lol the idea of pitchfork posting huge photos of authors as the art for blog posts
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 6 January 2015 21:02 (nine years ago) link
I thought it was a new thing for 2015. Lou's rocking the thoughtful columnist look and he looks like a music critic who'd have a problem with Ed Sheeran.
― Re-Make/Re-Model, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 10:43 (nine years ago) link
guess the author
The most frequently quoted fact from Cloakroom’s bio is that they’re a trio of factory workers from Indiana. It is a nice bit of backstory that makes sense in hindsight upon hearing their minimally arranged, moderately morose and maximally loud debut LP Further Out—so long as they’re not framed as the sort of blue-collar Hoosier hero that might inspire a John Mellencamp/Bruce Springsteen collaboration. In 2015, factory work seems more like a vocation for people who just somehow ended up with that job, because that’s what you do, I guess. But it’s also a potentially attractive situation where the repetition and physical labor can be meditative, a good way to shut off one’s mind, especially when it tries to parse how you ended up as a factory worker in 2015.
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20138-further-out/
― Number None, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 21:14 (nine years ago) link
What an asshole
― Wu-Tang Clannad (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 21:19 (nine years ago) link
yikes
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 21:29 (nine years ago) link
not as meditative as wanking all day everyday apparently
― ancient texts, things that can't be pre-dated (President Keyes), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 21:32 (nine years ago) link
irony is 3rd shift factory workers still make about 50x what you'd make if you spent an equal amount of time writing pfork reviews
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 21:32 (nine years ago) link
but they probably don't know about Panda Bear
― ancient texts, things that can't be pre-dated (President Keyes), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 21:33 (nine years ago) link
whoa, i can't believe that was published. no one took him aside and said dude wtf is wrong with you?
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 21 January 2015 21:40 (nine years ago) link
we the workers do not understand modern art.
― campreverb, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 21:42 (nine years ago) link
so shitty, jeez
― marcos, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 21:44 (nine years ago) link
when the workers finally storm the pitchfork offices will they be carrying torches and garden hoes?
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 21:45 (nine years ago) link
it's funny cuz i have friends from HS who ended up being tradesmen like plumbers and electricians or worked up to supervisory roles in agricultural factories etc and they seem to be doing a fuck of a lot better than most ppl i know
― Wu-Tang Clannad (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 21:46 (nine years ago) link
"danny glover" has one of the GOAT thug bars too
all my cups are muddyi fuck my bitches buddies
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 21 January 2015 21:49 (nine years ago) link
power to the people
― Wu-Tang Clannad (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 21:50 (nine years ago) link
That's because they became so good at meditation that they've become completely numb to the fact that working factory jobs in 2015 makes them lesser people. Right?
xxp
― Evan, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 21:51 (nine years ago) link
there must be some benefit to playing "young smithers" irl
― languagelessness (mattresslessness), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 21:51 (nine years ago) link
[Editors note: an earlier version of this review contained an aside in the first paragraph whose meaning was unclear; it should have been removed in editing initially and we have done so in hindsight.]
― Devilock, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 22:58 (nine years ago) link
lmao
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 23:01 (nine years ago) link
finally, clarity
― da croupier, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 23:02 (nine years ago) link
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdyd1cbIqU1rby04wo1_1280.gif
― (extremely quan voice) My Lifestyle (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 23:03 (nine years ago) link
hahahaha
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 23:26 (nine years ago) link
can't believe karl...arlk...rlka...lkar... got fasttracked to the editor's chair so quickly
― hot takes: audit in progress (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 23:31 (nine years ago) link
*wears web site as a hat*
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 22 January 2015 00:24 (nine years ago) link
lol
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 22 January 2015 00:30 (nine years ago) link
"because that’s what you do, I guess."
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 22 January 2015 06:05 (nine years ago) link
Every reviewer should roast the band he's reviewing. People love those Comedy Central roasts.
― $80 is absurd and very ridiculous! (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 22 January 2015 09:13 (nine years ago) link
I would pay to see that actually happen in some cases.
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 22 January 2015 13:26 (nine years ago) link
a pity song review given to a track from a great album that they'll never bother to review, except they fuck up and give Best New Track to a song that impacted radio 8 months ago:http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/17295-jazmine-sullivan-dumb-ft-meek-mill/
― diddybops 67 (120.2)(source field mix) (some dude), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 04:25 (nine years ago) link
wow that's embarrassing
― dyl, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 05:05 (nine years ago) link
recall they did a similar thing with "chandelier", although that might've been more to coincide with the video
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 05:28 (nine years ago) link
Well better late than completely ignoring something until the year end lists roll around, like with Taylor Swift.
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 05:41 (nine years ago) link
eh, "Chandelier" was less than 2 months old, and hadn't yet peaked on the charts, when that ran. Jazmine Sullivan's follow-up to "Dumb" has been out longer than that.
― diddybops 67 (120.2)(source field mix) (some dude), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 10:25 (nine years ago) link
there have been two follow-ups to "dumb" both of which are better! i can't work out the rationale - if you want to deign to review jazmine sullivan (slow hand clap, did they review her previous two albums?) why not just do "mascara" for a track or god forbid the actual album? never want to hear it claimed that p4k is important for or good at r&b coverage again
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 10:29 (nine years ago) link
did they review her previous two albums?
nope
― diddybops 67 (120.2)(source field mix) (some dude), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 10:36 (nine years ago) link
"Dumb" also one of the album's weaker tracks -- maybe the only weak track.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 12:01 (nine years ago) link
yeah i think it's ok as an album opener but was an unsuccessful single for a reason, feels almost like a perfunctory "people like Jazmine's angry breakup songs, that's her thing, right?" choice
― some dude, Tuesday, 27 January 2015 12:26 (nine years ago) link
aw, i love "dumb". but yeah "mascara" and "forever don't last" are definitely superior.
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 19:02 (nine years ago) link
anyway, one of the ILX/PFork xover types who read this board should just review the damn thing, it's among the best albums of the new year.
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 19:03 (nine years ago) link
P4K isn't any better or worse than any other mainstream pub at covering R&B imo
That being said, their bet-hedging with mainstream pop/R&B remains frustrating
― Tay-Tay Brooklynpants (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 19:04 (nine years ago) link
Deej reviewed the Jazmine record: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20175-reality-show/
― bae sremmurd (monotony), Friday, 30 January 2015 06:29 (nine years ago) link
lol he told me he was gonna after i posted in this thread XD XD XD
― some dude, Friday, 30 January 2015 12:59 (nine years ago) link
GREAT review deej
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 30 January 2015 16:27 (nine years ago) link
why wouldn't you BNM that shit tho
― Jennifer 8.-( (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 1 February 2015 14:38 (nine years ago) link
brilliant!
― real hip hop for j dilla fans (o_sailor), Sunday, 1 February 2015 15:16 (nine years ago) link
they didn't even review sremmlife lol
― nose, Sunday, 1 February 2015 15:57 (nine years ago) link
they didn't even review BNM sremmlife lol
― nose, Sunday, 1 February 2015 15:58 (nine years ago) link
idk good album but not quite up there with tapes n tapes and youth lagoon imho
― een, Sunday, 1 February 2015 17:17 (nine years ago) link
Love the new youth lagon
― 龜, Sunday, 1 February 2015 17:19 (nine years ago) link
Youth Lagoon live is life changing.
― It's strange to me too. But we're talking about praxis, man. (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 1 February 2015 22:28 (nine years ago) link