pitchfork is dumb (#34985859340293849494 in a series.)

This only really enhances my theory that Young Thug has no actual quotable lines

we named the dog sufjan

this one's not terrible http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9775-the-year-in-memes-2015/

rollout of the remaining eoy shit has been pretty spotty, lots of dead links and things you'd expect to go live but aren't yet

The Beatles Adding Music to Streaming Services From Tomorrow

is that a sentence?

they are adding music to the streaming services of the future

From Tomorrow Never Knows

this is kinda weird
http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/936-the-rap-year-book-tupacs-california-love/

Bomb-ass hemp: "Bomb ass" is slang for "very good," and "hemp" is slang for "marijuana." I remember reading this thing about how when you want to add a new word to your vocabulary, you have to use it two times out loud, so I’d recommend that here for you so that you can get comfortable saying this. For example, if your friend’s mother passes away, you might try consoling him or her by commenting on the high quality of the event: "Susan, hi, I just want to say real quick that this is a bomb-ass funeral. Your mother, also bomb-ass, would’ve been pleased."

something wrong with the formatting too or are those endnotes?

http://i.imgur.com/o5qn21X.jpg

that paragraph DOES clearly appear in a list of things mentioned in the lyrics and it almost seems like you'd have to be willfully taking it out of context to make it look "weird." and it's an excerpt from an already published book so any critique of it doesn't really need to be laid at pitchfork's feet itt anyway.

true, maybe this is the wrong thread - saw the book recommended but was a bit disappointed after reading this excerpt, quoted part sounds like a faux naive rapgenius annotation to me, but probably I just don't share the author's humour

still, what's with the 1-13 list at the end?

i'm disproportionately annoyed that this post about covering D'Angelo doesn't mention that "She's Always in My Hair" is a Prince song, making it a cover of a cover.
http://pitchfork.com/news/62716-bj-the-chicago-kid-shares-dangelo-covers-ep/

Animal Collective
Painting With
Domino

WHAT WE KNOW: Painting With is AnCo’s first record since 2012’s Centipede Hz, and their first that wasn’t worked out in concert. It was recorded without Josh "Deakin" Gibbs, and is heavily influenced by early Beatles, early Ramones, and dinosaurs.

WHEN IT’S OUT: February 19

WHY WE’RE PSYCHED: What site are you on right now? The Economist? Nah, bro: Pitchfork. Of course we’re psyched about new AnCo.

did Deakin go back to Mali or something

If not, we should Kickstarter that and make it happen ASAP. Think about the children!

But apparently they're not psyched about Radiohead anymore.

the idea of AnCo being able to play early Ramones or Beatles songs is hilarious imo

I mean do they even know how a rhythm section works

dvsn

WHAT WE KNOW: We know the producer Nineteen85, who worked with Drake on "Too Much," "Hold On, We’re Coming Home," and "Hotline Bling," is behind boards. We know they are based in Toronto. We know that the as-yet-unnamed lead vocalist has one hell of a heartbreaking voice.

WHEN IT’S OUT: We dunno!

WHY WE’RE PSYCHED: Look, there are a lot of new R&B acts right now, and every year brings more promising ones, but songs as devastating as "The Line"? Those are hard to write, and even harder to perform. There’s a reason we don’t hear those that often.

in concert

millennnial males

“By changing their name, fka VC have removed the primary distraction preventing fans and potential audiences from enjoying their excellent post-punk jams. Now we can shut up and get on with the music.”

okay

finally i can shut up and get on with the music

Today on Pitchfork, we're shutting up and getting on with the music. No articles today.

Finally we can stop talking about these racist idiots and get on listening to their awful, derivative music

Free downloads threatened to take away yachts.

guys

don't read it

trust me

His music is sparkly and pretty and feels good, like a digitized glass of champagne
His music is sparkly and pretty and feels good, like a digitized glass of champagne
His music is sparkly and pretty and feels good, like a digitized glass of champagne
His music is sparkly and pretty and feels good, like a digitized glass of champagne
His music is sparkly and pretty and feels good, like a digitized glass of champagne
His music is sparkly and pretty and feels good, like a digitized glass of champagne
His music is sparkly and pretty and feels good, like a digitized glass of champagne
His music is sparkly and pretty and feels good, like a digitized glass of champagne
His music is sparkly and pretty and feels good, like a digitized glass of champagne
His music is sparkly and pretty and feels good, like a digitized glass of champagne
His music is sparkly and pretty and feels good, like a digitized glass of champagne
His music is sparkly and pretty and feels good, like a digitized glass of champagne
His music is sparkly and pretty and feels good, like a digitized glass of champagne
His music is sparkly and pretty and feels good, like a digitized glass of champagne
His music is sparkly and pretty and feels good, like a digitized glass of champagne
His music is sparkly and pretty and feels good, like a digitized glass of champagne
His music is sparkly and pretty and feels good, like a digitized glass of champagne
His music is sparkly and pretty and feels good, like a digitized glass of champagne
His music is sparkly and pretty and feels good, like a digitized glass of champagne
His music is sparkly and pretty and feels good, like a digitized glass of champagne
His music is sparkly and pretty and feels good, like a digitized glass of champagne

http://finedininglovers.cdn.crosscast-system.com/BlogPost/xl_3570_champagne-bottles-tp.jpg

Pitchfork 2016:

omg, Bowie was, like, such an innovator, right? I can't even

I wonder if Khloe Kardashian has a verse on Swish, that shit would be off the hook

is 'racist idiots' just that they named their band viet cong or is there more to this

admittedly i haven't read it, but

http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/999-carlos-dengler-on-how-david-bowie-gave-him-the-freedom-to-quit-interpol-and-find-himself/

what the world needed this week was a good ol' comparison of the guy from interpol to david bowie, written by the guy from interpol

uh hello obvious the notable carlos d thread was a motivator

http://exclaim.ca/music/article/8203not_yours_to_play_with_why_viet_congs_name_offends-hooded_fangs_april_aliermo_on_community_racism_appropriation_of_neighbours_culture

In a Guardian piece, they explained that their name came from a moment when their bass player was holding his instrument like a weapon. One of them remarked, "All you need is a rice paddy hat and it would be so Viet Cong." The band have claimed "There are zero political connotations… we just honestly thought it sounded good and that it gives some imagery that matches our music in terms of it being explosive and dark." In an interview with Impose Magazine, the band talk about how, in old movies, the Viet Cong were so "bad ass."

"All you need is a rice paddy hat and it would be so Viet Cong."
"There are zero political connotations… "

does not compute

When I was a 10-year-old boy, surviving the cultural wilderness of inland Queens

cultural wilderness of large NYC borough

everyone should read the carlos d thing, it is full of gems

they should change their name to the Nazis next. and after that they could change it to the Khmer Rouge.

I’d done it again, only this would be the last time: I’d toyed with a fragile nervous system, dousing it with chemicals and warm bodies well past the hour when most mortals had already made it to the office somehow.

misread that as "full of germs" xxp

admittedly i haven't read it, but

http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/999-carlos-dengler-on-how-david-bowie-gave-him-the-freedom-to-quit-interpol-and-find-himself/

what the world needed this week was a good ol' comparison of the guy from interpol to david bowie, written by the guy from interpol

― Karl Malone, Thursday, January 14, 2016 12:04 PM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo-ddYhXAZc

haha thanks forks. that's a shame i half like the record i wish they weren't dumb

hey, back to that 80s list:

114) Talk Talk - “Life's What You Make It”

whaaaaa "RAINBOW" TOP 10 PLZ

the '80s list was 2015? seems like years ago.

The decadence of the '00s was at an end. It was a time of conservation, of the profit principle, of high anxiety, of major label betrayals, of group therapy and raised voices, of cold, stony pursed lips on poker faces disguising a contagious terror that trickled down from managers and executives quivering in their boots. Free downloads threatened to take away yachts. The end of art was nigh, I could feel it.

I didn't even make it that far

To top it off, I was sick of being in a band where my nickname was "Shamu."