Tag: albums

• Spotify CEO talks Covid-19, artist incomes and podcasting (interview)

  August 1, 2020

  Spotify announced its latest financial results yesterday, with growth in listeners and subscribers at the top end of its forecasts, despite the Covid-19 pandemic. CEO Daniel Ek talked to Music… more ›

• The Best Jazz Albums of 2020

  July 26, 2020

  Overview Best Albums New Releases Top Artists The Best Jazz Albums of 2020 Decade Source Genre Become a Donor Donor badge, no ads + more benefits. https://www.albumoftheyear.org/genre/35-jazz/2020/ more ›

• ‘Was It a Lost Psych-Funk Classic?’ It’s Khruangbin, Right Now

  June 17, 2020

  The Houston trio’s third album adds a new chapter to the band’s improbable story. In 2013, the producer and D.J. Bonobo released his version of “Late Night Tales,” the long-running… more ›

• Bootsy Collins: ‘We’re all funky, just not all of us know it’

  June 15, 2020

  At the age of 17, William “Bootsy” Collins packed up his homemade bass guitar and left home to tour the world with James Brown. He was heading off in pursuit… more ›

• Ten Things You May Not Have Known About Ghostface Killah’s Classic ‘Supreme Clientele’ Album

  February 7, 2020

  In the year 1999, the empire that was built by the Wu-Tang Clan was crumbling. After two years of sub-par solo efforts it seemed like the Clan’s best days were… more ›

• ‘Dummy wasn’t a chillout album. Portishead had more in common with Nirvana’

  August 24, 2019

  Twenty-five years ago, during the summer of Blur’s Parklife and Oasis’s Definitely Maybe, a darker, stranger record was released that would soon become huge. Its title and mood was inspired… more ›

• Anderson .Paak: ‘People are like – Damn! How are you not on crack cocaine right now?’

  April 13, 2019

  Some musicians have the misfortune to discover, at a certain point in their careers, that it is possible to lose everything. Anderson .Paak had learned this harsh lesson twice over… more ›

• The 50 Best Albums of 2018

  December 11, 2018

  The 50 Best Albums of 2018 In 2018, it felt hard to reach consensus on anything—including music. The heavy-hitters of pop and hip-hop returned, but many disappointed; in fact, sometimes,… more ›

• Anderson .Paak

  November 18, 2018

  Anderson .Paak With its languid pace and sunstruck mix of hedonism and tragedy, Los Angeles has always had a powerful and enduring relationship with funk music. https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/anderson-paak-oxnard/ more ›

• Kendrick Lamar: DAMN. Album Review | Pitchfork

  April 18, 2017

  Kendrick Lamar: DAMN. Album Review | Pitchfork more ›