pitchfork is dumb (#34985859340293849494 in a series.)

it really is a *terrific* album, though

"Or look to the album’s cover. The scene—a river winding through a dystopian landscape..."

lol what a hellscape

Someone should get her out of there before the tide rises!

not to worry

she'll touch upon the california drought in her next record

Ha, guess what they are playing in Rough Trade right now

https://www.google.com/#safe=off&q=pitchfork.com+wizened

Did I miss the part where the accepted meaning of "wizened" changed due to constant misuse? Or are all these artists wrinklier than I imagined?

http://pitchfork.com/features/from-our-partners/9943-rip-it-to-shreds-a-history-of-punk-and-style/

gross

Produced by Pitchfork for Levi's®

where is chris ott has he talked about this yet

Rip It to Shreds: A History of Punk and Style
Punk is more than just a sound, it’s a whole way of being, and rock’s new rebels preferred lived-in T-shirts and Levi’s.

stuff like that is v important it foregrounds the bullshitness of taste

A Brief History of Goth Is Coming: Watch
All-black outfits. Being overly emotional on social media. Kanye. “Stranger Things.” What is goth? An in-depth exploration is coming soon. Watch the teaser.

http://i.imgur.com/Bz0bU9l.jpg

is Stranger Things really goth? can't wait to find out.

I assume it was the inclusion of the Clash and Moby that made it goth

goth is a bunch of stuff that isn't goth

I refuse to take their goth survey seriously if it does not cover
https://www.google.com/search?q=tech+goth&espv=2&biw=1536&bih=790&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwikg4rk7_vPAhUH5GMKHUj9A1YQ_AUIBigB#imgrc=wEVVjkt93FED5M%3A

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/3a/5e/7c/3a5e7c8a456bda0024f045258e29b995.jpg

I'm bad at the internet

https://vaughnroycroft.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/jordanes-origins-deeds-of-the-goths.jpg

l-r: peter murphy, budgie

Ever since the redesign (could be coincidence) they've been posting these weird stories occasionally that only exist because they involve, in whatever abstract way, someone with a connection to the music business but don't have much else to do with the actual music or the business.

― Evan, Tuesday, September 27, 2016 9:30 AM (one month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Just any thin connection to music at all is enough to get those juicy celebrities/sports news/elections clicks? Silly

http://pitchfork.com/news/69610-bill-murray-and-the-chicago-cubs-sing-go-cubs-go-on-snl-watch/

http://pitchfork.com/news/69608-watch-alec-baldwin-and-kate-mckinnon-escape-snl-to-arcade-fires-wake-up/

ppl love tv and sports

more than music

can't believe pitchfork is using the ridiculous tactic of covering things people want to read about

better late than never.

Why start now

the ghost of frank crowninshield compels them!

http://rockcriticsarchives.com/features/circus/rockcritics_circus79a.jpg

http://static.spin.com/files/field/image/100428-pollard-rose-414x275.jpg

watch-bill-murray-arcade-fire-fred-armisszzzczxzxzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Just silly to me is all. It's like they're looking for loopholes around their own rule about what they can write about. Just change the rule!

I forgot that Pitchfork started with a set of rules that we all know and love

panda bear rules

I forgot that Pitchfork started with a set of rules that we all know and love

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, November 6, 2016 7:56 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I don't care about the rule. I'm saying they are the ones caring about the apparent rule.

The Apparent Rule of Pitchfork: One Man's Journey through the Aughties

what is the rule?

disregard mainstream commercial culture, maaaan

The "rule" is that it must have relevance to music. That makes sense! But if you're saying "Great, we write a headline with Bill Murray and the Cubs in it because they are singing" then it appears you're looking for ways to meet that requirement via loophole. My entire point was that all of that is silly to me and if they've gotten to that point then why not just allow themselves to write about whatever they want?

Just woke up here, sorry if that reads incoherently.

Gotta say it was weird that the first post that Schrieber did in his Minneapolis basement in 1996 was just this one solemn vow to never cover anything that wasn't specifically about music. They framed the statement, which stands in the New York office to this day and make certain staffers kiss it every morning

isn't one of the lessons from the chives success the fact that bill murray is millennial male catnip

i have a theory that the death of bill murray will be the greatest shared tragedy of our modern times

I'm not confused or concerned just amused. I'm not sure if this is coming across.

Amused that they are breaking a rule that only exists in the head of ILX poster Evan?

there's no rule but it's legit to notice that there used to be a time when they covered music exclusively, which is the reason they became well-known in the first place, and that gradually they are moving toward a model where they frequently repost the same kind of mini-nonstories that 1000 other outlets cover every day, only slightly spinning them so they could conceivably have something to do with a series of pitches, rhythms, and dynamics. it's no big deal, it's not surprising, conde nast owns them and that's always how this was going to work out. but it's not a rule that only exists in the head of ilx poster evan, it's a memory of what a publication used to be like back in its better days, compared to how it is now, that's all. everyone gets that in order to continually grow and make a profit and put on more festivals and all that, they need to post more clickbaity articles. that's how it is most places on the internet these days. but it's fine to step back every once in a while and lament the decline of it all.

Well, yes, obviously, I was just making fun of Even calling it a "rule" which is hilarious and insane

mock mock mocking yon evan's law

*sways*

my brother's subscription to Circus started right when they started having hollywood icons like bucky dent on the cover. he was so pissed.

tbf Bill Murray was in that My Bloody Valentine movie