Devendra Banhart

Charting the last 25 years in the hyper-niche genres that came and went, from brostep to vaporwave.

From its beginnings in the late '60s to today, psychedelic folk has aimed to absorb, acknowledge, and update the past while meeting modern needs. Grayson Haver Currin picks some of the genre's best tracks from across the last 50 years.

Whether in conversation or on record, the chimeric singer-songwriter bounces around with a freewheeling spontaneity-- Ryan Dombal tries to keep up as they discuss bizarre marriage proposals and his eighth album, Mala.

Artists including Devendra Banhart, No Age, Das Racist, and more tell us about the songs, albums, and stories that helped define them over the last 15 years.

The Fresh & Onlys, Ty Segall, Sic Alps, Kelley Stoltz, and the strange world of the Bay Area's noisy rock renaissance.

From M.I.A. to Four Tet, Kanye West to Joanna Newsom—and the many sides of Radiohead, too—here are the albums who defined the decade

We present the 2008 Year in News, a roundup of music-related triumph, tragedy, and kookery from the pages of Pitchforkmedia.com over the past year.

Second installment of a two-part feature recapping the 2006 Pitchfork Music Festival in artist interviews and more than 100 photos.

An artistic epicurean in the vein of the Tropicálismo pioneers he so adores, this singer/songwriter has built a deserved reputation as one of indie's most engaging voices.