The employees of Pitchfork listens to plenty of new music. Plenty 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 best way. 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 employees’s favourite new music. The playlist is a grab-bag of tracks: Its solely tenet 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. Hear beneath and comply with our playlists on Apple Music and Spotify. (Pitchfork earns a fee from purchases made via 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 Method 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: “Giggle Now Cry Later”
Sea Lemon: “Give In”
Far Caspian: “First Day”
