Pitchfork Day 2: Grimes and Danny Brown

Jul. 14, 2012
If Chromatics were playing music for a dark disco, Danny Brown was at the strip club at the end of the block. Very much a party rapper, Brown is more concerned with describing very specific sexual acts in very specific detail than flexing his formidible skills in wordplay and flow.

Pitchfork's honchos on their favorite new artists

Jul. 12, 2012
We talk with Pitchfork Founder and CEO Ryan Schreiber and President Chris Kaskie about the development of the festival and they share their picks for new artists performing this year.

SXSW 2011: Grimes and Esben and the Witch

Mar. 16, 2011
AUSTIN—As usual, the mix of overwhelming dread and undeniable excitement that characterize South by Southwest hit me at the gate at O’Hare on Tuesday morning as I climbed aboard a flight dominated by iPhone-obsessed hipsters dressed in black and with moods to match, all heading to Americ