The Replacements

In this episode of The Pitchfork Review podcast, our critics talk about the revelatory new version of the beloved rock band’s 1985 LP. Plus, Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson reveals his perfect-10 album.

Kate Bush, N.W.A., Brian Eno, Madonna, Prince, and the other icons who defined a decade

After 35 years as the Twin Cities’ go-to music photographer, Daniel Corrigan looks back with the collection Heyday, previewed here alongside an interview with First Avenue’s in-house shooter.

In its heyday, fabled Twin Cities venue First Avenue fostered the legend of everyone from from Prince to the Replacements to Hüsker Dü, becoming a mythic musical destination in the process.

From house to hip-hop, college rock to techno, bubblegum pop to post-punk, heavy metal to hardcore—here are our favorite tracks of the 1980s.

Coachella 2014 went down over the weekend, featuring acts such as OutKast, Arcade Fire, the Knife, Beck, the Replacements, and many more. Photographer Chris Tuite was there to take shots of the performances as well as some portraits of the artists backstage.

Last night, the Replacements played their first show in 22 years at Riot Fest in Toronto. Stuart Berman surveys the set and finds out if the band's shambolic charm holds up after all this time.

Former Replacements leader Paul Westerberg holds court on a career that often settled for glorious failure while the suckers and sell-outs walked off with all the fame and success.

How to strike the right chords-- for musicians and non-musicians alike.

We recently spoke to Art Brut's Eddie Argos and the Hold Steady's Craig Finn, and it took like 10 seconds for booze to come up in conversation. They also talked about music, their disdain for irony, and their love of the Mountain Goats.

Pitchfork's 2006 year-end mania officially commences with the first of a two-day series in which we revisit the past 12 months, chronicling the ups, downs, and random sideways twists of the motley cast of characters who populate our news section.

Colin Meloy on how signing to a major label impacted his band's exquisite The Crane Wife, why it isn't a concept album, and his love of narrative lyrics.