so weird
― brimstead, Friday, 19 January 2018 20:54 (six years ago) link
High Places... Tickley Feather... EAR PWR... Yeasayer...
― flappy bird, Saturday, 20 January 2018 00:04 (six years ago) link
aren't there more bands now?
or are you all saying "there were so many now-forgotten p4k bands"
― alpine static, Saturday, 20 January 2018 01:50 (six years ago) link
yea
― flappy bird, Saturday, 20 January 2018 02:00 (six years ago) link
props to pitchfork for publishing this in 2018, re: The-Dream
The most fascinating part of Nash’s songwriting career has been his uncanny ability to write not just capably but empathetically from a woman’s perspective. He’s better at it than he is at writing songs for men (see: Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies”; Mariah’s “H.A.T.E.U.”; Kelly Rowland’s “Dirty Laundry,” a song that relives, in painful detail, a physically abusive relationship.) It’s a perspective Nash didn’t know he was capable of until he started writing songs, but in retrospect, he knows where it came from. “My mother gave birth to me when she was 19,” Nash described. “All her friends, were there at the house, talking about women problems—with men, usually. But I was just previewed to a lot of conversations and a lot of sensitive points, from a woman’s standpoint.” But his desire to understand more fully how a woman might see the world goes beyond growing up surrounded by women. “I felt like I lost my best friend, in one way,” he said of losing his mother so young. “In another way, that was the love of my life.”
with no mention of his being charged with choking and assaulting his pregnant ex
― Simon H., Sunday, 21 January 2018 07:21 (six years ago) link
Yeah they usually manage to at least work in one uncomfortable paragraph about what we “must take into consideration” before jumping back into swoons. I was just sort of hovering over that whole review waiting for a disclaimer that never came.
― You're all losing so many points on your progress bars (Champiness), Sunday, 21 January 2018 08:29 (six years ago) link
https://scontent-ort2-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/9a187cdc110e9a866c8efb998b1758c3/5B253835/t51.2885-15/e35/26332670_1993704127549624_5999378780555051008_n.jpg
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 18:32 (six years ago) link
It's a meme now.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 18:33 (six years ago) link
lol
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 18:37 (six years ago) link
what kind of real music fan would care about a steely dan tour
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 18:52 (six years ago) link
none of my headlines are on here, shit meme
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 19:00 (six years ago) link
Yeah whoever made this could have tried harder.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 19:00 (six years ago) link
how is october doing? they keep trying to tie it into the main p4k site and it is so transparent
― marcos, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 19:02 (six years ago) link
Needs more Stranger Things headlines.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 19:05 (six years ago) link
And James Franco sexual assault allegations.
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 19:56 (six years ago) link
"Bon Jovi are as divisive as it gets, but in a karaoke setting, “It’s My Life” has a supernatural ability to bring a room together"
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 04:19 (six years ago) link
― marcos, Tuesday, January 23, 2018 2:02 PM (nine hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
iirc october reads like it was written by a martian assigned to cover beer
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 04:26 (six years ago) link
"Dylan Farrow Slams Justin Timberlake for Working With Woody Allen"
― skip, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 06:08 (six years ago) link
is this the 2nd longest thread on ilx?
― niels, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 07:02 (six years ago) link
What’s the longest?
― You're all losing so many points on your progress bars (Champiness), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 08:13 (six years ago) link
why do I hate that artist thing facebook thread
― niels, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 11:35 (six years ago) link
ooooh was confused for a sec mixing up 'longest' & 'oldest'
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:25 (six years ago) link
there used to be a ILX user by the name "Ryan Pitchfork" always wondered if it was this dude
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:27 (six years ago) link
i think so?
― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:32 (six years ago) link
6 Great Albums Named After Other Great Albums
And Yo La Tengo aren’t the only veteran indie rockers pulling a “call me by your name” at the moment.
wordplay!
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 18:15 (six years ago) link
Haha nice headline today, Katherine
― Evan, Monday, 29 January 2018 16:43 (six years ago) link
was actually very surprised it got used
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Monday, 29 January 2018 16:45 (six years ago) link
Iol kudos on that
― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 29 January 2018 17:09 (six years ago) link
hahaha, that is amazing! very good piece, too.
― Karl Malone, Monday, 29 January 2018 17:16 (six years ago) link
hat tip
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 29 January 2018 18:05 (six years ago) link
not according to all the hate mail I'm getting. love to stay up until 5 am so everyone can hate me
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Monday, 29 January 2018 19:00 (six years ago) link
the justin timberlake review is another savage throwback. easy target but still
It’s remarkable how few ideas are contained within this hour-plus Blue Ridge Mountains mood board of an album. Man of the Woods is a misstep large enough to merit relitigating Justin Timberlake’s status as a pop superstar. How much of his career should we chalk up to fortune, privilege, and an essential malleability? Is working with Pharrell Williams and Timbaland—pantheon-level producers who collaborated extensively with Timberlake at or near the peak of their powers, and continue to do so—an act of creative genius, or just kismet? There may be no definite answers. But Man of the Woods’ failure invites the questions.
― flappy bird, Friday, 2 February 2018 17:32 (six years ago) link
lol damn
6 Albums Out Today You Should Listen To Instead of Justin Timberlake
― flappy bird, Friday, 2 February 2018 18:47 (six years ago) link
6 IPAs to enjoy while not listening to the new Justin Timberlake album: Listen
― President Keyes, Friday, 2 February 2018 18:50 (six years ago) link
The tone of vindictive glee in that review is wayyyyy over the top. Like, the writer just desperately wanted the album to be bad because it proved the theory of Justin Timberlake they've been sitting on for the last 15 years and now the cultural and political climate is finally right for them to slam-dunk on him without losing any of their cool cred.
― triggercut, Friday, 2 February 2018 23:22 (six years ago) link
yeah and they built up to this review a day or two ago with an article dragging him for working with Toby Keith. like we are supposed to shit a brick because the guy about to play his second super bowl once worked with Toby Keith.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 2 February 2018 23:33 (six years ago) link
it's funny cos there is a link right there to when they gave him a BNM. i suppose when you suit the narrative, things are good
I've had the same theory for the last 15 years
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Friday, 9 February 2018 05:33 (six years ago) link
https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-50-best-albums-of-1998/
neutral milk hotel not topping this list is some end-of-an-era shit right there
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Monday, 12 February 2018 06:15 (six years ago) link
They've finally I Get Wet'd Boy With The Arab Strap.
― triggercut, Monday, 12 February 2018 06:48 (six years ago) link
Truly, “Celebrity Skin” was the “Look What You Made Me Do” of its day.
― billstevejim, Monday, 12 February 2018 06:55 (six years ago) link
But yeah, I'm not too surprised at ITAOTS not getting #1 on a Pitchfork list in 2018. It definitely would have hit #1 if they made this list 10 years ago, but they seem to value Influence On What Is Popular Now and Genre Diversity over everything else at the moment. No one making widely loved music today is shouting out Elephant 6. I mean, there's a touch of NMH about that Richard Dawson album from last year but it seems to owe more to fantasy tales and old folk songs than anything NMH did.
― triggercut, Monday, 12 February 2018 07:04 (six years ago) link
i'm pleasantly surprised not only that Elliott Smith's XO placed so high, but also that it placed above In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
― flappy bird, Monday, 12 February 2018 07:47 (six years ago) link
there's a lot of good albums on that list, if I were a teenager in 2018 I imagine it would be a great resource
― niels, Monday, 12 February 2018 08:03 (six years ago) link
whenever I see the opening posts I wonder if most of the criticism itt is nonsensical
― niels, Monday, 12 February 2018 08:06 (six years ago) link
xp agreed
― flappy bird, Monday, 12 February 2018 08:13 (six years ago) link
the palm album has a lot of elephant six elements. it also just got a meh mid six review so....
― maura, Monday, 12 February 2018 11:04 (six years ago) link
(also it more resembles the fringier e6 bands like secret square, spindly textures and off kilter melodies. i think it’s very good)
― maura, Monday, 12 February 2018 11:05 (six years ago) link
This is actually a pretty P4k Classic list with a lot of IDM and indie rock that looks p indistinguishable from the ca. 2002 lists when they started getting serious about Top 50s. I would imagine about 35-40 of these would have made the cut if they had crossed the 12 Rods/Billy Breathes point earlier. Certainly not my Top 50 but def feels like that ol’ 4k. Can’t knock the hustle
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 12 February 2018 14:26 (six years ago) link
*sheds a single tear for Mansun*
― imago, Monday, 12 February 2018 14:30 (six years ago) link