfork

March 30, 2023

“Blurred Lines,” Harbinger of Doom

By Jayson Greene

March 29, 2023

Kara Jackson’s Mournful, Joyful, Unapologetic Guitar-Ass Music

By Britt JuliousPhotography by Christian K. Lee

March 29, 2023

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The Music That Made Cosmic Bluesman Lonnie Holley

By Madison Bloom

March 27, 2023

A Conversation With Improvisational Geniuses Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, and Shahzad Ismaily

By Pitchfork

March 23, 2023

Rachika Nayar’s Fog-Machine Dreamscapes

By Sam SodomskyPhotography by James Stone

March 22, 2023

Yaeji Gets Ragey

By Cat ZhangPhotography by Dana Scruggs

March 21, 2023

The 43 Most Anticipated Albums of Spring 2023

By Jazz Monroe, Evan Minsker, Allison Hussey, Eric Torres, Nina Corcoran, Madison Bloom, and Matthew Strauss

March 21, 2023

A Deep Dive Into Blacklips, the Queer Performance-Art Cult Cofounded by ANOHNI in the 1990s

By Eric Torres

March 17, 2023

The Subversive Power of Fever Ray and Yves Tumor

By Pitchfork

March 16, 2023

Music at the Oscars: The Genius of Tár, the Absurdity of Elvis, and David Byrne’s Favorite Film Scores

By Pitchfork

March 9, 2023

For Post-Punks Model/Actriz, Confrontation Is an Opportunity for Intimacy

By Madison BloomPhotography by Eric McNatt

March 6, 2023

Måneskin Are What Happens When Rock Goes Wrong

By Pitchfork

March 2, 2023

The Untold Story of Elliott Smith’s Teenage Band

By Jayson Greene

March 2, 2023

Fever Ray’s Voices of Desire

By Sasha GeffenPhotography by Nina Andersson

February 28, 2023

Welcome to Kali Uchis’ High-Femme Fantasy

By Isabelia HerreraPhotography by Randijah Simmons

February 27, 2023

R&B Experimentalist Liv.e Sings Through the Bullshit

By Vrinda JagotaPhotography by Martin Brown

February 27, 2023

Lil Yachty’s Let’s Start Here. Is a Surface-Level Rebrand

By Pitchfork

February 23, 2023

Untangling the Knotty Politics Behind Reggaeton’s Rise in Spain

By Felipe Maia

February 22, 2023

A Deep Dive Into Caroline Polachek’s Fantastical Opus, Desire, I Want to Turn Into You

By Pitchfork

February 16, 2023

The Obscure J Dilla Beat Tape That Changed Music Forever

By Dan Charnas

February 9, 2023

Kelela’s Latest Evolution

By Pitchfork

February 9, 2023

For Post-Rock Octet Caroline, Everything Is Up for Debate

By Jazz MonroePhotography by Stefy Pocket

February 2, 2023

The New Weird Virtuosos Making Jazz for the Post-Internet Age

By Andy Cush

January 31, 2023

How Hagop Tchaparian Went From Pop-Punk Star to A-List Tour Manager to Globe-Trotting Electronic Musician

By Philip SherburnePhotography by Damien Maloney

January 31, 2023

The State of Ambient Music

By Pitchfork

January 26, 2023

Wednesday’s Curdled Beauty

By Quinn MorelandPhotography by Michael Grant

January 25, 2023

Teenage Rap Phenom Redveil Is Growing Up on Record

By Dylan GreenPhotography by AP THE ANGEL

January 24, 2023

25 New and Rising Artists Shaping the Future of Music in 2023

By Pitchfork

January 23, 2023

9 Overlooked Albums That Deserve to Be Heard

By Pitchfork

January 19, 2023

Glorilla Suffers No Fools

By Jayson BufordPhotography by Kareem Black

January 18, 2023

Cole Pulice’s Ambient Saxophone Multiverse

By Evan Minsker

January 17, 2023

What We’re Looking Forward to in 2023: Caroline Polachek, Fever Ray, Rihanna, and More

By Pitchfork

January 12, 2023

The 34 Most Anticipated Albums of 2023

By Jazz Monroe, Rob Arcand, Marc Hogan, Eric Torres, Allison Hussey, Nina Corcoran, and Matthew Strauss

January 9, 2023

All the Best Kiss-Offs, Jokes, and Wisdom on SZA’s SOS

By Pitchfork

January 5, 2023