Surviving under capitalism is a drag—it’s the oldest story in rock’n’roll—
Is it? Like, "Yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip, Mum mum mum mum mum mum, get a job"?
― Pat McGroin (morrisp), Thursday, 9 July 2020 21:36 (three years ago) link
pretty sure the oldest story in rock 'n' roll is "I want to fuck"
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 9 July 2020 21:40 (three years ago) link
You woman have heard of jalopiesYou heard the noise they makeLet me introduce you to my Rocket '88Yes, it's great, just won't waitEverybody likes my Rocket '88There is no ethical consumption under capitalism
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 9 July 2020 21:41 (three years ago) link
more like a drag race
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 9 July 2020 21:54 (three years ago) link
I guess Meddle is exactly on par with Set My Heart on Fire Immediately.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 12 July 2020 13:11 (three years ago) link
I can't believe Pink Floyd had a dog in the band who could play the blues and make sound collages, and even more amazingly, the dog wasn't able to get a record deal of his own! Blatant music industry species-ism.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EcuL4nIXoAEKDU6.jpg
― but also fuck you (unperson), Sunday, 12 July 2020 13:16 (three years ago) link
Kind of funny to see Pink Floyd and the Grateful Dead at the top of the reviews section
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Sunday, 12 July 2020 13:29 (three years ago) link
It's a good writeup even if I think it should be a 9.5 or whatever
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Sunday, 12 July 2020 14:45 (three years ago) link
“And here you are, still doin’ you,” she sings. “It never worked out, but it never stopped you.” Those are great lines
they are?
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 15 July 2020 16:38 (three years ago) link
"The best pop songs leave you wanting more."
They do?
― billstevejim, Saturday, 18 July 2020 20:01 (three years ago) link
I disagree strongly with this review. The EP is fantastic. https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/summer-walker-life-on-earth-ep/
― FAC 179 (morrisp), Saturday, 18 July 2020 20:30 (three years ago) link
The main complaint seems to be that her lyrics aren’t to the reviewer’s taste. Like, sorry about that, but the music has other qualities.
― FAC 179 (morrisp), Saturday, 18 July 2020 20:39 (three years ago) link
Wipers review reads like parody
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 19 July 2020 12:46 (three years ago) link
There’s some good writing and analysis in it but the opening paragraph is ridiculous.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Sunday, 19 July 2020 13:55 (three years ago) link
Missing the obvious childishness of 'No fair' is… not a good start. And the extended development around Reagan is peak p4k contextsplaining.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 19 July 2020 15:09 (three years ago) link
this project of reassessing the alt canon through a social justice lens sometimes reads like a less entertaining version of the Maoist International Movement movie reviews, p4k shouldn’t be afraid to lean into the absurdity a bit more imo
― If you choose too long a name, your new display name will be truncated in (Left), Sunday, 19 July 2020 17:19 (three years ago) link
I remember, in college, reading a review of the Cranberries single “Zombie” in the pages of the Socialist Worker, the free paper distributed by the (now-defunct) ISO, which was big on my campus. The entire review was a diatribe about how the song was reactionary propaganda designed to weaken support for the IRA... it ended with something like: “Unfortunately, the song is very catchy and well-produced, which will probably make it popular and increase the damage it will cause.” I thought this was so funny.
― FAC 179 (morrisp), Sunday, 19 July 2020 17:38 (three years ago) link
(And honestly, that’s more attention to the music than Pfork sometimes pays!)
― FAC 179 (morrisp), Sunday, 19 July 2020 17:39 (three years ago) link
Can't wait for p4k and Plugged In to converge at last, e.g.:
https://www.pluggedin.com/album-reviews/juice-wrld-legends-never-die/
― pomenitul, Sunday, 19 July 2020 17:44 (three years ago) link
xpost can’t wait for Ian Curtis’ suicide to be critiqued as politically impotent
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Sunday, 19 July 2020 22:38 (three years ago) link
A Tory offing himself? Nah.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 19 July 2020 22:41 (three years ago) link
I guess if Protomartyr wanted that sweet, sweet BNM they wouldn't have dissed ian cohen in song
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Monday, 20 July 2020 13:59 (three years ago) link
You’ll never guess how this emergency room physician runs her own cassette-only label (note-she is married to one of our staffers)
― beamish13, Monday, 20 July 2020 19:10 (three years ago) link
Hah, just seen this. I live in Ireland and for about 20 years it was physically impossible to go more than a few months without hearing Zombie.
It's such a horrendous song, politically illiterate and musically abysmal. It's like what you would get if you put the op-ed pages of the Irish Times in a blender with a copy of What's Up by 4 Non Blondes.
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Saturday, 25 July 2020 13:35 (three years ago) link
By then, of course, the support for the IRA was no longer a debate, and we all perceptively knew that it wouldn't be nice
― Paul Ponzi, Saturday, 25 July 2020 15:48 (three years ago) link
Something tells me that p4k isn’t going to give the new t swift album a very high score.. I could be wrong but if I’m not you heard it here first!
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Saturday, 25 July 2020 18:01 (three years ago) link
i haven't heard it or read anyone's reaction to it, but based off of my gut i'm going to say it's a 7.4, some really good moments in there but a step back from what we've come to expect
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Saturday, 25 July 2020 18:29 (three years ago) link
Pitchfork are big stans of The National and the album is getting universal acclaim - I'd be pretty surprised if it scores less than an 8.0 and might even get a BNM
― chonky floof (groovypanda), Saturday, 25 July 2020 18:40 (three years ago) link
Quarantine narrative can’t hurt
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Saturday, 25 July 2020 18:41 (three years ago) link
Excerpt from the upcoming review: 'No music has ever sounded quite like it.'
― pomenitul, Saturday, 25 July 2020 18:43 (three years ago) link
Three paragraphs about Kanye
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Saturday, 25 July 2020 18:45 (three years ago) link
"Betty" is unlike anything @TaylorSwift13 has made before https://t.co/Q989PR6Xwg— Pitchfork (@pitchfork) July 25, 2020
― chonky floof (groovypanda), Saturday, 25 July 2020 18:49 (three years ago) link
Gonna guess 8.2. I’d forgotten Lover only notched a 7.1 though I’m banking on that mostly being a function of how much everyone hated the lead singles.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Saturday, 25 July 2020 19:42 (three years ago) link
I think more like 9.2. The stars seem aligned for this one.
― Your dream has symbolic content (morrisp), Sunday, 26 July 2020 00:08 (three years ago) link
not that high, i say ... that's pretty high
8.7 and BNM
― alpine static, Sunday, 26 July 2020 04:40 (three years ago) link
lover getting 7.1 seemed really high for how bad half of it is
― ufo, Sunday, 26 July 2020 04:49 (three years ago) link
Yeah, i take back my previous comment, 8.7 seems about right
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Sunday, 26 July 2020 05:46 (three years ago) link
Surprised that the new Bad Brains piece doesn’t even allude to the controversy involving the band and homophobia (despite spending several paragraphs on their 1989 album which has that infamous song). Just seems like something a retrospective like this would typically attempt to wrestle with a bit.
― Your dream has symbolic content (morrisp), Sunday, 26 July 2020 07:53 (three years ago) link
While you wait for our review of @TaylorSwift13's new album, revisit our writing on her entire discography → https://t.co/wLNJhkPLzb pic.twitter.com/TQzzrARfro— Pitchfork (@pitchfork) July 25, 2020
Yes, we await so anxiously, lol. This can only mean it's 8.5 or up I fear.
Different subject but their twitter game is just god awful.
― Scampidocio (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 26 July 2020 09:29 (three years ago) link
Hi @pitchfork im diagnosed with stage 1 cancer if folklore gets a bad review, it'll affect my body and results with coma, please be kind and rate it 10/10 🙏😭— betty • 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒆 (@FolkloreBop) July 26, 2020
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Sunday, 26 July 2020 15:01 (three years ago) link
jesus christ
― trapped out the barndo (crüt), Sunday, 26 July 2020 15:02 (three years ago) link
if folklore doesn't get a 10 i'll kill myself on live tv
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Sunday, 26 July 2020 15:05 (three years ago) link
First things first - they need to circle back and review the Nelly Furtado album of the same titlehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8b/Folklore_cover.png
― Your dream has symbolic content (morrisp), Sunday, 26 July 2020 15:57 (three years ago) link
Should've been today's Sunday Review.
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Sunday, 26 July 2020 16:44 (three years ago) link
smh at all of this
― dyl, Sunday, 26 July 2020 19:07 (three years ago) link
Dear pitchfork, my cousin is very sick and said it would bring him great joy if you'd give folklore 0/10. Have a great day!
― NAthaniel (cajunsunday), Sunday, 26 July 2020 19:21 (three years ago) link
i hate that gay teenage stans have started caring so much about critic scores (not the reviews, just the scores) ever since critical consensus got metacritified, + legacy outlets get to rub their titties 'withholding' their 'anticipated' reviews as hordes of netizens wait with bated breath, harassment emails at the ready
― dyl, Sunday, 26 July 2020 19:32 (three years ago) link
they get to what now
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Sunday, 26 July 2020 19:33 (three years ago) link
― dyl, Sunday, 26 July 2020 19:32 (fifty seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink
whose fault is this though, the stans' or the critics'
― imago, Sunday, 26 July 2020 19:34 (three years ago) link
the biggest problem with professional music criticism is that it has been reduced to a few key voices, whose scores 'matter' increasingly given the ever-decreasing wealth of debate or competition. we end up with monopolies and coronations. queen taytay awaits her 9.something, and we the flagwaving public line pall mall in slavering anticipation
― imago, Sunday, 26 July 2020 19:43 (three years ago) link