A quarter
October 08, 2021
From brostep to vaporwave - hyper-niche genres that defined the last 25 years
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Azealia Banks, Seapunk lady
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To commemorate Pitchfork’s 25th anniversary, the music site has gathered 25 microgenres, great and small, that help illuminate music’s evolution over the past two and a half decades - since the start of Pitchfork. There's freak-folk, chillwave, lo-fi study beats, crabcore, shitgaze, night bus, and plenty other marvelous small ideas. Check 'em all out.