Jayson Greene

Over my 15-year career as a music critic, I’ve devoted thousands of hours to the art of translating music, imperfectly, into words. Now, thanks to an AI tool from Google called MusicLM, I can translate words, imperfectly, into music. The results can be startling. For fun, I tried feeding in some prompts from Pitchfork’s album reviews. Here are just a few words that a writer recently used to describe a song: “arpeggiated synths and light-up dancefloor grooves.” Simple, right? Effective. You can a…

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In celebration of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, Lil B, Black Thought, Amaarae, E-40, DJ Drama, Maxwell, and more go deep on the rap songs they love most.

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The marvelous new single has been a staple of the band’s live sets for a couple of years.

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Publishing companies like Primary Wave and Hipgnosis are making old hits new again. And again. And again.

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The singer-songwriter became famous for a style so intimate it resembled confession, but six recently unearthed albums made with his high school friends trace the surprising musical path he took to get there.

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The music writer talks about the worst No. 1 hit in history, the cover that helped Bob Dylan top the charts, and what the Beatles and Soulja Boy have in common.

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit a 1993 comedy album full of dick and fart jokes, and the brilliant, self-effacing man who made them work.

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From indie rock to SoundCloud rap, artists are combating the hell of modern existence with blank detachment in their voices.

The superstar’s surprise release combines his signature lovelorn bravado with beats built for the dancefloor.

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