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The Pitchfork Review

Brought to you by the music critics at Pitchfork, The Pitchfork Review is a show for music fans and obsessives who can’t wait to talk about the latest releases. Co-hosted by Pitchfork editor-in-chief Puja Patel and Reviews Editor Jeremy D. Larson, this podcast pulls back the curtain on our reviews and scores, dives deep into new music, and gives an expert guide to what’s exciting, what’s great, and what’s just plain terrible.

The Origins and Influence of Brian Eno’s Pioneering Album Ambient 1: Music for Airports

29 mins; January 11, 2024

Jeff Tweedy Interview

26 mins; January 04, 2024

Dolly Parton on The New Yorker Radio Hour

23 mins; December 28, 2023

Replay: Boygenius Interview

32 mins; December 21, 2023

The 2023 Music Grab Bag: Trends, Scandals, and Theories; Plus an Appearance From Alvvays

30 mins; December 14, 2023

The Best, Worst, and Most Surprising Albums of 2023

29 mins; December 07, 2023

The Replacements’ Tim Is the Best Reissue of 2023; Plus Tommy Stinson’s Perfect-10 Album

32 mins; November 30, 2023

Erykah Badu on The Run-Through with Vogue

19 mins; November 23, 2023

Bad Bunny’s New Album and the Future of Puerto Rican Rap and Reggaeton

30 mins; November 16, 2023

Debating the Best Songs of 2023, Part Two

36 mins; November 09, 2023

Debating the Best Songs of 2023, Part One

34 mins; November 02, 2023

The Good, the Bad, and the Swiftie of Taylor’s Eras Tour Concert Film

29 mins; October 26, 2023

What Drake Is Doing Wrong—and How He Can Fix It

26 mins; October 19, 2023

Best New Music Albums From yeule and L'Rain, Plus Olivia Rodrigo Reveals Her Perfect 10 Record

34 mins; October 12, 2023

Sufjan Stevens Is at His Intimate and Uplifting Best on Javelin

27 mins; October 05, 2023

An Interview With Talking Heads

33 mins; September 28, 2023

The Nostalgic, Messy Fun of Olivia Rodrigo’s GUTS

35 mins; September 21, 2023

Replay: Beyoncé's Renaissance

34 mins; September 07, 2023

The Hollow Spectacle of Travis Scott’s Utopia

32 mins; August 10, 2023

The Price of Pop Fandom

35 mins; August 03, 2023

The Best and Worst Songs of the Summer

32 mins; July 27, 2023

The Best of Pitchfork Music Festival, Then and Now

27 mins; July 20, 2023

Why HBO’s The Idol Is So Fascinatingly Bad

31 mins; July 13, 2023

Elliott Smith Like You’ve Never Heard Him Before

33 mins; July 06, 2023

Fear Will Not Stop Queer Nightlife

25 mins; June 29, 2023

Janelle Monáe Creates a Queer Paradise on The Age of Pleasure

31 mins; June 22, 2023

Foo Fighters Rock Through the Pain Once Again

29 mins; June 15, 2023

The Best and Worst Songs of 2023 So Far

32 mins; June 08, 2023

The Year in Albums So Far

34 mins; June 01, 2023

What Does AI Mean for the Future of Music?

34 mins; May 25, 2023

Does Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories Hold Up 10 Years Later?

26 mins; May 18, 2023

A Conversation with Laurie Anderson, Kim Gordon, and Sinéad Gleeson

27 mins; May 11, 2023

Jessie Ware Reaches Disco Nirvana on That! Feels Good!

25 mins; May 04, 2023

Frank Ocean’s Puzzling Coachella Set

29 mins; April 27, 2023

Weed and Music

31 mins; April 20, 2023

The Ambient Anger of Yaeji’s With A Hammer

25 mins; April 13, 2023

Lana Del Rey: Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd

25 mins; April 06, 2023

Boygenius Interview

31 mins; March 30, 2023

An Interview With Improvisational Geniuses Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, and Shahzad Ismaily

28 mins; March 23, 2023

The Subversive Power of Fever Ray and Yves Tumor

30 mins; March 16, 2023

Tár, Elvis, and Music at the Oscars

34 mins; March 09, 2023

Måneskin: RUSH!

27 mins; March 02, 2023

Lil Yachty: Let's Start Here

24 mins; February 23, 2023

Caroline Polachek: Desire, I Want To Turn Into You

28 mins; February 16, 2023

Kelela: Raven

27 mins; February 09, 2023

Grammy Predictions: Who Will Win and Who Should Win

34 mins; February 02, 2023

The State of Ambient Music

32 mins; January 26, 2023

Overlooked Albums Roundup

27 mins; January 19, 2023

Hopes, Dreams, and Predictions for 2023

25 mins; January 12, 2023

SZA: SOS

30 mins; January 05, 2023

2022 in Rap

36 mins; December 21, 2022

Beyoncé: Renaissance

35 mins; December 15, 2022

The Best (and Worst) of 2022: Part Two

31 mins; December 08, 2022

The Best (and Worst) of 2022: Part One

32 mins; December 01, 2022

Weyes Blood and Dream Unending

30 mins; November 17, 2022

Best New Music: Alvvays and Special Interest

31 mins; November 10, 2022

Björk: Fossora

35 mins; November 03, 2022

Taylor Swift: Midnights

32 mins; October 27, 2022

The 1975: Being Funny in a Foreign Language

32 mins; October 20, 2022

The Pitchfork Review: New Season Preview

2 mins; October 13, 2022

Introducing In Vogue: The 2000s

1 min; September 07, 2021

Introducing: Healthyish

4 mins; June 24, 2021

Introducing SELF: Checking In

1 min; December 21, 2020

The Best and Worst of Everything Else

57 mins; December 17, 2020

Fiona Apple’s Perfect 10

45 mins; December 10, 2020

Special Presentation of In VOGUE: The 1990s -- How Hip Hop Changed Fashion

43 mins; December 08, 2020

Staff Picks: The Year in Rock and Rap

59 mins; December 03, 2020

Get WIRED: Archive and Survive: How radio Lives On

30 mins; November 26, 2020

Special Presentation of In VOGUE: The 1990s -- Queering Culture

0 secs; November 24, 2020

Afrobeats’ Global Takeover

46 mins; November 19, 2020

The Great Year-End Songs Debate

51 mins; November 13, 2020

Special Presentation of In VOGUE: The 1990s -- Grunge Strikes Back

0 secs; November 10, 2020

Request Line: How to Deal With 2020

39 mins; November 05, 2020

When Music Becomes Political Protest

48 mins; October 30, 2020

Adrianne Lenker Digs Deep

42 mins; October 23, 2020

Get WIRED: The Secret History of Video Game Music

37 mins; October 15, 2020

Introducing Allure: The Science of Beauty

0 secs; October 15, 2020

100 gecs and the Mystery of Hyperpop

37 mins; October 08, 2020

Will We Ever See Live Music Again?

30 mins; October 01, 2020

The Quiet Return of Fleet Foxes and Sufjan Stevens

29 mins; September 24, 2020

Introducing In Vogue: The 1990s

2 mins; September 20, 2020

The National’s Matt Berninger on the Music That Made Him

22 mins; September 17, 2020

It’s Time to Take Enya Seriously

28 mins; September 10, 2020

Pitchfork Request Line: Road Trips & Campfires

24 mins; September 03, 2020

Pitchfork Request Line: New Love & Major Heartbreak

25 mins; August 27, 2020

Songs of the Summer of Our Discontent

27 mins; August 20, 2020

Lianne La Havas's Bittersweet Memories

18 mins; August 13, 2020

Why Do We Even Listen to New Music?

16 mins; August 06, 2020

Taylor Swift Loves Indie, Too

21 mins; July 30, 2020

The Endurance of Bob Dylan’s Rough and Rowdy Ways

21 mins; July 23, 2020

Pop Smoke’s Legacy and the Sound of Brooklyn Drill

22 mins; July 16, 2020

The Revolution Will Be TikTok'd

21 mins; July 09, 2020

Teaser: “The Revolution Will Be TikTok’d”

3 mins; July 05, 2020

Introducing The Pitchfork Review

1 min; June 26, 2020

The Pitchfork Review

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