pitchfork is dumb (#34985859340293849494 in a series.)

he's right that being in a union won't save your job -- journalists aren't cops. but it's also one of the best pitches for creating a union. get money now by extracting structural raises and get money later by bargaining and ratifying severance for when you get thrown out on the street, bcuz they will throw you out on the street

never mind the business, how does one grow the hops that make the perfect session ipa

Best New Reissue today for an album titled Get in Union.

That was from yesterday
No new reviews today

The new Neil Young album was awarded "Best New Reissue," but I don't think it's a reissue (the material is old, but it's a new album)?

it's not a reissue but it's hard to fit what it is into stamp form. "best new formerly lost music"

anyway even though it's not accurate i think it fits that tag better than bnm

October is the most embarrassing shit

https://oct.co/essays/sylvan-esso-interview?utm_source=p4k

In particular, what type of wine do you guys like to drink?
Nick: Well, it's hot out, so there's been a lot of Italian whites.

Amelia: Yeah. A lot of Italian whites.

Nick: There's no way to talk about what wine you're drinking without sounding like a turd.

Amelia: It's a beer publication. You can say whatever you want.

Nick: I guess that's true.

Amelia: Yeah. Into Italian whites right now. I like anything from the Loire Valley. Mostly white, unless we're having food, or steak. And then we'll go for really solid Nebbiolo.

Is this different from when you're out on the road? What's the tour drink of choice?
Nick: Gin.

Amelia: Yeah, yeah. I have gin and then we put grapefruits on the rider, so that I can make like a gin, La Croix, fresh squeezed grapefruit drink every night.

Nick: That's kind of like the tour drink. That and, like, Peroni.

how the other half live

cringefork presents cringetober

i don't like Sylvan Esso's music but i don't understand the issue here. it's not like they're bragging about popping magnums of Dom Perignon or whatever.

real indie heads only drink rubbing alcohol

I remember when October was a real beer site. Now there's all this "woke" wine talk there.

I'm not going to spew any elitist bullshit, but white wine? Oh my fucking God. I'll stay for a little while to see if October still serves my needs, but with today's interview, I'm not counting on it. I understand the career move, but I just don't think it's going to serve me any more.

I wonder if it's going to serve anyone's needs. I don't think a web- only publication can attract readers interest in Barefoot and Ecco. To my knowledge, no one actually hunts down information about such wines. People just see it on the shelves and that's it. Let's give October a few months, until the corporate contributors pull the plug.

let's not and say we did.

I've started to hear good things about October, seems like it's breaking down barriers between genres by allowing token appreciation of drinks that beer kids usually look down on.

maybe it's time beer kids got looked down on, not pandered to.

I don’t know. Before October came around you had to actually go to a show to find out that your favorite band were a bunch of farty drunks

Enjoyed this review today, although most of the music on that compilation is the sonic equivalent of lentil soup.

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/various-artists-pure-moods-vol-1/

1. "Return to Innocence" Enigma 4:10
2. "Sweet Lullaby" Deep Forest 3:51
3. "Crockett's Theme" Jan Hammer 3:34
4. "Oxygène Part IV" Jean Michel Jarre 3:19
5. "Orinoco Flow" Enya 3:46
6. "Tubular Bells Part 1" (opening excerpt) Mike Oldfield 4:59
7. "Chariots of Fire" Vangelis 3:26
8. "The Heart Asks Pleasure First / The Promise" (theme from The Piano) Michael Nyman 3:13
9. "Chi Mai" Ennio Morricone 5:04
10. "Inspector Morse Theme" Barrington Pheloung 2:08
11. "Sadeness" Enigma 4:16
12. "Little Fluffy Clouds" The Orb 4:02
13. "Only You" Praise 3:38
14. "Aria on Air" (as used on a British Airways commercial) Malcolm McLaren 4:09
15. "Lily Was Here" David A. Stewart featuring Candy Dulfer 4:18
16. "Songbird" Kenny G 4:59
17. "Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence" Ryuichi Sakamoto 4:29
18. "Theme from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me" Angelo Badalamenti 5:01
19. "Theme from The Mission" Ennio Morricone 2:52
20. "Another Green World" Brian Eno 1:31

Some good stuff there

17. "Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence" Ryuichi Sakamoto 4:29

is this the instrumental version of 'forbidden colours'?

that's a good fucking album

wow pure moods is dope

for real, i just built a playlist with this shit and it's good

got to be over thirty years since i listened to crockett's theme, A+

Remember seeing ads for Pure Moods a lot on TV (didn't we poll it?). I had never heard "Return to Innocence" before and the 10-second snippet they played really made me want to hear the whole song

I really liked this review, because even though I own and adore that compilation, the writing put a new perspective on it, the piece is a really good justification for why it's worth them doing these Sunday revisits

Some good lines in that review, for sure. (Quoting Sontag on camp is a bit of a “Webster’s Dictionary defines ________ as...” move, but the citation feels earned in the 2nd reference.)

this is one of my favorite pieces of writing of the year (I've wanted to pitch an enigma sunday review for a while but have never quite gotten the courage)

That Deep Forest track is mad underrated

a little confused on this, I think they are reviewing a 97 edition with a different tracklist than the one President Keyes posted?

The review itself mentions that there was an original UK version, which was tweaked for the later US release. Not clear on what the changes were tbh.

yeah, great review!

as for track lists, yes, they changed pretty significantly

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_Moods

Pure Moods (original 1994 release)
No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Return to Innocence"	Enigma	4:10
2.	"Sweet Lullaby"	Deep Forest	3:51
3.	"Crockett's Theme"	Jan Hammer	3:34
4.	"Oxygène Part IV"	Jean Michel Jarre	3:19
5.	"Orinoco Flow"	Enya	3:46
6.	"Tubular Bells Part 1" (opening excerpt)	Mike Oldfield	4:59
7.	"Chariots of Fire"	Vangelis	3:26
8.	"The Heart Asks Pleasure First / The Promise" (theme from The Piano)	Michael Nyman	3:13
9.	"Chi Mai"	Ennio Morricone	5:04
10.	"Inspector Morse Theme"	Barrington Pheloung	2:08
11.	"Sadeness"	Enigma	4:16
12.	"Little Fluffy Clouds"	The Orb	4:02
13.	"Only You"	Praise	3:38
14.	"Aria on Air" (as used on a British Airways commercial)	Malcolm McLaren	4:09
15.	"Lily Was Here"	David A. Stewart featuring Candy Dulfer	4:18
16.	"Songbird"	Kenny G	4:59
17.	"Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence"	Ryuichi Sakamoto	4:29
18.	"Theme from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me"	Angelo Badalamenti	5:01
19.	"Theme from The Mission"	Ennio Morricone	2:52
20.	"Another Green World"	Brian Eno	1:31
Pure Moods (1997 re-release) [5]
Release Date: April 1, 1997
Label / Catalog #: Virgin Records US: 42186
UPC: 7 24384 21862 1
No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Return to Innocence"	Enigma	4:10
2.	"Orinoco Flow"	Enya	3:46
3.	"Sweet Lullaby"	Deep Forest	3:51
4.	"Oxygène Part IV"	Jean Michel Jarre	3:19
5.	"The X-Files Theme (DADO Paranormal Activity Mix)"	DJ Dado	3:30
6.	"Tubular Bells Part 1"	Mike Oldfield	4:59
7.	"Sadeness, Pt. 1"	Enigma	4:16
8.	"Adiemus"	Karl Jenkins	3:59
9.	"Crockett's Theme"	Jan Hammer	3:34
10.	"Theme from The Mission"	Ennio Morricone	2:52
11.	"Main Title Theme from The Last Emperor"	David Byrne	4:03
12.	"Yeha-Noha (Wishes of Happiness & Prosperity)"	Sacred Spirit	4:26
13.	"Theme from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me"	Angelo Badalamenti	5:01
14.	"Makambo"	Geoffrey Oryema	5:01
15.	"My Wife with Champagne Shoulders"	Mark Isham	5:32
16.	"The Promise"	Michael Nyman	3:13
17.	"Lily Was Here"	David A. Stewart, Candy Dulfer	4:18

Yeah the '94 original seems to have the better tracklist.

lol oops!

whoa that's what was on Pure Moods?! did I just forget?

merry xmas mr. lawrence -> twin peaks theme is the boldest mixtape move of all time

is this the first time they've slotted a track review in to whats the album reviews area? (for posterity the new kanye song)

I think so, yes! I'm not mad about it.

probably.

also, kanye should have stayed quiet. last thing anyone needs right now is his narcissism.

gonna make shirts:

"IF YOU LISTEN TO KANYE, YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM"

Weird review. Why did they bother?

because kanye is one of their top-five defining artists since the conde nast takeover became complete?

So review it like any other Kanye track? Why break precedent for this one, just to be... “Ehh, this sucks”

(Or does today just happen to be the beginning of a new era, in which track reviews are mixed in with album reviews, and it just as easily could have been Gum Country or whatever?)

it would make more sense if from now on they're putting track reviews in with album reviews instead of in with news

I wonder why they didn’t review that Beyoncé track; seems like it would have been a natural choice.

A Sufjan single is now the lead review and labeled BNM. So I guess this is a thing now.