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Jenn Pelly

Contributing Writer

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.

Nobody Loves You More

Kim Deal

The Bed I Made

The Softies

If I don​’​t make it, I love u

Still House Plants
Best New Album

Little Rope

Sleater-Kinney

Riot!

Paramore

Hejira

Joni Mitchell

Big Time

Angel Olsen

Life on Earth

Hurray for the Riff Raff
Best New Album

Pompeii

Cate Le Bon
Best New Album

Kirtan: Turiya Sings

Alice Coltrane
Best New Reissue

Joan Armatrading

Joan Armatrading

Tears to Grow EP

Blair

epic Ten

Sharon Van Etten

Whole New Mess

Angel Olsen

Totally Crushed Out / Retreat From the Sun

that dog.
Best New Reissue

The Passion Of

Special Interest
Best New Album

Fetch the Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple
Best New Album

Every Bad

Porridge Radio
Best New Album

Post

Björk

Likewise

Frances Quinlan

Tapestry

Carole King

Iowa Dream

Arthur Russell
Best New Reissue

Norman Fucking Rockwell!

Lana Del Rey
Best New Album