Before we bring you our lists of our top albums and songs of the year, we want to hear your thoughts! What's your favorite album of 2020? Share your picks in our Readers' Poll at the link in our bio. 🎨 by @drewknowitz #p4k2020 #pitchfork
🌀5 years ago today, @ErykahBadu released her mixtape But You Caint Use My Phone. At the link in our bio, read about why the tape's "Hello," featuring @Andre3000, is one of our favorite songs of the 2010s. 🎨 by @kyledidthis #ErykahBadu #OutKast #Andre3000
Holiday music gets a bad rap. At times it can feel inescapable and a lot of it can be trite. But when it came time to put together a list of our holiday favorites, we were surprised that even some of our most dedicated freaks of outré sound still had a warm place in their hearts for this music. So tell us, what's your favorite holiday song? You can see ours at the link in our bio. 📷of the Ronettes' cover of Elegant Teen magazine, 1966 #HappyHolidays #HolidaySongs #Pitchfork
Pack your holiday weekend with new music: There's new @BadBunnyPR, @MileyCyrus, @SmashingPumpkins, and more. Find out about all 5 #NewMusicFriday releases at the link in our bio. 📷 by @stillz #NewMusic #BadBunny #MileyCyrus #JuicyJ
It's disco time. Stay safe and get in the groove with @rupa.sen302's incredible merch. And, at the link in our bio, discover a few more gifts for the music lover in your life. #P4k2020 #GiftGuide #YearEnd #RupaSen #DiscoJazz
Phoebe Bridgers' (@_fake_nudes_) new EP Copycat Killer reimagines four tracks from her recent album Punisher with devastating orchestral arrangements that bring her voice into dramatic focus. Listening to these four songs all at once feels like waking up from an evening nap or entering a movie theater in daylight and leaving in the dark. You’re nourished but also disoriented, limbs tingling as they recalibrate to the outside world. Read our review at the link in our bio. #CopycatKiller #PhoebeBridgers #NewMusic #AlbumReview
Mariah Carey knows what she wants for Christmas, but if the music lovers in your life aren’t as forthcoming with their wish lists, we're here to help you out. At the link in our bio, check out our recommendations for the best instruments, tech, and gadgets for everyone on your list. 📷 by Terence Patrick/CBS via Getty Images #MariahCarey #GiftGuide
🌀The Avalanches’ debut album Since I Left You was first released 20 years ago today. At the link in our bio, read why it ranks in the top 10 of our favorite albums of the 2000s. #TheAvalanches #ElectronicMusic #2000s
After the removal of six fibroid tumors in late 2017, @FKAtwigs could have taken time away from music to regroup. But instead, she spent a year training her body back into peak shape, rigorously studying pole dancing in order to execute a vision she’d dreamed up in recovery. The resulting video for “Cellophane” is a master class in the beauty and physical demands of such dancing, joined with ornate, thought-provoking motifs from director @AndrewThomasHuang. Read more about one of the best music videos of the 2010s at the link in our bio. #FKATwigs #Cellophane #MusicVideos
CTRL is an opulent, raw R&B album that constantly tests the borders of the genre. @SZA’s deeply personal lens on modern romance gives these songs endless life. Revisit this Best New Music at the link in our bio. #SZA
On her new album Megan @TheeStallion's beats are more playful and poppier than ever, but anchored in rap and R&B staples. Her rapping is still razor sharp, littered with punchlines and barbs that make your ears perk and jaw drop. Read our review of Good News at the link in our bio. 📷 by Emilio Coochie #MeganTheeStallion #NewMusic #GoodNews #Rap #RapMusic
While you prep your turkey, revisit Bob's Burger's (@bobsburgersfox) hilariously improvised Thanksgiving song. Watch it, as well as 6 other musical highlights from the show, at the link in our bio. 📷 by FOX via Getty Images #Thanksgiving #BobsBurgers
Popularized by the likes of @BoardsofCanada in the ‘90s, IDM is marked by tangled robot rhythms and twisted timbres—as well as a surprising amount of tear-jerking melody. We made a guide to melodic IDM for you. At the link in our bio, listen to the tracks tomorrow's androids may sing to themselves as they love, hurt, and reminisce. 📷 by Fran Miller/BIPs/Getty Images #IDM #BoardsofCanada #Playlist
@christineandthequeens has linked up with renowned French band @Indochineofficiel for a new song called “3SEX.” It’s a reworking of the new wave group’s hit “3e sexe,” originally found on their 1985 album 3. Check out the music video at the link in our bio, featuring Chris and Indochine lead singer Nicola Sirkis. #ChristineAndTheQueens #Indochine #NewMusic
Last year, Lorde took a trip to Antarctica, which she's now chronicling in a new photo book. Read more at the link in our bio. 📷 by Andrew Chin/Getty Images @LordeMusic #Lorde #Antarctica
After securing five Grammy nominations, Brittany Howard and her band covered Nina Simone's 1969 song "Revolution" on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. Watch their performance at the link in our bio. 📷 by Erika Goldring/Getty Images @blackfootwhitefoot @NinaSimone @ColbertLateShow
Tori Amos has shared a new song from her Christmastide EP. Listen to "Better Angels" at the link in our bio 📷 by @desmondmurray @ToriAmos #ToriAmos #ChristmasMusic
i_o, the DJ and producer who collaborated with Grimes on "Violence," has died. He was 30 years old. Read more at the link in our bio. 📷 by @leahsems @i_oofficial
The Weeknd wasn't nominated for any Grammy Awards this year. After tweeting “the Grammys remain corrupt," Grammy chief Harvey Mason, Jr. wrote, “We understand that the Weeknd is disappointed at not being nominated. I was surprised and can empathize with what he’s feeling." Read more at the link in our bio. 📷 by Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images #theweeknd #grammys
Aimee Mann (@realaimeemann) didn't understand the backstory behind The Beatles' "Ticket to Ride" when she heard it as a 5 year old. But she knew somebody was really sad, and that it was the song for her. Read about the music of her life at the link in our bio. 📷 courtesy of Aimee Mann #AimeeMann #TheBeatles #Interview
Leonard Cohen has been posthumously nominated for Best Folk Album at the #GRAMMYs. Thanks For The Dance was pulled together from Cohen's remaining scraps and unfinished ideas by his son, and lovingly fleshed out with help from collaborators like @beck, @thenational's @brycedessner and @feistmusic. Tap the link in our bio for more on the 2021 Grammy nominations. 📷 by Mike Lawrie / Getty Images #LeonardCohen #grammys2020
@Beyonce leads the 2021 #GRAMMYs field with nine nominations, including Record of the Year for Black Parade. See the full list of nominations at the link in our bio. 📷 by Larry Busacca / Getty Images #GRAMMYs2021 #beyoncé
@LidoPimienta's Miss Colombia was just nominated for a Grammy for Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album. The great promise of this album is that brown girls will hear it and surge to the front. Revisit our review at the link in our bio. #LidoPimienta #Grammys2020 #Grammys #MissColombia
All of the artists nominated for Best Rock Performance are women, including Phoebe Bridgers (@_fake_nudes_) and Fiona Apple. Follow our coverage of the 2021 Grammy Nominations at the link in our bio. 🤘 📷 by FilmMagic / Getty Images 📷 by Gary Miller / Getty Images #GRAMMYs #PhoebeBridgers #FionaApple #grammys2021
The first live album from @TheWaronDrugs feels loose and sounds immaculate, cementing their status as one of the premier live bands of their generation. Read our review at the link in our bio. #NewMusic #Rock #RockMusic #AlbumReview
Tomorrow at 3 a.m. Eastern, @taylorswift will release folklore: the long pond studio sessions, a film recorded in the studio with her folklore collaborators, @jackantonoff and @thenational's @aarondessner. Airing on Disney+, the film is set in the National’s Hudson Valley studio Long Pond, where the three artists reunited to reflect on folklore and perform stripped-down renditions of the full record, having originally worked on it remotely. Find out more and watch the trailer at the link in our bio. 📷courtesy of Disney+ #TaylorSwift #folklore #DisneyPlus #TheNational #JackAntonoff
What exactly is glitchcore? Is it a TikTok aesthetic, a new microgenre, or the latest iteration of glitch art? In our latest TikTok column, we find out. Read more at the link in our bio. 🎨 by @arjununcle #TikTok #Glitchcore
Amid a pandemic, and while recovering from a gunshot wound, superstar rapper Megan @TheeStallion has made an album that purposefully celebrates life. Her beats are playful, and her rapping is as sharp as ever. Read our review of Good News at the link in our bio. #GoodNews #MeganTheeStallion #Rap #NewMusic
Feeling contemplative? Moody? Thirsty? There's merch for all of that, from an @AdrianneLenker puzzle to a @SoccerMommyBand mood ring to a @beverlyglenncopeland mug. Check out our entire gift guide at the link in our bio. #P4k2020 #GiftGuide #YearEnd #SoccerMommy #AdrianneLenker #beverlyglenncopeland
That underrated album you can't stop telling your friends about? We want to hear about it. Complete our Readers' Poll at the link in our bio. 🎨 by @drewknowitz #P4k2020 #YearEnd #ReadersPoll
We listen to a lot of new music. On any given day Pitchfork writers, editors, and contributors go through mountains of new releases, sharing recommendations with each other and discovering new favorites along the way. We've selected eight tracks we think you should hear today, from @jazminesullivan, @theweatherstation, @theestallion and more. Listen to this week's Pitchfork Selects at the link in our bio. 📷 by Adedayo Kosoko #NewMusic #P4kSelects #playlist
Phoebe Bridgers (@_fake_nudes_) has released a new cover of Merle Haggard’s “If We Make It Through December," with proceeds going to Los Angeles’ Downtown Women’s Center. Hear the cover, which she produced with Tony Berg and @ethangruska, at the link in our bio.
"For sale: one bowler hat." @radiohead is auctioning @thomyorke's King of Limbs–era bowler to raise awareness of testicular cancer. Find out more at the link in our bio. 📷 by Nick Pickles / Getty Images #Radiohead #ThomYorke
The Weeknd's AMA performance took place on a Los Angeles bridge that was surrounded by fireworks. Kenny G was there, too. Watch it happen at the link in our bio. 📷 by AMA2020/Getty Images via Getty Images #theweeknd #amas #kennyg
Dua Lipa performed "Levitating" at the 2020 AMAs, and she literally took flight over the London stage. Watch it happen at the link in our bio. 📷 by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for dcp #dualipa #amas
Girls' Broken Dreams Club turns 10 today. Revisit our review of this Best New Music at the link in our bio. #BestNewMusic #AlbumReview #BrokenDreamsClub
“From the time I was 16 years old, I self-identified as a radical and a political activist.”—@TomMorello’s life has been defined by a search for sounds that are as radical as his politics. We interviewed him about the music of his life. Read the piece at the link in our bio. 📷 courtesy of Tom Morello #TomMorello #Interview
☀️ The Sunday Review: Though millennial pop had turned swiftly toward boy bands and Britney Spears, one of the top five highest-selling albums of the 2000s is Confessions, a record that sits alongside Boyz II Men and TLC as the only R&B albums to be certified diamond for selling 10 million units. Usher’s coming-of-age story gave R&B the sort of widespread appreciation the genre struggled to recreate in the decades that followed. Read our review of Confessions at the link in our bio. 📷 by Carlo Allegri/Getty Images #SundayReview #Usher #Confessions #AlbumReview
☀️The Sunday Review: Today, we revisit @Usher’s 2004 album, Confessions. It's a jam-packed icon of R&B and one of the most flawless executions of mythmaking in pop. Read our review at the link in our bio. #SundayReview #Usher #Confessions #AlbumReview
"I always felt like I could combine good pop songs that are easy for people to like with a real person and a real mind and integrity." @robynkonichiwa's stellar electro-pop creation 'Body Talk' turns 10 today. Learn more about her thoughts on the record, Prince, and the quiet beauty of dancing alone at the link in our bio. #Robyn #BodyTalk #Pop #popmusic
It's been 10 years since we gave @kanyewest's 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy' a perfect 10. What's your favorite track? 📷 Photo by Ben Hider/Getty Images #KanyeWest #AlbumAnniversary
🌀@ErykahBadu's second album turns 20 today. It's dense with ideas and sounds that draw from the past and look toward the future. Released in November 2000, it embodies the millennial tensions of that pivotal year. Revisit our review at the link in our bio. #ErykahBadu #MamasGun #AlbumReview #AlbumAnniversary
Waxahatchee's "Lilacs" or "Fire" ? Destroyer's "Cue Synthesizer" or "The Raven" ? Jessie Ware's "Spotlight" or "What's Your Pleasure?" Phoebe Bridgers' "Garden Song" or "I Know The End"? Tell us which songs should be on our year end list this year. Then, at the link in our bio, hear what our editors have to say. #YearEnd #PitchforkReview #PitchforkPodcast #MusicPodcast
“Sweetie, you got potential. You don’t have to worry about these girls, Fi. Come sit with me at my table.”—Shameika Stepney, the inspiration behind Fetch The Bolt Cutter's "Shameika," recounts the advice she gave a young Fiona Apple. We spoke to the two childhood schoolmates about how they changed each other’s lives. Read our feature at the link in our bio. 📷 by Ray Perks #ShameikaStepney #FionaApple #FetchTheBoltCutters #Shameika #FTBC
Alongside a roster of guest vocalists including Jennifer Castle and Meg Remy, psychedelic Toronto outfit @badge.epoque allows their exploratory and pop-focused impulses to work in tandem. Read our review of Self Help at the link in our bio. #Jazz #JazzMusic #BadgeEpoqueEnsemble
Today is the inimitable @bjork's birthday. From Medulla to Utopia, revisit some of her classic albums at the link in our bio. 📷 by Bernd Mueller / Getty Images #Bjork #ArtPop #experimentalmusic
It's the 32 year anniversary of My Bloody Valentine's debut studio album 'Isn't Anything'. Find out why we gave it a perfect 10 at the link in our bio. #MyBloodyValentine #Experimental #Rock #RockMusic #AlbumReview #AlbumAnniversary
🏆Best New Music: @Amaarae is a nonchalant kind of auteur. But her new album The Angel You Don’t Know crackles with innovation. The breakout Afropop star swoops through a pacesetting fusion of alté, R&B, Southern rap, mall-rock, and Top 40 pop. Read our review of the album at the link in our bio. 📷 by Yussif Al Jabaar #BestNewMusic #Amaarae #NewMusic #Afropop
@NickCaveOfficial performed the 22 career-spanning songs on Idiot Prayer alone in a deserted concert hall, reworking them into haunted piano sermons that glow with unnerving intimacy. Read our review at the link in our bio. #NickCave #NewMusic #AlbumReview #RockMusic
@DaBaby has released a new EP called My Brother’s Keeper (Long Live G). The record is a tribute to the Charlotte rapper’s brother Glenn Johnson, who died earlier this month at the age of 34. The project features guest spots from Meek Mill, Polo G, and more. Hear the full record at the link in our bio. 📷 by Jackie Dimailig #DaBaby #MeekMill #PoloG #NewMusic #RapMusic