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Staff Picks

What are Pitchfork’s writers and editors listening to, reading, and watching right now? It's all right here in Pitchfork's Staff Picks. Below, you'll find new music handpicked by our team every week in our Pitchfork Selects playlist, updated every Monday. Grab a new book recommendation from Pitchfork Book Club or a film to watch with Music Movie of the Week. Finally, catch up on the latest Editor's Choice and Sunday Reviews. We’re curating plenty of picks every week to keep you busy. Enjoy!

Pitchfork Selects

BERWYN, Jayda G, Blair, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist

Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat

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The 49 Most Anticipated Albums of Spring 2021: Taylor Swift, Japanese Breakfast, J Balvin, and MoreIceage, Japanese Breakfast, Dawn Richard, and more

The 49 Most Anticipated Albums of Spring 2021: Taylor Swift, Japanese Breakfast, J Balvin, and More

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31 Great Records You May Have Missed: Winter 2021Album artwork by Tygapaw, Massaai, Silicone Prairie, and more

31 Great Records You May Have Missed: Winter 2021

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Music videos from Rico Nasty, Lil Nas X, and more

The 7 Best Music Videos of March 2021

  • by: Eric Torres

The 8 Best DJ Mixes of March 2021

  • by: Philip Sherburne

Music Movie of the Week

Janet Jackson in the movie Poetic Justice

Revisiting Poetic Justice, a Coming-of-Age Moment for Janet Jackson

  • by: Stephen Kearse
David Bowie in The Man Who Fell to Earth

The Man Who Fell to Earth Is More Than David Bowie Playing Himself

  • by: Judy Berman
Dolly Parton answering a phone in the movie 9 to 5

In 9 to 5, Dolly Parton Gets to the Grit of Working Life

  • by: Allison Hussey

Pitchfork Book Club

The Meaning of Lil’ Kim

  • by: Clover Hope
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How Radiohead Struggled to Reinvent Themselves While Making Kid A

  • by: Marc Hogan
Alex Ross's book Wagnerism

Is Richard Wagner Simultaneously the Most Controversial and Influential Composer Ever?

  • by: Cat Zhang

Sunday Reviews

Lync: These Are Not Fall Colors
  • Lync

These Are Not Fall Colors

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 examine the lone and remarkable album from the Olympia, Washington band, a noisy, youthful, and chaotic expression of indie rock in the early ’90s.

  • by: Philip Sherburne
Joyce Manor: Joyce Manor
  • Joyce Manor

Joyce Manor

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 influential debut from the SoCal band, a pop-punk spark that spread like wildfire in the Tumblr era.

  • by: Ian Cohen
Alicia Keys: Songs in A Minor
  • Alicia Keys

Songs in A Minor

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 Alicia Keys’ outstanding 2001 debut, a self-produced, Chopin-inspired R&B album that blazed a unique path to mainstream superstardom.

  • by: Clover Hope