Hayden Pedigo Archives

The traditional, the iconoclastic and the shape-shifting alike

A year in records, from folk to jazz, rap to metal, rock to electronic, and beyond.

The best bangers and ballads, rippers and dirges of an exhausting year

Let the games begin, with our annual celebration of the riff

An unlikely but inspired collaboration that pairs lush lanscapes with brute force

‘In the Earth Again’ out Oct. 31

The 20 records we can’t wait to drop the needle on this fall

Hear “Radioactive Dreams”

Plus Lifeguard, Brian Eno, Little Simz, McKinley Dixon, Activity, Landlady, Hayden Pedigo, Austere, and Salem 66

Hear “Long Pond Lily”

Plus: Sweeping Promises, Joanna Sternberg, and Klara Lewis & Nik Colk Void

The Texas guitarist has conflicting personas, but he just wants his music to be taken seriously.