Sewn together with recurring sonic themes and lyrical callbacks, rife with hits yet dipped in mystery and macabre. The mood is light and resolute and even when it gets dark, it's not depressing. Aura Blaze has created something special...
One Hand on My Heart is a refreshingly mature album. Honest, empathetic and devoid of narcissism. Gallagher's strength as the protagonist and as a songwriter comes from her lack of vanity and arrogance. Beyond the comparisons to artists...
The southern rapper’s latest project captures him the same way he always is: perfectly likable, admirably sincere, predictably dependable and dependably predictable.
The Montreal singer-songwriter’s debut album uses heartbreak as the springboard for an innovative brand of indie rock that’s both fiery and introspective.
Dev Hynes’ new mixtape feels light and loose, a pre-production sketchbook presented as a charmingly finished product with the help of several key guests.
Belle crafts an eloquent and affecting breakup album that uses the archetype of the jazzy chanteuse and adds the surreal dream-like aura of the harp to give it another dimension and breathe new life into the form.
Though their 1994 album became most famous for a surprise hit remix, Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt’s spare, pensive style never sounded more fully realized than here.
The pop star’s compilation features Cardi B, Chance the Rapper, and Stormzy in a sometimes nice but hopelessly transparent attempt at a hip-hop crossover.
The metal band’s latest album retains the sludgy ferocity of their best work while opening up to include elements of shoegaze and dream-pop, to mixed success.
The experimental ambient musician's latest work is his most beatific and generous yet. It features a rotating cast of musicians, and feels like it is hovering off of the ground.
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 Aaliyah’s final album, her masterpiece.
Madonna, “Weird Al” Yankovic, and a bizarre remix of the Who are all part of a soundtrack that speaks to the usual critiques of the frothy, summertime sci-fi tale.
The Liverpool four-piece’s debut experiments liberally with pop’s conventions, taking a collage-like approach to chopped samples, ghostly harmonies, and pedal-driven guitars and keyboards.
David Berman’s first new music in over a decade is a marvelous collection of heartbreak, grief, and bitterness. His careful writing has never sounded so exacting or direct.
A new installment in Parlophone’s ongoing reissue series revisits an oft-bootlegged 1969 session with fellow folkie John Hutchinson: literal bedroom tapes, but still revelatory.
The methodical arrangements and uncomfortably close whispers of the experimental French musician, poet, and visual artist bring us further inside her surreal world.
Jeb Loy Nichols is what many may term an artist's artist. While his name may be not be one that hold's household status, his diverse and impressive back catalogue has ensured he has been rewarded with a very loyal fanbase and critical...