Marissa Lorusso

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The 20 Best Albums of 2025 So Far

2 months ago | pitchfork.com | Anna Gaca |Jeremy D. Larson |Marissa Lorusso |Philip Sherburne

Pitchfork’s editors are already sorting, compiling, and straining to remember all the music that’s been released this year. So we’re spotlighting some of 2025’s most outstanding records to date by rounding up albums that have earned high scores and Best New Music designations with a quick list of RIYLs (that’s Recommended If You Like) and links to our coverage. Unlike our year-end lists, this one is organized in reverse chronological order.
The Best Music of 2025 So Far

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Anna Gaca |Jeremy Larson |Marissa Lorusso |Philip Sherburne

All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by Pitchfork editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, Condé Nast may earn an affiliate commission. Pitchfork’s editors are already sorting, compiling, and straining to remember all the music that’s been released this year.
Perfume Genius: Glory

2 months ago | pitchfork.com | Marissa Lorusso

“Half of my whole life is gone,” Mike Hadreas sighed on the opening of Perfume Genius’ fifth album, the high-water mark Set My Heart on Fire Immediately. Though that may sound like an expression of regret, Hadreas sang it with a kind of guarded optimism—opening a door into a record that gleefully documented life’s contradictions through odes to connections to the self and others. On Glory, Perfume Genius’ latest, Haderas is once again mulling the grand arc of his existence.
Deep Sea Diver: Billboard Heart

Mar 4, 2025 | pitchfork.com | Marissa Lorusso

In 2021, songwriter Jessica Dobson and her band, Deep Sea Diver, gave an arresting performance inside the famous “red room” from Twin Peaks. Or, not exactly; Deep Sea Diver had recreated the room for a quarantine-era home concert series, their attempt to inject a dose of wonder and inspiration into the interminable sameness of lockdown.
Deep Sea Diver: Billboard Heart

Mar 3, 2025 | flipboard.com | Marissa Lorusso

Dolly Parton's husband, Carl Dean, dead at 82: 'Words can't do justice'Carl Thomas Dean, husband of country music icon Dolly Parton, has died. He was 82. Parton shared the news on Monday in a statement posted on her official social media channels. "Carl and I spent many wonderful years together," she wrote. "Words can't do justice to the love we shared for over 60 …
Roberta Flack, singer of 'Killing Me Softly,' has died at age 88

Feb 25, 2025 | wgbh.org | Marissa Lorusso

February 25, 2025 Singer Roberta Flack , who broke through as one of the most important and beloved singers of the 1970s and beyond with a sound that combined soul, jazz, rock and pop, died Monday at the age of 88. A representative for Flack did not share a cause of death, but the singer had been battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Musically gifted from a young age, Flack won a scholarship to Howard University at just 15 with plans to pursue a classical music career.
Roberta Flack, singer of 'Killing Me Softly,' has died at age 88

Feb 24, 2025 | opb.org | Marissa Lorusso |Elizabeth Blair

Roberta Flack performs at the San Sebastian Jazz Festival in Spain in 2005. Rafa Rivas / AFP via Getty ImagesSinger Roberta Flack, who broke through as one of the most important and beloved singers of the 1970s and beyond with a sound that combined soul, jazz, rock and pop, died Monday at the age of 88. A representative for Flack did not share a cause of death, but the singer had been battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.
Roberta Flack, singer of 'Killing Me Softly,' has died at age 88

Feb 24, 2025 | laist.com | Marissa Lorusso

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Roberta Flack, singer of 'Killing Me Softly,' has died at age 88

Feb 24, 2025 | laist.com | Marissa Lorusso

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Haley Heynderickx: Seed of a Seed

Nov 7, 2024 | pitchfork.com | Marissa Lorusso

Much has been made of our modern era of distraction. In her 2019 book How To Do Nothing, Jenny Odell warns about the deleterious effects of giving in to the forces constantly vying for our attention—social media feeds, gamified consumer culture, the exponentially bleak 24-hour news cycle. She cites the ethicist James Williams, who writes: “In the short term, distractions can keep us from doing the things we want to do.