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FORTUNATE SONGS

How Creedence Clearwater Revival Became the Soundtrack to Every Vietnam Movie

16 diggs Pitchfork Music Movies 13h

If your knowledge of the Vietnam War comes from the movies, you’d be forgiven for assuming there were massive speakers blasting Creedence nonstop throughout the Mekong Delta the entire time.

GOOGLE PAY

How To Be A Responsible Music Fan In The Age Of Streaming

8 diggs Pitchfork Music 2w

Musician and writer Damon Krukowski explains how streaming services are failing artists and listeners, and what we can do to fight back.

WE'RE STILL SKEPTICAL

Is Secretive Virtual Reality Startup Magic Leap Dreaming Up The Future Of Music?

5 diggs Pitchfork Technology Music 19 Dec 2017

A first look at the billion-dollar company’s potentially game-changing collaboration with Sigur Rós

A SOLID COLLECTION: 8.6

The 30 Best Things Artists Said To Pitchfork In 2017

2 diggs Pitchfork Music Media Fame Entertainment 8 Dec 2017

Thundercat: "You ever been in the car with someone and they put a song on and you just want to slap the shit out of them?"

THE DREAM OF THE '90S IS ALIVE

The Unlikely Resurgence Of Rap Rock

14 diggs Pitchfork Music Long Reads 13 Nov 2017

A new generation is rethinking the much-maligned genre in its own progressive image.

HITTING ALL THE RIGHT BEATS

Why Burial's 'Untrue' Is the Most Important Electronic Album Of The Century So Far

11 diggs Pitchfork Music 30 Oct 2017

Delving into the politics, emotion and musical history behind the disquieting masterwork a decade after its release.

'WE FIT IN SO MANY THINGS'

Black Musicians On Being Boxed In By R&B And Rap Expectations

8 diggs Pitchfork Race Music Culture 30 Sep 2017

"R&B" and "rap" have become catch-all descriptors for many black artists.

BODAK GOLD

Why Cardi B's No. 1 Matters

9 diggs Pitchfork Culture Music 26 Sep 2017

A rapper like Cardi sitting atop the Hot 100 redefines the type of woman who is afforded mainstream rap success.

KING OF THE ZINES

The Surreal Life Of Black Dog Bone

18 diggs Pitchfork Long Reads Music 10 Sep 2017

The untold story of a Sri Lankan rebel who mixed music, danger, and politics as both a catalyst in the ’80s Bay Area punk scene and the originator of one of rap’s most notorious publications, Murder Dog.

BORN TO LIVE

Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Happiness: A Conversation With Lana Del Rey

5 diggs Pitchfork Music Fame 20 Jul 2017

On the eve of her fourth album, the pagan pop star sounds more content than ever. How did she get there?

RIP

Chris Cornell Dead At 52

42 diggs Pitchfork Music News 18 May 2017

The iconic frontman of Soundgarden and Audioslave died suddenly yesterday after a concert with Soundgarden in Detroit.

HOPEFULLY BETTER THAN THE LAST ONE

'Arrested Development' Is Coming Back For Another Season On Netflix

15 diggs Pitchfork TV Entertainment 17 May 2017

The show’s original cast — Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Jeffrey Tambor, Jessica Walter, Will Arnett, Tony Hale, Portia de Rossi, David Cross and Alia Shawkat — are set for Season 5.

THE PURPLE REIGN

Prince Was A Queen-Maker

16 diggs Pitchfork Music 21 Apr 2017

Prince was an advocate and a puppet master, operating from a position of compassion and control: he sincerely wanted to give other artists a boost — but only on his own terms.

QUEEN OF CHARTS

Will The Mainstream Support More Than One Rap Queen At A Time?

6 diggs Pitchfork Music Business Gender 15 Apr 2017

The history of female rappers as sales forces is thin. And in the 21st century, it’s steadily gotten worse.

RIP

Chuck Berry Passes Away At 90

2 diggs Pitchfork News Music 18 Mar 2017

The legendary rock'n'roll innovator influenced the Beatles, Elvis Presley, the Rolling Stones, and countless other musicians of every generation that followed him.

WHO GETS THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT?

Azealia Banks And The Double Standard Of Mental Illness

19 diggs Pitchfork Fame Race Music 19 Mar 2017

Black artists struggling with mental health issues are nothing new, but shifting empathy emerged late last year in the wake of Kid Cudi’s admission of mental health issues and Kanye West’s hospitalization. But Banks doesn't get that empathy.

'DEATH IS REAL'

A Portrait Of An Artist In The Midst Of Unspeakable Tragedy

17 diggs Pitchfork Long Reads Music Human Nature 13 Mar 2017

A day in the life of singer-songwriter Phil Elverum following the death of his wife, Geneviève.

PUNKS > THUGS

A History Of Anti-Fascist Punk Around The World In 9 Songs

11 diggs Pitchfork Music 7 Mar 2017

Punk's relationship to fascism, the specter of which has stopped rattling its chains from history books and re-appeared in the West, is one of the most complicated examples of how aesthetics and philosophy can appeal to both anti-authoritarian and deeply repressive positions.