Pop Spotlight

A speculative-fiction multimedia project imagines the future sounds of South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, using an apocalyptic future to pay tribute to the border region’s resilience. Featured Tracks: Play Track “HEATDEATH” — SimonadaVia  Bandcamp / Buy What […]

The Los Angeles singer’s whole songwriting vibe is magnetic, blending future pop, bedroom pop, and funk into a new and colorful swirl.  Remi Wolf has a bright, gamboling sensibility that extends from her music to […]

On his laid-back and locked-in new EP, the Atlanta singer-rapper sounds more subtle and assured than ever.  Featured Tracks: Play Track “Long Nights” — 6LACKVia SoundCloud He may not be the genre’s biggest star, but few […]

On her sparse and riveting second album, the singer-songwriter examines the personal cost of embracing difficult emotional truths.  Sophie Payten needed a break. In 2017, while still deep in medical exams, she released her debut […]

On the slinky follow-up to their carefree debut, the R&B sisters take greater risks with their production and their writing. Featured Tracks: Play Track “Tipsy” — Chloe x HalleVia SoundCloud In the two years since Chloe x […]

On her disco-inspired new album, Ware sounds bolder, looser — and frankly, more fun — than she has in a near-decade. Featured Tracks: Play Track “What’s Your Pleasure?” — Jessie WareVia  Bandcamp / Buy On her new album, […]

Named in honor of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Minneapolis-based musician’s shadowy EP is an imaginative investigation of religious and sexual tensions. Featured Tracks: Play Track “hellbound” — Dua SalehVia  Bandcamp / Buy Dua Saleh is terrified of […]

The R&B star’s latest ode to the power of love bursts with positive energy, but there’s an emptiness beneath.  It’s a pretty good time to be John Legend. Since his last album, he scored the […]

Teyana Taylor regains control of her art across a long and complex album, one that deftly recontextualizes classic R&B and better represents the fierce persona she has honed in public. Among the many injustices Black […]

As pleasant and groovy as it is, the collaborative album never feels like a true Roy Ayers work.  Featured Tracks: Play Track Synchronize Vibration — Roy Ayers, Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed MuhammadVia  Bandcamp / Buy Adrian […]

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 a monument of psychedelic funk, a defining document of […]

Charmian Devi  has just dropped new music. The Canadian singer-songwriter who grew-up in Quebec stands today as one of the very few artists capable of creating music that brings back the 70’s iconic influences in […]

This reissued box set from Prince’s unloved early-’00s period provides proof of his astounding skill as a performer and the depth of his catalog even in its shallow end. At the turn of the millennium, […]

On her intimate and assured new album, the Brooklyn R&B singer eagerly seeks deliverance from bad sex, bad vibes, and the pulsing anxiety of dead-end jobs. Featured Tracks: Play Track “sorry i unfollowed you” — […]

Giampaolo Pasquile is an widely known artist, producer, and mix engineer, who just released two new singles; “Until The Rainbows End” and a brilliant cover for Marvin Gaye’s song “What’s Going On,” featuring Stephen Sims’ […]

Georgia Ellery and Taylor Skye’s head-spinning vocal processing and unusual fusion of influences form a well of deep feeling, even when the meaning is obscured. A first encounter with the UK duo Jockstrap can seem […]

American rock band American Greed just released their latest album, Together, an impressive tracklist of nine songs, reflecting the best of what rock music has to offer and should sound like in 2020. Not only […]

All the familiar elements of a banging choruses, top-notch production, and relatable lyrics, are all plugged into Swedish pop star Alex Alexander’s newest latin-inspired EP titled Helpless. Home to five extraordinary tracks, “Helpless,” “Lyin’ Eyes,” […]