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Articles: Atlanta to Atlantis: An OutKast Retrospective
Pitchfork StaffNovember 5, 2013Ten years after from their last major record, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, we trace Big Boi and Andre 3000's path from Southern vanguards to the most universally beloved...
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Guest Lists: Parquet Courts
Parquet Courts, from left: Sean Yeaton, Max Savage, Andrew Savage, Austin Brown. Photo by Ben Rayner. Parquet Courts: "You've Got Me Wonderin' Now" on SoundCloud. Guest List features artists filling us...
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Show No Mercy: Extreme Volumes
After interviewing the guys behind Brooklyn metal destination Saint Vitus a couple of months ago, I started thinking about people who contribute to the scene in ways other than plugging in a guitar....
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Overtones: String Theory
Overtones is a column that examines how certain sounds linger in our minds and lives."You picked a heck of a subject because most people, they don’t know. They don’t understand. It’s very rare for...
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Interviews: DJ Rashad
Photo by Ashes57 DJ Rashad: "Every Day of My Life" [ft. DJ Phil] on SoundCloud. The first encounter I had with the BPM-busting Chicago style known as footwork straight from the source came watching DJ...
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Guest Lists: Forest Swords
Photo by Sophie JarryGuest List features artists filling us in on some of their favorite things, along with other random bits. This time, we spoke with UK electronic producer Matthew Barnes, who makes...
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Articles: A Window That Isn't There: The Elusive Art of Bill Callahan
Photo by: Hanly BanksBy Mark RichardsonNovember 13, 2013"As a kid, I was just a kid. Average."This is the voice of Bill Callahan. In person, it’s higher than it is on record, somewhere between the...
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The Out Door: However Long It Takes
In this edition of the Out Door, we delve into the fascinating journey of artist and musician Lonnie Holley, visit the time-bending world of “extra-longform” releases, and get James Plotkin’s personal...
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Rolling on Dubs: Last Words: Eazy-E's It's on (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa
The mid-90s saw the release of an incredible number of important hip-hop albums—Rolling on Dubs revisits one of these records each month, around their 20th anniversary, and retraces the past through a...
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5-10-15-20: Kathleen Hanna
Photo by Shervin Lainez The Julie Ruin: "Oh Come On" on SoundCloud. 5-10-15-20 features artists talking about the music that made an impact on them throughout their lives, five years at a time. This...
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Rising: Roosevelt
For about six years now, London-via-Berlin label Greco-Roman has constantly exhibited an ear for colorful, beat-driven music with sticky-sweet hooks—the involvement of Hot Chip's Joe Goddard has...
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Starter: Todd Rundgren
Starter offers introductions to artists, scenes, styles, or labels of the past, plus a playlist.When Nine Inch Nails released Hesitation Marks in September, they tacked on remixes from three studio...
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Ordinary Machines: Ghost Riding
Photos by Ebru Yildiz“God created Ol’ Dirty Bastard,” the man himself declares in his signature warble. “His walk, his talk, his movement, his step, his feet, his everything.” This soliloquy is one of...
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Update: Ariel Rechtshaid
Ariel Rechtshaid talks about his work in terms usually designated for romantic endeavors. During our conversation at a Brooklyn wine bar in October, the 34-year-old producer repeatedly uses dating...
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Articles: Abandoned Efforts Toward Grounding
Photos below by Gary Land from Beat Box: A Drum Machine ObsessionA version of the following appears as the introduction to Beat Box: A Drum Machine Obsession by Joe Mansfield, due out December 3. (A...
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Articles: Holiday Gift Guide 2013
With tastes and allegiances so personalized nowadays, it can be tough buying gifts for music fans—no matter how many algorithms tech companies come up with to figure out a person's preferences, there's...
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Photo Galleries: Behind the Scenes with Kendrick Lamar at the NYC Premiere of...
Photo by: Ari MarcopoulosKendrick Lamar in Brooklyn for the Yeezus TourKendrick Lamar is riding high a year after his brilliant album, good kid, m.A.A.d city, and this fall, he joined the rap show of...
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Staff Lists: The Year in Photos 2013
Photo by: Tonje ThilesenBjörk at the Pitchfork Music Festival in ChicagoWe kick off our Year in Music coverage with the Year in Photos 2013, where we highlight some of the best photography to appear on...
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Rising: Mutual Benefit
Photos by Whitney Lee Mutual Benefit: "Advanced Falconry" on SoundCloud. Listening to Mutual Benefit's gorgeous orchestral-folk debut, Love’s Crushing Diamond, it's pretty easy to get an idea of what...
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5-10-15-20: Carl Craig
5-10-15-20 features artists talking about the music that made an impact on them throughout their lives, five years at a time. This edition features 44-year-old Detroit techno pioneer Carl Craig. His...
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