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20 Years of Pitchfork's Best New Album Picks

Launched in 2003, Best New Music is Pitchfork's way of highlighting the finest music of the current moment.
This list includes all the albums highlighted since then, up to the end of 2022. Some entries cover multiple albums released by an artist around the same time.
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Out Hud - S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D.
Out Hud - S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D.
1
The Microphones - Mount Eerie
The Microphones - Mount Eerie
2
The Angels of Light - Everything Is Good Here/Please Come Home
The Angels of Light - Everything Is Good Here/Please Come Home
3
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It in People (2002)
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It in People (2002)
4
The Soft Pink Truth - Do You Party?
The Soft Pink Truth - Do You Party?
5
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Hearts of Oak
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Hearts of Oak
6
Giddy Motors - Make It Pop
Giddy Motors - Make It Pop
7
Various Artists - Supersilent 6
Various Artists - Supersilent 6
8
Majesticons - Beauty Party
Majesticons - Beauty Party
9
Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow
Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow
10
Johann Johannsson - Englaborn
Johann Johannsson - Englaborn
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Songs: Ohia - Magnolia Electric Co.
Songs: Ohia - Magnolia Electric Co.
12
The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts
The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts
13
Deerhoof - Apple O'
Deerhoof - Apple O'
14
Manitoba - Up in Flames
Manitoba - Up in Flames
15
Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic
Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic
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Sunburned Hand of the Man - Headdress
Sunburned Hand of the Man - Headdress
17
Panthers - Let's Get Serious EP
Panthers - Let's Get Serious EP
18
Four Tet - Rounds
Four Tet - Rounds
19
Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher
Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher
20
M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts
M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts
21
Fog - Ether Teeth
Fog - Ether Teeth
22
Single Frame - Wetheads Come Running
Single Frame - Wetheads Come Running
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Grandaddy - Sumday
Grandaddy - Sumday
24
Clearlake - Cedars
Clearlake - Cedars
25
Why? - Oaklandazulasylum
Why? - Oaklandazulasylum
26
Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner
Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner
27
TV on the Radio - Young Liars EP
TV on the Radio - Young Liars EP
28
Sufjan Stevens - Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lakes State
Sufjan Stevens - Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lakes State
29
Polysics - Neu
Polysics - Neu
30
The Decemberists - Her Majesty the Decemberists
The Decemberists - Her Majesty the Decemberists
31
The Rapture - Echoes
The Rapture - Echoes
32
Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain
Viktor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain
33
My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves...
My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves...
34
The Deadly Snakes - Ode to Joy
The Deadly Snakes - Ode to Joy
35
Need New Body - UFO
Need New Body - UFO
36
The Wrens - The Meadowlands
The Wrens - The Meadowlands
37
Cyann & Ben - Spring
Cyann & Ben - Spring
38
The Books - The Lemon of Pink
The Books - The Lemon of Pink
39
Non-Prophets - Hope
Non-Prophets - Hope
40
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