Pitchfork: Columns

Grime / Dubstep

June 1, 2011

Dizzee Rascal, Untold, and Krept highlight a look at some of this month's best UK bass tunes.

[Martin Clark]

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Why We Fight #14

May 27, 2011

On Lady Gaga and the thorny question of what "be yourself" actually means.

[Nitsuh Abebe]

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Out the Trunk #4

May 18, 2011

In the latest installment of our mixtape column, we cover tapes from Fabolous, Rich Boy, Curren$y, Smoke DZA, and Young Sam.

[Tom Breihan]

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Out the Trunk #3

April 13, 2011

Young Dro, Soulja Boy, and Rittz headline a new crop of mixtapes from one of rap's most creative epicenters, Atlanta.

[Tom Breihan]

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Resonant Frequency #80

Marked

June 10, 2011

How EMA's Past Life Martyred Saints uses sound and memory to leave a mark.

[Mark Richardson]

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Poptimist #39

Continuing Backwards

May 20, 2011

Building on ideas from last month's Poptimist, thoughts on how the age of music affects the way we hear it.

[Tom Ewing]

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Why We Fight #13

The Context of No Context

April 29, 2011

How early rock critic Ellen Willis, tUnE-yArDs, and Ponytail unlock music's sense of liberation.

[Nitsuh Abebe]

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The Out Door #14

June 3, 2011

How acoustic guitarists are shedding the shadow of John Fahey, plus interviews with violinist Eyvind Kang, prog/metal group Burmese, and cellist Erik Freidlander.

[Marc Masters and Grayson Currin]

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Puritan Blister #44

2009: A Xiu Xiudyssey

May 22, 2009

The announcement of Caralee McElroy's leaving Xiu Xiu has triggered reflection among superfans. Superfans like Puritan Blister.

[William Bowers]

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Get That Out Of Your Mouth #40

Imaginary Friends

November 9, 2007

Renowned jazzman Eric Dolphy has a page on MySpace and over 3,231 friends. Of course, he hasn't logged in for over a year-- and he's been dead for over 40. But does that matter? [Chris Dahlen]

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Interrobang (?!) #27

"Still Tippin'… Kind of…" b/w "Lyrics About the G-4: More Interesting as Metaphor"

July 6, 2007

As contemporary autobiography, T.I.'s new high-concept, low-organization album is sadly more Glitter than Mimi. [Dr. Julianne Escobedo Shepherd]

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Show No Mercy

July 17, 2009

This month we talk to Code [pictured], Hiems, Magrudergrind, and the reformed YOB.

[Brandon Stosuy]

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Through the Cracks: Lovely Music Ltd.

Lovely Music Ltd.

September 30, 2008

Tiny labels selflessly nourishing a pouch of devotees isn't news-- this is how the indie ideology logically plays out. But Lovely Music Ltd.-- a label whose records are too understated to grip avant-garde fetishists, too peacefully bizarre to be embraced by most classically oriented audiences-- is an anomaly even in indie mythos.

[Mike Powell]

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Silent Party

Silent Party #5

Just Because You're Paranoid Don't Mean They're Not After You

November 14, 2008

Thanks to Genius, Apple is able to get information about its customers from our iTunes libraries. This means genre becomes a two-way street: Apple becomes better able to categorize us.

[Eric Harvey]

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