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Philip Selway: Strange Dance Album Review
The Radiohead drummer returns with a solo album whose beautiful, dramatic arrangements clash with the bland songwriting. → Read More
Bob Weir: Ace (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) Album Review
Featuring multiple songs that became staples of the Grateful Dead’s live set, the 1972 solo debut by the guitarist and singer gets a deluxe edition with a new mix and some recent live recordings. → Read More
Shovel Dance Collective: The Water Is the Shovel of the Shore Album Review
Laying bare the strangeness of their repertoire while connecting centuries-old songs to modern struggles, the London collective approaches folk song as a living tradition, not a museum piece. → Read More
Weyes Blood: And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow Album Review
Natalie Mering’s majestic fifth record is a dispatch from the center of catastrophe—an idiosyncratic set of love songs and secular hymns with lushly orchestral arrangements. → Read More
Horse Lords: Comradely Objects Album Review
On the group’s fourth album, carefully controlled minimalism gives way to a playful expressionistic streak, suggesting a utopian balance between social harmony and personal freedom. → Read More
Makaya McCraven: In These Times Album Review
The hybrid jazz drummer and producer’s latest album uses his familiar post-production techniques but feels more deftly orchestrated and rhythmically complex. → Read More
Marisa Anderson: Still, Here
On an alternately deliberate and exploratory new record, the guitarist and composer finds flashes of beauty at the heart of each instrumental tale. → Read More
Joni Mitchell Is Still Singing “Both Sides Now”
The legend played her first show in 22 years at the Newport Folk Festival, imbuing her early masterpieces with lived experience → Read More
Neil Young / Crazy Horse: Toast Album Review
Recorded in 2001, this previously unreleased LP from Young and his most recognizable accompanists is a surprisingly slick, fans-only affair. → Read More
Naima Bock: Giant Palm
The London singer-songwriter, formerly of Goat Girl, teams with producer Joel Burton and a host of musicians on a sharply observed, sumptuously arranged album of idiosyncratic folk. → Read More
Joe Rainey: Niineta Album Review
The debut album from the Midwestern pow wow singer is arresting and unruly, centering his remarkable voice amid blasts of digital distortion, field recordings, and unrelenting rhythms. → Read More
Ilhan Ersahin / Dave Harrington / Kenny Wollesen: Invite Your Eye Album Review
On their first album as a trio, these jazz-rooted musicians create a luxurious atmosphere drawing from funk, krautrock, and noirish electronica. → Read More
The Missed Opportunity of the Spotify Boycott
We should be talking about the company’s pitiful royalty rates more than Joe Rogan. → Read More
Anna von Hausswolff: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival Album Review
This ensemble performance from 2018 offers an ideal introduction to the Swedish songwriter’s work, showcasing her vocal virtuosity and gothic drama. → Read More
Neil Young / Crazy Horse: Barn Album Review
Neil Young’s decision to prioritize immediacy over craft in his later years means these tunes arrive lovingly weathered, but rarely go anywhere in particular. → Read More
Can: Live in Brighton 1975 Album Review
The second album in Mute’s planned series of archival Can shows captures a group figuring things out in real time. After 30 tentative minutes, things turn transcendent. → Read More
Richard and Linda Thompson: I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight Album Review
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 folk-rock duo's darkly holistic 1974 debut, a quixotic blend of the old and the new. → Read More
The 15 Best Guitar Accessories for About $50 or Less
Great gifts for the guitarist in your life. → Read More
Low: HEY WHAT Album Review
Read Andy Cush’s review of the album. → Read More
Rachika Nayar: fragments Album Review
Five months after her stunning debut album, the Brooklyn composer offers up a modest yet revealing set of sketch-like guitar pieces, drawing unexpected connections between Pat Metheny and Midwestern emo. → Read More