I demand a byline
#ad: Update your work-from-home wardrobe like a rock star (without spending like one)Shop DENIZEN® from Levi’s® and @Hanes, available at @Target https://t.co/Q6OViyLR7E— Pitchfork (@pitchfork) January 12, 2021
― Frozen CD, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 20:18 (three years ago) link
Hanes Premium Black Label Men's Papaya Trunks 3pkSome of the best songs in rock history have been written in a daze from bed. That’s why comfortable boxer briefs, like these Papaya Trunks by Hanes, are perfect for all musicians and aspiring songwriters alike. Because whether or not you can carry a tune, you still deserve good underwear. Even the most hardcore punks would likely agree.
― 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
Idk but Dua Lipa Rates Pokémon, Ikea, and Selfies
― one of the only artist who is genuine (morrisp), Sunday, 17 January 2021 02:19 (three years ago) link
they have also only reviewed 6 tracks total since october, probably related
― ufo, Sunday, 17 January 2021 03:20 (three years ago) link
Conde has to put it out to pasture soon, surely. Its existence just seems pointless now.
― Position Position, Sunday, 17 January 2021 03:26 (three years ago) link
enjoyed today’s thin lizzy review: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/thin-lizzy-jailbreak/
― boz conspiracy by toby hus (voodoo chili), Sunday, 17 January 2021 13:46 (three years ago) link
Every January we have this discussion about the track reviews
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Sunday, 17 January 2021 16:26 (three years ago) link
P4K: "This new Tame Impala record is so good, we're gonna give it an 8.0 score!"
P4K social media person, not a fan:
Think of this album as psychedelia for people with meditation apps and vape pens https://t.co/4dbr34thxu— Pitchfork (@pitchfork) January 18, 2021
― A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 18 January 2021 15:49 (three years ago) link
the complaints in this thread about the number of reviews are basically the old "the food here is terrible ... and such small portions" joke
― na (NA), Monday, 18 January 2021 16:06 (three years ago) link
not sure if that tweet is supposed to be a criticism
― Evan, Monday, 18 January 2021 16:22 (three years ago) link
xp They do publish well-written reviews (which are praised in this thread) in addition to the head-scratchers; and there would be even more good reviews to commend if they printed more stuff. Is it even a “full-time” publication (whatever that means)?
― one of the only artist who is genuine (morrisp), Monday, 18 January 2021 16:36 (three years ago) link
Yeah, the tweet made it sound vaguely appealing
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Monday, 18 January 2021 17:10 (three years ago) link
i was gonna ask if that's a burn? seems like they just described their target audience
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Monday, 18 January 2021 21:16 (three years ago) link
is it common for them to tweet out year-old music reviews?
― Karl Malone, Monday, 18 January 2021 21:24 (three years ago) link
makes sense if they're barely publishing new ones atm
― Evan, Monday, 18 January 2021 21:37 (three years ago) link
I see Weezer have two (2) new albums on the way
― one of the only artist who is genuine (morrisp), Monday, 18 January 2021 21:51 (three years ago) link
tame impala was included on the biden/harris inauguration playlist, probably causing an uptick in search trafficthat explains the tweet and the tone aimed at a more curious, general audience
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 18 January 2021 22:14 (three years ago) link
^^^ this guy markets.
― pomenitul, Monday, 18 January 2021 22:16 (three years ago) link
haha seo is a dirty job
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 18 January 2021 22:19 (three years ago) link
Huh, their Twitter feed is crazy active (multiple tweets per hour); but they’re tweeting out a mix of recent and older—from 2019, in some cases—articles & reviews.
― one of the only artist who is genuine (morrisp), Monday, 18 January 2021 22:39 (three years ago) link
The records are probably still available.
― shivers me timber (sic), Monday, 18 January 2021 22:41 (three years ago) link
The context of my surprise is the discussion at hand—I expected to see a few tweets per day, to reflect their publishing schedule. But all the recycling doesn’t seem to hurt their Twitter engagement (who are these readers replying to a old features & reviews; did they miss them the first time around?).
― one of the only artist who is genuine (morrisp), Monday, 18 January 2021 22:59 (three years ago) link
there's a lot of data to suggest that's what you should do, tweet things over and over at certain intervals, only a small portion of your followers actually sees a particular tweet, if they aren't on when it is posted it just gets swept by in the feedit's kind of annoying but understand the logic
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 18 January 2021 23:03 (three years ago) link
That’s interesting; I’ve always been the type to read every tweet in my TL (but I don’t follow a zillion accounts or only check infrequently, as others must).
― one of the only artist who is genuine (morrisp), Monday, 18 January 2021 23:09 (three years ago) link
it's one of many reasons twitter is bad and best experienced second hand via curators
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 01:13 (three years ago) link
curators such as not follow @pitchfork ?
― flopson, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 01:32 (three years ago) link
morrisp, I ask without any hint of malice: why do you care about Pitchfork's habits so much?
I admit my own biases as a contributor.
― meticulously crafted, socially responsible, morally upsta (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 01:40 (three years ago) link
It’s the only music site I visit regularly, so I guess find it interesting to discuss its strengths and shortcomings in this thread (though I’m sure my observations are not very interesting). I checked their Twitter feed only b/c of that tweet posted above, usually I just visit the site.
― one of the only artist who is genuine (morrisp), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 01:45 (three years ago) link
ok thanks!
― meticulously crafted, socially responsible, morally upsta (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 01:45 (three years ago) link
(Also, I briefly worked in online music journalism very long ago, and so I guess I wish it were “better” or different today in some ways… but I know that’s a big “who cares.”)
― one of the only artist who is genuine (morrisp), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 01:47 (three years ago) link
Feels very weird to see a link to this very website in a Pitchfork article:
https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/start-a-virtual-listening-club-itll-change-your-life/
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 17:37 (three years ago) link
Congrats, we're "now-fabled"
― jaymc, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 17:40 (three years ago) link
😎
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 17:44 (three years ago) link
amazing that the first thing the pfrk reader sees when clicking through is this thread title
― John Wesley Glasscock (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 17:45 (three years ago) link
We’re no Steve Hoffman tho.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 17:45 (three years ago) link
it's still early
― John Wesley Glasscock (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 17:47 (three years ago) link
From the heyday of now-fabled message boards to contemporary Twitter threads, online music discussions tend to descend quickly into competition or argument, mansplaining or dick-waving.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PakAiTZWAs
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 17:48 (three years ago) link