jenn pelly
@jennpelly.bsky.social
journalist, critic, diarist
author of The Raincoats (2017)
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author of The Raincoats (2017)
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On the 50th anniversary of Patti Smith's HORSES, @jennpelly.bsky.social gives us this gift of a piece. What a great look back.
Patti Smith: Horses
Read Jenn Pelly’s review of the album.
pitchfork.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
On the 50th anniversary of Patti Smith's HORSES, @jennpelly.bsky.social gives us this gift of a piece. What a great look back.
my Sunday Review of Horses, which turns 50 tomorrow 🙏 pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Patti Smith: Horses
Read Jenn Pelly’s review of the album.
pitchfork.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
my Sunday Review of Horses, which turns 50 tomorrow 🙏 pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
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episodes 1-5 of @criticallistening.bsky.social, the podcast i co-host with @peretsky.bsky.social, are avail everywhere but spotify. we’re starting work on eps 6-10 this week. if you would like to support this work pls subscribe here! www.patreon.com/criticallist... tysm
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September 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
episodes 1-5 of @criticallistening.bsky.social, the podcast i co-host with @peretsky.bsky.social, are avail everywhere but spotify. we’re starting work on eps 6-10 this week. if you would like to support this work pls subscribe here! www.patreon.com/criticallist... tysm
Last fall I started a newsletter-blog called Jenn's Obsessions. The second post was a short essay adapted from my liner notes for a 2024 Margo Guryan box set. That blog post was just nominated for the Reeperbahn International Music Journalism Award. How cool thank you!
Reeperbahn Festival | IMJA
REEPERBAHN FESTIVAL 17-20 Sept 2025 ⇒ Europe's biggest club festival & platform for international pop culture ⇒ Get your tickets now ✓
www.reeperbahnfestival.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Last fall I started a newsletter-blog called Jenn's Obsessions. The second post was a short essay adapted from my liner notes for a 2024 Margo Guryan box set. That blog post was just nominated for the Reeperbahn International Music Journalism Award. How cool thank you!
i was the 52nd person to purchase a copy of Hotline TNT's Raspberry Moon today as part of their 24-hour anti-spotify telethon ! they hope to sell 500 records. how cool www.assnup.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
i was the 52nd person to purchase a copy of Hotline TNT's Raspberry Moon today as part of their 24-hour anti-spotify telethon ! they hope to sell 500 records. how cool www.assnup.com
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"A library-based service might not fully 'solve' the streaming dilemma, but I think it would help foster intentional listening, which is part of the puzzle."
A conversation between @jennpelly.bsky.social and @lizpelly.bsky.social for @pioneerwork.bsky.social:
A conversation between @jennpelly.bsky.social and @lizpelly.bsky.social for @pioneerwork.bsky.social:
Sister Inquiry | Broadcast
The Pelly twins on music, writing, and life beyond algorithms.
pioneerworks.org
August 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"A library-based service might not fully 'solve' the streaming dilemma, but I think it would help foster intentional listening, which is part of the puzzle."
A conversation between @jennpelly.bsky.social and @lizpelly.bsky.social for @pioneerwork.bsky.social:
A conversation between @jennpelly.bsky.social and @lizpelly.bsky.social for @pioneerwork.bsky.social:
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Great Read | No way did I know that I wanted 12k(!) words about Katie Crutchfield and Waxahatchee, but there’s personal layers to this @jennpelly.bsky.social on-the-bus profile that I’ve not read in a magazine music story in a decade, probably longer. They just don’t write them like this any more.
Waxahatchee: She Lives for the Sake of the Song
oxfordamerican.org
June 18, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Great Read | No way did I know that I wanted 12k(!) words about Katie Crutchfield and Waxahatchee, but there’s personal layers to this @jennpelly.bsky.social on-the-bus profile that I’ve not read in a magazine music story in a decade, probably longer. They just don’t write them like this any more.
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In this feature, @jennpelly.bsky.social spends six days on tour with Waxahatchee from Alabama until Texas, where Katie Crutchfield recorded 2024’s "Tigers Blood." Read it here: shorturl.at/uiMh1
Waxahatchee: She Lives for the Sake of the Song
oxfordamerican.org
May 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
In this feature, @jennpelly.bsky.social spends six days on tour with Waxahatchee from Alabama until Texas, where Katie Crutchfield recorded 2024’s "Tigers Blood." Read it here: shorturl.at/uiMh1
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Behold, @dandipiero.bsky.social invoking @jennpelly.bsky.social to think through “the crush” as a queer feminist sonic sensibility #PopCon2025
March 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Behold, @dandipiero.bsky.social invoking @jennpelly.bsky.social to think through “the crush” as a queer feminist sonic sensibility #PopCon2025
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trailer for a new movie I made
screening in:
PHILLY - 3/15
NYC - 3/18
DC - 3/24
LANSING, MI 4/3
NYC 3/18
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-night-of... (free with rsvp!)
feat. music from Mutual Benefit
7pm
DC 3/24
sunscinema.com/movies/a-nig... (tickets here)
7pm (SOLD OUT) + 930pm
screening in:
PHILLY - 3/15
NYC - 3/18
DC - 3/24
LANSING, MI 4/3
NYC 3/18
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-night-of... (free with rsvp!)
feat. music from Mutual Benefit
7pm
DC 3/24
sunscinema.com/movies/a-nig... (tickets here)
7pm (SOLD OUT) + 930pm
March 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
trailer for a new movie I made
screening in:
PHILLY - 3/15
NYC - 3/18
DC - 3/24
LANSING, MI 4/3
NYC 3/18
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-night-of... (free with rsvp!)
feat. music from Mutual Benefit
7pm
DC 3/24
sunscinema.com/movies/a-nig... (tickets here)
7pm (SOLD OUT) + 930pm
screening in:
PHILLY - 3/15
NYC - 3/18
DC - 3/24
LANSING, MI 4/3
NYC 3/18
www.eventbrite.com/e/a-night-of... (free with rsvp!)
feat. music from Mutual Benefit
7pm
DC 3/24
sunscinema.com/movies/a-nig... (tickets here)
7pm (SOLD OUT) + 930pm
forget vocal fry. why are podcast men always screaming
February 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
forget vocal fry. why are podcast men always screaming
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New post on Dada Drummer Almanach - about two fav music writers of mine, @lizpelly.bsky.social and @jennpelly.bsky.social dadadrummer.substack.com/p/active-lis...
Active Listening
Jenn and Liz Pelly
dadadrummer.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
New post on Dada Drummer Almanach - about two fav music writers of mine, @lizpelly.bsky.social and @jennpelly.bsky.social dadadrummer.substack.com/p/active-lis...
I spent 2022 interviewing the likes of Denzel Curry, Adrianne Lenker, Santigold, Courtney Barnett, and Jeff Tweedy for this story that explored the need for record label-funded mental healthcare for musicians pitchfork.com/features/art...
Confronting Music’s Mental Health Crisis
Experts and artists including Santigold, Jeff Tweedy, and Denzel Curry trace a web of pressing issues while imagining the paths forward.
pitchfork.com
February 3, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I spent 2022 interviewing the likes of Denzel Curry, Adrianne Lenker, Santigold, Courtney Barnett, and Jeff Tweedy for this story that explored the need for record label-funded mental healthcare for musicians pitchfork.com/features/art...
"I think the dream for me is to be unreachable one day." so inspired by Luddite teens & Alex's stories on them www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/s...
Now in College, Luddite Teens Still Don’t Want Your Likes
Three years after starting a club meant to fight social media’s grip on young people, many original members are holding firm and gaining new converts.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
"I think the dream for me is to be unreachable one day." so inspired by Luddite teens & Alex's stories on them www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/s...
📢 i wrote this 📢
A Perfect 10
Revisit our Sunday Record of the record that set the foundation for one of the most consequential careers in pop history
Revisit our Sunday Record of the record that set the foundation for one of the most consequential careers in pop history
Björk: Post
Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit Björk’s second album, the foundation for one of th...
pitchfork.com
January 29, 2025 at 10:21 PM
📢 i wrote this 📢
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The world is still catching up to Annette Peacock
Annette Peacock’s “I’m the One” Is an Avant-Funk Affirmation for the Ages
The singer, songwriter, and synth pioneer’s epic 1972 track is an audacious dispatch from an artist restlessly committed to music’s frontiers.
www.hearingthings.co
January 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The world is still catching up to Annette Peacock
Gone with all the changes in my mind
My life in writing in 2024
jennpelly.substack.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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On my newsletter-blog-thing I wrote about @lizpelly.bsky.social book Mood Machine and how it brings up the pesky and interesting questions of how and who defines the value of different contexts of music www.mutualbenef.it/18-celebrati...
#18 Celebrating Mood Machine
Recommending Liz Pelly's incredible new book investigating the streaming economy and the true value of music
www.mutualbenef.it
January 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
On my newsletter-blog-thing I wrote about @lizpelly.bsky.social book Mood Machine and how it brings up the pesky and interesting questions of how and who defines the value of different contexts of music www.mutualbenef.it/18-celebrati...
𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒹𝑜𝓃'𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝒻𝓊𝓇𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇
My first piece for @hearingthingsco.bsky.social ❗ A short essay on one of my favorite songs of all time, Annette Peacock's visionary jam "I'm the One" www.hearingthings.co/annette-peac...
My first piece for @hearingthingsco.bsky.social ❗ A short essay on one of my favorite songs of all time, Annette Peacock's visionary jam "I'm the One" www.hearingthings.co/annette-peac...
Annette Peacock’s “I’m the One” Is an Avant-Funk Affirmation for the Ages
The singer, songwriter, and synth pioneer’s epic 1972 track is an audacious dispatch from an artist restlessly committed to music’s frontiers.
www.hearingthings.co
January 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒹𝑜𝓃'𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝒻𝓊𝓇𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇
My first piece for @hearingthingsco.bsky.social ❗ A short essay on one of my favorite songs of all time, Annette Peacock's visionary jam "I'm the One" www.hearingthings.co/annette-peac...
My first piece for @hearingthingsco.bsky.social ❗ A short essay on one of my favorite songs of all time, Annette Peacock's visionary jam "I'm the One" www.hearingthings.co/annette-peac...
next week 1/28 — i helped organize this benefit show for LA fire relief efforts www.ticketweb.com/event/ny4la-...
January 23, 2025 at 3:52 AM
next week 1/28 — i helped organize this benefit show for LA fire relief efforts www.ticketweb.com/event/ny4la-...
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need to go re-read musicking & deep listening as palette cleansers
January 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
need to go re-read musicking & deep listening as palette cleansers
this one’s for the bobcats pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Timothée Chalamet: A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Read Jenn Pelly’s review of the album.
pitchfork.com
January 17, 2025 at 2:16 AM
this one’s for the bobcats pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
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If you haven’t seen A Complete Unknown, the soundtrack might feel like a novelty record, Timothée Chalamet’s Dylan karaoke. In context, it’s a generational actor’s portrayal of a musician who was himself constantly acting
Timothée Chalamet: A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Read Jenn Pelly’s review of the album.
pitchfork.com
January 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
If you haven’t seen A Complete Unknown, the soundtrack might feel like a novelty record, Timothée Chalamet’s Dylan karaoke. In context, it’s a generational actor’s portrayal of a musician who was himself constantly acting
“Ek is interested in music approximately as much as Jeff Bezos is interested in Bernadette Mayer.”
January 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
“Ek is interested in music approximately as much as Jeff Bezos is interested in Bernadette Mayer.”