When Robyn returned this summer, she was met by her adoring fans not as a queen nodding to her subjects, but more like the reappearance Continue Reading
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How Auto-Tune Revolutionized the Sound of Popular Music
It happened exactly 36 seconds into the song—a glimpse of the shape of pop to come, a feel of the fabric of the future we Continue Reading
Get to Know Rosalía, the Spanish Singer Giving Flamenco’s Age-Old Sound a Bracingly Modern Twist
Walking up Barcelona’s Passeig de Gràcia, a tony boulevard teeming with tourists, Rosalía Vila Tobella is surprisingly invisible for someone wearing a bright yellow flight Continue Reading
Meet Miya Folick, a Reasonable Singer-Songwriter With an Unreasonably Amazing Voice
Miya Folick arrives at Los Angeles’ Silver Lake Reservoir and immediately takes off running. Between the two of us, she’s the only one that can Continue Reading
The Music That Made Neneh Cherry a Pop Rebel
Even by pop vanguard standards, it’s fair to say Neneh Cherry has done more, seen more, been more than most. Born in Stockholm in 1964, Continue Reading
boygenius Are the Egoless Supergroup of Your Indie Rock Dreams
Boygenius offer proof in the theory that feeling respected by your peers will instill some of that respect back in yourself. This revelation can make Continue Reading
These Are the Best Madonna Books
At 60, Madonna has yet to write an autobiography. Some might say that she doesn’t need to—that the body of work she’s released over the Continue Reading
Interpol’s Paul Banks on the Music That Made Him
As the leader of Interpol, Paul Banks has been associated with some of the most brooding post-punk anthems of the 21st century. He’s built his Continue Reading
The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s
Sometimes it feels like the neon thumbprint of the 1980s never went away. It’s arguably the defining throwback aesthetic of American culture today, from the Continue Reading
MØ: Forever Neverland
MØ’s debut album, 2014’s No Mythologies to Follow, was all about savoring adolescence, a quest the Danish electro-pop singer born Karen Marie Ørsted captured in Continue Reading
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“People of America, when will we learn?” Yoko Ono asked over a briskly strummed acoustic guitar on her 1973 album, Approximately Infinite Universe. “It’s now Continue Reading
Baauer Shares Video for New Song “Company”: Watch
Baauer has shared a video for his new track “Company” with Danish singer Soleima. Animated by frequent collaborator Jonathan Zawada, the clip is a collection Continue Reading
“What’s Good” This Week: Mick Jenkins, Mr Twin Sister, Neneh Cherry, and More
“What’s Good” is Pitchfork’s new weekly playlist, curated by Pitchfork founder Ryan Schreiber, bringing you highlights from new releases across all genres. It’s updated every Continue Reading
Quavo Could Stand to Learn a Few Things From Usher
Atlanta has been an indispensable force in hip-hop culture since the ’80s and early ’90s, when acts like Kilo Ali and MC Shy D crossed Continue Reading
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Every time T.I. releases an album, there’s always at least one song that gestures at the type Instagram-ready, carefree life we all wish we could Continue Reading
The Making (and Unmaking) of Paul’s Boutique
Michael Diamond: After the success Licensed to Ill, a bunch people thought they knew exactly what our future should look like. After we parted ways Continue Reading
Pusha-T Found Out About Drake’s Son From Drake’s Producer Noah ‘40’ Shebib
At long last, Pusha-T is revealing his sources. Days after Drake opened up to LeBron James about feeling betrayed by Kanye West, whom he believes Continue Reading
Megative Is Your Soundtrack for Armageddon
The mood playlist is perhaps the purest form service journalism a music curator can fer the world in this internet era; bravely spelunking into clouds Continue Reading
How Underground Resistance Became the Public Enemy of Techno
Funkadelic never said that a lecture is funkier than a party — but they weren’t far f. To wit: understanding why one New York’s hottest Continue Reading
How Indie Rock’s Class of 2008 Changed the Music Industry
What comes to mind when you think indie in 2008? The year was, on its surface, a watershed moment that sat squarely in the middle Continue Reading