Jeremy D. Larson
@jeremydlarson.bsky.social
deputy director @pitchfork
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BEST LITTLE MOMENTS 2024
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Here is my annual Best Little Moments from songs I enjoyed in 2024 --> docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
One of the bosses in the Heads Only game I play in life is this 14-minute Dutch reggae cover of "Watchtower" — shouldn't even approach it if you're not properly leveled up www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubw4...
All Along The Watchtower
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February 6, 2026 at 1:53 AM
One of the bosses in the Heads Only game I play in life is this 14-minute Dutch reggae cover of "Watchtower" — shouldn't even approach it if you're not properly leveled up www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubw4...
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I’ve been laid off by The Washington Post
Serving as this newspaper’s pop music critic for the past 16-plus years has been my privilege, my joy
Endless solidarity to my righteous colleagues, endless gratitude to our faithful readers
Serving as this newspaper’s pop music critic for the past 16-plus years has been my privilege, my joy
Endless solidarity to my righteous colleagues, endless gratitude to our faithful readers
February 4, 2026 at 6:39 PM
I’ve been laid off by The Washington Post
Serving as this newspaper’s pop music critic for the past 16-plus years has been my privilege, my joy
Endless solidarity to my righteous colleagues, endless gratitude to our faithful readers
Serving as this newspaper’s pop music critic for the past 16-plus years has been my privilege, my joy
Endless solidarity to my righteous colleagues, endless gratitude to our faithful readers
SATURDAY TRACKS. They're like Sunday Reviews but shorter and for songs. This week it's Eddie Stats unspooling one of Sly Dunbar's greatest. Heater on a heater pitchfork.com/reviews/trac...
Chaka Demus & Pliers: “Murder She Wrote”
Every Saturday, we’re going deep on one song we’ve never reviewed before. This week, we remember the late Jamaican percussion icon Sly Dunbar and one of the biggest riddims ever.
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January 31, 2026 at 4:03 PM
SATURDAY TRACKS. They're like Sunday Reviews but shorter and for songs. This week it's Eddie Stats unspooling one of Sly Dunbar's greatest. Heater on a heater pitchfork.com/reviews/trac...
Reposted by Jeremy D. Larson
Proud to share that the 2nd ever Saturday track review on @pitchfork.com is a review of "Murder She Wrote" which is really my tribute to the genius of Sly Dunbar but also a love letter to @basementbhangra.bsky.social & all the versions of Bam Bam as yet unborn:
pitchfork.com/reviews/trac...
pitchfork.com/reviews/trac...
Chaka Demus & Pliers: “Murder She Wrote”
Every Saturday, we’re going deep on one song we’ve never reviewed before. This week, we remember the late Jamaican percussion icon Sly Dunbar and one of the biggest riddims ever.
pitchfork.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Proud to share that the 2nd ever Saturday track review on @pitchfork.com is a review of "Murder She Wrote" which is really my tribute to the genius of Sly Dunbar but also a love letter to @basementbhangra.bsky.social & all the versions of Bam Bam as yet unborn:
pitchfork.com/reviews/trac...
pitchfork.com/reviews/trac...
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Ate hotdogs, got tiki drinks, and holed up in a snowstorm with Ratboys, who've never sounded more like their truest selves than on this album
Ratboys Are Playing the Long Game
The nicest indie rock band in Chicago has finally uncorked its true sound—it only took 16 years. We catch up with the humble, hard-working Ratboys and talk about swinging for the fences with their new...
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January 29, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Ate hotdogs, got tiki drinks, and holed up in a snowstorm with Ratboys, who've never sounded more like their truest selves than on this album
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a fascinating and excellent review that is much funnier than it has any right to be, shoutout to smart criticism imho
For the Sunday Review, I wrote about Tool, the perfect joke pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Tool: Ænima
Read Jeremy D. Larson’s review of the album.
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January 26, 2026 at 2:06 PM
a fascinating and excellent review that is much funnier than it has any right to be, shoutout to smart criticism imho
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For the Sunday Review, I wrote about Tool, the perfect joke pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Tool: Ænima
Read Jeremy D. Larson’s review of the album.
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January 25, 2026 at 1:51 PM
For the Sunday Review, I wrote about Tool, the perfect joke pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
For the Sunday Review, I wrote about Tool, the perfect joke pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Tool: Ænima
Read Jeremy D. Larson’s review of the album.
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January 25, 2026 at 1:51 PM
For the Sunday Review, I wrote about Tool, the perfect joke pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
A couple thoughts: I think the music criticism we publish is exceptional and worth paying for. I think music as an art form is inherently personal & lends itself to communal engagement and individual authority, which can live side by side. And though Pitchfork means a lot to me, it's only a website
January 20, 2026 at 2:39 PM
A couple thoughts: I think the music criticism we publish is exceptional and worth paying for. I think music as an art form is inherently personal & lends itself to communal engagement and individual authority, which can live side by side. And though Pitchfork means a lot to me, it's only a website
We've unveiled a version of our scoring rubric pitchfork.com/news/how-to-...
How to Rate Albums Using Pitchfork Scores
A public guide to evaluating music using our 101-point scale
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January 20, 2026 at 1:36 PM
We've unveiled a version of our scoring rubric pitchfork.com/news/how-to-...
Some professional news at Pitchfork, where I work and edit music writing and criticism pitchfork.com/news/a-new-e...
A New Era for Pitchfork: Introducing Reader Scores and Commenting
After 30 years, we’re expanding the role readers have in our music criticism and giving you full access to the reviews archive
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January 20, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Some professional news at Pitchfork, where I work and edit music writing and criticism pitchfork.com/news/a-new-e...
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I wrote many words about the greatest hits compilation Legend by Bob Marley
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Bob Marley & the Wailers: Legend
Read Eric Harvey’s review of the album
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January 18, 2026 at 2:46 PM
I wrote many words about the greatest hits compilation Legend by Bob Marley
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Very proud to have doctor @ericdharvey.com on the Sunday Review talking about who shapes a legacy while writing a terrific essay on the omnipresent Bob Marley comp pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Bob Marley & the Wailers: Legend
Read Eric Harvey’s review of the album
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January 18, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Very proud to have doctor @ericdharvey.com on the Sunday Review talking about who shapes a legacy while writing a terrific essay on the omnipresent Bob Marley comp pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
I used to think "Tonight there's going to be a jailbreak/Somewhere in this town" was a bad lyric because, well, would't it be at the jail? But no it's an amazing lyric because it insinuates the jailbreak is NOT at the jail, therefore making it inherently figurative. That's Irish excellence for you.
January 15, 2026 at 12:59 AM
I used to think "Tonight there's going to be a jailbreak/Somewhere in this town" was a bad lyric because, well, would't it be at the jail? But no it's an amazing lyric because it insinuates the jailbreak is NOT at the jail, therefore making it inherently figurative. That's Irish excellence for you.
my DJ set @ Public Records soundcloud.com/jeremydlarso...
Selector Set @ Public Records (12/20)
Warming up a cold Saturday night in Brooklyn
Deerhunter - Helicopter
The Blue Nile - Saturday Night
mess/age - Hi Wo Kaou
Folie 2 - SG Supersound
Isabela Antena - Otra Barbera
Christine Lewin - In th
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December 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
my DJ set @ Public Records soundcloud.com/jeremydlarso...
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For my last major piece of 2025, I wrote about @ad93rec.bsky.social as @pitchfork.com's label of the year pitchfork.com/features/lis...
Label of the Year: AD 93
Daring, heartfelt, and unpredictable, the London label has released some of the best music of the year. We talk to its founder, Nic Tasker, about the evolution of the singular AD 93 sound, and how eve...
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December 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
For my last major piece of 2025, I wrote about @ad93rec.bsky.social as @pitchfork.com's label of the year pitchfork.com/features/lis...
Hard to find a good cabal these days. Every cabal I'm in is either too shadowy or not nearly shadowy enough.
December 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Hard to find a good cabal these days. Every cabal I'm in is either too shadowy or not nearly shadowy enough.
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Every year I'm saved by one album that is so rewarding on a kinetic, intellectual, and spiritual level — and for me it was Elly and Josh's masterpiece. I hope you can find some time to surrender to its power, it's monumental.
December 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Every year I'm saved by one album that is so rewarding on a kinetic, intellectual, and spiritual level — and for me it was Elly and Josh's masterpiece. I hope you can find some time to surrender to its power, it's monumental.
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Here's our albums list -- I wrote a little piece about Los Thuthanaka, our No. 1 album of the year pitchfork.com/features/lis...
The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Featuring Rosalía, Dijon, Cameron Winter, Erika de Casier, Addison Rae, MIKE, and more.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Here's our albums list -- I wrote a little piece about Los Thuthanaka, our No. 1 album of the year pitchfork.com/features/lis...
The 100 best songs of the year --> pitchfork.com/features/lis...
The 100 Best Songs of 2025
Featuring Smerz, Amaarae, Geese, PinkPantheress, Justin Bieber, FKA twigs, xaviersobased, and more
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December 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The 100 best songs of the year --> pitchfork.com/features/lis...
I think I've commissioned and edited about 400 Sunday Reviews now. This is another good one from @cushac.bsky.social, about some freaks who elicit some very unexpected pathos. Cheers to those who read every week. pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282: Strangers From the Universe
Read Andy Cush’s review of the album.
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November 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I think I've commissioned and edited about 400 Sunday Reviews now. This is another good one from @cushac.bsky.social, about some freaks who elicit some very unexpected pathos. Cheers to those who read every week. pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
So far I am getting a perverse thrill out of staring blankly at every episode of 'I Love L.A.' It's like the show is telegraphing that every character will be tortured and killed by the Saw guy if you keep watching long enough.
November 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
So far I am getting a perverse thrill out of staring blankly at every episode of 'I Love L.A.' It's like the show is telegraphing that every character will be tortured and killed by the Saw guy if you keep watching long enough.
Long live @stereogum.com stereogum.com/2478838/ster...
Getting Killed By AI
Our new site is much better and we'd love your support.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Long live @stereogum.com stereogum.com/2478838/ster...
If you pitch up "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" one half step you can reharmonize the opening solos to a major key if you play it over Low's "2 Step." This is how I do fall music now, this is how deep I need to go to feel it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
If you pitch up "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" one half step you can reharmonize the opening solos to a major key if you play it over Low's "2 Step." This is how I do fall music now, this is how deep I need to go to feel it.