This week Pitchfork has been doing a 15th Anniversary thing, with features looking back at the site and talking to artists about music since 1996. We introduced it here and you can find everything we published here. I’m proud of how it turned out, and I’m especially proud of the piece 15 Writers/15 Songs, where some our contributors talked about a song that meant something to them during this period. We also had three fantastic interviews, with Björk, Beck, and ?uestlove (be sure to check out the latter esp., it is wildly entertaining).
Today we ran a retrospective feature where we highlighted some of our best features over the years. Many of our columnists chose their five favorites. These were the Resonant Frequencies I chose.
- Not Magic Yet
tUnE-yArDs, Christina Aguilera, and ideas of beauty and self-loathing. - Watch the Sound
On rap music, fear, aggression, Swans, and what happens when we feel music but don’t necessarily identify with it. - Green Eyes and the Other Guy
The intimidating prospect of making a mixtape for a new girlfriend who has heard everything. - YouTube and Memory
The astounding implications of the ever-growing digital archive. - Soothing Sounds for Hipsters
An early piece on the intersection of ambient music and new age.
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