A breakdown of the shifting politics, loyal fans, diverse sounds, and random nonsense that defined this year's UK mega-festival.

Pitchfork's annual roundup of our favorite music photography of the past 12 months includes live shots, animated GIFs, and portraits of Radiohead, Kanye West, Girls, and LCD Soundsystem, among others.

The Coldplay frontman on looking up to Brian Eno, being friends with Jay-Z, stealing from Bruce Springsteen, and the difference between his band and Radiohead: 'At the end of the day, I'm a slave to catchy songs.'

As Coldplay and Florence and the Machine know, 'Big Music' rewrote rock as a sort of secular gospel music. Tom Ewing explores whether this epic style is worth believing in.

Coverage of the Chicago festival including Cults, Smith Westerns, Death From Above 1979, Beirut, and more. Best book on astrology.

Film serial online subtitrat. We kick off our run of year-end features with a look at the top music videos of 2009.

The best tracks of the decade that changed everything for radio, the underground, and your iPod

We present the 2008 Year in News, a roundup of music-related triumph, tragedy, and kookery from the pages of Pitchforkmedia.com over the past year.

Albert Hammond, Jr. scores some sweet seats at the Garden, recommends a record shop for masochistic musicians, and toes the line between friend and fan to some local artists. [Interview: Tyler Grisham]

Pokemon for windows 10. Dressed in leather, the high-end laptop can be a tablet, laptop or turn into a pr.

It almost didn't happen. Doves had postponed the fist leg of their American tour due to lead singer Jimi ..

This weekend, Coachella kicks off-- we look at what to expect in the California desert and at more than a dozen other spring and summer festivals.