That's just what The Pitch is for, right?
― lamonti in 12 parts (lamonti), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 18:54 (eight years ago) link
this feels awkward http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9774-the-year-in-lyrics-2015/
― niels, Monday, 21 December 2015 13:48 (eight years ago) link
idk if its dumb but, yeah, awkward
― carly rae jetson (thomp), Monday, 21 December 2015 15:18 (eight years ago) link
problematic even
I can see how a "memorable punch lines 2015" might kind of work if some effort was put into making it either v extensive or cohesive, this just seems.. lazy/unfinished
also not a good balance between pics><lyrics
― niels, Monday, 21 December 2015 15:23 (eight years ago) link
have to admit, I giggled at "Here Lies Good Ol' Sufjan"
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Monday, 21 December 2015 15:52 (eight years ago) link
yea this was terrible
― marcos, Monday, 21 December 2015 16:34 (eight years ago) link
This only really enhances my theory that Young Thug has no actual quotable lines
― poorzingis (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 21 December 2015 20:45 (eight years ago) link
we named the dog sufjan
― carly rae jetson (thomp), Monday, 21 December 2015 20:47 (eight years ago) link
this one's not terrible http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9775-the-year-in-memes-2015/
― niels, Tuesday, 22 December 2015 11:18 (eight years ago) link
rollout of the remaining eoy shit has been pretty spotty, lots of dead links and things you'd expect to go live but aren't yet
― marcos, Wednesday, 23 December 2015 14:40 (eight years ago) link
The Beatles Adding Music to Streaming Services From Tomorrow
is that a sentence?
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 23 December 2015 15:53 (eight years ago) link
they are adding music to the streaming services of the future
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 23 December 2015 17:07 (eight years ago) link
From Tomorrow Never Knows
― tylerw, Wednesday, 23 December 2015 17:10 (eight years ago) link
this is kinda weirdhttp://pitchfork.com/thepitch/936-the-rap-year-book-tupacs-california-love/
Bomb-ass hemp: "Bomb ass" is slang for "very good," and "hemp" is slang for "marijuana." I remember reading this thing about how when you want to add a new word to your vocabulary, you have to use it two times out loud, so I’d recommend that here for you so that you can get comfortable saying this. For example, if your friend’s mother passes away, you might try consoling him or her by commenting on the high quality of the event: "Susan, hi, I just want to say real quick that this is a bomb-ass funeral. Your mother, also bomb-ass, would’ve been pleased."
something wrong with the formatting too or are those endnotes?
― niels, Sunday, 27 December 2015 15:04 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/o5qn21X.jpg
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Sunday, 27 December 2015 15:31 (eight years ago) link
that paragraph DOES clearly appear in a list of things mentioned in the lyrics and it almost seems like you'd have to be willfully taking it out of context to make it look "weird." and it's an excerpt from an already published book so any critique of it doesn't really need to be laid at pitchfork's feet itt anyway.
― i got a really big steen, and they need some really big zings (some dude), Monday, 28 December 2015 00:51 (eight years ago) link
true, maybe this is the wrong thread - saw the book recommended but was a bit disappointed after reading this excerpt, quoted part sounds like a faux naive rapgenius annotation to me, but probably I just don't share the author's humour
still, what's with the 1-13 list at the end?
― niels, Monday, 28 December 2015 08:38 (eight years ago) link
i'm disproportionately annoyed that this post about covering D'Angelo doesn't mention that "She's Always in My Hair" is a Prince song, making it a cover of a cover.http://pitchfork.com/news/62716-bj-the-chicago-kid-shares-dangelo-covers-ep/
― expertly crafted referential display name (Jordan), Monday, 4 January 2016 19:11 (eight years ago) link
Animal CollectivePainting WithDomino
WHAT WE KNOW: Painting With is AnCo’s first record since 2012’s Centipede Hz, and their first that wasn’t worked out in concert. It was recorded without Josh "Deakin" Gibbs, and is heavily influenced by early Beatles, early Ramones, and dinosaurs.
WHEN IT’S OUT: February 19
WHY WE’RE PSYCHED: What site are you on right now? The Economist? Nah, bro: Pitchfork. Of course we’re psyched about new AnCo.
― marcos, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 16:39 (eight years ago) link
did Deakin go back to Mali or something
― Very selfish, and very ironic (DJP), Tuesday, 12 January 2016 18:05 (eight years ago) link
If not, we should Kickstarter that and make it happen ASAP. Think about the children!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 18:12 (eight years ago) link
But apparently they're not psyched about Radiohead anymore.
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 18:21 (eight years ago) link
the idea of AnCo being able to play early Ramones or Beatles songs is hilarious imo
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 18:22 (eight years ago) link
I mean do they even know how a rhythm section works
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 18:23 (eight years ago) link
dvsn
WHAT WE KNOW: We know the producer Nineteen85, who worked with Drake on "Too Much," "Hold On, We’re Coming Home," and "Hotline Bling," is behind boards. We know they are based in Toronto. We know that the as-yet-unnamed lead vocalist has one hell of a heartbreaking voice.
WHEN IT’S OUT: We dunno!
WHY WE’RE PSYCHED: Look, there are a lot of new R&B acts right now, and every year brings more promising ones, but songs as devastating as "The Line"? Those are hard to write, and even harder to perform. There’s a reason we don’t hear those that often.
― nomar, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 18:29 (eight years ago) link
in concert
― j., Tuesday, 12 January 2016 18:36 (eight years ago) link
millennnial males
― maura, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 06:46 (eight years ago) link
“By changing their name, fka VC have removed the primary distraction preventing fans and potential audiences from enjoying their excellent post-punk jams. Now we can shut up and get on with the music.”
okay
― maura, Wednesday, 13 January 2016 06:47 (eight years ago) link
finally i can shut up and get on with the music
― Copy rights, pleasing all star wars fans, hiring professionals. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 13:23 (eight years ago) link
Today on Pitchfork, we're shutting up and getting on with the music. No articles today.
― Copy rights, pleasing all star wars fans, hiring professionals. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 13:24 (eight years ago) link
Finally we can stop talking about these racist idiots and get on listening to their awful, derivative music
― poorzingis (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 13 January 2016 15:52 (eight years ago) link
Free downloads threatened to take away yachts.
― a (waterface), Thursday, 14 January 2016 14:46 (eight years ago) link
guys
don't read it
trust me
― a (waterface), Thursday, 14 January 2016 14:47 (eight years ago) link
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― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Thursday, 14 January 2016 15:32 (eight years ago) link
http://finedininglovers.cdn.crosscast-system.com/BlogPost/xl_3570_champagne-bottles-tp.jpg
― tylerw, Thursday, 14 January 2016 15:42 (eight years ago) link
Pitchfork 2016:
omg, Bowie was, like, such an innovator, right? I can't even
I wonder if Khloe Kardashian has a verse on Swish, that shit would be off the hook
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Thursday, 14 January 2016 16:06 (eight years ago) link
is 'racist idiots' just that they named their band viet cong or is there more to this
― carly rae jetson (thomp), Thursday, 14 January 2016 17:00 (eight years ago) link
admittedly i haven't read it, but
http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/999-carlos-dengler-on-how-david-bowie-gave-him-the-freedom-to-quit-interpol-and-find-himself/
what the world needed this week was a good ol' comparison of the guy from interpol to david bowie, written by the guy from interpol
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 14 January 2016 17:04 (eight years ago) link
uh hello obvious the notable carlos d thread was a motivator
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 14 January 2016 17:09 (eight years ago) link
http://exclaim.ca/music/article/8203not_yours_to_play_with_why_viet_congs_name_offends-hooded_fangs_april_aliermo_on_community_racism_appropriation_of_neighbours_culture
In a Guardian piece, they explained that their name came from a moment when their bass player was holding his instrument like a weapon. One of them remarked, "All you need is a rice paddy hat and it would be so Viet Cong." The band have claimed "There are zero political connotations… we just honestly thought it sounded good and that it gives some imagery that matches our music in terms of it being explosive and dark." In an interview with Impose Magazine, the band talk about how, in old movies, the Viet Cong were so "bad ass."
― Copy rights, pleasing all star wars fans, hiring professionals. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 14 January 2016 17:16 (eight years ago) link
"All you need is a rice paddy hat and it would be so Viet Cong." "There are zero political connotations… "
does not compute
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 14 January 2016 17:17 (eight years ago) link
When I was a 10-year-old boy, surviving the cultural wilderness of inland Queens
― marcos, Thursday, 14 January 2016 17:19 (eight years ago) link
cultural wilderness of large NYC borough
everyone should read the carlos d thing, it is full of gems
― tylerw, Thursday, 14 January 2016 17:20 (eight years ago) link
they should change their name to the Nazis next. and after that they could change it to the Khmer Rouge.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 14 January 2016 17:21 (eight years ago) link
I’d done it again, only this would be the last time: I’d toyed with a fragile nervous system, dousing it with chemicals and warm bodies well past the hour when most mortals had already made it to the office somehow.
― Copy rights, pleasing all star wars fans, hiring professionals. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 14 January 2016 17:22 (eight years ago) link
misread that as "full of germs" xxp
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 14 January 2016 17:25 (eight years ago) link