haven't listened yet but i am skeptical that "No music has ever sounded quite like [this new fiona apple album]" as repeated multiple times on the front page, review intro, and review proper
― na (NA), Friday, 17 April 2020 13:49 (four years ago) link
silly to fixate on that phrase i know but it's bad bc you can either take it literally and it's wrong, or figuratively and it's meaningless
― na (NA), Friday, 17 April 2020 13:50 (four years ago) link
9.9 repeating
― geoffreyess, Friday, 17 April 2020 14:01 (four years ago) link
my silly prediction is that this will happen again this year
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Friday, 17 April 2020 14:05 (four years ago) link
no music has ever sounded quite like the new weezer album
― devvvine, Friday, 17 April 2020 14:11 (four years ago) link
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Friday, April 17, 2020 7:05 AM (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
who though
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 17 April 2020 14:13 (four years ago) link
I can think of at least two options but both are highly speculative and potentially embarrassing
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Friday, 17 April 2020 14:25 (four years ago) link
finally the 10 that the 1975 deserve
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 17 April 2020 14:41 (four years ago) link
Kendrick Lamar? Dixie Chicks?
― MarkoP, Friday, 17 April 2020 15:00 (four years ago) link
haven't listened yet but i am skeptical that "No music has ever sounded quite like [this new fiona apple album]" as repeated multiple times on the front page, review intro, and review proper― na (NA), Friday, April 17, 2020 9:49 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglinksilly to fixate on that phrase i know but it's bad bc you can either take it literally and it's wrong, or figuratively and it's meaningless― na (NA), Friday, April 17, 2020 9:50 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
― na (NA), Friday, April 17, 2020 9:49 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
― na (NA), Friday, April 17, 2020 9:50 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
I had a similar reaction to "she wrote lyrics and melodies on par with the finest pop songs ever recorded."
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Friday, 17 April 2020 15:01 (four years ago) link
I would just give them the benefit of the doubt and take some of the hyperbolic writing as partially being the result of being under quarantine for several weeks.
― MarkoP, Friday, 17 April 2020 15:08 (four years ago) link
a breathing person made this record!
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Friday, 17 April 2020 15:23 (four years ago) link
I dunno guys in my opinion the experience and emotions tied to listening to Fetch the Bolt Cutters is like witnessing the stillborn birth of a child while simultaneously having the opportunity to see her play in the afterlife on Imax.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Friday, 17 April 2020 15:52 (four years ago) link
Is that good or bad?
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 17 April 2020 17:14 (four years ago) link
"No music has ever sounded quite like [this new fiona apple album]"
The tUnE-yArDs erasure is really in full swing, huh!
― we have no stan but to choice (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 17 April 2020 17:50 (four years ago) link
okay, now i'm interested
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 17 April 2020 21:46 (four years ago) link
So everyone missed Talking Heads Day?
― Skateboard R Deluxe Throwback Edition (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 24 April 2020 02:10 (four years ago) link
A couple were terrific.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 24 April 2020 02:11 (four years ago) link
Everything else—records to play, letters to write, identity crises to have (“I’ve changed my hairstyle so many times now…”) is just quaint, a reminder of better times when we were allowed to be miserable for our own little reasons.
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Friday, 24 April 2020 03:53 (four years ago) link
The one clear relationship portrait he paints is completely absurd, centering around a couple that funnels their stupid fights into a hit TV show; cheekily, it’s called “Found a Job.”
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Friday, 24 April 2020 04:12 (four years ago) link
Just the idea of a couple “saving their relationship” by producing their own mass-media art; plus the guidance “Think about this little scene, apply it to your life / If your work isn't what you love, then something isn't right — and capped off with that rhythm guitar solo... it’s like the ultimate Talking Heads song, probably #1 in my book.
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Friday, 24 April 2020 04:16 (four years ago) link
eat fast foods (morrisp) at 10:53 23 Apr 20Everything else—records to play, letters to write, identity crises to have (“I’ve changed my hairstyle so many times now…”) is just quaint, a reminder of better times when we were allowed to be miserable for our own little reasons.
I always took those lines (“We dress like students, we dress like housewives / Or in a suit and a tie / I changed my hairstyle so many times now / I don't know what I look like”) to indicate militants taking measures to blend in with the populace... not a recollection of pre-“wartime” life. NBD
yes, you are absolutely right and it's incredibly obvious and I don't understand how anyone could think otherwise
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 24 April 2020 14:54 (four years ago) link
Watch the Weeknd Sing New Song “I’m a Virgin” on American Dad
― sleight return (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 16:16 (four years ago) link
and today on "least appealing headlines". . .
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 21:59 (four years ago) link
fuckin a yikes
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 22:51 (four years ago) link
a lot of terrible men in one headline
― maura, Wednesday, 6 May 2020 13:30 (four years ago) link
This is kind of an odd piece; it almost reads like PR for the voice-synthesis guy (especially the last few paragraphs): https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/what-does-jay-zs-fight-over-audio-deepfakes-mean-for-the-future-of-ai-music/
I checked out a few of the YT clips... they sound like crap, which I guess weighs even harder against Jay-Z or any other artist who may complain (even if the clips weren't labeled, they wouldn't fool anyone). Though I'm sure this kind of thing will only "get better" with time.
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 05:14 (four years ago) link
2002 was a wild time.
To some degree, we all prefer the familiar. This explains the stateside failure of the metric system and, to a lesser extent, vegemite. Like they say, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. I feel the same way about women's hair. For example, what heterosexual male has not been forced to answer this question: "Honey, how do you like my new haircut?" For your information, the "correct" answer is always "I love it. You look like Bo Derek." The large-nutted boyfriend, however, would reject appeasement and instead offer the following rejoinder: "You mean the one that makes you look like Billie Jean King? What the fuck were you thinking?"If Damien Jurado's music were my girlfriend, I just might grow nuts and drop that bomb.
If Damien Jurado's music were my girlfriend, I just might grow nuts and drop that bomb.
― JoeStork, Tuesday, 12 May 2020 19:06 (four years ago) link
i learned from that recent 'history of the pitchfork 10.0' article that the guy who wrote the ...Trail of Dead review was a high school senior! or maybe the summer after that! regardless, yeah. maybe whoever wrote that review was his high school pal
― porlockian solicitor (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 19:10 (four years ago) link
Bo Derek and Billie Jean King are very weird pop culture references to be making in 2002
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 19:50 (four years ago) link
The kids of today should defend themselves against the '70sIt’s not reality, just someone else’s sentimentality
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 20:13 (four years ago) link
I'm surprised no one posted Rob's essay: https://www.theringer.com/music/2020/5/11/21251822/pitchfork-perfect-review-history-10-fiona-apple-kanye-west-trail-of-dead
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 May 2020 20:15 (four years ago) link
Thanks, that was an enjoyable read!
― jaymc, Tuesday, 12 May 2020 21:44 (four years ago) link
the most vital rock-critic publication of its era
an era that ended over the past couple years.
― billstevejim, Friday, 15 May 2020 19:27 (four years ago) link
"rock-critic"
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 15 May 2020 20:09 (four years ago) link
Washington’s music epitomizes the Obama presidency’s once-in-a-generation vision, uplift, and sense of hope. Today, that period looks like a beacon of light in a time of incessant dolor.
If he means the first year or so, then fine. Otherwise . . .
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 21:13 (four years ago) link
"Brötzmann's music epitomizes the Obama presidency’s once-in-a-generation vision" --Pitchfork Syria
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 21:17 (four years ago) link
JAY-Z Puts a Fiona Apple Song on New Playlist
― sleight return (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 22:06 (four years ago) link
(it’s ‘under the table‘ btw)
It's definitely looking like she's going to have a bright future as a pop star
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 19 May 2020 22:56 (four years ago) link
Didn't Jay-Z leave Tidal behind?
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 19 May 2020 22:57 (four years ago) link
I don't think so?
I kinda love Tidal for Jay just because he came up watching all these white execs piss money away with venture capital and he realized he could do it to
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 00:58 (four years ago) link
I was thinking of this move from last year...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/korihale/2019/12/09/jay-zs-return-to-spotify-could-be-the-nail-in-tidals-coffin/#7e37d7b66b98
...while making a characteristically subpar Fiona Apple pun.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 01:00 (four years ago) link
Tidal by Apple on Spotify
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 01:04 (four years ago) link
Thanks, that's better.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 01:05 (four years ago) link
haha
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 20 May 2020 01:09 (four years ago) link
anyone else getting Error 503 when they try to visit Pitchfork?
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 26 May 2020 13:28 (four years ago) link
we're free!!!!!!!!
― maffew12, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 13:30 (four years ago) link
10/10
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 13:36 (four years ago) link
pitchfork is down (#503 in a series)
― Evan, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 14:00 (four years ago) link