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POMPEII // UTILITY
Earl Sweatshirt / MIKE / Surf Gang
Two of this century’s coldest, most martyrial rap auteurs flex new muscles over a decent batch of ambient plugg beats.
Age of the Ram
Charley Crockett
The Texan songwriter concludes his Sagebrush Trilogy with a rangy, rambling set of songs about a loner who lives just outside the law, filled with nods to outlaw country icons.
Hymns From the Hills
Poison Ruïn
The medieval-themed Philadelphia punk band embraces cleaner production, catchier melodies, and wider-ranging influences to illustrate just how far we haven’t come.
Fathoms
Daryl Groetsch
On a new ambient suite, the Pulse Emitter composer takes you to the bottom of the ocean. It’s not the most adventurous trip, but you’re in good hands.
Generation X
Generation X
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 look back at Billy Idol’s first band, a combustible 1978 record with a punk sound and pop politics.
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Tranquilizer
Oneohtrix Point NeverBest New AlbumDrawing on a cache of commercial sample CDs, Daniel Lopatin assembles an impossibly dense and transportive electronic album that takes impermanence as its inspiration.
West End Girl
Lily AllenWith an album that doubles as an insider’s account of a tabloid divorce, the singer finds a new evolution of her signature style: Lightness isn’t a foil for irony, but a vehicle for hurt.
Repulsor
ShlohmoThe L.A. beatmaker turns aggressive on his fourth album—dialing up the distortion, flooding his beats with overdriven synths, and pushing anxious moods into the red.
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BrandyEach 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 look back at Brandy’s futuristic, full-hearted 2002 record, an album so lush and expertly crafted that it became the new blueprint for the pop-R&B sound.
Straight From the Heart
Patrice RushenEach 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 look back at the 1982 breakthrough from a California pianist and songwriter whose effortless fusion of R&B, disco, and jazz defied any attempts to pin her down.
I Could Live in Hope
LowEach 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 epiphanic debut album from the Duluth slowcore band whose fragile, insistent sound was entirely its own from the beginning.
Dare Iz a Darkside
RedmanEach 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 New Jersey rap icon’s paranoid, insular, largely self-produced 1994 album, an East Coast G-funk classic under the influence.
Justified
Justin TimberlakeEach 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 2002 debut that launched a whole cultural phenomenon by borrowing the hottest R&B moves of the day to mint a shiny new pop star.
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Scritti PolittiEach 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 ultra slick, deliciously clever record where the UK band deconstructed pop music only to build it back up even better.
Behind the Magnolia Curtain
Tav Falco’s Panther BurnsEach 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 cult 1981 garage rock record steeped in Memphis lore. With Alex Chilton as his sideman, the provocative Tav Falco brought blues and rockabilly screaming into the post-punk era.
