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
https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/531/930/8f6.gif
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 26 May 2020 14:07 (four years ago) link
pity Jeff Rosenstock, forever trapped in the just-under-BNM range.
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 08:51 (four years ago) link
Another review which doesn't tell you a whole lot about what the music actually sounds like. (There's a brief paragraph about the backing tracks just before the end.)
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/run-the-jewels-rtj4/
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Friday, 5 June 2020 18:06 (four years ago) link
that's annoying cause the production is largely what keeps that record down imho
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Friday, 5 June 2020 18:08 (four years ago) link
that's a good review, you should know what Run the Jewels sounds like by now
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:06 (four years ago) link
Though I think this sentence (which hyperlinks to his Atlanta speech) is trying to truffle-fry Killer Mike
While his real-world politics aren’t as anarchic as his songs, sound bites, and even shirts suggest, and his black capitalist position does defang his “eat the rich” sloganeering some, Mike is still capable of reeling off devastating combinations in that rubbery voice of his.
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:08 (four years ago) link
Despite his apparent lack of a body count, "Killer" Mike...
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:11 (four years ago) link
"Mad Dog" Mattis.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:12 (four years ago) link
eh... that's a stretch
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:13 (four years ago) link
"his positions are more nuanced than his slogans would suggest" is not nearly as blatant or puerile an attempt at shaming as "noted music revolutionary eats truffle fries in a fancy hotel restaurant"
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:15 (four years ago) link
No, I think a review should try a bit harder than just doing a big long run-through of the lyric sheet. The vast majority of people in the world don't know who Run The Jewels are, let alone have familiarity with the intricacies of their sound. Their last album got to 13 in the US and 38 in the UK. They're not a household name.
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:17 (four years ago) link
the vast majority of people in the world aren't going to Pitchfork.com to read about some band they've never heard of, but go off
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:19 (four years ago) link
this is one of the weirdest ILX bugbears. like is not the most tedious part of any 33 1/3 book when the writer goes through like a chapter going "then the vocals leap up in a dynamic swoop as cymbals crash and a plodding bassline thuds like a hailstorm, a crescendo that leads to the chorus" about an album you've heard 20 times and can pull up on Spotify any time
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:23 (four years ago) link
... no? The most tedious part is the section where the author talks about how as song reminds him how sad he is that Johnny doesn't call him back anymore and describes Johnny's backpack for five pages.
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:27 (four years ago) link
fine, second-most tedious
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:29 (four years ago) link
is not the most tedious part of any 33 1/3 book when the writer goes through like a chapter going "then the vocals leap up in a dynamic swoop as cymbals crash and a plodding bassline thuds like a hailstorm, a crescendo that leads to the chorus" about an album you've heard 20 times and can pull up on Spotify any time
depends on the writer
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:30 (four years ago) link
I don't think I follow what we're complaining about anymore lol
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:31 (four years ago) link
it's not a binary, ladies and gentlemen
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:31 (four years ago) link
A writer can provide historical context and explain how a song works; in my experience the two are interdependent.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:36 (four years ago) link
A bunch of the Sunday reviews have done that well I think
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:47 (four years ago) link
one person who does it well posted nineteen minutes ago
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:50 (four years ago) link
it's not a binary, ladies and gentlemen― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, June 5, 2020 7:31 PM (nineteen minutes ago)A writer can provide historical context and explain how a song works; in my experience the two are interdependent.― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, June 5, 2020 7:36 PM A bunch of the Sunday reviews have done that well I think― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Friday, June 5, 2020 7:47 PM one person who does it well posted nineteen minutes ago― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, June 5, 2020 7:50 PM
A writer can provide historical context and explain how a song works; in my experience the two are interdependent.― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, June 5, 2020 7:36 PM
A bunch of the Sunday reviews have done that well I think― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Friday, June 5, 2020 7:47 PM
one person who does it well posted nineteen minutes ago― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, June 5, 2020 7:50 PM
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 5 June 2020 19:54 (four years ago) link
lol it's obv I meant Br@d, right?
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 5 June 2020 20:01 (four years ago) link
it's a good lol though
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Friday, 5 June 2020 20:12 (four years ago) link
That was pro, ulysses
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Friday, 5 June 2020 20:32 (four years ago) link
I actually like when an insightful writer breaks down a song (musically) to explain what makes it work -- the 33 1/3 book on Dummy did a pretty good job of this (to give 1 example). I find the sections that do a close reading of the lyrics to be a lot more superfluous.Also, daily pitchfork reviews are reviewing new albums, so presumably you haven't heard them 20 times already.
― enochroot, Friday, 5 June 2020 20:36 (four years ago) link
I enjoyed all of the music theory in the 33 1/3 on Aja.
― jaymc, Friday, 5 June 2020 20:39 (four years ago) link
Former poster col did it quite well in his Bowie books.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 5 June 2020 20:41 (four years ago) link