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The LA songwriter scales down to a no-frills soft rock sound for a nuanced, self-aware album that takes a personal lens to relationships and queer identity.

The needling anxieties and delicate reprieves of Daniel Blumberg’s score illuminate the darker corners of Brady Corbet’s ambitious architectural drama.

On her second album, the Japanese-Canadian musician’s magpie art pop coheres into something like a traditional breakup record, but her perspective and production are far from conventional.

On a record combining driving rhythms, cinematic synths, and snatches of home videos, Trevor Powers sketches a gothic frontier strewn with fabled characters and blood relations.

$ome $exy $ongs 4 U is a desperate album from one of rap’s most notorious narcissists. Oh, and PARTYNEXTDOOR is here, too.

Abel Tesfaye gives his sordid, heartbroken pop-star persona a long, opulent finale: He’s going out on top by hitting rock bottom.

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 a sublime 1976 solo guitar album, a humbly brilliant record that spawned a colossal new-age music empire.

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 a lost indie rock gem from 2000, an ethereal and luminescent highlight of the underground Bristol scene.

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 Jerry Garcia’s 1972 debut solo album, a captivating blueprint of cosmic Americana and one of his many transcendent detours from the Dead.

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 Auto-Tune king’s second album, a frivolous but memorable moment from hip-hop’s ringtone era.

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 a 1972 meditation on faith and uncertainty by a pioneering electronic band that stepped away from its synthesizer to make it.