I was glad to stream the album, and happy to easily see/read the liner notes for the record - something that is missing from the rest of my iTunes library. I don't really knock them for giving it a heavy PR spin, even if the BS is high. What are they supposed to do, not announce that they are streaming full albums?
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 00:04 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, seems fine to me.
― Z S, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 02:30 (eleven years ago) link
it's IMMERSIVE
― j., Tuesday, 8 January 2013 02:32 (eleven years ago) link
its also a shot against NPR which kinda locked down the ON FIRST LISTEN hits awhile back
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 04:00 (eleven years ago) link
the thing about NPR album streams is that they kinda sucked from a user perspective
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 8 January 2013 05:50 (eleven years ago) link
i mean it was cool that they existed but that was about all
blurbs for today's reviews:
Tall ShipsEverything TouchingBy Laura SnapesKnown for their ferocious live show, the Brighton-based post-rock band's long-time-coming debut is equal parts meditative and cathartic.Various ArtistsL.I.E.S. Presents: American NoiseBy Andrew Gaerig Offering an unparalleled collection of fresh talent, the rise of Ron Morelli's Long Island Electrical System is one of the most significant and encouraging developments in American underground electronic music in years. This sprawling 2xCD label compilation is a bewitching collection of underground dance, experimental, and analog ephemera.Mats Gustafsson / Colin StetsonStonesBy Brian Howe Recorded live at the 2011 Vancouver Jazz Festival, Stones doesn't allow Stetson and Gustafsson to complement their respective, opposing traits, but pits them against each other for a furious, abrasive record that bombards the listener into submission.Wooden WandBlood Oaths of the New BluesBy Grayson Currin During the last decade, James Jackson Toth has used the Wooden Wand handle and variations on it to release a mountain of barely compatible material. His proper debut for British vanguard Fire Records captures the best essences of this career in 41 seamless minutes.T.I.Trouble Man: Heavy Is the HeadBy Ian Cohen T.I.'s scattershot 70-minute eighth album features guest spots from A$AP Rocky, R. Kelly, André 3000, Pink, Lil Wayne, Cee Lo Green, Meek Mill, and others.
Known for their ferocious live show, the Brighton-based post-rock band's long-time-coming debut is equal parts meditative and cathartic.
Various ArtistsL.I.E.S. Presents: American NoiseBy Andrew Gaerig
Offering an unparalleled collection of fresh talent, the rise of Ron Morelli's Long Island Electrical System is one of the most significant and encouraging developments in American underground electronic music in years. This sprawling 2xCD label compilation is a bewitching collection of underground dance, experimental, and analog ephemera.
Mats Gustafsson / Colin StetsonStonesBy Brian Howe
Recorded live at the 2011 Vancouver Jazz Festival, Stones doesn't allow Stetson and Gustafsson to complement their respective, opposing traits, but pits them against each other for a furious, abrasive record that bombards the listener into submission.
Wooden WandBlood Oaths of the New BluesBy Grayson Currin
During the last decade, James Jackson Toth has used the Wooden Wand handle and variations on it to release a mountain of barely compatible material. His proper debut for British vanguard Fire Records captures the best essences of this career in 41 seamless minutes.
T.I.Trouble Man: Heavy Is the HeadBy Ian Cohen
T.I.'s scattershot 70-minute eighth album features guest spots from A$AP Rocky, R. Kelly, André 3000, Pink, Lil Wayne, Cee Lo Green, Meek Mill, and others.
spot the odd man out
― Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 22:05 (eleven years ago) link
only one of those artists posted to ilm??
― once & future (Lamp), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 22:07 (eleven years ago) link
lol
I was talking about how every blurb manages to give you an idea of what the album is like except for the T.I. blurb, which is just a list of names
― Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 22:09 (eleven years ago) link
haha i thought you were referring to pink
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 22:09 (eleven years ago) link
they seriously need to start having the writers pen frontpage blurbs for their own reviews, or have the editor(s) put more thought into the summaries, because the 'randomly cherrypick and recontextualize words from the review' style has gotten so sloppy
― ThePartyHater (some dude), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 22:11 (eleven years ago) link
or you could read the reviews
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 22:23 (eleven years ago) link
You could, but that wouldn't change how half-assed that blurb is or the negative impression it gives the site by being in a prominent spot on the front page.
― Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 22:37 (eleven years ago) link
― once & future (Lamp), Tuesday, January 8, 2013
real life lol
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 22:39 (eleven years ago) link
You missed the part where they also called it "scattershot".
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 22:42 (eleven years ago) link
and an "album"
― Vote in the ILM End of Year Poll! (seandalai), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 22:58 (eleven years ago) link
ok who the fuck is andy o'connor
next time they need to make a piece of architecture we can all dance around, because considering the elevating demand for shriveling supplies of attention, "ok" is almost worse than "unlistenable."
― an eagle named "small government" (call all destroyer), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
@andy_oconnor
Dude staying with us requested we put on Yes. My roommate opted for Goblin instead. Very smart move.12:27am - 7 Jan 13
What a peach, this guy
― President Keyes, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 15:58 (eleven years ago) link
No Yes for you!
― Moodles, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 16:22 (eleven years ago) link
Dave Grohl Enlists Members of Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Stevie Nicks, John Fogerty, More for Sound City Band
this headline really could have been written better. "I wonder which member of Stevie Nicks is participating in this?"
― some dude, Thursday, 10 January 2013 13:00 (eleven years ago) link
Members of Nirvana is actually the name of Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear's new band
― da croupier, Thursday, 10 January 2013 13:17 (eleven years ago) link
it's not a band, it's a puppet show starring their dicks iirc
― captain keefaroo (some dude), Thursday, 10 January 2013 13:23 (eleven years ago) link
da croupier enlists members of some dude for shitty jokes
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 10 January 2013 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
we'll be here all week, we've been doing this for 10 years already anyway
― captain keefaroo (some dude), Thursday, 10 January 2013 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
don't hate on me just because you didn't come up with i-i-it
― da croupier, Thursday, 10 January 2013 15:22 (eleven years ago) link
cut em some slack
― gullible lochinski (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 10 January 2013 16:05 (eleven years ago) link
Huh huh, "members" of John Fogerty ...
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 10 January 2013 16:09 (eleven years ago) link
Fogerty named his dong ”Stu Cook”
― fart the police (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 10 January 2013 17:06 (eleven years ago) link
Brent DiCrescenzo with a Humblebrag
https://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/15974586/%E2%80%9Ci-gave-sonic-youth-a-0-0-rating-on-pitchfork-%E2%80%9D
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 12 January 2013 09:01 (eleven years ago) link
that's really embarrassing
― lol cassidy fan club (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 12 January 2013 14:08 (eleven years ago) link
OK, now I'm seeing the context of the piece and its less embarrassing
https://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/15975711/toc-staffers%E2%80%99-regrets
― lol cassidy fan club (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 12 January 2013 14:10 (eleven years ago) link
now i'm thinking about the context of the piece and its pretty funny
― lol cassidy fan club (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 12 January 2013 14:16 (eleven years ago) link
our knowingly silly, arbitrary decimal scale
― friday goodness thank it's (flamboyant goon tie included), Saturday, 12 January 2013 14:21 (eleven years ago) link
should be the title of an official PF book
― trey songza (some dude), Saturday, 12 January 2013 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
i always wonder whose gonna be the legs-mcneil-in-a-keffiyeh whose gonna take the bullet and write the oral history
― lol cassidy fan club (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 12 January 2013 14:41 (eleven years ago) link
“I predicted the success of a failed art installation.”
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 12 January 2013 14:43 (eleven years ago) link
DAMN XP
― running like a young deer (symsymsym), Saturday, 12 January 2013 14:46 (eleven years ago) link
i kind of like that story
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Saturday, 12 January 2013 19:02 (eleven years ago) link
that felt less like 'critic makes judgment, changes their mind' than 'journalist interviews artist and excitedly promotes their upcoming work, which ends up not fulfilling potential,' which is a bit different than the theme they were going for
― trey songza (some dude), Saturday, 12 January 2013 19:40 (eleven years ago) link
http://cdn.pitchfork.com/features/8989/d00ada75.gif
This isn't dumb, i think it's really awesome.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 17 January 2013 22:43 (eleven years ago) link
for real, wish they'd let me make some gifs
although i would probably give people seizures on accident
― Z S, Thursday, 17 January 2013 22:45 (eleven years ago) link
Fork Fest 2013 headliners are insaaaaane!
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 1 February 2013 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
R. Kelly, Bjork, and Belle & Sebastian.
R. Kelly!
why is belle and sebastian headlining in 2013 is my immediate reaction
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 1 February 2013 16:51 (eleven years ago) link
Because it is 2013 and the fest couldn't get them in years past, closer to their popular peak?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 1 February 2013 16:52 (eleven years ago) link
I know where I'll be this summer, what a great set of headliners after a crap list in 2012.
― skip, Friday, 1 February 2013 17:00 (eleven years ago) link
i could see belle & sebastian being a big deal for kids that were too young to see them at the height of their career
― downton arby (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 1 February 2013 17:19 (eleven years ago) link
that is profoundly depressing
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Friday, 1 February 2013 17:20 (eleven years ago) link
Can't wait for the big collab from the headliners, "Like Dylan Trapped In The Closet (It's Oh So Quiet)."
― Gollum: "Hot, Ready and Smeagol!" (Phil D.), Friday, 1 February 2013 17:22 (eleven years ago) link
Bjork singing "Trapped in the Closet" may be the only context in which I would be entertained by "Trapped in the Closet"
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Friday, 1 February 2013 17:26 (eleven years ago) link