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Staff Lists: The Top 100 Tracks of 2013
Pitchfork Staff; December 16, 2013
Presenting our favorite songs of the year: from the chaos of Perfect Pussy to the smoothness of Rhye, from Los Angeles' Haim to New York's Vampire Weekend, from Disclosure ...
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Staff Lists
Staff Lists: The Top 25 Album Covers of 2013
Michael Renaud; December 5, 2013
The 25 most eye-catching sleeves of the year including: Deafheaven's absolute pinkness, Tyler, the Creator's loony self-portrait, David Bowie's revisionist history, Savages' elegant minimalism, and Pharmakon's ...
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Articles
Articles: Queue Up: 20 Essential Music Docs
Eric Harvey; May 20, 2013
From the smacked-out Rolling Stones travelogue Cocksucker Blues, to house music history lesson Pump Up the Volume, to a behind-the-scenes look at Fleetwood Mac, Eric Harvey collects 20 great music ...
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Guest Lists
Guest Lists: Albert Hammond, Jr.
Albert Hammond, Jr.; August 7, 2008
Albert Hammond, Jr. scores some sweet seats at the Garden, recommends a record shop for masochistic musicians, and toes the line between friend and fan to some local artists. [Interview ...
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Poptimist
Poptimist: What's Your Favorite Album?
Tom Ewing; May 23, 2008
This month, Poptimist takes a stab at thinking through what having a "favorite album" means.
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Guest Lists
Guest Lists: Shocking Pinks
Nick Harte; December 6, 2007
Shocking Pinks' Nick Harte reminisces about his favorite preteen jams, discusses the influence of Andy Warhol on album art, and realizes that that even includes his new records. [Interview: Tyler ... -
Guest Lists
Guest Lists: Tim Hecker
Tim Hecker; October 27, 2006
Tim Hecker talks about his job in the Canadian government, pursuing a doctorate degree, and the network TV drama that has spawned a super-secret rite of musician followers. [Interview: Tyler ... -
Staff Lists
Staff Lists: Songs of the 1960s Revisited
Pitchfork Staff; September 11, 2006
We take a final look at our favorite songs of the 1960s, listing our individual top 10s and musing on a handful of tracks our writers believe should have made ...
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Resonant Frequency
Resonant Frequency: The Light
Mark Richardson; August 25, 2006
Surrounded by classic rock and discovering a secret world of music.
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Staff Lists
Staff Lists: The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s
Pitchfork Staff; August 17, 2006
In our fourth installment of this weeklong feature, we count down our favorite 60s songs from Nos. 60-21.
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Articles
Articles: TV on the Radio
Ryan Dombal; May 25, 2006
Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY: 18 April 2006
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Puritan Blister
Puritan Blister: Puritan Blister #9
William Bowers; September 29, 2005
DVD players of the world unite! Welcome to part two of a relatively unambitious endeavor that I started last month ...
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Puritan Blister
Puritan Blister: Puritan Blister #8
William Bowers; August 18, 2005
Pitchnetforkflixmedia, Part One by William Bowers
The business section of this Sunday's New York Times will confirm the rumors ...
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Articles
Articles: Summer Reading List 2005
Pitchfork Staff; May 23, 2005
From exhaustive genre surveys to examinations of a single song, here are some music-related books to enjoy over Memorial Day weekend and throughout the summer. -
Guest Lists
Guest Lists: Kaiser Chiefs: Our Favorite Albums and Singles
Simon Rix, Kaiser Chiefs; April 4, 2005
The Beatles: Abbey Road
This is our favorite Beatles album. The guitars on it sound amazing-- in fact, all the ... -
Staff Lists
Staff Lists: Top 100 Albums of the 1970s
Pitchfork Staff; June 23, 2004
As the psychedelic 60s gave way to hippie backlash and high ambitions, one thing was clear.
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Guest Lists
Guest Lists: Four Lists by the Wrens
The Wrens; July 21, 2003
>> Charles' Ten Books I Can See From My Bed That I Can Recommend If You Think You Don't Like ...
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Staff Lists
Staff Lists: Top 100 Albums of the 1980s
Pitchfork Staff; November 20, 2002
Pitchfork: Top 100 Albums of the 1980s
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Interviews
Interviews: Destroyer
Matt LeMay; July 1, 2001
Considering the number of artists who cling desperately to musical and lyrical convention, the likelihood of a newly released record ...
News
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Listen to Janelle Monáe Cover David Bowie's "Heroes"
Photo by Glenford Nunez
Janelle Monáe has taken to the studio to record a cover of David Bowie's "Heroes" for Pepsi's 2014 "Now ...
April 2, 2014 at 07:14 a.m.
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Listen to David Bowie's Christmas Message for the BBC
Photo by Jimmy King
Consequence of Sound reports that, during the first broadcast of former the Clash members Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, and Topper Headon ...
December 27, 2013 at 02:24 p.m.
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R.I.P. Producer David Richards
David Richards, a producer who worked with David Bowie, Queen, Iggy Pop, and others, has died, NME reports.
December 22, 2013 at 06:20 p.m.
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Read Trent Reznor's Tribute to David Bowie and The Next Day, Featuring an Arcade Fire Diss
Trent Reznor, too, is taking year-end season as a chance to wax poetic about his favorite artists and what they did in 2013. He's ...
December 19, 2013 at 08:38 a.m.
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Video: David Bowie: "I'd Rather Be High (Venetian Mix)"
Photo by Jimmy King
Columbia recently released an expanded three-disc edition of David Bowie's surprise 2013 LP, The Next Day. Along with James Murphy ...
December 5, 2013 at 08:50 a.m.
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Watch Another Video for the James Murphy Remix of David Bowie's "Love Is Lost"
James Murphy's 10-minute remix of David Bowie's "Love Is Lost" is the type of event song that apparently requires two separate music videos ...
November 13, 2013 at 10:48 a.m.
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Watch: David Bowie Stars in Louis Vuitton Short Film
David Bowie is featured in a new ad campaign and correlating short film from French fashion brand Louis Vuitton. That film, titled L'Invitation Au ...
November 7, 2013 at 09:15 a.m.
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David Bowie Stars in Louis Vuitton Ad Campaign and Short Film, Preview It Now
Photo by Jimmy King
Next week, David Bowie will release an expanded edition of his surprise 2013 album, The Next Day—he shared a video ...
October 31, 2013 at 02:03 p.m.
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Video: David Bowie: "Love Is Lost", Remixed by James Murphy
On November 5, Columbia will release an expanded three-disc edition of David Bowie's surprise 2013 LP, The Next Day. And here's a surprise ...
October 31, 2013 at 07:20 a.m.
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Listen/Watch: David Bowie Previews New Song "Atomica" in The Next Day Extra Video
On November 5, Columbia will release an expanded three-disc edition of David Bowie's surprise 2013 LP, The Next Day. It'll feature the James ...
October 30, 2013 at 12:30 p.m.
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David Bowie, Morrissey, John Cale Release Statements on Lou Reed's Death
Photo (c) Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
A number of artists have come forth in the last day to pay tribute to Lou Reed in the wake of ...
October 28, 2013 at 07:35 a.m.
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Listen: James Murphy Remixes David Bowie's "Love Is Lost"
On November 5, Columbia will release an expanded three-disc edition of David Bowie's surprise 2013 LP, The Next Day. As mentioned, it features a ...
October 10, 2013 at 06:43 a.m.
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David Bowie Shares List of 100 Favorite Books
Photo by Jimmy King
The Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto is currently hosting the traveling exhibit "David Bowie is", which features handwritten setlists, lyrics ...
September 30, 2013 at 08:08 p.m.
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David Bowie AnnouncesThe Next Day Expanded Edition Featuring Unheard Tracks, James Murphy
Earlier this year, David Bowie surprised the world with the release of The Next Day, his first album in a decade. Today, he's announced ...
September 30, 2013 at 06:41 a.m.
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Mercury Prize Shortlist Revealed
The shortlist of nominees for the Barclaycard Mercury Prize, which honors the best British album of the past year, as chosen by a panel of ...
September 11, 2013 at 11:35 a.m.
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David Bowie Confirms Arcade Fire "Reflektor" Collaboration
The new Arcade Fire single, "Reflektor", features a voice that sounds a whole lot like David Bowie. Now, Bowie has posted on Facebook confirming the ...
September 9, 2013 at 02:00 p.m.
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Is This Arcade Fire's New Single "Reflektor"?
Update: The track has been removed.
Arcade Fire's new album Reflektor is out October 29 via Merge, and on Monday night (September 9 at ...
September 7, 2013 at 02:53 p.m.
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Video: David Bowie: "Valentine's Day"
After hiring Gary Oldman/infuriating the Catholic League, playing opposite Tilda Swinton, and surprising the world with his first new song in about a decade ...
July 16, 2013 at 01:37 a.m.
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David Bowie Preps "Valentine's Day" Single
David Bowie is prepping another new single from his latest album The Next Day. "Valentine's Day" will be released as a 7" picture disc ...
July 14, 2013 at 06:31 p.m.
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David Bowie Offered Recurring Role on "Hannibal"
Photo by Jimmy King
The creators of the NBC thriller "Hannibal" are probably on the same page as a lot of people in wanting to ...
June 28, 2013 at 10:21 a.m.
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R.I.P. Trevor Bolder, Bassist for David Bowie's Spiders From Mars
NME reports that Trevor Bolder, the bassist in David Bowie's Spiders From Mars band and Uriah Heep, has died after his battle with cancer ...
May 21, 2013 at 06:07 p.m.
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Watch: Astronaut Chris Hadfield Covers David Bowie's "Space Oddity" For the First Music Video Recorded in Space
Chris Hadfield is the Commander of the International Space Station. He is now also a music video pioneer-- he just created the first-ever music video ...
May 12, 2013 at 05:40 p.m.
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Catholic League Disses David Bowie's "The Next Day" Video
Yesterday, David Bowie released his video for "The Next Day", starring Gary Oldman and actress Marion Cotillard. Directed by Floria Sigismondi, the concept was "written ...
May 9, 2013 at 09:07 a.m.
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Watch David Bowie's Bloody, Religious "The Next Day" Video, Starring Gary Oldman and Marion Cotillard
Photo by Floria Sigismondi
Update: As Billboard points out, the video has been removed from YouTube "because its content violated YouTube's Terms of Service ...
May 7, 2013 at 11:07 p.m.
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David Bowie Shares His "Work Flow Diagram" for The Next Day
David Bowie has maintained almost total silence around the release of his latest album, The Next Day, appearing in the record's marvelous videos, but ...
April 26, 2013 at 06:36 a.m.
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New David Bowie Video Stars Gary Oldman, Bowie in Monk Robes?
Photo by Jimmy King
The Daily Mail reports that David Bowie was recently seen in New York filming a new music video for a track ...
April 25, 2013 at 11:44 a.m.
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Listen to the New David Bowie Album
It's been a decade, and it's finally here: The new David Bowie album The Next Day, out March 12, is now available to ...
February 28, 2013 at 07:23 p.m.
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Watch: David Bowie Shares Video for New Song "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)"
Today David Bowie has let go another music video from his upcoming record The Next Day, out March 12. Titled "The Stars (Are Out Tonight ...
February 25, 2013 at 10:16 p.m.
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David Bowie Preps New Singles for Record Store Day Release
Here's one of the biggest Record Store Day announcements we've gotten so far this year: David Bowie is releasing his first two The ...
February 19, 2013 at 05:35 p.m.
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David Bowie Probably Releasing New Track "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" on February 26
As NME points out, it looks like David Bowie is getting ready to share another track from his upcoming album The Next Day, which is ...
February 17, 2013 at 09:52 a.m.
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David Bowie Documentary Film to Air on BBC
Photo by Jimmy King
Along with his upcoming record, The Next Day, David Bowie's comeback this year will be complemented by a feature-length documentary ...
February 15, 2013 at 12:35 p.m.
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Watch Beck Cover David Bowie's "Sound & Vision" With an Enormous Orchestra for a Lincoln Ad
As promised, Beck has covered David Bowie's Low classic "Sound and Vision" for the car company Lincoln's "Hello, Again" campaign. He collaborated with ...
February 10, 2013 at 03:30 p.m.
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David Bowie and Morrissey in Fight Over Cover Art
On April 8, Parlophone is set to reissue Morrissey's 1991 record Kill Uncle as well as the 1989 single, "The Last of the Famous ...
February 7, 2013 at 09:13 a.m.
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Watch the Trailer for Beck Covering David Bowie's "Sound & Vision"
The car company Lincoln has launched a new campaign called "Hello, Again", where artists reinterpret familiar material. To start, they've enlisted Beck to cover ...
February 2, 2013 at 10:44 a.m.
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Tony Visconti: Davie Bowie "Fairly Adamant He's Never Gonna Perform Live Again"
UPDATE: Visconti has Tweeted a clarification to his interview with NME; he says that he was talking about touring for the present album.
Earlier this ...
January 11, 2013 at 12:06 p.m.
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Watch Five Classic David Bowie Performances in Honor of His Big Return
With Found Footage, we dig through the depths of archival video online. From live clips to interviews and music videos, we uncover the best visual ...
January 11, 2013 at 08:30 a.m.
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New David Bowie Album Rocks, Is Mix of "Classic and Innovative", According to Producer
To the surprise of just about everyone, David Bowie will release a new album, The Next Day, in March. Now, the record's producer Tony ...
January 9, 2013 at 09:15 a.m.
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David Bowie Announces New Album, The Next Day, Releases Single, Video, Turns 66
Photo by Jimmy King
Update: Scroll down to see the provocative artwork for The Next Day. And click here to read a blogpost by the ...
January 8, 2013 at 03:08 a.m.
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David Bowie's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust Gets 40th Anniversary Edition
David Bowie's influential glam-rock concept album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars turns 40 this year, and in ...
March 22, 2012 at 12:45 p.m.
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Watch the New Shins Lineup Cover David Bowie
The Shins' new lineup played its first show last night in Eugene, Oregon. As One Thirty BPM points out, the band tried out a cover ...
August 9, 2011 at 03:35 p.m.
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Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly Do Bowie and Bing
Tried-and-true screen partners and overall goofballs Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly decided to dress up like David Bowie and Bing Crosby this holiday season ...
December 13, 2010 at 02:05 p.m.
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News in Brief: The Faint/Depressed Buttons, Emily Wilson, Bowie/Iggy/Lou, Autumn Falls Festival
-- Three members of the Omaha synth-rock band the Faint have a dance project called Depressed Buttons. On December 7, Diplo's Mad Decent label ...
November 15, 2010 at 02:55 p.m.
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David Bowie At Work on New Book
As TwentyFourBit points out, David Bowie's website has confirmed reports that the man is hard at work on a new book. There's no ...
October 1, 2010 at 10:30 a.m.
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Hear New LPs From Marnie Stern, Lil Wayne, Bowie
There are so many free streams of entire new albums out there on the internet that we have to update you on them more than ...
September 29, 2010 at 04:35 p.m.
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5-10-15-20: Matthew Dear
Photo by Will Calcutt
Welcome to 5-10-15-20, where we talk to artists about the music they loved at five-year interval points in their lives. Maybe ...
August 16, 2010 at 12:55 p.m.
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New Release: Various Artists: We Were So Turned On (David Bowie Tribute)
Artist: Various Artists
Album: We Were So Turned On (David Bowie Tribute)
Release Date: September 14
Label: Manimal VinylJuly 16, 2010 at 11:25 a.m.
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David Bowie to Release Mega Deluxe Reissue of Station to Station
On September 28 in the U.S. (September 20 in Europe), EMI reissues David Bowie's coke-fueled 1976 freak out Station to Station in two ...
July 15, 2010 at 03:00 p.m.
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Radiohead, David Bowie, Lily Allen Blast BBC Over 6 Music Closure Threat
When the British Broadcasting Corporation announced plans to potentially shut down 6 Music, the digital radio station they launched in 2002, people were not happy ...
March 3, 2010 at 03:00 p.m.
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David Bowie Tribute Album Planned
Last summer, reports circulated that Radiohead would cover David Bowie on a forthcoming Bowie tribute album. Those reports turned out to be false, but that ...
January 8, 2010 at 12:05 p.m.
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TVOTR's Tunde Adebimpe, Michel Gondry Draw Their Best David Bowie
David Bowie hasn't released an original album since 2003's Reality-- it's the longest he's gone without a new LP in his ...
December 11, 2009 at 01:55 p.m.