Pitchfork's P2k: The Decade in Music

Heartbeats will certainly be top 20. no fucking doubt there.

some new thoughts:
- i am SOOOOO glad i stopped reading p4k in 2004.
- i am blissfully unaware of what most of these 'indie' tracks sound like.
- alex in mainhattan, i've actually talked about you to friends of mine irl. and they're all like, "anyone who says things like that about amnesiac needs a head examination." it isn't just us.
- kshighway, you seem to have the same taste in music that i did when i was a junior/senior in high school. which was eight/seven years ago. not a diss, i just don't understand how these things happen.

Good display name.

I was pleased to see "Forgot About Dre," too, because I thought it was a 1999 song. Single released in 2000, I guess.

the vague, ominous lyrics of most songs of amnesiac to me describe quite well the insecurity of today's world on a meta level. there is not one interpretation, there are many. we are on shaky ground. nothing is sure after 911 and the financial crisis anymore. not even the states, not even capitalism. we had forgotten about the fragility of the most powerful country and the most powerful economic concept. we were ill. we were amnesiacs. probably most of us still are, actually. maybe this is not the right thread for this discussion. shall we start a new one?

okay my last post on gaydiohead here:
i just don't get you. are you a fucking suburban mom? do you even know what 'meta' means? do you watch too much msnbc? are you a blogger on huffington post? are you secretly paris hilton?

you're not speaking to anything profound. if anything, you're spouting off soundbites from the past 10 years in an obvious way just to stan for a crappy Radiohead album. please stop.

would u say that we 'forgot' "forgot about dre"

/sorry

the table is the table, what do you mean by "i just don't understand how these things happen."?

Also, what do you listen to now? Recommend a few albums to me.

Daniel, i forgot to thank you for it. when i saw yr post, i just sang some Foreigner and was like, 'new display name time.'

hey here's some free advice for everybody--stop posting about how glad you are that you haven't listened to some indie rock.

^^

My pleasure. I'm just comforted to know that someone at least occasionally notices my posts.

(xp)

(rare as that may be)

was not nec. directed at you fwiw

oh yr talkin disp names nm

was not nec. directed at you fwiw

^^^^^ May become my new display name.

Talking about indie rock in a thread dedicated to P4k's end-of-the-decade list. Wow.

kshighway, i guess that i just don't know anyone your age who listens to that music. and i have a lot of friend who are your age. maybe it's just some weird thing, a mystery.

what i'm listening to right now?

White Rainbow New Clouds
A Broken Consort The Shape Leaves
Luciano Tribute to the Sun
Lemonade
Gemini In and Out of Lights and Fog
Stars of the Lid
a lot of Ron Trent

so a mixture of more ambient/noisy stuff mixed with house and techno, pretty much. 99% of guitar-driven, rock-influenced music bores the shit out of me at this point.

Anyway, FORGOT ABOUT DRE. Shiiiiit. I really hope Detox comes out this year. We've been waiting far too long. I would've loved to see "Still Dre" on the P2k list too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erbraZmuwmI

Btw, what the fuck happened to Nate Dogg? Back in 2000 or so, it seemed like he was in half of the mainstream rap videos I was watching on MTV.

Thanks, table! I'm going to check out some of that stuff.

kshighway, i highly rec. White Rainbow, Stars of the Lid and A Broken Consort. seems like these could be your sort of thing, esp. the last two.

Y'all don't like this list? BLOW ME.

I already have Stars of the Lid's "Refinement..." record, and I love it, so I'll definitely check out the other too. A++. Thanks dude.

(the white rainbow doesn't come out til october... but his last record is also good, not as dreamy though)

also do you like Low? i am pissed that Low are definitely not going to be on this list, but i really stan for Low. so whatevs.

Agreed. Low has become one of the best rock bands of the decade imo. They should be on the list.

They could make the album list. Not sure which one would be selected. I love the last two, but I know I'm in the minority, especially with regards to The Great Destroyer.

I would've loved to see "Still Dre" on the P2k list too.

"Still" and the album came out in late '99, "Forgot" and "Next Episode" were released as singles in 2000

Never heard Low. I'll look into them also.

Shit, you're right. "Still" was the first single, right? Yeah. It was "Still," "Forgot . . .," then "Next Episode."

I love The Great Destroyer. My favorite Low album. I think "Silver Rider" should be on the singles list, but if anything from Low will get on this list it will probably be something from Things We Lost In The Fire.

yeah, that's the order.

daniel, i stopped listening after Great Destroyer. Things We Lost in the Fire and Trust are two of the best non-electronic records of the decade, tho, imo. but i am really into slow shit.

Sunflower, for sure.

all right, now i head off to write crap features on dubstep for five hours. enjoy this thread, i have been roffling all morning.

kshighway, i guess that i just don't know anyone your age who listens to that music.

lol @ the idea of indie rock being the province of high schoolers

also lol @ using the phrase "your age" for someone who graduated from college a year after you.

I think "Silver Rider" should be on the singles list

Yeah! In the proper context (Tr: winter), that wordless chorus still gives me chills.

i kinda think of indie rock fans as being mainly twenty somethings, most of my friends like a lot of haircut indie and bloghouse and santogold etc.

wilco aren't really indie though are they? they're way more dadrockish

YHF is a good album as well

Wilco is "classic indie"

is that like "classic house"

i mean, they're from chicago right?

not all people of the same age like all the same stuff, it's true!

read this on a chinese cookie once but I guess you're right

I'm totally using "haircut indie" from now on, thx

totally calling the top 20% of these pitchfork decade lists "the haircut 100" from now on

Is Haircut Indie distinct from Mustache Indie?

Never heard Low. I'll look into them also.

― ^^^^^ May become my new display name. (kshighway)

Dude they opened for Wilco on the Sky Blue Sky tour. In fact their set was one of the best I've seen in the last five years.

I missed them on that tour! Saw them two months ago w/ Conor Oberst, and it was very, very excellent.

basically low rules.

but great destroyer isn't that great, esp compared to "things we lost in the fire" or all the albums that came out before it.

but it's still good.

Drums & Guns = the bestest.

What I like about The Great Destroyer is that it's so dark and heavy. With the exception of Drums and Guns, Low have gotten louder and more demonstrative with each album. The Great Destroyer seems to me like the fullest realization of their sound.