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The FADER's Nadine Smith remembers her five years spent writing about rap for Pitchfork, and describes how the site's coverage helped nurture new voices.

A Pitchfork Staffer Looks Back The Influential Music Site's Historic Run

On wednesday, Jan. 17, media conglomerate Condé Nast revealed that it would be laying off staff at the online music publication Pitchfork and merging the website with men’s magazine GQ.

The shock move has been aptly described as “a net negative for musicians everywhere”.

Condé Nast’s gutting of the esteemed alternative publication and its staff is the latest example of media conglomerates prioritising capital over culture

From Kendrick Lamar and Baby Keem’s exuberant collaboration to billy woods’ apocalyptic visions to Little Simz’s myth-making swagger

Our favorites include an homage to pop’s most random decade, a graphic novel reintroducing a ’70s Cambodian rock legend, and the best Lou Reed biography to date.

In this episode of the Pitchfork Review podcast, our critics discuss yeule’s softscars and L’Rain’s I Killed Your Dog. Then Olivia Rodrigo stops by to gush about one of her all-time favorite albums.

In this episode of the Pitchfork Review podcast, our critics discuss the near-hits and wild misses of the controversial pop-star drama starring the Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp.

Here are nine songs UMN students chose as the song of the summer.