Marc Hogan

As President Trump eyes abolishing federal arts funding in the U.S., a survey of tax-supported music from Australia to Iceland reveals a complex, shifting landscape.

The move spotlights one of streaming’s biggest problems: how to identify and pay songwriters and producers

A lawsuit over who’s to blame for Lil Peep’s fatal 2017 overdose could have potentially far-reaching implications

Read Marc Hogan’s review of the album.

Will Beyoncé make Grammys history? Could Big Thief or Wet Leg take home their first awards? Will Björk finally find Grammy vindication? Let’s dig in.

Trevor Powers revives the project he retired seven years ago with a tender avant-pop single that bears witness to drug use and self-harm.

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 monumental artifact of soul—one of the best live albums of all time, from the singer who wrote the 20th century’s defining civil rights anthem.

With the Hollywood writers’ strike finally coming to an end, the music world has plenty of reasons to breathe a sigh of relief, but a major one involves artificial intelligence. Alongside disputes over pay models, healthcare benefits, and other more traditional labor concerns, the use of AI emerged as a key point of contention in screenwriters’ 148-day standoff with major studios and streaming services. And now the new agreement unveiled by the Writers Guild of America includes what appears to b…

Make no mistake: This is not an attempt to predict who will actually receive Grammy nominations this year. As surely as the sun will rise, some unknown EDM producer will spam his way to a nod, or Beyoncé will break all the records without ever winning Album of the Year. The Grammys’ actual nominations, which will be revealed on November 10, are surely better tracked by industry publications or gambling oddsmakers than cultural critics. Instead, here is a guide to the music that Pitchfork champio…

Even by Azealia Banks standards, the summer of 2020 was eventful. That June, in between claiming to have slept with Dave Chappelle (he didn’t confirm or deny) and releasing a favorably reviewed single (“Black Madonna”), the rapper and singer-songwriter took to social media to make a sweeping request of Ice Cube. She asked the actor and former N.W.A. member for help getting royalties she claimed were owed her by veteran entertainment executive Jeff Kwatinetz in his role as CEO of Prospect Park, t…