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dream hampton’s It Was All a Dream Is the Right Rap Documentary for Right Now

Pitchfork writer Alphonse Pierre’s rap column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, Instagram freestyles, memes, weird tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches

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Watch R.E.M. Reunite, Play “Losing My Religion” in First Performance in 16 Years

Mere hours after telling CBS Mornings it would take “a comet” for them to perform together again, R.E.M. did just

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8 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: NxWorries, Normani, the Decemberists, and More

With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to

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This Is Lorelei: Box for Buddy, Box for Star Album Review

To behold Stonehenge is to bear witness to the human capacity for ingenuity. For songwriter Nate Amos, who records as

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2hollis: boy Album Review | Pitchfork

2hollis is a beloved fixture in a music scene with no name. What do you call a mash of Bladee,

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NxWorries: Why Lawd? Album Review

In December 2020, Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge performed at the Double Happiness festival. The show was a livestream and the

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Actress: Statik Album Review | Pitchfork

An apprehensive energy charges the atmosphere just before a thunderstorm erupts. The light seems wrong, shadows washed out by the

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Verraco: Breathe​.​.​. Godspeed EP Album Review

Verraco and his peers in Medellín, Colombia once presented themselves as rave revolutionaries: guerillas rising up to topple a hegemonic

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Listen to J.P.’s “Over Here”: New Rap Music Today

J.P.: “Over Here” This new J.P. album, Coming Out Party, is completely bizarre. There are songs that sound like Khalid

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Xaviersobased: with 2 Album Review

Nobody combines serrated rap and goofy hi-jinks like Xaviersobased. In “Pediatrician,” Xavier flashes back to his kiddie days watching Noggin