pitchfork is dumb (#34985859340293849494 in a series.)

rosklide review, page 3 i think

thx--i'm a little bit done with that sentiment being party line on the nat'l. at least on the new record i hear more blackened humor than anything.

yeah it almost seemed like a concession of sorts, like you HAVE to criticize them in that way if you're going to criticize them at all -- i find the end of that statement (about melodies) to be much more compelling, cuz i think that's mostly where they fail (not melodies specifically but just as a band playing music)

yeah--i think they're solid melodically but the intentional wallpapery quality of their music takes some time to get with

the bitterness/sadness/whininess of titus andronicus feels more earned & appropriate seeing as he's coming from the point of view of a mid 20 year old being sort of crushed by the pressure and anxiety of being that age (while still also touching on getting drunk and fucked up with friends cuz you can still do that) whereas the national dude is singing for like, sad ad execs and investment bankers...

i get the distinction, but don't see how the former is more earned & appropriate.

yeah idk -- i'm prob just biased because i'm that age and i identify with it more

You'd be surprised how young a lot of investment bankers are.

I get the distinction too but I don't think the National have moved on from that vantage point yet - I get the feeling that now they're in their early 30s and expected things to change but are still being crushed by the pressure & anxiety of things not getting any better despite that being the common wisdom. and they're still getting drunk and fucked up w/ friends. not sure how ad execs and ibankers play into this dynamic at all.

the national dude is singing for like, sad ad execs and investment bankers

lol the only ppl i know who like the national are sad lawyers

What do happy lawyers like?

their jobs?

i'm sad and i work in IT for a legal publisher, does that count?

What do happy lawyers like?

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, July 6, 2010 7:50 AM (42 minutes ago)

their jobs?

― c sharp major, Tuesday, July 6, 2010 7:53 AM (39 minutes ago)

A++ would lol again

for 10+ years i've been able to visit the PF front page without fear of some bullshit audio/video popping up. that ended today when i was immediately redirected to blaring streaming footage of their festival that woke up my kid. thanks, guys!

no prob B-)

A day in the life of deej.

lollin @ some dude's post

so I got all excited about a Tiga Remix of "Dance Yrself Clean" only to find no track below the description. Plus the Prefix link is to a Tiga remix of "I Can Change." what gives?

"Dance Yrself Clean", the opening track from LCD Soundsystem's dazzling BNM'd third effort This Is Happening, starts quiet and erupts into a four-alarm floor-filler. For this remix, Montreal-based producer Tiga skips the quiet stuff and gets down to business-- and business is a bangin' jam.

http://pitchfork.com/forkcast/14650-dance-yrself-clean-tiga-remix/

Did Larry Fitzmaurice hear this bangin' jam before writing about it?

sweet MIA Flash ad floating in the bottom lefthand corner of the screen on the Prefix site

The MIA flash ad prevented me from listening to this song four times.

But it is a "Dance Yrself Clean" remix.

mike simonetti linked pfork from his twitter today and i clicked on it only to see a big fat typo (transposition) in the one paragraph blurb. journalism 3.0 r0x

Yeah, it is "Dance Yrself Clean". Looks like it's been fixed all round now, apart from the Soundcloud page, which has it as "I Can't Change". On the scale of Pitchfork dumbness, this is pretty low. About a 2.3 I'd say.

If you ask me, 2.3 also sounds about right for an accurate rating of the new LCD Soundsystem album.

sadly, no one did actually ask you ;_;

lcd sound PISSED-ON am i right?

Yeah, it is "Dance Yrself Clean". Looks like it's been fixed all round now, apart from the Soundcloud page, which has it as "I Can't Change". On the scale of Pitchfork dumbness, this is pretty low. About a 2.3 I'd say.

Ha, I was uninterested to hear a remix of "I Can Change" that I didn't actually listen to the mislabeled track. Weird they didn't post the track itself though, just a "via prefix" link

I was SO uninterested, rather

sadly, no one did actually ask you ;_;

Was totally anticipating this -- thanks for grabbing the low-hanging fruit!

no need to bring your balls into this

Do your balls hang low
Do it wobble to the flo'
Do it shine in the light
Is it platinum, Is it gold
Could you throw it over ya shoulda
If ya hot, it make ya cold
Do your balls hang low

Apropos of nothing, is "Larry Fitzmaurice" the dude's real name? Sounds like an early '80s electro DJ.

it's almost as delicious as "Harry Reasoner"

its a p awesome name i think

So I liked today's Arab Strap reissue review (x2):

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14566-the-week-never-starts-round-here-deluxe-edition-philophobia-deluxe-edition

But, as usual, the originals have been taken off the site.

http://web.archive.org/web/20001119020600/www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/a/arab-strap/week-never-starts-round-here.shtml

-and-

http://web.archive.org/web/20010117063400/www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/a/arab-strap/philophobia.shtml

Looks like the first album got a ratings boost, while the second suffered a bit.

so glad you have done your due dillingence and uncovered these important relics of internet past

http://upbeatoutlook.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/think-positive.jpg

[q=pfork]"The First Big Weekend", which epitomizes everything great about Arab Strap[/q]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Krvl7AEAs

how can anyone call this great

http://www.pitchforkreviewsreviews.com/post/978451460/when-american-apparel-goes-out-of-business-where-will

dont read the whole thing -- i didnt -- just scroll past it

http://web.archive.org/web/20010117063400/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/index/contest.gif

The Weezer fascination/obsession continues...

5-10-15-20: Titus Andronicus' Patrick Stickles

"Weezer were the rock on which me and all of my buddies built our church."

zzzzzzzzzz

Your single-minded focus on Weezer lately is bordering on the absurd.

a combination of absurd and zzzzzz

Your single-minded focus on Weezer lately is bordering on the absurd.

I assume that by "single-minded focus on Weezer," you mean that I posted in one other Weezer thread earlier this week?

Okay then!

The Weezer fascination/obsession continues

this has pretty much been the last 20 years of indie rock... BETTER POST ABOUT IT

I assume that by "single-minded focus on Weezer," you mean that I posted in one other Weezer thread earlier this week?

Okay then!

Dude, you were all over the Weezer threads last week.

Which would be fine, except for the part where you constantly have to remind us that you hate them.

http://web.archive.org/web/20010117063400/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/index/contest.gif

yeah what a notable event, a 20-something indie rock musician professing a love for weezer