pitchfork is dumb (#34985859340293849494 in a series.)

Gil! Scott! Heron!

Wonder how redundant the EOY list will be.

Caribou Swim only at 74, and EMA and War On Drugs in top 40 = SMH forever and ever jesus fucking christ what is wrong with people

OPINIONS.

Well given the fact that there's not a lot of 2014 in either list, proabably not very.

Unless they decide to have just 10 entries for this year's Best of 2014 list.

At this point, it would seem that SKM is the album to beat at EOY time, right? It's mid-August, and according to their "decade so far" list it's 12 spots ahead of its closest 2014 competitor, a gap I would say is pretty significant.

Related: There is no way P4k names SKM's album #1 of 2014 in December. Can't see that happening.

rock is dead that's my conclusion from this list.

I guess it just feels like there are a lot of 2014 in there to me. I'm definitely focusing on FKA Twigs since it just came out (I wonder if they had internal arguments about including it so quickly) and Sun Kil Moon since it is so high. Likely warping my perception of the total amount.

i don't feel like searching for the threads, but ILM's "best of the decade so far 2000-2004" results were posted in august 2004. just sayin.

boom

However, when J0rdan and I did the best of 05-09, it was conducted in June/July of 2010.

bam

music is vile

kurt vile, amirite

it's way too far back for me to destroy my CPU by loading the entire thread, but whoever was asking for a parallel list with "writers' personal engagement with the music" -- assuming you'd actually be into reading this and aren't just trying to make a point, pitchfork did just that last year. (yes, I contributed to both that feature and this, but still): http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/tags/my-year-in-music/

Oh is that new Throwing Muses good? I should check it out finally.

yo pitchfork dot com ima let u finish but taylor swift made 2 of the best albums of this decade

I still don't get the Taylor Swift hype.

we can get you a tutor

In the end it sounds indistinguishable from the rest of the doctor's office waiting room style radio pop. Obviously though I am dismissive and never cared to listen closely or anything.

your carefully considered opinion is greatly appreciated

it's way too far back for me to destroy my CPU by loading the entire thread, but whoever was asking for a parallel list with "writers' personal engagement with the music" -- assuming you'd actually be into reading this and aren't just trying to make a point, pitchfork did just that last year. (yes, I contributed to both that feature and this, but still): http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/tags/my-year-in-music/

i'd personally prefer a middle ground where the focus is still on the music (with an open, unpresumptuous subjectivity) rather than a "my year in me" format, but i definitely find this more rewarding to read than the official list, thanks

LTTP was my no. 2 choice I think but one man can't stop a tide.

― Tim F, Tuesday, August 19, 2014 10:32 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

same

by 2019 it'll shore up enough support to appear right at the end of the list behind Jai Paul's 2nd leaked collection of demos. i'm so excited and i just can't hide it.

your carefully considered opinion is greatly appreciated

― brimstead, Tuesday, August 19, 2014 12:09 PM (16 minutes ago)

I definitely never said it was carefully considered.

i don't get taylor swift either

are there any good pitchfork people who aren't ilx ppeople? i never recognize any names. writing-wise.

i also agree on LCD soundsystem

u can like LCD soundsystem or taylor swift but you can't like both - mutually exclusive aesthetics

why does LCD people never want to Taylor Swift?

surely there are literally dozens of people who stan for both LCD Soundsystem and Taylor Swift on ilx

couldn't be

I like both, but "stan" is maybe overboard. I readily admit they each have faults.

it's either trolling or the most absurd attempt at music-related conversation i've probably ever seen to assert that liking one artist in the pop music universe means you can't like an indie darling band, or vice versa. and this is coming from someone with little more than mild appreciation for both, at best.

Katherine-I really liked those 'my year in music' pieces, thanks for posting. especially the 'An Old Album I Discovered/Rediscovered This Year' part.

yw -- I'm not sure on this but I think the format was mostly lindsay's idea? (speaking of good pitchfork people, though technically she's not there anymore)

i don't get taylor swift but i can easily see why people like her. i don't get lcd soundsytem and i have a hard time understanding why people like him

i mean people fucking love this dude

he basically lived out the ultimate dream of every schlumpy record collector dude

but he seems nice right? i've never seen anything bad abt him i guess

eh, he was seemed like a smug asshole. i have nothing to base that on except photos of him. i think it's singing style too, it's so obnoxious. it has that cocky swagger that associate with a lot of new york punk

actually i don't know if its new york punk because i really don't know much about new york punk it his voice is just really obnoxious

yeah i think you probably don't

like i listen to "north american scum" and i get just can't past this dude's thick, insufferable voice

lol yea i don't

is new york punk all about how there are too many museums and stuff?

are there any good pitchfork people who aren't ilx ppeople? i never recognize any names. writing-wise.

mike powell! unless he's here and i've never noticed

like e's the type of dude that if i saw him at a party i would just need to get the fuck away from him

http://gatheringofthevibes.com/wp-content/uploads/james-murphy-03.jpg

http://www.esquire.com/cm/esquire/images/3P/esq-james-murphy-040111-lg.jpg

http://publicsf.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/james_murphy.jpegp

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IWUnbOohIMM/TvOFr_ipCOI/AAAAAAAAAz4/3-jPxOq5sE8/s1600/james-murphy-sunglasses.jpg

in the documentary he pretty much just seemed to walk around in bathrobe and drink coffee and walk his little dog

i like LCD soundsystem just fine, i don't feel strongly abt them...as far as popular rock bands go you could do a hell of a lot worse i guess

this rockist picked them for the best american band 04-07:
http://grantland.com/features/the-american-band-championship-belt/