The workers of Pitchfork listens to a number of new music. A whole lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors undergo an imposing variety of new releases, giving suggestions to one another and discovering new favorites alongside the best way. Every Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects playlist, we’re sharing what our writers are enjoying obsessively and highlighting among the Pitchfork workers’s favourite new music. The playlist is a grab-bag of tracks: Its solely tenet is that these are the songs you’d gladly ship to a good friend.
This week’s Pitchfork Selects playlist options Ravyn Lenae, @, Ela Minus and Nick León, and extra. Hear under and comply with our playlists on Apple Music and Spotify. (Pitchfork earns a fee from purchases made via affiliate hyperlinks on our web site.)
Pitchfork Selects: August 9, 2026
Ravyn Lenae: “Potential” – Hattie Lindert
@: “Punish My Thoughts” – Nina Corcoran
Meshell Ndegeocello and Cat Energy: “Don’t You Need Me” – Jazz Monroe
Susanne Sundfør: “I It Am” – Walden Inexperienced
Merciless Santino: “Oz (ft. Jeriq)” – Alex Suskind
Helena Gao: “Lao Wai 老外 (ft. Shushu)“ – Anna Gaca
Prairie Princess: “Maintain on to Me” – Lily Goldberg
Pixel Grip: “Cause To Say (Matrixxman Remix) – HL
Ela Minus and Nick León: “Qué le pasó a mis amigos?” – WG
