pitchfork is dumb (#34985859340293849494 in a series.)

if that link had just gone directly to the "monkey drinking his own piss" gif, all would have been forgiven

official "indie music" is no longer indie decree

actually, it seems hard to imagine much would change beyond the things that always change w acquisitions (new upper mgmt, some staff cutting, likely subtle changes in branding over a long period of time). As a writer, I'd be worried that they'd want pitches that would guarantee clicks, as opposed to, say, the new DJ Spinn EP, but I guess we'll see...

Does that mean they might actually review a Taylor Swift album instead of vaguely referencing it's existence in other reviews?

building brands marked by editorial integrity

they say brand a lot

must be from the time they read no logo during a slow period in the late 90s

lol i did not know they don't review t swift albums, kind of embarrassing when 1989 made their best albums of 2014 list

I assume Pitchfork is going to re-brand as sort of an indie-oriented Maxim

to compete with the newly rebranded Playboy's married boomer Maxim

as long as i can still write about kenny rogers records in their magazine, i'm good...

Vice, key to the future

this means Pitchfork's gonna get a comments function imo

for a preview of the pitchfork comments section i recommend their facebook page

I can't even. . .

lol i did not know they don't review t swift albums

I'm sure they've had reviews ready to run, but no editor wanted to push the publish button and go down in history as the guy who infected the millennial male population with cooties

Maybe Pitchfork will become like the new rebranded nme

plz summarize the 'males' thing as i am not loading all the posts

"passionate millenial males" cited in Conde Naste press release

ah

conde nastaaaaay

Ryan Schreiber ‏@ryanpitchfork 9m9 minutes ago
Women are a huge part of Pitchfork’s staff and readership. We’re totally about reaching all music fans everywhere.

well that settles it

How much are they about reaching all music fans everywhere, again?

it's been alluded to by some of you already, but this suggests that Conde is alarmed by Vice.

interview...

http://variety.com/2015/biz/news/pitchfork-founder-ryan-schreiber-qa-conde-nast-1201616909/

I liked early pitchfork and Ryan's reviews because back then they didn't disguise their awfulness. Now it's so disguised that idiots actually think pitchfork is good

i wonder if there'll be any company christmas parties where pitchfork contributors get to socialize with conde nast c-suite executives

everything is awful imo

wish The Dissolve was part of the deal tbh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQp8XiFKiBw

xpost OTM. Wish CN had bought and/or incorporated the Dissolve instead.

Another interview

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-pitchfork-ryan-schreiber-20151013-story.html

Take that back, looks like it's the same thing.

late addition to the 80's list that ILX reminded me of: Cherelle's "I Didn't Mean To Turn You On"

millennial males HATE this one awesome song

I mean the quote came off poorly but the magazine & website business has been selling specific demographics to advertisers since forever. The only sin committed here was honesty.

The rating system seems fundamentally broken in how high it's skewing. I mean, I love John Carpenter, but surely there's no way this is worth more than about a 5.0.

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21126-lost-themes-remixed/

"the master"

i feel like that's not really thread-worthy. it's the allmusic sliding-scale thing. "if you are interested enough in the idea of this record to read a review of this record, it's probably around a seven for you."

yeah, I feel like with p4k anything in the 6-7 range means "this is okay if you're already into stuff like this." Very few casual listeners are going to check out an album based on its 6.6 rating.

Another interview

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-pitchfork-ryan-schreiber-20151013-story.html

Was that photo taken in 1973?

EL VY (The National, Menomena)

It's easy to say EL VY's first record, Return to the Moon, isn't a National album; it's more difficult to put a finger on what exactly it is.

aw I like "GQuaalude musings."

It's easy to say EL VY's first record, Return to the Moon, isn't a National album; it's more difficult to put a finger on what exactly it is.

I haven't heard the album itself, but if it's anything like the TV performance I saw this weekend, my vote would go to "a tedious waste of everyone involved's time."

http://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/09/91/b0/0991b0c860a66ad8ba707f3e6c74509b.jpg

I have not heard a single note of EL VY (The National, Menomena) but the Pitchfork of the EL VY (The National, Menomena) album this morning didn't really make me want to listen to EL VY (The National, Menomena) all that much

are ppl in this band also in some other bands or something?

I found it weird that they kept making it sound like Matt Berninger = The National. Same with Menomena to a slightly lesser extent.

I mean, despite whether it's acceptable formatting or not it still can be misleading.

Menomena is such a shitty band name that remains shitty after 10 years

Menomena had an interesting video once.