Amy PhillipsExecutive Editor

A selection of the formative pieces from our first 25 years

Beyoncé at Coachella. Kendrick winning a Pulitzer. Michelle Williams and Phil Elverum. Cardi’s “SNL” pregnancy reveal. And other distractions from the hellscape that was 2018.

The Avalanches’ first public appearance in forever! The joys of clean festival toilets! PJ Harvey’s undeniable force! An especially mystifying crowd dancer! It’s all part of our Primavera recap.

Amy Phillips sits down with Neko Case for a career-spanning podcast interview in this installment of In Sight Out, a collaborative series between Pitchfork and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.

Scottish synth-pop act Chvrches talk to Amy Phillips about the music of their lives in this special podcast edition of our 5-10-15-20 interview series.

During last week's Øya festival in Oslo, Norway, Amy Phillips took an eye-opening black metal sightseeing tour, stumbled upon one of the world's worst bands, paid seven dollars for water, and saw the Stone Roses, Odd Future, Björk, and more.

Matador Records celebrated its 21st birthday like plenty of newly of-age kids: With a lost weekend in Las Vegas.

Gothenburg's Way Out West provides an intimate, urban setting paired with a series of nighttime club shows-- like our own fest and SXSW combined.

Among Iceland's economic chaos, the Iceland Airwaves festival celebrated its 10th birthday with a five-day orgy of live music and debauchery that takes over Reykjavík-- basically SXSW on a smaller, much colder scale.

While in Reykjavík for the Iceland Airwaves festival, we sat down with Björk for a lengthy chat about "Náttúra", her new single with Thom Yorke, and the Náttúra Campaign. In the process, she outlined Náttúra's plan for the development of a new, independent, environmentally friendly Icelandic economy. It isn't a quick fix. And it isn't going to be easy. But when has Björk ever taken the easy way out? [Part 2 of 2]

While in Reykjavík for the Iceland Airwaves festival, we sat down with Björk for a lengthy chat about "Náttúra", her new single with Thom Yorke, and the Náttúra Campaign. In the process, she outlined Náttúra's plan for the development of a new, independent, environmentally friendly Icelandic economy. It isn't a quick fix. And it isn't going to be easy. But when has Björk ever taken the easy way out? [Part 1 of 2]

With a lineup mostly steeped in the 1990s and a setting left over from the Borscht Belt, nostalgia was the order of the day at ATP NY; yet the whole thing felt like a gathering of like-minded people with similar tastes and it added up to the most enjoyable festival experience of our reporter's life.