Pitchfork's weekly "Selects" playlist rounds up tracks its staff have been listening to obsessively, updated every Monday as a way of surfacing new favourites and recommendations from across the site's writers and editors. The 31 August 2026 edition spans a wide mix of genres and artists, reflecting the publication's stated aim of highlighting songs "you'd gladly send to a friend" rather than adhering to any single sound or scene.

This week's selections include Ice Spice and Lil Yachty's "Out of My Face (My Baby)," Turnstile and Slayyyter's "Birds (Slayyyter Version)," and tracks from Xaviersobased, IHateYara, Demahjiae, Friends, Petal Supply, Westside Cowboy, Imperial Teen, Andy Loebs, Lex Walton and Mariae Cassandra. Each pick is credited to the Pitchfork staff member who recommended it, and the full playlist is available to stream on Apple Music and Spotify.