glad to see a lot of these writers ordered the same albums for a penny that i did from columbia house in the early '90s
― nomar, Friday, 13 January 2017 22:13 (seven years ago) link
if only someone had told these poor kids in high school that they should get into different music fast lest people make fun of them on an internet message board in 5-10 years
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Friday, 13 January 2017 22:29 (seven years ago) link
each of these writers should feel deep shame and should be widely ridiculed imo
― marcos, Friday, 13 January 2017 22:31 (seven years ago) link
otm
― k3vin k., Friday, 13 January 2017 22:32 (seven years ago) link
lol i love those type of pointless exercises but they are meant for facebook fodder
― Spottie, Friday, 13 January 2017 22:38 (seven years ago) link
From today's review of X-Ray Spex' Germ Free Adolescents:
She naturally did punk-reggae better than the Clash or the Slits
Yes, Poly Styrene was just "naturally...better" at reggae, 'cause her dad was from...Somalia.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 15 January 2017 14:12 (seven years ago) link
...
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 15 January 2017 14:20 (seven years ago) link
No Rush, no credibility.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 15 January 2017 14:54 (seven years ago) link
0.0 https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pitchfork
― Frozen CD, Sunday, 15 January 2017 15:17 (seven years ago) link
is this a joke
On “Open Letter to Forever” he sings, “Like, I remember standing out in front of the Northern, after another 15-paid gig, getting harassed by Olympia street punks (the worst!) for looking like a hipster. I wanted to be like, ‘Man I’m probably a couple years younger than your father. And I’ve traded any chance at stability for this community of people who, like, know what Black Flag is or whatever.’” His lyrics are so strong that the actual music can sometimes feel like an afterthought. When is this guy going to write a book?
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 18:48 (seven years ago) link
what the fuck is that
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 19:06 (seven years ago) link
sarcasm I guess?
― Evan, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 19:08 (seven years ago) link
the rest of the review would seem to indicate that is not sarcasm
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 19:14 (seven years ago) link
but yeah idk anymore
forget the book, print those lyrics on toilet paper
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 23:02 (seven years ago) link
save me a trip - what album review is the above quote taken from?
― Wimmels, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 23:52 (seven years ago) link
Fred Thomas "Changer"
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 23:54 (seven years ago) link
some "indie rock lifer" I've never heard of before
Ah. I liked the bands he was in - Saturday Looks Good To me and Flashpapr - but cant say I've heard any of his solo stuff...
― Wimmels, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 23:58 (seven years ago) link
[daring to ask an earnest question about pitchfork dot com]
who among the newish crop of p4k writers do ppl like? now that the era of everyone on ilm and their mother being on staff has come to a close, who do you read? i liked Jeremy Gordon but i think he's at Spin now
― flopson, Thursday, 19 January 2017 16:09 (seven years ago) link
Seth Colter Walls, Colin Joyce and Katherine St. Asaph are good p4k 3.0 additions.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 19 January 2017 16:20 (seven years ago) link
Walls is definitely a good addition. Especially since he seems to actually have taste, and not just cover whatever Fully Altered Media [the kings of NYC jazz PR] feeds him.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 19 January 2017 16:25 (seven years ago) link
seconding whiney's picks. mike powell's been contributing forever but remains good. ditto for andy beta. laura snapes
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 19 January 2017 17:19 (seven years ago) link
i also usually think jayson greene's writing is great but he's my editor so i'm trying not to overstate the case
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 19 January 2017 17:22 (seven years ago) link
the Fred Walker album is good tbh, v cringey that the p4k subheads for both this album and the previous use "indie rock lifer"
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 19 January 2017 17:27 (seven years ago) link
i guess he was in saturday looks good to me and his name is alive (though he's not like the main dude i don't think?)
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 19 January 2017 17:36 (seven years ago) link
a news article w absolutely zero musical content.
http://pitchfork.com/news/71030-broad-city-prepare-for-trump-administration-in-hilarious-new-video-watch/
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 21 January 2017 16:42 (seven years ago) link
i am sure it has been said a zillion times before, but a small thing that makes me irrationally angry about Pitchfork, is the fact that Ochs' new album, gets a score of 8.5, but apparently doesn't fall into the 'Best New Music' category. (whilst xx's new one > 8.4 did)
why? and more importantly, if you're going to get this ridic about grades (8.4, 8.5, which in all its specificity signals some kind of weird objectivity),, then shouldn't those mean something in the bigger picture of what is good music (aka Best New Music).
o well
― Ludo, Sunday, 22 January 2017 20:32 (seven years ago) link
It's from 1965...
― Frederik B, Sunday, 22 January 2017 20:33 (seven years ago) link
ah!
(ok best new reissue)
*ira-ang temporarily subdued) :-)
― Ludo, Sunday, 22 January 2017 20:37 (seven years ago) link
I'm sorry, I should have been more specific. It's not being reissued either, it's the sunday classic review. I think they just put a protest singer on there because they're mad at Trump?
― Frederik B, Sunday, 22 January 2017 20:39 (seven years ago) link
I mean, I'm sorry if I seem snarky :) It is kinda dumb and confusing that they don't clearly mark their classic reviews.
― Frederik B, Sunday, 22 January 2017 20:40 (seven years ago) link
:-) true dat.
(obviously i went out and found 2 best new reissues with 8.3's)
let's just say, it would also be nice if one could filter Pitchfork reviews by scores, preferably by decimal. wink wink.
― Ludo, Sunday, 22 January 2017 20:44 (seven years ago) link
By the way, they don't give BNM to anything that goes over a certain score. It's more about whether that album also has strong crossover appeal as well.
― Evan, Sunday, 22 January 2017 20:47 (seven years ago) link
Killer Mike Says It’s OK to “Fuck Up” Richard Spencer
Thank goodness. All week I've been feeling privately conflicted about me and my Facebook peers publicly cheering for this dumbass getting punched, wondering all along, in the back of my mind, if "Killer Mike" would approve
― Wimmels, Monday, 23 January 2017 15:32 (seven years ago) link
why the air quotes? p sure Killer Mike has been way more involved in activism than most of us on this forum.
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 04:52 (seven years ago) link
anyone notice headlines have been pretty bonkers since the Conde sale?
http://pitchfork.com/news/71121-ryan-adams-BONKERS-box-set-features-action-figures-play-set/http://pitchfork.com/news/67320-animal-collectives-avey-tare-releases-BONKERS-welcome-to-funzone-video-watch/http://pitchfork.com/news/65873-the-avalanches-mf-doom-danny-brown-share-BONKERS-frankie-sinatra-video-watch/http://pitchfork.com/news/65764-four-tets-new-track-has-a-BONKERS-insanely-long-title-listen/http://pitchfork.com/news/63147-underworld-share-BONKERS-i-exhale-video/
― Frozen CD, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 00:43 (seven years ago) link
they know it's candy now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf9i-XVeFBY
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 01:00 (seven years ago) link
haha, that's bonkers
― niels, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 08:43 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9st3JkaE3Kw
― Vlogs from other credible bands such as Shed Seven (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 09:50 (seven years ago) link
xp I remember those, those were delicious
― Wimmels, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 11:05 (seven years ago) link
― Wimmels, Monday, January 23, 2017 3:32 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
what a disastrous post
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 25 January 2017 11:47 (seven years ago) link
Me and my Facebook peers down by the schoolyard
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Wednesday, 25 January 2017 13:23 (seven years ago) link
i'm really digging the new autoplay videos at the top of the page
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 28 January 2017 23:20 (seven years ago) link
In the Colin Newman feature today, he uses the word "bonkers" twice.
I'd like to think that whoever from pfork was interviewing him proposed the use of the word. Like he was struggling to convey how intense and crazy something was to him and the interviewer was like, "Would you say it was. . . bonkers?"
― Austin, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 17:56 (seven years ago) link
RIP bananas
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 17:57 (seven years ago) link
THIS SHIT / IS BONKERS! / B-O-N-K-E-R...E...uh, errr, that doesn't really work
― Wimmels, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 18:00 (seven years ago) link
I did an interview once where the musician said "bonkers" approximately 20 times, mostly in regard to non-bonkers things
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 18:24 (seven years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/news/71269-new-craft-beer-focused-website-october-launches/
― Frozen CD, Tuesday, 31 January 2017 21:57 (seven years ago) link
haha me & another ilxor on twitter just the other day:
@MattHelgeson every brewpub has to have a beer named after a ween songReply
Matt Helgeson @MattHelgeson2d@p3even_stalmer craft brewing is the last stage of alternative rock culture
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 31 January 2017 22:14 (seven years ago) link