[3] The inaugural issue of The Pitchfork Review included original articles about Van Morrison, Otis Redding, Glenn Danzig, and the history of the jukebox, as well as a retrospective on the glory days of the U.K. weekly music press.

[10][11] The third issue, which went on sale July 18, 2014, featured articles about Jason Molina, Don Drummond and Margarita Mahfood, John Fahey, and Joe Tex, as well as short pieces on Kanye West, Weezer, and others.

[14] Two collectible covers were printed for issue six, which included interviews with Antony and Lucinda Williams, a biography of Lizzy Mercier Descloux, and articles on the abstraction of rap, DJ Rashad and Teklife, and the world of Branson, Missouri.

[15] The seventh issue featured a cover story on Grace Jones, interviews with Jeff Tweedy and Sufjan Stevens, an article by Charles Aaron on Goodie Mob, and a photo spread of San Francisco's 1970s art punk scene.

[18] The issue featured a cover story on Prince's Dirty Mind, a guide to musicians' final resting places in Memphis, and articles on Los Crudos, TV on the Radio, Alice Coltrane, and life as a proto-punk in 1976.