The year 2020 was an odd one for the world, but the year certainly had plenty of great music. These four country songs all came out in 2020 and have sadly already been forgotten, even though they are ...

There’s so much we’d like to erase about 2020 — but never, ever the elation, élan, empathy, harmony, rich social commentary and dumb fun that the year’s best music brought us. Yes, we do hope the door ...

A year ago at this time, if you’d have told us that Van Morrison would be single-handedly responsible for nearly a third of a worst-songs-of-2020 list (and that this would not be some kind of weirdly ...

When I joined Pitchfork a couple months ago as its new editor, we got to work on what you’re reading now, the Best Songs of the 2020s So Far, our first big list of the year. On the surface, there’s ...

Music has never been just entertainment. Throughout decades, certain songs have served as catalysts for political movements, ...

As a genre, country music is known for tackling lots of heavy issues — love, loss, and everything in between. But it's also totally willing to joke around from time to time, which has resulted in a ...