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• Cloud Nothings: Silent Shout

  Jenn Pelly; March 20, 2014

  Cloud Nothings have mastered the art of thrashing catharsis, pummeling out the anxieties of nostalgia and expectation with bloody verve. On their latest album, though, they're trying to explore the spaces in between the screams. By Jenn Pelly.

• When I'm Gone: Why Vivian Girls Mattered

  Jenn Pelly; March 3, 2014

  Following Vivian Girls' final shows last weekend, Jenn Pelly looks back on the most divisive band of the late-00s noise-pop boom and breaks down their enduring influence.

• Real Estate: Suburban Dreams

  Larry Fitzmaurice; February 27, 2014

  After spending years waxing nostalgic, Real Estate move into the present with crisp focus on their third album, Atlas. But can they hold onto their carefree vibe while taking on adult concerns like careers and family? Larry Fitzmaurice finds out.

• St. Vincent: Reckless Precision

  Ryan Dombal; February 17, 2014

  Uncannily poised. Fiercely unknowable. Startlingly fearless. St. Vincent's Annie Clark has proven to be many things. Ryan Dombal wades through her history and contradictions to find out where the art ends and the life begins.

• Massive Nights: Ten Years of the Hold Steady

  Jeremy D. Larson; February 10, 2014

  Following a 10th anniversary show in Brooklyn last week, Jeremy D. Larson traces the ultimate 21st century bar band's entire history alongside singer Craig Finn and guitarist Tad Kubler.

• Beyoncé's Muse

  Jayson Greene; January 21, 2014

  Jayson Greene spends an evening with elusive singer/songwriter/producer Boots, the secret behind Beyoncé's dusky new sound.

• Indestructible Room: The Story of 285 Kent

  Devon Maloney; January 17, 2014

  With the Brooklyn DIY venue hosting its final shows last weekend, Devon Maloney traces its history over the last eight years and finds out why this warehouse space meant so much to so many.

• Holiday Gift Guide 2013

  Pitchfork Staff; November 26, 2013

  We've got anything and everything for the music obsessive on your list including: Ramones-branded pasta sauce, an idiot-proof synthesizer, Morrissey prayer candles, Drake socks, the year's ultimate box set, must-have cassettes, and more.

• Abandoned Efforts Toward Grounding

  Dave Tompkins; November 25, 2013

  Taken from the forward to Joe Mansfield's coffee-table book Beat Box: A Drum Machine Obsession, writer Dave Tompkins offers a personal history of his experiences with robotic rhythm, from Revenge of the Nerds, to 808s, to Schoolly D.

• A Window That Isn't There: The Elusive Art of Bill Callahan

  Mark Richardson; November 13, 2013

  Mark Richardson sits down with the 47-year-old journeyman singer-songwriter for a career-spanning interview about his personal history, his music, and the connection between the two.

• Atlanta to Atlantis: An OutKast Retrospective

  Pitchfork Staff; November 5, 2013

  With an extensive reunion tour coming later this year, a host of Pitchfork writers trace Big Boi and Andre 3000's path from Southern vanguards to the most universally beloved rappers in the world.

• Keep the Things You Forgot: An Elliott Smith Oral History

  Jayson Greene; October 21, 2013

  On the 10th anniversary of Elliott Smith's death, nearly 20 people who knew him talk to Jayson Greene about the singer/songwriter's remarkable musical legacy, album by album.

• Between Friends: How Sincerely Yours Created Their Own Weird Space Online

  Marc Hogan; October 9, 2013

  Marc Hogan on the history of Swedish label Sincerely Yours and why it became a meaningful entity within a world of online intangibility.

• Oneohtrix Point Never: Right Brain

  Mike Powell; September 26, 2013

  Mike Powell visits electronic innovator Daniel Lopatin in upstate New York's spaceship-like Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center as he works on an ambitious new audio/visual show that aims to be smart—but not too smart.

• Danny Brown: Top Underdog

  Carrie Battan; September 23, 2013

  After breaking through largely thanks to his madcap persona, the 32-year-old Detroit rapper is dialing the party down on new album Old-- but he's still not afraid to shit on his hip-hop competition. By Carrie Battan; photo by Josh Wehle.