pitchfork is dumb (#34985859340293849494 in a series.)

the canonization of that song is a total triumph of aesthetic positioning over anything resembling songwriting.

― some dude, Monday, August 18, 2014 2:34 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark

preach

vibes y'all

Linkin Park's "Burn It Down" kinda functions well as a "Midnight City" knockoff with actual hooks

it sounds like someone put the stereo on the 'karaoke setting'
the canonization of that song is a total triumph of aesthetic positioning over anything resembling songwriting.

these are both true of all new songs that get played on the radio

I genuinely thought the collective delusion that MBDTF is good would have disappeared by now

― Number None, Monday, August 18, 2014 10:55 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

Perhaps but Pitchfork was Patient Zero, er, Patient 10.0 in the outbreak

All my feelings about this list are encapsulated by

33. Miguel - Adorn
32. Jai Paul - Jasmine (Demo)

man i was very glib about "midnight city" when it dropped, felt like yet more m83 but now man it's sooo good you can aesthetically position yourself and spin

if you wish there was a part where they went "oooh, ooh MIDNIGHT CITY" that's on you

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

oddly enough this video is what got me into the song, fuck are you saying there's no hooks in this thing that's a hook right there

CITY IS A CHUUURCH that's a hook

da croupier otm, the intro that storms in is a monster hook.

is cute to learn that grumpy old dudes asking whatever happened to songwriting will now be telling kids about the wild, shirtless lyrics of chester bennington and the competent turntable work of dr. hahn.

woops, mr. hahn. shoulda consulted my local library

my test for whether a song has a "hook" is if I can sing it without queing up YouTube, so sorry midnight city

"One Step Closer," on the other hand....

idk i'm like five years old and "midnight city" seems mostly empty to me, full of signifiers that fail to thread into a song

i'm also generally pro mr. hahn

I don't even want to stir up a debate again about Pitchfork's weird relationship with metal but, Deafheaven being the only "metal" entry on the list is all kinds of lol.

it sounds like shoeguzz!

man watch that vid if you can't go BAH boo boo BAH! BAH boo boo BAH! by memory after that...

although i guess "dream house" is the closest i got to a screamo jam on the list

Not sure if I've ever purposely listened to midnight city but I for sure can him that opening squawk

midnight city is definitely "empty" and if you sweat importance yeah you'll wonder whatever happened to good music and big questions like what's spring clean for the may queen but man it is classic epic nonsense

i don't like it that much, but my almost 5 year old kid loves midnight city every time it comes on the radio

I don't even want to stir up a debate again about Pitchfork's weird relationship with metal but, Deafheaven being the only "metal" entry on the list is all kinds of lol.

― Bus Sex Teen Busted After Queef Beef (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, August 18, 2014 3:22 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

name one metal song that's reached any type of critical mass in the last 5 years tho

what was spring clean for the may queen

xp for all the metal they review, it is kind of weird. easily 1/5 of every record reviewed is a metal record

name one metal song that's reached any type of critical mass in the last 5 years tho

wish it had been "rocket skates" instead

i was definitely very "hey if you like midnight city you should check out this dude named limahl" but once i gathered what was FUN about midnight city, whimpering about substance felt very, very besides the point

I feel like everyone bitching about "Midnight City" needs to rewatch "The Breakfast Club" to reset their context.

the new slipknot song is certainly better than anything Deafheaven's ever done

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGkQrzSG1u4

probably there is a lot to complain about in midnight city but 'no hooks' is a bit ridiculous in my opinion

ahahaha omg that slipknot song rules

"Midnight City" has a massive hook and a massively dull singer who gets smothered by it. A lot of these songs have the same trouble (Ariel Pink). I get that when Boz Scaggs went New Wave he had to shout really loud but

you guys are arguing about m83 when I posted new slipknot in here

name one metal song that's reached any type of critical mass in the last 5 years tho

yeah, that's a fair point. i just think they've really got a great stable of metal writers right now and it's a shame for them to be mostly shut out of big features like this. i'd have loved some more Kim Kelly or Grayson blurbs.

you guys are arguing about m83 when I posted new slipknot in here

sorry eddie trunk

Slipknot are the greatest <3 <3

I'm listening to Midnight City in full for the first time right now

This song is epic

^me too xp

I get so pumped when that BA bow bow BA comes in

it is pretty good but i agree with alfred that the singer is very weak, the rest of the song overwhelms the vocals

Oh my god they just ran the BA bow bow BA through a filter

It sounds like I'm underwater

Incredible

what type of person would rather listen to this chill-ass bloop blorp music than the 'knot

https://soundcloud.com/jaipaul/jai-paul-jasmine

This guitar solo is sick

my GTFO moment was seeing "Blood on the Leaves"

― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Monday, August 18, 2014 10:19 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^^^

This Slipknot song is cool as heck too

Music rules

i love music