You know one of these things in isolation seems like just another tech deal, but viewed as a whole, I think it speaks to the ongoing rapid changes in content1. Big time Silicon Valley VC making a $50 million investment, http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/11/technology/a-move-to-go-beyond-lists-for-content-at-buzzfeed.html2. Apple acquisition of Beats3. Move to curated music for the streaming services (this is probably most significant in terms of Pitchfork, and thus the tie-up with Beats). excellent piece from the wsj: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304256404579449163704994966
― campreverb, Monday, 18 August 2014 20:41 (nine years ago) link
They're a bigger brand but it seems like they have less direct influence re: breaking any artist or band.
― Everyone's a closet ned. (Johnny Fever), Monday, August 18, 2014 4:15 PM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
As opposed to when?
― Evan, Monday, 18 August 2014 20:41 (nine years ago) link
Already, most of BuzzFeed’s revenue is derived from BuzzFeed Creative, the company’s 75-person unit dedicated to creating for brands custom video and list-style advertising content that looks similar to its own editorial content.
ugh
― Οὖτις, Monday, 18 August 2014 20:44 (nine years ago) link
3. Move to curated music for the streaming services (this is probably most significant in terms of Pitchfork, and thus the tie-up with Beats). excellent piece from the ws/
god reading this article is so ludicrous it's like eventually they will arrive at the optimum music delivery format and it will be .... radio
― Οὖτις, Monday, 18 August 2014 20:47 (nine years ago) link
i like when the slipknot guy pronounces "blame" as "blime"
― example (crüt), Monday, 18 August 2014 20:49 (nine years ago) link
― Evan, Monday, August 18, 2014 4:41 PM (13 minutes ago)
Before six out of every ten people on the internet had his/her own music blog.
― Everyone's a closet ned. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 18 August 2014 20:57 (nine years ago) link
So a higher quantity of blogs weigh into people's decisions more now? Or do you mean bloggers are less likely to follow masses because they want to pride themselves tastemakers with unique opinions?
― Evan, Monday, 18 August 2014 21:07 (nine years ago) link
...and almost everyone is a blogger so there is less mass hype merely based on pitchfork's perspective on a given artist?
― Evan, Monday, 18 August 2014 21:08 (nine years ago) link
love the synth queefs in 'midnight city'
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Monday, 18 August 2014 21:10 (nine years ago) link
xp yeah, some combination of all that.
― Everyone's a closet ned. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 18 August 2014 21:11 (nine years ago) link
queefs out fat, farty beats
― marcos, Monday, 18 August 2014 21:12 (nine years ago) link
Well, I don't know if that's really the result though. Certain BNM albums fall through the cracks (but it's always been that way), and certain BNM albums explode (but it's always been that way). I'm not sure if there ability to break artists is measurably worse than it's ever been.
― Evan, Monday, 18 August 2014 21:16 (nine years ago) link
xp
for reference
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_albums_awarded_Pitchfork_Best_New_Album
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Monday, 18 August 2014 21:17 (nine years ago) link
i listen to the outsider art music of my own joints creaking and sighing with age.
― everybody loves lana del raymond (s.clover), Monday, 18 August 2014 21:48 (nine years ago) link
^^^ quality posting in an oversaturated mediascape
― ODB's missing grammy (bernard snowy), Monday, 18 August 2014 22:45 (nine years ago) link
Oh wait I thought that said "sighing with rage", nevermind
https://www.facebook.com/kurtvileofphilly/posts/708197965896255
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Monday, 18 August 2014 23:09 (nine years ago) link
First comment is lol: "You're good, but you're not Waka Flocka good."
― Everyone's a closet ned. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 18 August 2014 23:10 (nine years ago) link
azelia banks is a straight up "pop" artist? kurt's charted higher than her
― da croupier, Monday, 18 August 2014 23:14 (nine years ago) link
spotify list of all but 10 of the 200
http://open.spotify.com/user/michaeltneuman/playlist/3aFEJTspALTMAYJmwfEetN
― piscesx, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 00:04 (nine years ago) link
nagl if you only mention black artists, kurt.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 00:32 (nine years ago) link
― Everyone's a closet ned. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 18 August 2014 23:10 (Yesterday) Permalink
I said this to my sandwich today at lunch
― Evan, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 01:15 (nine years ago) link
obv its their prerogative to cover whatever they choose (and i've benefited tremendously from their attn throughout the years), but a lot of the folks on this list are straight up 'pop' artists who won't notice the honor of being included on this list one way or the other.
http://www.businessinsider.com/kurt-vile-bank-of-america-2011-11
― dilligaf escape plan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 01:51 (nine years ago) link
haha
― FKATlovestofu better (Spottie), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 04:50 (nine years ago) link
The Kids still love MBDTF; it's like asking them why they love American Gangster.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, August 18, 2014 3:02 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
no one on earth would say that american gangster is the best movie of all time
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Monday, August 18, 2014 3:03 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this joke made me lol
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 05:10 (nine years ago) link
Albums list posted:
http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9465-the-top-100-albums-of-2010-2014/
― monster_xero, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 05:38 (nine years ago) link
100. Clams Casino - Instrumental Mixtape99. Jai Paul - Jai Paul98. Earl Sweatshirt - Earl97. Rustie - Glass Swords96. Young Thug - 1017 Thug95. Nicolas Jaar - Space Is Only Noise94. How To Dress Well - "What Is This Heart?"93. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 197292. Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man91. Actress - Splazsh
90. Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt89. Emeralds - Does It Look Like I'm Here?88. Arcade Fire - Reflektor87. FKA twigs - LP186. Real Estate - Atlas85. Swans - To Be Kind84. ASAP Rocky - LiveLoveASAP83. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker82. Chief Keef - Finally Rich81. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Mature Themes
80. Mac DeMarco - 279. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty78. Darkside - Psychic77. Kendrick Lamar - Section.8076. Jessie Ware - Devotion75. The Caretaker - An Empty Bliss Beyond This World74. Caribou - Swim73. Cloud Nothings - Attack on memory72. Danny Brown - Old71. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
70. Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music69. Blood Orange - Cupid Deluxe68. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh67. The Weeknd - House of Balloons66. Todd Terje - It's Album Time65. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles II64. Haim - Days Are Gone63. Four Tet - There Is Love In You62. The Knife - Shaking the Habitual61. Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
60. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake59. Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream58. The-Dream - Love King57. Tune-Yards - Whokill56. Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap55. Andy Stott - Luxury Problems54. Frank Ocean - Nostalgia, Ultra53. Beach House - Bloom52. James Blake - James Blake51. Sky Ferreira - Night Time, My Time
50. GY!BE - Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!49. Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica48. Majical Cloudz - Impersonator47. Waka Flocka Flame - Flockaveli46. Vampire Weekend - Contra45. Future - Pluto44. Chromatics - Kill For Love43. Jay-Z & Kanye West - Watch the Throne42. Kurt Vile - Wakin On A Pretty Daze41. Drake - Nothing Was the Same
40. Burial - Rival Dealer EP39. Beyoncé - 438. EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints37. Danny Brown - XXX36. Robyn - Body Talk35. DJ Rashad - Double Cup34. Death Grips - The Money Store33. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs32. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo31. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
30. Titus Andronicus - The Monitor29. Japandroids - Celebration Rock28. My Bloody Valentine - mbv27. Bon Iver - Bon Iver26. Deafheaven - Sunbather25. Bill Callahan - Apocalypse24. Disclosure - Settle23. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy22. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming21. War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
20. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today19. Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma18. Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me17. Swans - The Seer16. Destroyer - Kaputt15. Grimes - Visions14. Beyoncé - Beyoncé13. Real Estate - Days12. Drake - Take Care11. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
10. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel09. Sun Kil Moon - Benji08. Kanye West - Yeezus07. Tame Impala - Lonerism06. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City05. Beach House - Teen Dream04. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange03. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest02. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, mAAD city01. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
I had no idea Deerhunter were such a big deal in their world
― Number None, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 06:56 (nine years ago) link
new Sun Kil Moon at #9 ?!
― alpine static, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 07:07 (nine years ago) link
wow Bon Iver is the Black Kids of the '10s
― een, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 07:07 (nine years ago) link
i don't get the appeal of that SKM at all
bring back the ghosts / april / admiral fell promises days
― uxorious gazumping (monotony), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 07:29 (nine years ago) link
Albums list skews incredibly North American, like there's only two or three artists in the top 30 from outside the US and Canada, and not many more in the overall 100.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 10:47 (nine years ago) link
as opposed to their '90s and '00s lists...?
― some dude, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 11:38 (nine years ago) link
seems pretty pitchforky, thus doing its job. plus i like a lot of those albums. congrats to all involved.
― Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 11:43 (nine years ago) link
Sad day for anyone who invest in bon iver stock back in 2011
― Now you're messing with a (President Keyes), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 12:04 (nine years ago) link
Invested
Need to point out that the National have released two albums since 2010 but have made exactly one appearance on both of these lists
Little victories
― 龜, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 12:23 (nine years ago) link
fake empires
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 12:25 (nine years ago) link
lol that's pretty much the same list as the singles one
― dem bow dem bow need calcium (seandalai), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 12:28 (nine years ago) link
i know he is super fucking popular among certain crowds but i just do not understand the appeal of lcd soundsystem
― marcos, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 13:37 (nine years ago) link
The Halcyon Digest thing across both lists reminds me when I rediscover an old album and am overly excited about it for about a month then it fades away again- like they all happened to have put it back on their ipods recently.
― Evan, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 13:39 (nine years ago) link
Bon Iver's now been bested by 2011 albums from Bill Callahan, St Vincent, M83, Destroyer, and Drake.
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 13:39 (nine years ago) link
LCD Soundsystem is just Sha Na Na for fans of Brian Eno productions, right (xpost)
― some dude, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 13:40 (nine years ago) link
no critical reevaluation for Last Train To Paris huh
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 14:00 (nine years ago) link
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 14:02 (nine years ago) link
basically
― some dude, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 14:03 (nine years ago) link
pretty much the only thing about these lists that's making me smile is the strong showing by halcyon digest.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 14:07 (nine years ago) link
87. FKA twigs - LP1
Now that the dust has settled...
― jmm, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 14:10 (nine years ago) link
LTTP was my no. 2 choice I think but one man can't stop a tide.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 14:32 (nine years ago) link
the albums list is better than the songs one, although both do a great job of presenting 'the decade so far' as a giant snooze.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 14:32 (nine years ago) link