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Megadeth
Metal

Megadeth

Megadeth
With his final studio album, Dave Mustaine closes the curtains on a thrash metal institution without the communal gravitas of a proper farewell.
World’s Gone Wrong
Folk/Country

World’s Gone Wrong

Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams’ world-weary new album takes comfort in rootsy rock’n’roll with a casual, authoritative swing that belies its stylistic range.
OVERTIME
Electronic

OVERTIME

username / Marsh crane
The production duo’s busy, silly, next-gen footwork hashes underground rap microgenres and recognizable samples into dreamy collagist fantasies.
Jana Horn
Folk/Country

Jana Horn

Jana Horn
The peripatetic singer-songwriter’s eponymous third album is a document of wandering and longing. Its acoustic arrangements are sparse and her lyrics fragmentary, but the mood is warm and inviting.
Ænima
Metal

Ænima

Tool
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 Tool’s marvelous 1996 album, a long and heady trip that ushered in a new age of hard rock.
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  • Tranquilizer
    Experimental

    Tranquilizer

    Oneohtrix Point Never
    Best New Album
    Drawing on a cache of commercial sample CDs, Daniel Lopatin assembles an impossibly dense and transportive electronic album that takes impermanence as its inspiration.
  • Addison
    Pop/R&B

    Addison

    Addison Rae
    The girlypop album of summer warrants comparison to Lana, Madonna, and most of all, Britney. Are we ready for Addison?
  • Snocaps
    Rock

    Snocaps

    Snocaps
    The Crutchfield twins—accompanied by MJ Lenderman and Brad Cook—reunite for a spirited new project that plays to their strengths and embraces all the miles they’ve traveled.
  • LUX
    Pop/R&B

    LUX

    Rosalía
    Best New Album
    The Spanish singer’s fourth record is a heartfelt offering of avant-garde classical pop that roars through genre, romance, and religion.
  • Stardust
    Rap

    Stardust

    Danny Brown
    Working with a new vanguard of outsider electronic artists, the Detroit rapper lets his freak flag fry. The results are shaky but full of heart.
  • West End Girl
    Pop/R&B

    West End Girl

    Lily Allen
    With 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.
  • Lil Herb
    Rap

    Lil Herb

    G Herbo
    Stepping into his teenage shoes for a loose concept album, the Chicago icon reflects on the original era of drill with the clarity of a scene veteran.
  • Repulsor
    Electronic

    Repulsor

    Shlohmo
    The 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.

Sunday Reviews

  • ATLiens
    Rap

    ATLiens

    Outkast
    We’re celebrating the 30th anniversary of Pitchfork with a full week dedicated to Sunday Reviews of great albums from 1996. Today we revisit Big Boi and André 3000’s second album, a vulnerable and virtuosic record that solidified the duo’s dynamic.
  • If You’re Feeling Sinister
    Rock

    If You’re Feeling Sinister

    Belle and Sebastian
    We’re celebrating the 30th anniversary of Pitchfork with a full week dedicated to Sunday Reviews of great albums from 1996. Today we revisit the marvelous, cult-forming second album from the Scottish indie-pop group: a deceptively complex set of character studies overflowing with compassion, humor, and hooks.
  • Richard D. James Album
    Electronic

    Richard D. James Album

    Aphex Twin
    We’re celebrating the 30th anniversary of Pitchfork with a full week dedicated to Sunday Reviews of great albums from 1996. Today we revisit Aphex Twin’s fourth album under the alias, which used naive melodies and mind-bending rhythms to explore the bliss and terror of childhood.
  • One in a Million
    Pop/R&B

    One in a Million

    Aaliyah
    This week we’re celebrating the 30th anniversary of Pitchfork with a full week dedicated to Sunday Reviews of great albums from 1996. Today we revisit the dire circumstances and extraordinary chemistry that produced Aaliyah’s second LP, one of the coolest records of the ’90s.
  • Legend
    Rock

    Legend

    Bob Marley & the Wailers
    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 ubiquitous 1984 Bob Marley compilation Legend, a woefully incomplete portrait of the Jamaican artist that, nevertheless, became legendary.
  • Discipline
    Rock

    Discipline

    King Crimson
    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 beautifully labyrinthian 1981 album from a prog-rock institution in search of continuous evolution.
  • Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares
    Folk/Country

    Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares

    Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir
    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 on a collection of Communist-era Bulgarian folk recordings that became an unlikely hit for 4AD in the 1980s.
  • Suburban Tours
    Rock

    Suburban Tours

    Rangers
    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 DIY gem that funneled childhood nostalgia and omnivorous taste through piles of reverb and dirt-cheap equipment to become one of the great guitar records of the 21st century.