Below, find our top 30 rock and rockish albums of 2024, as chosen by Pitchfork staff writers Nina Corcoran and Madison Bloom. Check out all of Pitchfork’s 2024 wrap-up coverage here. Hot Links A daily roundup of the most important stories in music, and a listening guide every Friday ...
The 37 Best Rock Albums of 2023 The year in indie rock, punk, singer-songwriter and solo guitar music, shoegaze, metal, and everything in between. ByPitchfork December 6, 2023 Clockwise from top left: yeule, Jeff Rosenstock (photo by Matt Price), Mitski (photo by Ebru Yildiz), Yves Tum...
That said, we’ve tried to spread the wealth around, not favoring one genre of rock over another. Hence the presence of some highly mainstream albums right alongside the indie/underground entries. Punk and prog, hardcore and AOR, glam and metal, roots and arena rock – they’ve all got a...
Wow! What a year it's been for new music, and we're here to reflect upon the 50 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2022! It's amazing to look at the amount of major acts putting out new records this year. There was so much that happened to Megadeth since their last album won a ...
Wow! What a year it's been for new music, and we're here to reflect upon the 50 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2022! It's amazing to look at the amount of major acts putting out new records this year. There was so much that happened to Megadeth since their last album won a ...
New year,new decadeand lots of great rock. The year is off and running, already giving us a solid batch of new albums, and these are our picks for 2020's Best Rock Albums (So Far). We've got vets returning from a lengthy period between albums, acts who have dominated the airwaves ...
What were the best rock albums of the 2000s? The 2000s were an interesting period in the evolution of rock music. The decade started with the domination of nu-metal taking over with bands such asLinkin Park,DisturbedandPapa Roachmaking their mark. But it was a decade that also saw an ...
What were the best rock albums of the 2000s? The 2000s were an interesting period in the evolution of rock music. The decade started with the domination of nu-metal taking over with bands such asLinkin Park,DisturbedandPapa Roachmaking their mark. But it was a decade that also saw an ...
Sometimes Y, the duo of Yelawolf and Shooter Jennings, released one of the best rock albums of the year, but we’re still not sure if rock fans have caught on. The album’s closer, “Moonshiner’s Run,” borrows from plenty of rock and blues traditions while still being something total...
Well, welcome to our list of the Best Rock + Metal Debut Albums of 2022, where you can catch up on the most exciting up-and-comers of the last year and hopefully discover something new to fall in love with along the way. There's a certain electric feeling in rock and metal that has...