The funny thing about October is that I know a ton of huge beer nerds all over the country and not one of them reads October, in fact I would wager than 90% of them don't even know it exists.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 10 December 2020 15:45 (three years ago) link
https://fridaybeer.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/dscf1308.jpg
― im-polite-post-post-post-pomo (breastcrawl), Thursday, 10 December 2020 15:49 (three years ago) link
feel like October definitely seems aimed at music ppl who are curious about spending money on expensive beer rather than ppl who are legit fancy beer nerds
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Thursday, 10 December 2020 16:04 (three years ago) link
definitely doesn't feel as inside baseball or in the weeds with the industry as a real enthusiast would want
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 10 December 2020 16:05 (three years ago) link
is that beer as nasty as it looks
― Left, Thursday, 10 December 2020 16:10 (three years ago) link
they finally heard enough from the sault stans lol
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Thursday, 24 December 2020 08:57 (three years ago) link
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, December 10, 2020 10:45 AM (two weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink
ditto
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 24 December 2020 13:45 (three years ago) link
is pfork's ignoring / downplaying of sault because they're not from the u.s.?
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 24 December 2020 18:51 (three years ago) link
“Because they’re not from the US” seems like a pretty unlikely conspiracy theory considering pitchfork’s history
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Thursday, 24 December 2020 19:10 (three years ago) link
i'm not proposing a conspiracy theory. i'm just trying to think of an explanation because their ignoring of one of the year's most acclaimed acts is completely puzzling.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 24 December 2020 19:12 (three years ago) link
Occam's Razor answer: shit sometimes falls through the cracks
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 24 December 2020 19:14 (three years ago) link
Austin, think of it like the Grammy Awards (an institution that I know you revere)—sometimes deserving artists are denied recognition, or their recognition is delayed, but we’re all happy for the artists when it arrives!
― Qui-Gon's Noble End (morrisp), Thursday, 24 December 2020 19:38 (three years ago) link
Has Pitchfork ever championed acts like Sault?
― DJP, Thursday, 24 December 2020 19:53 (three years ago) link
I'm trying to think of acts like Sault
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 24 December 2020 19:58 (three years ago) link
Moses Sumney and Michael Kiwanuka come closest imo
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 24 December 2020 19:59 (three years ago) link
yeah definitely, Sault kinda unique in that zone for taking on more post punk/nyc early 80s art scene vibes8.2 with no BNM was pretty funny though, like they were specifically trolling this thread
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 24 December 2020 20:06 (three years ago) link
In certain ways it actually sounds extremely pitchfork to me which I think is why its exclusion was jarring ... a lot of the stuff musically it’s cycling through feels extremely on brand for it, and the way it’s using using those sources is in parallel w other pastiche acts its celebrated in the past imo
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Thursday, 24 December 2020 20:09 (three years ago) link
Cross post w matt
I don't hear contemporary analogues to "I Just Want to Dance," though -- Instant Funk, Champaign, or Ashford & Simpson but with a hip-hop ethos maybe?
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 24 December 2020 20:12 (three years ago) link
There aren't* a couple of average-looking White dudes who they can take black and white pictures of while they stand mournfully behind a Mac Book Pro in relation to this, so why would they care?
* or, if there are, they haven't come forward publicly
― DJP, Thursday, 24 December 2020 20:13 (three years ago) link
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, December 24, 2020 2:12 PM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
It’s a fresh contrast of elements but I def hear breakbeat dance shit that is on trend for current dance music pfork likes, disco records which have been back on trend for like 15 years, it’s pretty current in its use of the past
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Thursday, 24 December 2020 20:19 (three years ago) link
nyc early 80s artscene vibes = last 3 blood orange albums
― flopson, Thursday, 24 December 2020 20:27 (three years ago) link
I don’t want to sound overly reverent, it’s kind of mannered and tasteful but I like it more than the Jessie ware abt which I felt similarly .... I do think it’s doing more than just 80s art scene stuff though. There’s little other things it’s cycling through that feel more modern than 40 years ago... think 20 years ago. It has a bit of a dj set vibe to it
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Thursday, 24 December 2020 20:55 (three years ago) link
Austin, think of it like the Grammy Awards (an institution that I know you revere)—sometimes deserving artists are denied recognition, or their recognition is delayed, but we’re all happy for the artists when it arrives!― Qui-Gon's Noble End (morrisp), Thursday, December 24, 2020 11:38 AM
― Qui-Gon's Noble End (morrisp), Thursday, December 24, 2020 11:38 AM
i start to question whether not i like them anymore when people i like win grammies. it's like a fucking virus.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 24 December 2020 21:15 (three years ago) link
Maybe you can get the vaccine prior to Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, and enjoy the broadcast on CBS!
― Qui-Gon's Noble End (morrisp), Thursday, 24 December 2020 21:36 (three years ago) link
i've said it before but Grammys = money + clout to the artist, both immediately and for life, so you should never be sad when somebody you like wins a grammy. you can be sad they exist though!
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 24 December 2020 21:45 (three years ago) link
The weird thing about Pitchfork ignoring Sault until now is not just that they would seem to be in Pitchfork's wheelhouse, but also it's not like they're super-obscure anymore. They were #1 on NPR's best of 2020 list and also showed up on the Slate and Entertainment Weekly lists.
― jaymc, Thursday, 24 December 2020 23:31 (three years ago) link
first i heard of them was when they started turning up on eoy lists
― flopson, Friday, 25 December 2020 00:29 (three years ago) link
Prob slipped through the cracks and it’s too embarrassing to be among the last to be excited (stubbornly they want to be the ones to break an act) so they give it a solid score but nothing to attention grabbing. Just enough to show they weren’t left behind completely. AKA they’re saulty about being late.
― Evan, Friday, 25 December 2020 00:38 (three years ago) link
too*
― Evan, Friday, 25 December 2020 00:39 (three years ago) link
I mean I wouldn’t be mad at that score if it was timed right lol but now it looks salty so not only are you late but you’re late and seem mad abt it whereas if you’re on time you can help shape the conversation, bring up relevant skepticisms, without seeming like your score is brand protection or whatever
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Friday, 25 December 2020 01:18 (three years ago) link
8.2 is a great score!
― Qui-Gon's Noble End (morrisp), Friday, 25 December 2020 01:31 (three years ago) link
We need a special prosecutor on this
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 25 December 2020 02:30 (three years ago) link
A Sault with a Deadly Pepa
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 25 December 2020 02:41 (three years ago) link
Honestly, they may have benefited from being reviewed together (admittedly some time after the fact), as the pair of albums scored higher than each Taylor Swift album did individually. (Taylor’s albums likely would have earned a higher combined score if they were reviewed as a twofer.)
― Qui-Gon's Noble End (morrisp), Friday, 25 December 2020 02:52 (three years ago) link
I demand a byline
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― Frozen CD, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 20:18 (three years ago) link
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― Four Jacks and a Jill (morrisp), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 20:27 (three years ago) link
i wonder what iggy pop thinks about papaya trunks
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 20:31 (three years ago) link
reminder that this is still the website that determines whether or not your music will be popular
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 20:37 (three years ago) link
pitchtok
― boz conspiracy by toby hus (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 21:07 (three years ago) link
xpost well then I'd expect them to dress well
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 21:22 (three years ago) link
I love music ™ and I also like papaya chunks
― partyin' maskless with Rudy G. and Vanilla Ice, it's a gas gas gas (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 20:04 (three years ago) link
Do they usually run this long into January with only two reviews a day? I know they always slow way down for the holidays and immediately after, but I'm not sure if this intentional or a reflection of the post-holiday new release trickle.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 20:06 (three years ago) link
January is slow, man.
― meticulously crafted, socially responsible, morally upsta (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 20:43 (three years ago) link
This can't be true anymore
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 20:57 (three years ago) link
Yeah. Now an album's popularity is based on the opinion of some bald dork with glasses.
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 13 January 2021 21:05 (three years ago) link
I wish
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 13 January 2021 21:07 (three years ago) link
YOUNG bald dork with glasses unfortch
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 21:48 (three years ago) link
Plus TikToks and Netflix syncs, and I think that accounts for everything, yup.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 22:22 (three years ago) link
i just realized pitchfork hasnt given any best new tracks since October? what's going on here
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Sunday, 17 January 2021 02:16 (three years ago) link