The workers of Pitchfork listens to quite a lot of new music. A variety of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors undergo an imposing variety of new releases, giving suggestions to one another and discovering new favorites alongside the way in which. Every Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects playlist, we’re sharing what our writers are taking part in obsessively and highlighting a few of the Pitchfork workers’s favourite new music. The playlist is a grab-bag of tracks: Its solely guideline is that these are the songs you’d gladly ship to a pal.
This week’s Pitchfork Selects playlist options Lauren Duffus, Devstacks, Jorja Smith, MSPaint, Smerz, Mareux, Far Caspian, and extra. Pay attention under and observe our playlists on Apple Music and Spotify. (Pitchfork earns a fee from purchases made by affiliate hyperlinks on our website.)
Pitchfork Selects: Might 5, 2025
Lauren Duffus: “Tremendous”
Avalon Emerson / Storm Queen: “On It Goes”
Devstacks: “Wipe Ur Nostril”
Jorja Smith: “The Approach I Love You”
MSPaint: “Angel”
Kassie Krut: “Hooh Beat (Panda Bear Remix)”
Smerz: “Feisty”
Marina Satti / Tso: “Pop (All of the Voices in My Head)”
Anysia Kym / Loraine James: “New Hyperlinks”
Mareux: “Chortle Now Cry Later”
Sea Lemon: “Give In”
Far Caspian: “First Day”
