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Joanna Newsom to Perform at Kilby Block Party in 2024
The reserved harpist makes a rare festival appearance alongside LCD Soundsystem, Vampire Weekend, and more in Salt Lake City next spring
Witnessing Joanna Newsom’s Surprise New Era
Eight years after the release of Divers, the singer-songwriter stunned a Los Angeles crowd with new songs that underscored just how much has changed in her life.
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Show All25 Microgenres That (Briefly) Defined the Last 25 Years
Charting the last 25 years in the hyper-niche genres that came and went, from brostep to vaporwave.
The 200 Most Important Artists of Pitchfork’s First 25 Years
From Bon Iver to J Dilla to Beyoncé, these are the musicians who made the biggest impact across Pitchfork’s lifetime so far.
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
The records that made the decade, starring Kendrick Lamar, Grimes, Bon Iver, Solange, Lana Del Rey, and many more
The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s
The defining tracks of the decade, starring Robyn, Drake, Vampire Weekend, Daft Punk, SZA, and many more
Readers' Poll Results 2015
The Pitchfork Readers Poll features your picks for the best (and worst) in the world of music, including your choices for Top Albums and Top Tracks, along with Most Underrated and Overrated Albums, Best New Artists, Best Musician Twitters, plus your answers to a number of either/or questions.
The 50 Best Albums of 2015
World weary rap courtesy of Vince Staples and Future. Vulnerable folk from Joanna Newsom and Sufjan Stevens. Thundercat and Kamasi Washington’s astral musings. The welcomed comebacks of Dr. Dre and Sleater-Kinney. All of that and more makes up our Top 50 albums of the year.
The 100 Best Songs of 2015
From Drake’s dominance to Adele’s return, Tame Impala’s blissful psych to Kendrick Lamar’s politically charged hip-hop, 2015 marked another diverse and strong year for music. These are our picks for the best songs of the year.
The Best Music Videos of 2015
From Nicki and Beyoncé’s ecstatic Coachella road trip, to David Bowie’s haunting interstellar hallucination, to Oneohtrix Point Never’s epic LARP-ing battle, to Charli XCX’s psychotic death-by-selfie freak show, to Kendrick’s powerful levitating act, here are our 20 favorite videos of the year.
The Most Anticipated Releases of 2015
Details on 35 prospective records that are keeping our hopes up for music in 2015, from hip-hop heavyweights Kanye and Kendrick, to welcomed returns from Sleater-Kinney and the Wrens, along with many intriguing collaborations and debuts.
The 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far (2010-2014)
From Tame Impala to Frank Ocean to the Caretaker to Beach House to Kurt Vile and lots more, our picks for the best albums of the last five years.
The 200 Best Tracks of the Decade So Far (2010-2014)
From Drake to Beach House to Deafheaven to Sophie to Grimes to Cloud Nothings to, yes, Kanye—our picks for the best songs of the half-decade.
The 40 Most Anticipated Releases of 2014
The records we're looking forward to most this year including: Grimes, Cloud Nothings, Beck, Joanna Newsom, Mac DeMarco, Nicki Minaj, Solange, Real Estate, Rustie, St. Vincent, Swans, and more.
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