15 Songs You Should Listen to Now: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist

The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each other and discovering new favorites along the way. Each Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects playlist, we’re sharing what our writers are playing obsessively and highlighting some of the Pitchfork staff’s favorite new music. The playlist is a grab-bag of tracks: Its only guiding principle is that these are the songs you’d gladly send to a friend.

This week’s Pitchfork Selects playlist features Sk8star, Jill Scott, Venturing, and more. Listen below and follow our playlists on Apple Music and Spotify. (Pitchfork earns a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)

Pitchfork Selects: February 17, 2026

Sk8star: “Slatt Slatt”
Binscoring: “Black Sheep” [ft. Dragnutz]Jill Scott: “Be Great” [ft. Trombone Shorty]Bill Orcutt: “Unexpectedly Heavy”
Galcher Lustwerk: “Shorty Out”
Venturing: “In the Dark”
Dorian Electra: “Shutting Up”
Natalia Catalan: “Beat Up”
Kevin Morby: “Javelin”
The New Pornographers: “Pure Sticker Shock”
MexikoDro: “Loser”
Victoria Monét: “Let Me”
Memphis LK: “Some Kinda Heaven”
Chloe Battelle: “Click”
1Twisted Teens: “Circus Clown”