Best New Music
Launched in 2003, Best New Music is Pitchfork’s way of highlighting the finest music of the current moment.
Best New Albums
Heavy Metal
Cameron Winter
A world away from his band’s ecstatic classic rock, the Geese frontman’s solo debut frames his woozy baritone with a careful juxtaposition of casual virtuosity and soul-scouring catharsis.
By Walden Green
SOS Deluxe: Lana
SZA
Fifteen diaphanous new tracks balance the ambling indie R&B of CTRL and the forthright hooks of SOS. Put these songs in their own playlist and you can proudly call Lana the third SZA album.
By Shaad D’Souza
Meaning’s Edge EP
Djrum
The UK producer and DJ’s thrilling, destabilizing tracks unfold with mind-bending complexity and effortless sleight of hand.
By Philip Sherburne
The Way Out of Easy
Jeff Parker
The guitarist’s latest live set of exploratory, atmospheric jazz shares sensibilities with 2022’s Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy. The vibe is laid-back, but it rewards rapt attention.
By Mark Richardson
Mahashmashana
Father John Misty
Josh Tillman is at his spiritual peak: The mood swings are wilder, the logic more tangential, and the songwriting might be the best it’s ever been.
By Anna Gaca
Piedras 1 & 2
Nicolás Jaar
Condensed from a five-hour radio play, Jaar’s 2xLP weaves a story of Chilean colonial history, military dictatorship, and Palestinian erasure into a dizzying mixture of abstract sonics and avant pop.
By Andrew Ryce
Best New Tracks
“Lo que le pasó a Hawaii”
Bad Bunny
On the ideological centerpiece of DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, the Puerto Rican rapper reckons with what happens after the vacation ends and the tourists go home.
By Reanna Cruz
“JRJRJR”
Jane Remover
The chameleonic producer ponders a new year’s reinvention with a track that embraces blown-out maximalism.
By Sam Goldner
“lEgs In tHe aIr”
TisaKorean
The standout from In Silly We Trust is rainbow-hued synth-rap with lyrics that’ll make you blush.
By Alphonse Pierre
“Bumblebee”
Chuckyy
The Chicago rapper’s delivery makes it seem like he’s in a life-or-death time crunch.
By Alphonse Pierre
“Magic I Want U”
Jane Remover
On the producer’s lighthearted new single, her experience in EDM, digicore, and guitar music adds up to a frothy pop concoction.
By Mano Sundaresan
Best New Reissues
MM..FOOD (20th Anniversary Edition)
MF DOOM
In 2004, DOOM dropped his funniest and most mercenary album. Reissued for its 20th anniversary, it remains a fully realized creation of rap’s greatest eccentric.
By Paul A. Thompson
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (20th Anniversary Edition)
TV on the Radio
An expanded reissue calls back to the tumultuous era that produced the New York band’s landmark 2004 debut, which posed desperate pleasure as a way of making meaning in a hostile world.
By Sadie Sartini Garner
Virtual Dreams II, Ambient Explorations in the House & Techno Age, Japan 1993-1999
Various Artists
A spellbinding compilation of seldom-heard tracks from the 1990s revisits the moment when Japanese ambient music absorbed the influence of a rapidly evolving worldwide techno scene.
By Shy Clara Thompson
Plays John Coltrane and Langston Hughes
Raphael Rogiński
Over the past nine years, the guitarist’s hushed, hypnotic suite of koan-like pieces has gathered a cult fan base. It’s a perfect encapsulation of his music’s mystical, spiritual energies.
By Philip Sherburne
GAS
GAS
Finally reissued in full, the 1996 debut from Wolfgang Voigt’s ambient techno project deserves every second of its 92-minute runtime. It’s music to get lost in, meditative and mind-numbing—in the best way.
By Daniel Bromfield
Troubadour
Dorothy Carter
Originally released in 1976, the pioneering artist’s debut album is filled with countless moments of disarming beauty. It plays like a map of her musical passions, linking folk traditions with avant-garde innovation.
By Stephen M. Deusner