pitchfork is dumb (#34985859340293849494 in a series.)

as Pitchfork haemorrhages readers

is this really happening?

dead man walking: http://www.spin.com/articles/all-333-phish-songs-ranked/

kidding aside, it's an interest question in light of the big BuzzFeed news.

yea how is p4k's readership? they seem bigger and more established than ever

They're a bigger brand but it seems like they have less direct influence re: breaking any artist or band.

What's the big buzzfeed news? Xp

You know one of these things in isolation seems like just another tech deal, but viewed as a whole, I think it speaks to the ongoing rapid changes in content
1. Big time Silicon Valley VC making a $50 million investment, http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/11/technology/a-move-to-go-beyond-lists-for-content-at-buzzfeed.html
2. Apple acquisition of Beats
3. Move to curated music for the streaming services (this is probably most significant in terms of Pitchfork, and thus the tie-up with Beats). excellent piece from the wsj: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304256404579449163704994966

They're a bigger brand but it seems like they have less direct influence re: breaking any artist or band.

― Everyone's a closet ned. (Johnny Fever), Monday, August 18, 2014 4:15 PM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

As opposed to when?

Already, most of BuzzFeed’s revenue is derived from BuzzFeed Creative, the company’s 75-person unit dedicated to creating for brands custom video and list-style advertising content that looks similar to its own editorial content.

ugh

3. Move to curated music for the streaming services (this is probably most significant in terms of Pitchfork, and thus the tie-up with Beats). excellent piece from the ws/

god reading this article is so ludicrous it's like eventually they will arrive at the optimum music delivery format and it will be .... radio

i like when the slipknot guy pronounces "blame" as "blime"

As opposed to when?

― Evan, Monday, August 18, 2014 4:41 PM (13 minutes ago)

Before six out of every ten people on the internet had his/her own music blog.

So a higher quantity of blogs weigh into people's decisions more now? Or do you mean bloggers are less likely to follow masses because they want to pride themselves tastemakers with unique opinions?

...and almost everyone is a blogger so there is less mass hype merely based on pitchfork's perspective on a given artist?

love the synth queefs in 'midnight city'

xp yeah, some combination of all that.

queefs out fat, farty beats

Well, I don't know if that's really the result though. Certain BNM albums fall through the cracks (but it's always been that way), and certain BNM albums explode (but it's always been that way). I'm not sure if there ability to break artists is measurably worse than it's ever been.

xp

for reference

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_albums_awarded_Pitchfork_Best_New_Album

i listen to the outsider art music of my own joints creaking and sighing with age.

^^^ quality posting in an oversaturated mediascape

Oh wait I thought that said "sighing with rage", nevermind

https://www.facebook.com/kurtvileofphilly/posts/708197965896255

First comment is lol: "You're good, but you're not Waka Flocka good."

azelia banks is a straight up "pop" artist? kurt's charted higher than her

spotify list of all but 10 of the 200

http://open.spotify.com/user/michaeltneuman/playlist/3aFEJTspALTMAYJmwfEetN

nagl if you only mention black artists, kurt.

First comment is lol: "You're good, but you're not Waka Flocka good."

― Everyone's a closet ned. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 18 August 2014 23:10 (Yesterday) Permalink

I said this to my sandwich today at lunch

obv its their prerogative to cover whatever they choose (and i've benefited tremendously from their attn throughout the years), but a lot of the folks on this list are straight up 'pop' artists who won't notice the honor of being included on this list one way or the other.

http://www.businessinsider.com/kurt-vile-bank-of-america-2011-11

haha

The Kids still love MBDTF; it's like asking them why they love American Gangster.

― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, August 18, 2014 3:02 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no one on earth would say that american gangster is the best movie of all time

― le goon (J0rdan S.), Monday, August 18, 2014 3:03 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this joke made me lol

Albums list posted:

http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9465-the-top-100-albums-of-2010-2014/

100. Clams Casino - Instrumental Mixtape
99. Jai Paul - Jai Paul
98. Earl Sweatshirt - Earl
97. Rustie - Glass Swords
96. Young Thug - 1017 Thug
95. Nicolas Jaar - Space Is Only Noise
94. How To Dress Well - "What Is This Heart?"
93. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
92. Bat For Lashes - The Haunted Man
91. Actress - Splazsh

90. Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt
89. Emeralds - Does It Look Like I'm Here?
88. Arcade Fire - Reflektor
87. FKA twigs - LP1
86. Real Estate - Atlas
85. Swans - To Be Kind
84. ASAP Rocky - LiveLoveASAP
83. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker
82. Chief Keef - Finally Rich
81. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Mature Themes

80. Mac DeMarco - 2
79. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
78. Darkside - Psychic
77. Kendrick Lamar - Section.80
76. Jessie Ware - Devotion
75. The Caretaker - An Empty Bliss Beyond This World
74. Caribou - Swim
73. Cloud Nothings - Attack on memory
72. Danny Brown - Old
71. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost

70. Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music
69. Blood Orange - Cupid Deluxe
68. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh
67. The Weeknd - House of Balloons
66. Todd Terje - It's Album Time
65. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles II
64. Haim - Days Are Gone
63. Four Tet - There Is Love In You
62. The Knife - Shaking the Habitual
61. Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan

60. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
59. Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
58. The-Dream - Love King
57. Tune-Yards - Whokill
56. Chance the Rapper - Acid Rap
55. Andy Stott - Luxury Problems
54. Frank Ocean - Nostalgia, Ultra
53. Beach House - Bloom
52. James Blake - James Blake
51. Sky Ferreira - Night Time, My Time

50. GY!BE - Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
49. Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica
48. Majical Cloudz - Impersonator
47. Waka Flocka Flame - Flockaveli
46. Vampire Weekend - Contra
45. Future - Pluto
44. Chromatics - Kill For Love
43. Jay-Z & Kanye West - Watch the Throne
42. Kurt Vile - Wakin On A Pretty Daze
41. Drake - Nothing Was the Same

40. Burial - Rival Dealer EP
39. Beyoncé - 4
38. EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints
37. Danny Brown - XXX
36. Robyn - Body Talk
35. DJ Rashad - Double Cup
34. Death Grips - The Money Store
33. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
32. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
31. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories

30. Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
29. Japandroids - Celebration Rock
28. My Bloody Valentine - mbv
27. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
26. Deafheaven - Sunbather
25. Bill Callahan - Apocalypse
24. Disclosure - Settle
23. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
22. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
21. War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream

20. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
19. Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
18. Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me
17. Swans - The Seer
16. Destroyer - Kaputt
15. Grimes - Visions
14. Beyoncé - Beyoncé
13. Real Estate - Days
12. Drake - Take Care
11. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening

10. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel
09. Sun Kil Moon - Benji
08. Kanye West - Yeezus
07. Tame Impala - Lonerism
06. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
05. Beach House - Teen Dream
04. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
03. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
02. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, mAAD city
01. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

I had no idea Deerhunter were such a big deal in their world

new Sun Kil Moon at #9 ?!

wow Bon Iver is the Black Kids of the '10s

i don't get the appeal of that SKM at all

bring back the ghosts / april / admiral fell promises days

Albums list skews incredibly North American, like there's only two or three artists in the top 30 from outside the US and Canada, and not many more in the overall 100.

as opposed to their '90s and '00s lists...?

seems pretty pitchforky, thus doing its job. plus i like a lot of those albums. congrats to all involved.

Sad day for anyone who invest in bon iver stock back in 2011

Invested

Need to point out that the National have released two albums since 2010 but have made exactly one appearance on both of these lists

Little victories

fake empires

lol that's pretty much the same list as the singles one

i know he is super fucking popular among certain crowds but i just do not understand the appeal of lcd soundsystem

The Halcyon Digest thing across both lists reminds me when I rediscover an old album and am overly excited about it for about a month then it fades away again- like they all happened to have put it back on their ipods recently.

Bon Iver's now been bested by 2011 albums from Bill Callahan, St Vincent, M83, Destroyer, and Drake.

LCD Soundsystem is just Sha Na Na for fans of Brian Eno productions, right (xpost)

no critical reevaluation for Last Train To Paris huh

no critical reevaluation for Last Train To Paris huh

basically