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 the great jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman’s 1972 opus, a one-of-a-kind dispatch from the vibrant, polygenic, and contested lofts of downtown New York.
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 Mariah Carey’s triumphant comeback, an album that captured the zeitgeist of 2000s R&B and resurrected a pop icon.
The latest anti-Kavanaugh hit job comes in book form: “The Education of Brett Kavanaugh: An Investigation,” by New York Times reporters Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly. An excerpt appeared Sunday: “Brett Kavanaugh Fit In. She Did Not.” That “she” is Deborah Ramirez, whose uncorroborated sexual allegation against Kavanaugh (were part of the hearings frenzy. The reporters claim a new and damaging account involving Kavanaugh and a lewd act at a party. But there was also one staggering factual omission that once again suggested the New York Times still cares more about ruining Kavanaugh’s reputation than the pursuit of truth.
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 Mercury Rev’s 1991 debut, a heroic dose of psychedelic rock that is equal parts nerve-wracking and awe-inspiring.
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 an overlooked 1995 record from the experimental New Zealand guitarist, a psychedelic invocation of drone, noise, and the spiritual beyond.