Electric Guest’s cofounders, vocalist-instrumentalist Asa Taccone (a Danger Mouse mentee) and drummer-producer Matthew “Cornbread” Compton, like to say they met in 2011 when they both rented rooms in a Los Angeles house that essentially functions as a dorm for musicians. An October profile in Paper magazine suggests that Compton decided he wanted to collaborate after […]
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K-pop veteran Tiffany Young strides forward on ‘Run for Your Life’
Ten years ago, “Gee!” by Girls’ Generation became one of the first K-pop singles to break out of South Korea. The success of that track made the group stars in Japan and the U.S. years before Psy went viral with “Gangnam Style”—and even longer before the arrival of the omnipresent BTS. Thanks in part to […]
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Pitchfork finally makes its own pop moment
Robyn, Sky Ferreira, Haim, and Charli XCX aim a little to the left of the Top 40—and give the Pitchfork crowd something to dance about.
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Carly Rae Jepsen is back! With a sword! And also a new album!
At the start of 2018, Tumblr user swordlesbianopinions posted, “Petition to give Carly Rae Jepsen a sword. I like her and think she should have one.” From this, the Canadian pop star’s fans launched a social-media campaign that culminated at Lollapalooza last summer, when someone hurled an inflatable sword onstage during Jepsen’s performance of “Cut […]
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Blood Orange fought oppression with empathy and collaboration at Pitchfork
Blood Orange’s Devonté Hynes hopes to bring about a more just world, though he doesn’t seem much concerned with one particular injustice—the fact that he isn’t a global star.
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Carly Rae Jepsen was a ray of sunshine on Pitchfork’s gray opening day
Pitchfork’s first day included (sometimes surprisingly) great sets by the likes of Carly Rae Jepsen, Moses Sumney, and Twin Peaks.
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Photos of the Friday crowd at Pitchfork Music Festival 2016
Portraits of the crowd at Union Park on July 15
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Even Pitchfork’s best efforts don’t bring it close to gender equity
Beach House, Savages, FKA Twigs, and Carly Rae Jepsen are all great—but don’t let them distract you from the lopsided maleness of Pitchfork’s bookings.
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Pitchfork Music Festival 2016 preview
Reader writers round up the locals on Pitchfork’s bill, guide fans of hip-hop and R&B into the rest of the roster, discuss the gender balance of the fest’s bookings, and much more.
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On the charts: the unstoppable Maroon 5
“One More Night” enters its tenth week at number one
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On the charts: The return of the early aughts
Owl City and Neon Trees bring back turn-of-the-millennium alt-pop
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Chief Keef goes bigger than expected, signs to Interscope
Millions of bucks, a movie deal, and his own Beats headphones
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The Roots continue to be the best
I mean, why wouldn’t you play “Call Me Maybe” on toy instruments?
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Kitty Pryde and the Year of the White Girl Rapper
The first great suburban-white-girl hip-hop anthem