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Jenn Pelly

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Jenn Pelly has been writing for Pitchfork since 2011. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Wire, and elsewhere. She is the author of The Raincoats, a short book on the feminist punk band, and currently co-authors the newsletter Cryptophasia. She was a full-time Pitchfork staffer for six years, as a writer and then an editor of reviews, before becoming a contributing editor in 2018.

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Horses

Patti Smith
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A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Timothée Chalamet
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Nobody Loves You More

Kim Deal
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The Bed I Made

The Softies
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If I don​’​t make it, I love u

Still House Plants
Best New Album
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Little Rope

Sleater-Kinney
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Riot!

Paramore
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Hejira

Joni Mitchell
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Big Time

Angel Olsen
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Life on Earth

Hurray for the Riff Raff
Best New Album
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Pompeii

Cate Le Bon
Best New Album
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Kirtan: Turiya Sings

Alice Coltrane
Best New Reissue
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Joan Armatrading

Joan Armatrading
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Tears to Grow EP

Blair
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epic Ten

Sharon Van Etten
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Whole New Mess

Angel Olsen
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Totally Crushed Out / Retreat From the Sun

that dog.
Best New Reissue
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The Passion Of

Special Interest
Best New Album
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Fetch the Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple
Best New Album
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Every Bad

Porridge Radio
Best New Album
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Post

Björk
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Likewise

Frances Quinlan
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Tapestry

Carole King
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Iowa Dream

Arthur Russell
Best New Reissue