I just came here to post the same thing:https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/what-hq-trivia-host-scott-rogowsky-is-listening-to-right-now/All native marketing is disorienting to an extent but this really made me doubt my own reality for some reason.
― You're all losing so many points on your progress bars (Champiness), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 21:31 (six years ago) link
Man, just found out that P4k published their spicy takedown of a 19-year-old Sublime record three days after what would have been Bradley's 50th birthday :(
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 21:57 (six years ago) link
that's messed up. didnt even see that review, bout to check it. i already hate it.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 22:00 (six years ago) link
yeah, that record has some problems, but it's great!
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 22:01 (six years ago) link
Don't get how they can tear down Sublime, and yet give multiple BNAs to cheap knock off Vampire Weekend.
― Moodles, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 22:04 (six years ago) link
could give a fuck about Sublime but that review was a disgrace
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 22:06 (six years ago) link
Rostam:
"Growing up, I was into classical music and the Beatles and also Achtung Baby by U2. But then something changed in fifth grade and I started getting into modern rock radio. And I remember hearing the Sublime CD 40oz. to Freedom, and having my mind blown by it. I still listen to that album. I stand by it. Come at me-- I'll defend it even though it's homophobic and misogynistic. Musically, it's one of the most forward-thinking albums of the 90s.
The problem with Sublime now is that their music exists through people who still listen to Sublime-- and a lot of them may or may not be douchebags. I'm not going to make any judgements. But if you take their first album on its own terms, it really is amazing. I actually bought [Vampire Weekend frontman] Ezra [Koenig] 40oz. to Freedom a few years ago. He started getting into the third album, Sublime, and I was like, "No, dude, 40oz. is so much better." If you listen to KROQ in L.A., they still play Sublime three or four times an hour. It lives on."
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 22:08 (six years ago) link
i love this line from that Sublime review
On “Right Back,” he dismisses his girlfriend as a ho and strongly suggests he slept with yours
"can you believe deceased musician Brad Nowell implied he had relations with your significant other?"
― omar little, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 22:17 (six years ago) link
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, February 28, 2018 3:01 PM (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah! that review was bad. i thought weiss's review was p good sitting through a shitty band - SUBLIME POLL
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 22:17 (six years ago) link
I didn't realize Vampire Weekend actually copped to the Sublime influence. Those are some remarkable quotes. I had to look them up because I wasn't sure if they were real or elaborate Whiney fanfic.
― Moodles, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 22:56 (six years ago) link
sublime is kinda terrible tho
― It's not delivery, it's Adorno! (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 22:59 (six years ago) link
maybe they aren't your kind of music but as a band they were pretty together. that album's pretty good, i had a nice time rediscovering it last year.
couldn't really care what they think of 40 oz. i'll go to pitchfork if i ever need the top 3 songs by the voice of some quiz app
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 23:08 (six years ago) link
Glad we brought it back around.
― You're all losing so many points on your progress bars (Champiness), Thursday, 1 March 2018 00:45 (six years ago) link
i liked the review!
― marcos, Thursday, 1 March 2018 01:40 (six years ago) link
i didn't think it took any cheap shots. sublime is a terrible band. i also loved them as a teenager. the reviewer did a pretty good job of describing why sublime was exceptional in their succeeds and why a lot of people were drawn to them but also why they are a repulsive and awful group.
― marcos, Thursday, 1 March 2018 01:45 (six years ago) link
*success
*cueing up 40oz btw*
― marcos, Thursday, 1 March 2018 01:47 (six years ago) link
also those quotes from gwen stefani were hilarious
― marcos, Thursday, 1 March 2018 01:48 (six years ago) link
'repulsive and awful' feels like a huge overstatement
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 1 March 2018 05:05 (six years ago) link
Enjoying way more of their recent 4.0 to 7.0 albums than 8.1 and up.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 1 March 2018 07:50 (six years ago) link
40 oz is better than the last St Vincent album.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 1 March 2018 07:51 (six years ago) link
I wonder if a review of their self-titled would've gotten a better reception, since it's the one with much more critical acclaim
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, 1 March 2018 08:02 (six years ago) link
i l x or sublime warsi can't take it anymore
― maura, Thursday, 1 March 2018 21:10 (six years ago) link
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, March 1, 2018 12:05 AM (sixteen hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol do we need to post lyrics
― marcos, Thursday, 1 March 2018 21:15 (six years ago) link
. i thought weiss's review was p good sitting through a shitty band - SUBLIME POLL
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Wednesday, February 28, 2018 5:17 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
weiss's review is defintely better
― marcos, Thursday, 1 March 2018 21:30 (six years ago) link
uh oh im getting outwoked because i think calling them a 'repulsive and awful group' is an overstatement
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Thursday, 1 March 2018 21:31 (six years ago) link
fuck that snobby new AWK review
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 8 March 2018 13:41 (six years ago) link
Also, if any p4k copy editors read this thread
The self-help angle, honed by years of motivational speaking and advice-column side-hustle, is made explicit via three-minute spoken-word interludes—pep talks to help get you through your day, or maybe just the album itself.
That should be three minute-long interludes, not three-minute interludes.
― Simon H., Thursday, 8 March 2018 13:43 (six years ago) link
like would it kill him to describe the actual music? most of this is hand wringing about the lack of subtext and nuance and whether he is authentic or not. like a re-heated review of "I Get Wet" from 17 years ago
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 8 March 2018 13:44 (six years ago) link
"some mindless 1988-ass arena pablum"
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 8 March 2018 13:45 (six years ago) link
one mention of Bruce Springsteen (?) no Roxy Music, Cheap Trick, ELO, Queen, Bowie, etc. put this into context you "writer"
like would it kill him to describe the actual music?
yeah this struck me as well, you'd think it was identical to his previous records, which it really isn't.
― Simon H., Thursday, 8 March 2018 13:47 (six years ago) link
paging carles
― nxd, Thursday, 8 March 2018 14:28 (six years ago) link
Happy International Women's Day!
Listen to a Best New Track from a chameleonic 19-year-old rapper from Chicago https://t.co/DLiqJfHEu2— Pitchfork (@pitchfork) March 8, 2018
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 8 March 2018 15:17 (six years ago) link
lmao
― Simon H., Thursday, 8 March 2018 15:20 (six years ago) link
I'm just gonna go ahead and assume that the conceit of the song isn't "girls are all equally wonderful!"
Pitchfork really on a streak today:https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/meet-the-man-unapologetically-selling-the-cars-biggie-and-tupac-were-shot-in/
― You're all losing so many points on your progress bars (Champiness), Thursday, 8 March 2018 21:15 (six years ago) link
At least the Yo La Tengo interview was nice I guess
I tend to be kind of a pitchfork apologist but yeah that andrew wk review was not great and very weirdly cynical. dude needs to party more.
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, 8 March 2018 21:52 (six years ago) link
“You’re Not Alone,” the big finish, manages to wring poignancy out of the most obvious and obviously stated sentiment.
so cynical he can't help but use obvious twice in one sentence
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 8 March 2018 22:19 (six years ago) link
You know a classic rock-indebted album is unique when ILM loves it and pitchfork thinks it's meh
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Friday, 9 March 2018 02:31 (six years ago) link
Vince Staples’ GoFundMe for Early Retirement Was Briefly Removed
It’s back now!
perhaps most lol thing about these kind of banal non-stories is pitchfork believing they require a byline for some reason
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 9 March 2018 04:05 (six years ago) link
sorry, that was rude of me. Exceptional work, Evan Minsker, really terrific
https://pitchfork.com/news/kodak-black-moved-to-solitary-confinement-report/
"The arrest stemmed from an incident in which Kodak’s young child was shown in the vicinity of marijuana and a handgun"
who is the audience? like fuck solitary forever, but pitchfork isn't exactly delving deep into the prison industrial complex, they're just VICE without the t&a
― lion in winter, Sunday, 18 March 2018 04:45 (six years ago) link
pfork deciding to double down on reporting the criminal exploits of rappers they barely talk about otherwise is wack as fuck
― kakistocrat, Sunday, 18 March 2018 21:43 (six years ago) link
As a Spike Lee-esque saxophone wanders in and out of the mix, Strangers links the spirit of Eazy-E to Capital Steeze, his sadly departed Pro Era comrade.
Legendary saxophonist Spike Lee
― Paul Ponzi, Monday, 19 March 2018 11:59 (six years ago) link
maybe he got wesley snipes character in mo' better blues confused with spike lee's character in mo' better blues
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 19 March 2018 20:02 (six years ago) link
Lol who could ever figure out what he means by that
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 02:03 (six years ago) link
kakistocrat OTM
― Yerac, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 11:35 (six years ago) link
xp point is there are sixty million jazz artists he could have referenced instead of a non jazz music-playing director known for occasionally using jazz in his soundtracks, and suggests that dude has a very myopic view of / knows fuck all about jazz. Like saying "guitar solos straight out of Almost Famous"
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 12:54 (six years ago) link