pitchfork

Bowers returns, says a few things. Reminds me of something Chuck Eddy and I were talking about on the podcast the other way and it sounds like he's hit his own limit too.

and we've got a redesign y'all: http://pitchfork.com/

8) LCD Soundsystem ended.

No other act claimed the past, present, and future so authoritatively, archly, and elegantly

http://pitchfork.com/news/43826-welcome-to-pitchfork/

I don't get it at all, the last one was very good, why bother changing it to unreadable and chaotic version only for the sake of it "being new"? the new one's ugly and needs serious tweaking

looks fine, is unusable.

"The new edition features larger, clearer images, improved organization" - lol, one negates the other, bigger pictures make everything a mess

plus: there's a hidden dick in their new logo

plus: there's a hidden dick in their new logo

― V79, Sunday, August 28, 2011 6:18 PM (53 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

you write this as if it's a negative

depends on the dick

As opposed to most overhauls that cater to tablet users, I actually think this one maintains a bit of workability on a desktop. I likes.

looks like Platform now, and god knows that website looked horrible.

xp but I clearly said it's a plus! at least it's hilarious which is something of a redeeming quality

I don't get it at all, the last one was very good, why bother changing it to unreadable and chaotic version only for the sake of it "being new"?

i for one am shocked pitchfork would dedicate space to something that's not very good but really new

did the last redesign have the word "media" in it?

it's totally gone now!

LOOK AT THE ARROW IN THE "k" THEY ARE REALLY MOVING UP IT'S LIKE FEDEX BUT LESS OBVIOUS!

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/7.27.11.jpg

No "media" apparently.

yeah, gotta say that the old layout is probably better

less confusing at least

Most recent layout (before now) looks way more polished/professional than the new one re: font choices, logo, borders and such. While the new one is still usable, it's a step backwards identity-wise.

looks way more polished/professional

basically

I mean, this is just butt ugly

http://pitchfork-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/images/pitchfork-title.png

those dents in P and F look out of place and weird

pitch pound ork

http://imgur.com/x8Lclevin http://imgur.com/x8Lcleller

http://i.imgur.com/x8Lcl.pngevin http://i.imgur.com/x8Lcl.pngeller

fuck the http://i.imgur.com/x8Lcl.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/x8Lcl.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/x8Lcl.png

http://i.imgur.com/x8Lcl.pngonfounded's http://i.imgur.com/x8Lcl.pngultural http://i.imgur.com/x8Lcl.pngorner

Now that I think about it, there's way too much negative space in the masthead. It just makes the butt ugly look buttier.

Layout/functionality of new site: A
Aesthetics: D-

The old layout let me take in most of the site's new headlines and material in a single glance, while this update forces me to scroll down more to reach videos and features. It's oddly dense, too. I get why they did it, but it's ugly.

disappointed that 'family' doesn't take me to p4k kidz!

http://image1.findagrave.com/photos/2009/234/39782159_125104231223.jpg

I don't get it at all, the last one was very good, why bother changing it to unreadable and chaotic version only for the sake of it "being new"?

i for one am shocked pitchfork would dedicate space to something that's not very good but really new

― brrr-icane aye-rene (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, August 28, 2011 7:36 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

A+

havent looked at this redesign but i _hate_ it when things get redesigned

lol whiney

still can't browse old reviews. I'll keep checking back periodically til they stop getting that wrong.

The news section cracks me up sometimes, "Phoenix frontman marries longtime girlfriend, btw, here'sthe "1901" video".

btw during the 15 anniversary features Pitchfork brought back their most famous articles that weren't available on the site. so bad they forgot about Schreiber's 'trane review :( (and the 1996 Modest Mouse interview - in which the band took the piss out of poor young Ryan - isn't on the site either)

interesting move cutting criticism from trax reviews & down to like <100 words

nah trax reviews & forkcast were combined

Anything to make the site more readable on an iPhone I guess.

http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/pitchfork_forks_its_logo.php

Brand New readers hate it (as expected).

the logo honestly reminds me of someone reading one of those OMG HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THE ARROW IN THE FED EX LOGO email forwards/message board threads in like 2003 and then like having it stick with them forever as something clever they want to aspire to at the expense of good design

i really hope the site doesn't look like this for the next two years

the logo honestly reminds me of someone reading one of those OMG HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THE ARROW IN THE FED EX LOGO email forwards/message board threads in like 2003 and then like having it stick with them forever as something clever they want to aspire to at the expense of good design

^ this

the circles around the ratings are new too, aren't they?

i don't like those.

did they make some tweaks to the new design? if they didn't, i got used to it pretty fast, because i think it looks better now

marhttp://i.imgur.com/x8Lcl.pngers

it's a step backwards identity-wise.

― Johnny Fever, Sunday, August 28, 2011 11:47 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark

^ this. it looks like any of the dozens of third-and-fourth-tier review sites out there. nothing distinctive about it at all.

i literally laughed out loud when I read this:

The clatter of the bones against felt or tabletop is a visceral pleasure. And there's that breathless moment when everything settles and you're reading the results.

Pitchfork is writing purple prose about Yahtzee now

http://pitchfork.com/killscreen/18-its-your-move-our-new-board-game-columnist-has-three-dicey-propositions/