Category: Pitchfork Album Reviews

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 an essential talisman of freak music from 1994, a beautifully weird document of a beautifully weird band living out the last daydream of alternative rock.

The songwriters collaborate for a spirited and serious collection of protest folk inspired by the legacy of Woody Guthrie.

The British producer’s third record is the most satisfying of his career so far, its streamlined, home-listening house driven by finely honed drums and filled with lush textures.

Sage Elsesser’s sixth album is his most evocative release in years. Working with an extensive catalog of producers, the rapper reflects on grief and loss in songs that continually foreground hope.

On her third solo album, the Montreal singer-songwriter crafts playfully disorienting art-punk without ever losing her cool.

The Brooklyn songwriter and guitarist crafts a tender album filled with negative space and patient reflections on mortality.

The Brooklyn songwriter and guitarist crafts a tender album filled with negative space and patient reflections on mortality.

The Atlanta indie-rock band puts its city and its songwriting in the spotlight on a tightly focused new album.

The Atlanta indie-rock band puts its city and its songwriting in the spotlight on a tightly focused new album.

The veteran Atlanta producer’s new solo EP channels his familiarity with Southern rap history to celebrate a fresh lease on life.

The veteran Atlanta producer’s new solo EP channels his familiarity with Southern rap history to celebrate a fresh lease on life.

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 the 1993 masterpiece from a group of shoegazing Beatles fanatics who went up against Oasis in the battle for the soul of British rock—and lost.

After the sleek Your Hero Is Not Dead and the labyrinthine An Inbuilt Fault, the singer-songwriter finds a middle ground; it’s expansive and unpredictable but features his most polished songwriting yet.

Packaged with live recordings and studio rarities, the Mats’ 1984 masterpiece gets a thoughtful new box set that illustrates the precarity and magic of their unlikely breakthrough.

The electronic duo moves beyond referential homage on its second album, offering a clearer definition of its own sound: scuzzy, brooding, and obsessed with open roads and Californian archetypes.