Jazz

Song of the Earth

Dirty Projectors / David Longstreth / s t a r g a z e

By Brian Howe

April 11, 2025

Defiant Life

Vijay Iyer / Wadada Leo Smith

By Matthew Blackwell

March 26, 2025

Consentrik Quartet

Nels Cline

By Grayson Haver Currin

March 20, 2025

Folk/Country

Chapter III: We Return to Light EP

Anoushka Shankar / Alam Khan / Sarathy Korwar

By Bhanuj Kappal

March 20, 2025

The Near End, The Dark Night, The County Line

Takuro Okada

By Nina Corcoran

March 14, 2025

A Blade Because a Blade Is Whole

Alabaster DePlume

By Matthew Blackwell

March 7, 2025

Opening Night

MK Velsorf / Aase Nielsen

By Philip Sherburne

March 3, 2025

List of Demands

Damon Locks

By Matthew Blackwell

February 26, 2025

Pop/R&B

Rap

Ebo Taylor JID022

Ebo Taylor / Adrian Younge / Ali Shaheed Muhammad

By Dean Van Nguyen

February 1, 2025

I’m Just Say’n

Joe McPhee

By Daniel Felsenthal

January 31, 2025

Possession EP

Shabaka

By Dash Lewis

December 18, 2024

Electronic

Phantasy & Reality

Lynn Avery / Cole Pulice

By Daniel Bromfield

December 2, 2024

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Tracks

(50+)

“Shimmer”

Phét Phét Phét

By Philip Sherburne

November 14, 2023

“I’m Scanning Things I Can’t See”

Fievel Is Glauque

By Maria Eberhart

September 1, 2023

Electronic

“If I Don’t See You in the Future, I’ll See You in the Pasture”

Cole Pulice

Best New Track

By Ryan Dombal

June 15, 2023

Pop/R&B

Rock

“No More Lies”

Thundercat / Tame Impala

By Marc Hogan

April 25, 2023

“To Remain/To Return”

Arooj Aftab / Vijay Iyer / Shahzad Ismaily

By Philip Sherburne

February 24, 2023

“Everybody Love” [ft. Musiq Soulchild and Posdnuos]

Robert Glasper

By Dylan Green

March 1, 2022

“Don’t Forget You’re Precious”

Alabaster DePlume

By Madison Bloom

February 2, 2022

“Open the Gates”

Irreversible Entanglements

By Hubert Adjei-Kontoh

August 25, 2021

“formwela 3”

Esperanza Spalding

By Eric Torres

April 8, 2021

“Hustle” [ft. Kojey Radical]

Sons of Kemet

By Marc Hogan

March 31, 2021

“Mohabbat”

Arooj Aftab

Best New Track

By Vrinda Jagota

March 16, 2021

“Now (Forever Momentary Space)”

Damon Locks / Black Monument Ensemble

By Matthew Strauss

February 23, 2021

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Features

(50+)

The 72 Most Anticipated Tours of 2025

By Pitchfork

April 3, 2025

The 20 Best Albums of 2025 So Far

By Anna Gaca, Jeremy D. Larson, Marissa Lorusso, and Philip Sherburne

April 2, 2025

The 50 Most Anticipated Albums of Spring 2025

By Madison Bloom, Nina Corcoran, Walden Green, Jazz Monroe, and Matthew Strauss

March 19, 2025

The 32 Most Anticipated Albums of 2025

By Pitchfork

January 13, 2025

The 50 Best Albums of 2024

By Pitchfork

December 3, 2024

The 100 Best Songs of 2024

By Pitchfork

December 2, 2024

The 36 Most Anticipated Albums of Autumn 2024

By Pitchfork

October 2, 2024

The 100 Best Albums of the 2020s So Far

By Pitchfork

October 1, 2024

The 100 Best Songs of the 2020s So Far

By Pitchfork

September 30, 2024

The 50 Best Albums of 2024 So Far

By Anna Gaca, Isabelia Herrera, Jeremy D. Larson, and Philip Sherburne

August 29, 2024

26 Contenders for the 2024 Song of the Summer

By Pitchfork

August 26, 2024

Photo Gallery

Pitchfork Music Festival 2024: Live Photos

By Pitchfork

July 20, 2024

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The Pitch

(50+)

10 Takeaways From the 2024 Grammy Nominations

By Nina Corcoran and Marc Hogan

November 10, 2023

Remembering Jazz Giant Wayne Shorter With 6 Essential Tracks

By Sadie Sartini Garner

March 3, 2023

Inside the Unlikely New York Record Store That Sells Vinyl to the Stars

By Sim Tumay

February 15, 2023

Remembering Pharoah Sanders, Who Sought Divinity on Earth

By Andy Cush

September 25, 2022

Remembering Trumpeter jaimie branch With 5 Essential Albums

By Allison Hussey

August 24, 2022

Meet 10 Contemporary Artists Who Are Rethinking Harp Music

By April Clare Welsh

August 2, 2022

What to Watch in March 2022: The Best Music Movies, Shows, and Videos

By Pitchfork

March 2, 2022

6 Takeaways from the 2022 Grammy Nominations

November 23, 2021

The 6 Best Music Videos of October 2021

By Eric Torres

October 29, 2021

8 Songs That Prove Charlie Watts Was the Coolest Rolling Stone

By Stuart Berman

August 25, 2021

8 New Records That Reimagine What a Guitar Can Do

By Sam Sodomsky

June 14, 2021

What Black Music Month Means Now

By Nabil Ayers

June 3, 2021

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News

(50+)

Kamasi Washington, Bonobo, and Floating Points Share New Songs for Adult Swim Anime Series Lazarus

By Matthew Strauss

March 27, 2025

Angel Bat Dawid and Naima Nefertari Announce Album, Share New Song

By Matthew Strauss

March 20, 2025

Listen to Arooj Aftab and Khruangbin’s New “Raat Ki Rani” Remix

By Walden Green

March 14, 2025

Cole Pulice Announces New Album Land’s End Eternal, Shares New Song “After the Rain”

By Nina Corcoran

March 11, 2025

Roy Ayers, Influential Vibraphonist and Jazz-Funk Composer, Dies at 84

By Jazz Monroe

March 6, 2025

Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith Announce New Album, Share Song

By Walden Green

February 21, 2025

Watch Jon Batiste Perform the National Anthem at Super Bowl 2025

By Nina Corcoran and Matthew Strauss

February 9, 2025

Mike Ratledge, Keyboardist in Soft Machine, Dies at 81

By Nina Corcoran

February 6, 2025

Alabaster DePlume Announces Tour and New Album, Shares Video for New Song

By Matthew Strauss

January 22, 2025

Watch Arooj Aftab Perform “Raat Ki Rani” on Colbert

By Nina Corcoran

December 10, 2024

James Brandon Lewis Trio Announce New Album Apple Cores, Share New Song

By Matthew Strauss

November 19, 2024