I-Pitchfork Media, eyaziwa ngcono kumnatha njengePitchfork -a dry-, lupapasho olukwi-intanethi oluvela eChicago. ehlalutya yonke into ejikeleze ihlabathi lomculo imihla ngemihla, igxile kakhulu kumagcisa azimeleyo, kodwa ngaphandle kokutyeshela iindaba zeentlobo ezifana ne-elektroniki, umdaniso, ijezi, umfuniselo, ipop, ihip hop, njl.
I-Pitchfork, esebenza ukususela ngo-1995, igxininise kuyo yonke into echaphazela iindaba zomculo kunye nokuphononongwa kokubini ukukhutshwa kunye nee-albhamu zokuhlanganisa. Iitshathi zePitchfork zaziwa kakhulu, kubandakanywa nezo zezona albhamu zibalaseleyo ze-1970-1980-1990s, iingoma ezingcono kakhulu ze-1960s okanye i-albhamu yabo eyaziwayo kakhulu yeetshathi zonyaka. Kule yokugqibela, Pitchfork sele ipapashiwe ebengawona cwecwe abalaseleyo ngo-2015.
Kulo nyaka i-Pitchfork ifumene amanqaku angaphezulu kwe-9 yemisebenzi emine: Kendrick Lamar ('To Pimp a Butterfly'), Jamie xx ('In Colors'), Sufjan Stevens ('Carrie & Lowell') kunye noTame Impala ('Currents') ii-albhamu. Umculi othathe inombolo ye-1 kwi-Pitchfork ibe nguKendrick Lamar, osele ephumelele kwi-2012 kunye ne-albhamu yakhe yokuqala 'Icandelo.80'.
Ngaphakathi Kulo nyaka phezulu 50 for Pitchfork amagcisa afana no-Shamir kunye no-'Ratchet' owahlala kwinombolo ye-48, uJanet Jackson kunye no-'Unbreakable' ohlala kwinombolo 36, uCarly Rae Jepsen kunye no-'E • MO • TION' obehlala kwi-34, Ukudada kuye kwaba ngamanqaku kunye no-'Elaenia' abahlala kwindawo yama-20 kunye no-Björk kunye ne-'Vulnicura', umda kwi-Top 10, ehlala kwindawo ye-15 kuluhlu. Ngale ndlela, i-Pitchfor ivala uluhlu lwayo lwee-albhamu ezilungileyo ze-2015:
1. Kendrick Lamar: 'UkuPimp ibhabhathane'
2. UJamie XX: 'Ngemibala'
3. Grimes: 'Iingelosi zobuGcisa'
4. Vince Staples: 'Ixesha lasehlotyeni' 06 '
5. Tame Impala: 'Currents'
6. Sufjan Stevens: 'Carrie & Lowell'
7. D'Angelo: 'UMesiya Omnyama'
8. UMiguel: 'Wildeart'
9. UCourtney Barnett: 'Ngamanye amaxesha Ndihlala ndicinge, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ndihlala nje'
10. Kamasi Washington: 'I-Epic'