all i can say is that it kind of pisses me off that kraftwerk won't acknowledge their first three albums... but that's mostly because they're great albums.
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Thursday, 15 December 2016 21:06 (seven years ago) link
can we all just agree that reddit is a garbage fire
― maura, Thursday, 15 December 2016 22:32 (seven years ago) link
It depends on the subreddit. The r/music and r/indieheads subreddits are terrible. That's why I prefer hanging around here mildly annoying you guys.
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Thursday, 15 December 2016 22:34 (seven years ago) link
Back in May, Redditors reported that Radiohead’s 2011 live video album, The King of Limbs: From the Basement, had disappeared from their iTunes after they bought it. Now, the group has announced that it’s back. You can also check it out on Apple Music here.
what a bunch of sell-outs.
Radiohead have a long and conflicted relationship with streaming services. In 2013, they pulled their music from Spotify, with Thom Yorke famously proclaiming the service “the last desperate fart of a dying corpse.”
fart on!
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 16 December 2016 18:24 (seven years ago) link
how soon til we're down to 1 new review per day
― Οὖτις, Friday, 6 January 2017 17:55 (seven years ago) link
Alvy Singer: [addressing the camera] There's an old joke - um... two elderly women are at a Catskill mountain resort, and one of 'em says, "Boy, the food at this place is really terrible." The other one says, "Yeah, I know; and such small portions."
― na (NA), Friday, 6 January 2017 18:08 (seven years ago) link
January 2017 release schedule is p rough, fam
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 6 January 2017 18:09 (seven years ago) link
I was about to say: it's the first week of a new year, release schedule's slow, lots of people still on break/vacation
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 6 January 2017 18:13 (seven years ago) link
I think in years past they took a few weeks break from publishing reviews after the Year End list, but at the end of 2016 they kept publishing a couple of reviews per day.
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Friday, 6 January 2017 18:36 (seven years ago) link
haha tbc I am not asking for them to write more reviews, site could vanish now and I'd be okay with it. I was just wondering if this was another step in their slow progression to being a shitty news aggregator
xp
― Οὖτις, Friday, 6 January 2017 18:38 (seven years ago) link
like last year there were no reviews between Dec. 11 2015 and Jan. 4 2016
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Friday, 6 January 2017 18:39 (seven years ago) link
Looks like Altered Zones had had a revive, if you're looking for something to read: http://www.alteredzones.com/
― Position Position, Friday, 6 January 2017 20:23 (seven years ago) link
I am so happy I clicked on that link
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 6 January 2017 20:30 (seven years ago) link
You’ve probably learned a lot about trading over your goal period, too.
― Evan, Friday, 6 January 2017 20:34 (seven years ago) link
yeah, this is normal, when Beyonce's self-titled album came out even that was a January review
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Saturday, 7 January 2017 02:01 (seven years ago) link
Even. Beyonce.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 7 January 2017 02:26 (seven years ago) link
i like this. i think it's hilarious how the Fiona Apple album with the super long title is listed twice back to back, first abbreviated When the Pawn... and then in its full form http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1411-16-pitchfork-staffers-share-their-formative-teenage-albums/
― flappy bird, Friday, 13 January 2017 20:47 (seven years ago) link
Good to see the 9.5 worthy Save Ferris is on there.
― MarkoP, Friday, 13 January 2017 21:25 (seven years ago) link
I like this concept: http://pitchfork.com/features/rising/10007-risings-of-the-past-predict-risings-of-the-future
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 13 January 2017 21:40 (seven years ago) link
yeah i really dig that, too. people helping people
― flappy bird, Friday, 13 January 2017 21:49 (seven years ago) link
― flappy bird, Friday, January 13, 2017 3:47 PM (one hour ago)
jeez matthew str@uss's taste is so bad-college-music-writer that if you made it up it'd be too on the nose
― k3vin k., Friday, 13 January 2017 22:09 (seven years ago) link
he must be a young dude huh
― marcos, Friday, 13 January 2017 22:12 (seven years ago) link
glad to see a lot of these writers ordered the same albums for a penny that i did from columbia house in the early '90s
― nomar, Friday, 13 January 2017 22:13 (seven years ago) link
if only someone had told these poor kids in high school that they should get into different music fast lest people make fun of them on an internet message board in 5-10 years
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Friday, 13 January 2017 22:29 (seven years ago) link
each of these writers should feel deep shame and should be widely ridiculed imo
― marcos, Friday, 13 January 2017 22:31 (seven years ago) link
otm
― k3vin k., Friday, 13 January 2017 22:32 (seven years ago) link
lol i love those type of pointless exercises but they are meant for facebook fodder
― Spottie, Friday, 13 January 2017 22:38 (seven years ago) link
From today's review of X-Ray Spex' Germ Free Adolescents:
She naturally did punk-reggae better than the Clash or the Slits
Yes, Poly Styrene was just "naturally...better" at reggae, 'cause her dad was from...Somalia.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 15 January 2017 14:12 (seven years ago) link
...
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 15 January 2017 14:20 (seven years ago) link
No Rush, no credibility.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 15 January 2017 14:54 (seven years ago) link
0.0 https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pitchfork
― Frozen CD, Sunday, 15 January 2017 15:17 (seven years ago) link
is this a joke
On “Open Letter to Forever” he sings, “Like, I remember standing out in front of the Northern, after another 15-paid gig, getting harassed by Olympia street punks (the worst!) for looking like a hipster. I wanted to be like, ‘Man I’m probably a couple years younger than your father. And I’ve traded any chance at stability for this community of people who, like, know what Black Flag is or whatever.’” His lyrics are so strong that the actual music can sometimes feel like an afterthought. When is this guy going to write a book?
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 18:48 (seven years ago) link
what the fuck is that
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 19:06 (seven years ago) link
sarcasm I guess?
― Evan, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 19:08 (seven years ago) link
the rest of the review would seem to indicate that is not sarcasm
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 19:14 (seven years ago) link
but yeah idk anymore
forget the book, print those lyrics on toilet paper
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 17 January 2017 23:02 (seven years ago) link
save me a trip - what album review is the above quote taken from?
― Wimmels, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 23:52 (seven years ago) link
Fred Thomas "Changer"
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 23:54 (seven years ago) link
some "indie rock lifer" I've never heard of before
Ah. I liked the bands he was in - Saturday Looks Good To me and Flashpapr - but cant say I've heard any of his solo stuff...
― Wimmels, Tuesday, 17 January 2017 23:58 (seven years ago) link
[daring to ask an earnest question about pitchfork dot com]
who among the newish crop of p4k writers do ppl like? now that the era of everyone on ilm and their mother being on staff has come to a close, who do you read? i liked Jeremy Gordon but i think he's at Spin now
― flopson, Thursday, 19 January 2017 16:09 (seven years ago) link
Seth Colter Walls, Colin Joyce and Katherine St. Asaph are good p4k 3.0 additions.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 19 January 2017 16:20 (seven years ago) link
Walls is definitely a good addition. Especially since he seems to actually have taste, and not just cover whatever Fully Altered Media [the kings of NYC jazz PR] feeds him.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Thursday, 19 January 2017 16:25 (seven years ago) link
seconding whiney's picks. mike powell's been contributing forever but remains good. ditto for andy beta. laura snapes
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 19 January 2017 17:19 (seven years ago) link
i also usually think jayson greene's writing is great but he's my editor so i'm trying not to overstate the case
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 19 January 2017 17:22 (seven years ago) link
the Fred Walker album is good tbh, v cringey that the p4k subheads for both this album and the previous use "indie rock lifer"
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 19 January 2017 17:27 (seven years ago) link
i guess he was in saturday looks good to me and his name is alive (though he's not like the main dude i don't think?)
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 19 January 2017 17:36 (seven years ago) link
a news article w absolutely zero musical content.
http://pitchfork.com/news/71030-broad-city-prepare-for-trump-administration-in-hilarious-new-video-watch/
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 21 January 2017 16:42 (seven years ago) link
i am sure it has been said a zillion times before, but a small thing that makes me irrationally angry about Pitchfork, is the fact that Ochs' new album, gets a score of 8.5, but apparently doesn't fall into the 'Best New Music' category. (whilst xx's new one > 8.4 did)
why? and more importantly, if you're going to get this ridic about grades (8.4, 8.5, which in all its specificity signals some kind of weird objectivity),, then shouldn't those mean something in the bigger picture of what is good music (aka Best New Music).
o well
― Ludo, Sunday, 22 January 2017 20:32 (seven years ago) link