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Pitchfork8.0<= @pitchfork8up.bsky.social · 13h

Jane Inc. - A RUPTURE A CANYON A BIRTH
Rating: 8.0/10

After a tumultuous year, the Toronto-based artist embraces dance-pop on an uninhibited, unfiltered record that plays like a personal epiphany.

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/jane-inc-a-rupture-a-canyon-a-birth

Pitchfork8.0<= @pitchfork8up.bsky.social · 1d

Carrier - Rhythm Immortal
Rating: 8.4/10

The Brussels-based producer fled the strictures of techno and drum’n’bass in search of a freer sound. On his astonishing debut LP under a new alias, h...

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/carrier-rhythm-immortal

Pitchfork8.0<= @pitchfork8up.bsky.social · 2d

Korn - Korn
Rating: 8.6/10

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 ...

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/korn-korn

Pitchfork8.0<= @pitchfork8up.bsky.social · 8d

Silvana Estrada - Vendrán Suaves Lluvias
Rating: 8.0/10

Informed by multiple recent griefs, the Mexican singer-songwriter’s album grapples with heartbreak, mourning, and the desperate necessity of forward m...

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/silvana-estrada-vendran-suaves-lluvias

Pitchfork8.0<= @pitchfork8up.bsky.social · 9d

Stan Getz / João Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto
Rating: 9.6/10

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 ...

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/stan-getz-joao-gilberto-getz-gilberto

Pitchfork8.0<= @pitchfork8up.bsky.social · 11d

Hannah Frances - Nested in Tangles
Rating: 8.0/10

After a 2024 breakthrough album about her father’s death, the audacious Vermont singer-songwriter squares up to her mother’s living absence—and, witho...

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/hannah-frances-nested-in-tangles

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Pitchfork8.0<= @pitchfork8up.bsky.social · 11d

Sudan Archives - The BPM
Rating: 8.4/10

Brittney Parks’ tense and virtuosic new album documents a life in motion, blending breakups and rebounds, dancefloor euphoria and everyday anxiety.

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/sudan-archives-the-bpm

Pitchfork8.0<= @pitchfork8up.bsky.social · 12d

feeo - Goodness
Rating: 8.3/10

The London singer embraces the darkness on her quiet and ominous full-length debut—it’s one of the most breathtakingly beautiful albums of the year.

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/feeo-goodness

Pitchfork8.0<= @pitchfork8up.bsky.social · 14d

Moodymann - Black Mahogani
Rating: 9.0/10

Newly pressed on vinyl, the elusive producer’s 2004 masterpiece is a love letter to Black Detroit and one of the most ambitious house records of all t...

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/moodymann-black-mahogani

Pitchfork8.0<= @pitchfork8up.bsky.social · 16d

Love Inc. - Life’s a Gas
Rating: 8.6/10

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 ...

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/love-inc-lifes-a-gas

Pitchfork8.0<= @pitchfork8up.bsky.social · 18d

Blawan - SickElixir
Rating: 8.0/10

Gnarled grooves and unintelligible vocals intersect at uncanny angles on the British producer’s new album, which amplifies his pugnacious style into a...

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/blawan-sickelixir

Pitchfork8.0<= @pitchfork8up.bsky.social · 21d

Chris Williams - Odu: Vibration II
Rating: 8.0/10

Imagined as a journey into a cave, the Brooklyn-based composer’s new album is a longform fusion of ambient atmospheres, otherworldly soundscaping, and...

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/chris-williams-odu-vibration-ii

Pitchfork8.0<= @pitchfork8up.bsky.social · 22d

Call Super - A Rhythm Protects One
Rating: 8.1/10

Disguised by a fistful of new aliases, the London DJ-producer pays homage to the classic mix CD as a cornerstone of dance-music culture—and a showcase...

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/call-super-a-rhythm-protects-one

Pitchfork8.0<= @pitchfork8up.bsky.social · 23d

PJ Harvey - Is This Desire?
Rating: 10.0/10

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 ...

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/pj-harvey-is-this-desire

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Pitchfork8.0<= @pitchfork8up.bsky.social · 26d

Rochelle Jordan - Through the Wall
Rating: 8.3/10

The Toronto singer returns with a sleek, perfectly executed club record for the late-night crew. Her restrained vocals and velvet hooks are top class.

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/rochelle-jordan-through-the-wall

Pitchfork8.0<= @pitchfork8up.bsky.social · 28d

Cate Le Bon - Michelangelo Dying
Rating: 8.1/10

The Welsh musician composed her seventh album in the wake of fresh heartbreak. In songs that pair ornate arrangements and billowing melodies, she conj...

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/cate-le-bon-michelangelo-dying

Pitchfork8.0<= @pitchfork8up.bsky.social · 28d

Neko Case - Neon Grey Midnight Green
Rating: 8.0/10

Neko Case’s eighth album meets the storms of memory and grief with a clarity of purpose and an awe for life. It’s a reflective moment from a songwrite...

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/neko-case-neon-grey-midnight-green

Pitchfork8.0<= @pitchfork8up.bsky.social · Sep 29

Operation Ivy - Energy
Rating: 9.1/10

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 ...

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/operation-ivy-energy

Pitchfork8.0<= @pitchfork8up.bsky.social · Sep 28

Jeff Tweedy - Twilight Override
Rating: 8.0/10

The Wilco frontman’s sprawling new solo triple album is pure Tweedy: ambivalent and unknowable and funny and compelling. It is the thing he was always...

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/jeff-tweedy-twilight-override

Pitchfork8.0<= @pitchfork8up.bsky.social · Sep 27

Geese - Getting Killed
Rating: 9.0/10

The recent metamorphosis of the New York band, led by singer-songwriter Cameron Winter, has produced one of the best, strangest, and most compelling r...

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/geese-getting-killed

Pitchfork8.0<= @pitchfork8up.bsky.social · Sep 26

Ø - Sysivalo
Rating: 8.3/10

On a posthumous album from the pioneering Finnish electronic artist, Mika Vainio’s enduring interest in capturing the vastness of sound is distilled i...

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/o-sysivalo

Pitchfork8.0<= @pitchfork8up.bsky.social · Sep 25

The Jim Carroll Band - Catholic Boy
Rating: 8.8/10

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 ...

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-jim-carroll-band-catholic-boy

Pitchfork8.0<= @pitchfork8up.bsky.social · Sep 25

Joanne Robertson - Blurrr
Rating: 9.0/10

The UK singer-songwriter’s sixth album is spectral and breathtaking. It’s a mood record of immense solitude, beauty, and free expression—with a crucia...

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/joanne-robertson-blurrr