Jeremy D. Larson
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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...
This is tomorrow if you’re around my homies
Next week at Big Ears, I will be leading a panel on a "radical" new concept called Deep Taste, which seeks to better understand why you like the things you like. With William Tyler, Lucrecia Dalt, and Grayson Currin bigearsfestival.org/event/what-i...
What is Deep Taste? - Big Ears
Taste shapes identity, memory, and belonging. Pitchfork’s deputy director Jeremy D. Larson leads a conversation reimagining taste as a deeper understanding of the self, the body, and the senses. Inspi...
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March 28, 2026 at 3:19 PM
This is tomorrow if you’re around my homies
Reposted by Jeremy D. Larson
Next week at Big Ears, I will be leading a panel on a "radical" new concept called Deep Taste, which seeks to better understand why you like the things you like. With William Tyler, Lucrecia Dalt, and Grayson Currin bigearsfestival.org/event/what-i...
What is Deep Taste? - Big Ears
Taste shapes identity, memory, and belonging. Pitchfork’s deputy director Jeremy D. Larson leads a conversation reimagining taste as a deeper understanding of the self, the body, and the senses. Inspi...
bigearsfestival.org
March 19, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Next week at Big Ears, I will be leading a panel on a "radical" new concept called Deep Taste, which seeks to better understand why you like the things you like. With William Tyler, Lucrecia Dalt, and Grayson Currin bigearsfestival.org/event/what-i...
Next week at Big Ears, I will be leading a panel on a "radical" new concept called Deep Taste, which seeks to better understand why you like the things you like. With William Tyler, Lucrecia Dalt, and Grayson Currin bigearsfestival.org/event/what-i...
What is Deep Taste? - Big Ears
Taste shapes identity, memory, and belonging. Pitchfork’s deputy director Jeremy D. Larson leads a conversation reimagining taste as a deeper understanding of the self, the body, and the senses. Inspi...
bigearsfestival.org
March 19, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Next week at Big Ears, I will be leading a panel on a "radical" new concept called Deep Taste, which seeks to better understand why you like the things you like. With William Tyler, Lucrecia Dalt, and Grayson Currin bigearsfestival.org/event/what-i...
Here's why I feel nuts every time I open either social media app: People respond to dimensional pieces of art on a two-dimensional platform, then use that platform to state their personal opinion as an objective truth because it gets better engagement. It's like watching everyone lie all the time
March 17, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Here's why I feel nuts every time I open either social media app: People respond to dimensional pieces of art on a two-dimensional platform, then use that platform to state their personal opinion as an objective truth because it gets better engagement. It's like watching everyone lie all the time
When the wife tells you the impossibly cute animal video you sent a little too quickly is actually AI
March 12, 2026 at 2:45 PM
When the wife tells you the impossibly cute animal video you sent a little too quickly is actually AI
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I wrote about how my process for making music has changed over the past twenty years and six albums in my newsletter. It's pretty wild to look back and examine my quirky methodology from back in the day.
cadenceweapon.substack.com/p/notes-on-p...
cadenceweapon.substack.com/p/notes-on-p...
March 3, 2026 at 3:30 PM
I wrote about how my process for making music has changed over the past twenty years and six albums in my newsletter. It's pretty wild to look back and examine my quirky methodology from back in the day.
cadenceweapon.substack.com/p/notes-on-p...
cadenceweapon.substack.com/p/notes-on-p...
I sincerely regret naming my two cats Yasmin Kara-Hanani & Kiernan Shipka's Character on Industry
March 2, 2026 at 2:15 PM
I sincerely regret naming my two cats Yasmin Kara-Hanani & Kiernan Shipka's Character on Industry
Look it’s simple: AI saves you the time and labor that would normally go into “thinking” so you can spend half that time laboring about whether or not AI is “thinking” like a human, and the other half of that time on Instagram Reels
February 26, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Look it’s simple: AI saves you the time and labor that would normally go into “thinking” so you can spend half that time laboring about whether or not AI is “thinking” like a human, and the other half of that time on Instagram Reels
'The Hangover' bit in Nirvana The Band The Show The Movie is the perfect joke. It should be in a museum. I'm laughing at it even now, right now, again
February 20, 2026 at 2:58 PM
'The Hangover' bit in Nirvana The Band The Show The Movie is the perfect joke. It should be in a museum. I'm laughing at it even now, right now, again
My favorite mode of jazz isn't all the way out, but stuff that's looking out from the doorway, dreamy, grounded. And this Tomeka Reid record is right in that sweet spot: heavy, in the pocket, but a full trip outofyourheadrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dance-...
dance! skip! hop!, by Tomeka Reid
5 track album
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February 17, 2026 at 2:14 PM
My favorite mode of jazz isn't all the way out, but stuff that's looking out from the doorway, dreamy, grounded. And this Tomeka Reid record is right in that sweet spot: heavy, in the pocket, but a full trip outofyourheadrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dance-...
Better know the indomitable "Iris" through this tender piece of writing pitchfork.com/reviews/trac...
Goo Goo Dolls: “Iris”
Every Saturday, we’re going deep on one song we’ve never reviewed before. This week, we look back at the humble origins of an everlasting power ballad from 1998. Discussed: bespoke guitar tunings, Wim...
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February 14, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Better know the indomitable "Iris" through this tender piece of writing pitchfork.com/reviews/trac...
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...
Reposted by Jeremy D. Larson
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...
Reposted by Jeremy D. Larson
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
Reposted by Jeremy D. Larson
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
Reposted by Jeremy D. Larson
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.
pitchfork.com
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.
pitchfork.com
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...
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
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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.