The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present

Publisher Marketing: In The Pitchfork 500, the brains behind PitchforkMedia.com--the ultimate musical tastemakers--pick the songs they consider essential listening from the past 30 years, kicking it off in 1977 with the death of classic rock and the birth of independent music. Contributor Bio:  Schreiber, Ryan Ryan Schreiber, Pitchfork founder and president, lives in Brooklyn. Contributor Bio:  Plagenhoef, Scott Scott Plagenhoef, the editor-in-chief, lives in Chicago.