Anna Gaca
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Past articles by Anna:
Fever Ray: Radical Romantics Album Review
Karin Dreijer’s richly detailed third album renders the search for love as something both sensual and alien. → Read More
Miley Cyrus: “Flowers” Track Review
The pop singer’s self-helpy new single illustrates how her music often doesn’t match her star power. → Read More
The Menzingers: On the Impossible Past (10th Anniversary Edition) Album Review
This 2012 LP, newly reissued, is the Scranton punk band’s definitive album—the record that inaugurated a signature vernacular of doomed romance and self-loathing nostalgia. → Read More
Jazmine Sullivan: Heaux Tales, Mo’ Tales: The Deluxe Album Review
On a triumphant deluxe edition of her 2021 opus, the Philadelphia singer lays the groundwork for growth with several new songs and interludes, including an appearance from Issa Rae. → Read More
The Clash: Combat Rock 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 Clash’s famously complicated fifth album that contains some of their biggest songs as well as their moodiest and most impenetrable material. → Read More
Various Artists: Italians Do It Better Album Review
Executive-produced by Johnny Jewel, this Madonna tribute album transports her iconic singles to the boutique label’s seedy, neon-lit lounges. → Read More
Lorde: Solar Power Album Review
Lorde returns with a self-aware, scaled-back album. Its holistic beauty and revelations about the natural world are often lost in the drab music. → Read More
Listen to “Feel Nothing” (ft. Sleaford Mods) by Amen Dunes
Damon McMahon and Sleaford Mods confront the enemy of art. → Read More
Neko Case Just Wants to Talk About Nature
The singer-songwriter’s latest endeavor is a newsletter about living alongside the land. “I don’t always want to talk about myself. You want to talk about chickens?” → Read More
Listen to “Solar Power” by Lorde
After a four-year break, Lorde gets happy on this soft-touch anthem for the simple pleasures of summer. → Read More
Listen to “MMMOOOAAAAAYAYA” by Illuminati Hotties
Sarah Tudzin punches open the pressure valve on digital-mental-emotional-spiritual overload. → Read More
Katy Perry: Teenage Dream 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 Katy Perry’s second album, a sugary pop juggernaut with big misses and even bigger hits. → Read More
Listen to “Schatze” (ft. Stef Chura) by Ohtis
A selfish male becomes self-aware on this playful single featuring Stef Chura. → Read More
Joan of Arc: Tim Melina Theo Bobby Album Review
After more than 20 albums in the past two decades, the idiosyncratic Chicago rock band takes a final bow. As always, their songs are welcome and familiar, yet a surprise every time. → Read More
The Cramps: Songs the Lord Taught Us 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 debut album by the Cramps, true believers who recast rockabilly in their own outrageously camp image. → Read More
What Does the Rolling Stone and Billboard Deal Mean for Music Fans?
For one thing, music media may be becoming more like the music industry itself. → Read More
Marie Davidson & L’Œil Nu: Renegade Breakdown Album Review
In self-imposed exile from the international club scene, Marie Davidson teams with two close collaborators for a self-consciously odd collection of Lynchian lounge music and digitized funk. → Read More
Listen to “Guess Again” by Jeff Tweedy
The first songs from the Wilco frontman’s new solo album are all about the value of commitment. → Read More
Jessy Lanza: All the Time Album Review
Recorded shortly before her move from New York to San Francisco, the Canadian club-pop musician’s third LP with Junior Boys’ Jeremy Greenspan sounds sensual, understated, and effortless. → Read More
Listen to “Don’t Call Again” [ft. Kari Faux] by Tkay Maidza
Australian singer-rapper Maidza’s latest single is a fried-out vintage funk groove. → Read More