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A Blade Because a Blade Is Whole
Alabaster DePlume
On the British saxophonist and poet’s graceful new album, the reminders to savor each day and to forgive oneself feel less like jazz tunes than wordless hymns.
By Matthew Blackwell
Sheer Hellish Miasma II
Kevin Drumm
The Chicago sound artist follows up his landmark 2002 noise opus with a 92-minute behemoth that’s even more brutally unrelenting.
By Christopher R. Weingarten
On the Yeah Side Deluxe
Top$ide / Shaudy Kash
For the latest edition of their collaborative series, the rapper and producer invite fellow Detroit voices into the fold—but the album is at its best when highlighting the duo’s locked-in chemistry.
By Matthew Ritchie
City of Clowns
Marie Davidson
Forget dancing like no one’s watching: The Québécois musician’s latest LP is raving under surveillance capitalism, offering pranksterish critiques over Y2K-inspired beats.
By Anna Gaca
All Cylinders
Yves Jarvis
The Canadian psych-pop auteur’s new album is less interested in paying homage to the golden oldies than in discovering what playful new mutations he can get away with.
By Stuart Berman
Erotica Veronica
Miya FolickThe LA songwriter scales down to a no-frills soft rock sound for a nuanced, self-aware album that takes a personal lens to relationships and queer identity.The Brutalist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Daniel BlumbergThe needling anxieties and delicate reprieves of Daniel Blumberg’s score illuminate the darker corners of Brady Corbet’s ambitious architectural drama.Rarely Do I Dream
Youth LagoonOn a record combining driving rhythms, cinematic synths, and snatches of home videos, Trevor Powers sketches a gothic frontier strewn with fabled characters and blood relations.$ome $exy $ongs 4 U
PARTYNEXTDOOR / Drake$ome $exy $ongs 4 U is a desperate album from one of rap’s most notorious narcissists. Oh, and PARTYNEXTDOOR is here, too.Hurry Up Tomorrow
The WeekndAbel Tesfaye gives his sordid, heartbroken pop-star persona a long, opulent finale: He’s going out on top by hitting rock bottom.
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FlipperEach 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 1982 album in which hardcore punk’s oppositional spirit turned on itself—a nihilistic spiral both profound and absurd.In Search of the Turtle’s Navel
William AckermanEach 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.Fontanelle
Babes in ToylandEach 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 Babes in Toyland’s overlooked 1992 album, a raw rock exorcism that connected grunge to the beginning of the riot grrrl sound.The Blossom Filled Streets
MovietoneEach 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.Garcia
Jerry GarciaEach 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.Hosianna Mantra
Popol VuhEach 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.