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Launched in 2003, Best New Music is Pitchfork’s way of highlighting the finest music of the current moment.

DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS

Bad Bunny

“It’s a Mirror”

Perfume Genius

Musik (2024 Remastered)

Plastikman

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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.

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.

Meaning’s Edge EP

Djrum
The UK producer and DJ’s thrilling, destabilizing tracks unfold with mind-bending complexity and effortless sleight of hand.

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.

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.

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.

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“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.

“JRJRJR”

Jane Remover
The chameleonic producer ponders a new year’s reinvention with a track that embraces blown-out maximalism.

“lEgs In tHe aIr”

TisaKorean
The standout from In Silly We Trust is rainbow-hued synth-rap with lyrics that’ll make you blush.

“SPANK!”

HiTech
The Detroit ghettotech crew’s first single on a new label drops it hard and makes the ground move.

“Bumblebee”

Chuckyy
The Chicago rapper’s delivery makes it seem like he’s in a life-or-death time crunch.

“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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.