everything
― I Am In Atlanta And Thug Is Young (imago), Monday, 13 February 2017 17:11 (seven years ago) link
the visual design too
maybe even especially
but is there anything inherently good in nickelback's sound
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Monday, 13 February 2017 18:28 (seven years ago) link
ahahah i didn't even make the connection when I heard the new song, the AC is appealing directly to p4k now...
― flappy bird, Monday, 13 February 2017 18:31 (seven years ago) link
These five words in my headAin't learned another chord yet
― Neanderthal, Monday, 13 February 2017 18:50 (seven years ago) link
Nickelbonkers!
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Monday, 13 February 2017 19:02 (seven years ago) link
Misread that as 'Nice bonkers!'
― how's life, Monday, 13 February 2017 19:07 (seven years ago) link
Just popping in to say that the pic on this Grammy piece is fucking amazing
http://cdn3.pitchfork.com/blog/1441/1d3abc80.jpg
― fgti, Monday, 13 February 2017 19:14 (seven years ago) link
the trophy might as well be one of those cartoon time-bombs with the words WHITE PRIVILEGE emblazoned on it.
― evol j, Monday, 13 February 2017 19:19 (seven years ago) link
is it true The Pitchfork Review is over?
― Frozen CD, Friday, 17 February 2017 03:39 (seven years ago) link
Chad Ubovich is already a proven guitar hero, having played in Fuzz and with Mikal Cronin
really stretching the definition of "guitar hero" here, guys
― Wimmels, Friday, 17 February 2017 13:14 (seven years ago) link
Love that classic Ubovich tone
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 17 February 2017 14:22 (seven years ago) link
i mean, he does rip and he's played in several good bands
― alpine static, Friday, 17 February 2017 17:49 (seven years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/tv/61-the-short-list/1935-five-essential-songs-featuring-vocoder/
Boreds of Canada and Cities of Foam but no Mantronix, no Grandmaster Flash & The Curious Five, no Project Future, what a lame list
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 23 February 2017 19:00 (seven years ago) link
Furious even
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 23 February 2017 19:01 (seven years ago) link
hey man it's essential songs--you can't live without Cities of Foam, can you?
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Thursday, 23 February 2017 19:10 (seven years ago) link
how to wreck a nice pitch
― Number None, Thursday, 23 February 2017 22:23 (seven years ago) link
"i want to be your man" ainec
― k3vin k., Thursday, 23 February 2017 22:28 (seven years ago) link
I hate to be a pitchfork pedant, but it's not THE five MOST essential songs, it's just five essential songs
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 23 February 2017 22:43 (seven years ago) link
I wish they included a couple talkbox songs so people could explain a talkbox isn't a vocoder
and then they could include something from Frampton Comes Alive, and secretly have it loop infinitely
― mh 😏, Thursday, 23 February 2017 23:56 (seven years ago) link
Really don't like that with the redesign from some time ago that they got rid of the daily track reviews. Lame.
― yesca, Saturday, 25 February 2017 23:14 (seven years ago) link
Tracks reviews are still running it seems, but they are buried away on this page:
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/
― Position Position, Sunday, 26 February 2017 03:31 (seven years ago) link
Yeah just noticed that - what a weird UX decision.
― yesca, Sunday, 26 February 2017 06:09 (seven years ago) link
wow wtf, I visit them regularly and I had no idea about 9/10 of that #content
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 26 February 2017 06:13 (seven years ago) link
i was confused about where to find track reviews for a minute, but then i thought "hey i wonder what's the latest?" and instantly knew i should click "the latest", and then i found the link to the tracks there. the latest tracks, that's what i'm looking for, makes sense
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 26 February 2017 06:16 (seven years ago) link
kind of like when i visit NYT and i'm looking for videos but i can't find them off the front page, but then i think "i want to see some videos that make me go whoooaaa", which prompts me to click the "whoooaaa" link, which of course leads to a link to the videos
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 26 February 2017 06:17 (seven years ago) link
some of you may remember that this form of free association leading to repositories of content categories was a staple of early search engines. instead of searching for "how to clean red wine stain" you'd go for something like "an evening in the balance" and just hope you'd land on the right area which would then lead to the wine cleaning tips
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 26 February 2017 06:20 (seven years ago) link
I think the problem here is that there was a section for tracks on the homepage for years, and with that gone and the section not easily findable, it's not unreasonable to assume they're just not there anymore. Plus, if you click on "reviews" in the menu, where you might expect to find them, they're not there, and there is no link to tracks from there.
― Position Position, Sunday, 26 February 2017 12:38 (seven years ago) link
It's also mad difficult to find the escort classifieds
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Sunday, 26 February 2017 15:01 (seven years ago) link
I think the problem here is the four people on ILX that still visit homepages in 2017
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 26 February 2017 17:26 (seven years ago) link
MailChimp has a new marketing campaign where, in a series of websites and videos, they offer “experiences” that rhyme with the company’s name. As it turns out, VeilHymn—the new duo of Dev Hynes (Blood Orange) and Bryndon Cook (Starchild & The New Romantic)—is part of that campaign. (Cook is a former Pitchfork intern.) A MailChimp press release names VeilHymn alongside “MailShrimp,” “KaleLimp,” “WhaleSynth,” and more as “strategically created executions targeting digital subculture.” The duo were prompted by the company to give the project a name that rhymed with MailChimp. A representative for Hynes confirms that their single “Hymn” was created exclusively for the company. The song’s interactive video on VeilHymn.com redirects to other websites created for the MailChimp campaign.http://pitchfork.com/news/71815-dev-hynes-new-band-veilhymn-chose-name-wrote-single-as-part-of-mailchimp-promotion
http://pitchfork.com/news/71815-dev-hynes-new-band-veilhymn-chose-name-wrote-single-as-part-of-mailchimp-promotion
thanks to p4k for confirming the meaning behind those stupid billboards and the reveal of these "strategically created executions targeting digital subculture". '
they should cut out the middle man and just start unedited posting press releases in full.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 26 February 2017 18:49 (seven years ago) link
VeilHymn and the other experiences were launched, a MailChimp press release says, “with the intention that people may organically come across one or two parts of the campaign, piquing their interest enough that they would want to dig deeper.” When the song surfaced last month, the “Hymn” SoundCloud bio and premiere post did not address the project’s affiliation with MailChimp. The song’s YouTube description and a press release for the “Hymn” video, sent to Pitchfork on February 8, didn’t mention the company. “With all of the alter egos, we wanted to play it cool at first and let them each create intrigue and interest on their own,” Mark DiCristina, the senior director of brand marketing at MailChimp, told Pitchfork via email.
good to know they didn't want to draw attention to this viral campaign i am reading about on the world's leading music news website
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 26 February 2017 18:52 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, because there's really an abundance of people lining up to read music journalism in 2017.
― Position Position, Monday, 27 February 2017 02:14 (seven years ago) link
HOMEPAGES ARE GOOD
THEY ARE WHERE YOU ARE WELCOME
― j., Monday, 27 February 2017 02:36 (seven years ago) link
A rare metal album getting Best New Music that isn't Pallbearer, Baroness or Deafheaven.
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 17:33 (seven years ago) link
especially weird given that it's a straight up 80s revival thrash record
― Dominique, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 18:12 (seven years ago) link
it's weird how The Pitch is gone, and more broadly how that whole era of content has passed. things happen so fast now
― flopson, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 20:10 (seven years ago) link
This Pitch is gone?http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 20:11 (seven years ago) link
oh weird lol
― flopson, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 20:13 (seven years ago) link
i guess i just see less of the '14 era Pitch-style takes floating around
― flopson, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 20:14 (seven years ago) link
if you want to get to the pitch from the home page, just remember what you're ultimately looking for. the latest. the latest information about music. luckily there's a link called The Latest and it leads directly to another link to the pitch
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 20:21 (seven years ago) link
oof, maybe not the greatest idea to have a dude write the column about whether it's OK for a female musician who's been sexually harassed to punch her harasser. also pretty gross to frame the journalistic recounting of the incident in the teaser as "Last week, Princess Nokia hit a man in the crowd who asked to see her tits." Just because that's the language the guy allegedly used doesn't mean you have to retell it exactly that way.
― evol j, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 20:28 (seven years ago) link
Yeah this was cool and unexpected, I was expecting it maybe for Pissed Jeans but not this
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 20:30 (seven years ago) link
I don't get why this got BNM why Vektor didn't? Are they more known or something?
I mean, I listened to it and it seemed good, but Vektor seemed a lot more p4k-y.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 20:41 (seven years ago) link
I suspect that the Power Trip album will be more accessible to folks who aren't really conversant with the current state of the genre. Terminal Redux is a massive art-prog opus, but engagement with it requires time, strong ears, and a willingness to deal with music that defines its own terms. Nightmare Logic, OTOH, sounds and functions "like metal" (circa 1985, anyway). Catchy chugging, shout-along choruses, perfect for getting drunk and making hair animals.
― “Remember,” he says, “Noddy Holder is a gangster.” (contenderizer), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 21:36 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, probably. I'd just have thought that art-prog opus was more p4k than metal 1985. But oh well, it seems Vektor got a lot of attention anyway.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 21:42 (seven years ago) link
In which a critic literally argues in favor of musical ignorance.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 22:34 (seven years ago) link
that's a pretty disingenuous summary of what that article is about
― na (NA), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 22:44 (seven years ago) link
Not analyzing pop to death can ensure that your favorite songs don’t fall apart, as some inevitably do when placed under the magnifying glass... Trying to figure out what exactly that is probably won’t make you enjoy a pop song more. In fact, it might make you enjoy it a little less. It’s called the secret sauce for a reason.
She sounds like a five-year-old at Disneyland who just saw Minnie Mouse pull her head off and light a cigarette.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 22:47 (seven years ago) link