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Rock

New Threats From the Soul

Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band
Best New Album
The rich and dazzling album from the singer-songwriter is filled with rambling, gambling characters looking for hope. It’s the late arrival of an essential new voice in American indie rock.
Electronic

Cuntry

Cleo Reed
The New York songwriter’s rootsy, groovy new album is a proud and emphatically Black update on the American folk tradition of anticapitalist protest.
Rock

Love Is a Dog From Hell EP

forty winks
In a world of chaos, the Pittsburgh quartet’s messy, mathy garage rock sounds just right.
Rap

DON’T TAP THE GLASS

Tyler, the Creator
Tyler’s ninth studio album is a brisk, single-minded, and snappy dancefloor romp. He skitters through electro, synth-funk, disco, and Miami bass not to reinvent himself, but to get lost.
Rap

The Emperor’s New Clothes

Raekwon
Helming the second entry in Mass Appeal’s Legend Has It series, the Wu-Tang vet leans into his elder-statesman status—which is precisely the problem.
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More Reviews

  • Rock

    Headlights

    Alex G
    Best New Album
    Alex Giannascoli upgrades to hi-fi dad rock and sails home with a major label debut worthy of the all-time indie graduations.
  • Pop/R&B

    SWAG

    Justin Bieber
    Pop’s youngest elder statesman continues to evolve his R&B sound by enlisting some big names from the underground. His seventh album is warm, blissful, and a little out of touch.
  • Pop/R&B

    Virgin

    Lorde
    Lorde’s fourth album returns to the digital, physical sound of Melodrama. While rooted somewhat in her past, it’s a gritty, tender, and often transcendent ode to freedom and transformation.
  • Rap

    Let God Sort Em Out

    Clipse
    After 16 years, Pusha T and Malice return with a blockbuster comeback album produced entirely by Pharrell. It’s good, it’s different, it’s complicated.
  • Rap

    REST IN BASS

    Che
    Best New Album
    The Atlanta rapper’s second album is the platonic ideal of rage rap—diced-up lines and constant distortion, with enough vulnerability to balance the outrageous hedonism.
  • Rock

    moisturizer

    Wet Leg
    The UK duo’s second album is a near-reinvention, an unbridled and clear-eyed testament to their songwriting chops that hones their vision and separates them from the pack.
  • Pop/R&B

    Tropicoqueta

    Karol G
    The urbano star’s tender and expansive new album is a reverent tribute to generations of Latin music and the Latina entertainers who brought it to life.
  • Rock

    I quit

    Haim
    On their fourth album, Haim break free from the shackles of whatever and cruise right down the middle of the road.

Features

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The (Real) Alex G

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Night Out 2025: Pitchfork and Them’s Showcase for the Future of Queer Music

Lists & Guides

A Guide to the Music Festivals of Summer and Fall 2025

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Haruomi Hosono on the Music That Made Him

Sunday Reviews

  • Folk/Country

    How Sad, How Lovely

    Connie Converse
    Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit the nearly lost recordings of Connie Converse, a mid-century cult folk artist who wrote eclectic, ravishing, intimate songs years ahead of their time.
  • Rock

    Boys for Pele

    Tori Amos
    Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit Tori Amos’ divisive third album: a strange and unsettling amalgam of distorted harpsichord and bloody revenge fantasies born of ayahuasca, Mary Magdalene, and the blues.
  • Electronic

    Uncloseted

    Aaron-Carl
    Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we look back at a 2002 Detroit long player from a Black queer icon of dance music, an unabashedly gay and transcendent mix of house, ghettotech, R&B, and pure feeling.
  • Rock

    Learning to Crawl

    The Pretenders
    Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we look back at Chrissie Hynde’s 1984 reinvention of her band, an album born of tragedy, chaos, and joy that becomes a no-holds-barred emotional rollercoaster.
  • Experimental

    Chuck Person’s Eccojams Vol. 1

    Oneohtrix Point Never
    Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we look back at the woozy, ethereal Daniel Lopatin remixes that summoned vaporwave from the ghosts of the 1980s: a warped cassette tape on a timeless vibe.
  • Rock

    Are You Experienced

    The Jimi Hendrix Experience
    Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we look back at the explosive 1967 debut from the short-lived and revolutionary trio, one of the defining articles of rock music.
  • Rock

    The Nashville Sessions

    Townes Van Zandt
    Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we look back at what was to be the cult singer-songwriter’s seventh album, shelved and later released in 1993. Its deathly mystique captures the heart and soul of Townes Van Zandt.
  • Folk/Country

    Kate & Anna McGarrigle

    Kate & Anna McGarrigle
    Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we look back at a trenchant and heartfelt 1975 classic by two French Canadian Irish sisters steeped in folk tradition.