Washing Machine review is painful. The album’s middle section is hit and miss, though the same could likely be said for all alternative rock records made in the mid-’90s
...On the other hand, reading a review of a guitar album written in this tone of clueless faux-professorial unearned authority on pitchfork dot com in 2019 makes me kind of nostalgic tbh
― One Eye Open, Thursday, 9 May 2019 19:25 (five years ago) link
well i recognize some of the bylines from way back but how many of these reviewers are writing about records older than themselves
― j., Thursday, 9 May 2019 20:26 (five years ago) link
On the sequel to last year’s Eat My Pussy, the Chicago rapper’s songwriting is at times more brazen and at others more introspective.
this reads like satire
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 10 May 2019 14:31 (five years ago) link
lol straight outta Fear of a Black Hat
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 10 May 2019 14:33 (five years ago) link
The first thing I thought of when I saw that review was that "King PU$$Y Eater revolutionizes our perception of bodies and spaces with his hit single "Goop on Ya Grinch" [7.6]" tweet.
― triggercut, Friday, 10 May 2019 14:42 (five years ago) link
I still don't understand the point of dishing out 9.8s.
Mathematical precision obv. Need more significant digits, though.
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Friday, 10 May 2019 15:25 (five years ago) link
There is something kind of admirable about sincerely believing that the different in quality between Sister and Daydream Nation can be rendered as '0.2'. (Tbf it should be the other way around.)
― pomenitul, Friday, 10 May 2019 15:27 (five years ago) link
*the difference
.23, surely
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 10 May 2019 15:27 (five years ago) link
Needs more π.
― pomenitul, Friday, 10 May 2019 15:29 (five years ago) link
If you take a test and get one question wrong you get a 98. It’s possible to be nearly perfect but not perfect.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 10 May 2019 16:03 (five years ago) link
Do you hear albums that way?
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Friday, 10 May 2019 16:07 (five years ago) link
X got one question wrong on ‘Los Angeles’ and they got a B- and a stern essay on their permanent record
― dragged across concrète (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 10 May 2019 16:07 (five years ago) link
Sister doesn't have Lee Ranaldo yelling "kick it!"
therefore, 9.8
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Friday, 10 May 2019 16:09 (five years ago) link
I don't know if it's a common thing but when I was an undergrad you couldn't get more than an A in the humanities at my university because they deemed it impossible to objectively determine how much an essay deserves past a certain point. I still think it makes sense.
― pomenitul, Friday, 10 May 2019 16:09 (five years ago) link
we really need an additional decimal point here
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 10 May 2019 16:12 (five years ago) link
They should really get someone who has never heard of Sonic Youth to blind review these things.
― jmm, Friday, 10 May 2019 16:15 (five years ago) link
the tricky part is finding someone who has never heard of Sonic Youth but is also qualified to write music reviews
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Friday, 10 May 2019 16:19 (five years ago) link
qualified? qualified!? hey buddy don't get all conde nast on us
― j., Friday, 10 May 2019 16:29 (five years ago) link
yeah... thanks...yeah, we're going to need employees who haven't obtained their SY qualification certificate to go ahead and move down into the basement by end of day, yeah, it's only temporary until the certificate program is completed and verified by HR, thanks...
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Friday, 10 May 2019 16:37 (five years ago) link
Like a young person who is very interested in audio sensations from sound waves. Wish there was a name for that
― Evan, Friday, 10 May 2019 16:46 (five years ago) link
"hipster"
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 10 May 2019 16:50 (five years ago) link
You could also hire a jazz/classical gatekeeper to do it. Chances are he (yes, he) has never knowingly heard Sonic Youth.
― pomenitul, Friday, 10 May 2019 16:52 (five years ago) link
Lol, Evan
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Friday, 10 May 2019 16:54 (five years ago) link
that's a pretty cool concept, but if i'm honest with myself, the historical/cultural context is most of the reason i read those reviews. and some reviewer coming into it blind isn't gonna be able to offer anything on that front.
― enochroot, Friday, 10 May 2019 20:09 (five years ago) link
"Sonic Youth? But these guys are old. Must be some of that 90's 'irony.'"
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 10 May 2019 20:28 (five years ago) link
Looks like there are a lot of SY reaction videos on YouTube. Whether they are good/qualified, idk.
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Friday, 10 May 2019 20:33 (five years ago) link
yeah, i was gonna say this is a whole subgenrehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bOxB41ZCbg
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 10 May 2019 21:49 (five years ago) link
which leads to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9ROT_o4q30
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 10 May 2019 21:50 (five years ago) link
and then hopefully kids react to motley crue reacting to kids reacting to motley crue next year
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 10 May 2019 21:51 (five years ago) link
i want to see kids reacting to the Shreds videos
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Friday, 10 May 2019 21:52 (five years ago) link
Watch Bob Saget Rate The Beach Boys With John Stamos, Indie Rock, and CollegeI never watch these, but kinda intrigued by this one... worth it?
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Saturday, 11 May 2019 13:43 (five years ago) link
Ok, turns out he has no idea what indie rock is, lol
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Saturday, 11 May 2019 14:08 (five years ago) link
relatable
― rob, Saturday, 11 May 2019 14:24 (five years ago) link
has anything received a 9.9?
― billstevejim, Saturday, 11 May 2019 23:17 (five years ago) link
their original review of homogenic was a 9.9
― Mr. Snrub, Saturday, 11 May 2019 23:35 (five years ago) link
also Miles Davis - Live/Evil, reviewed by Ryan Schreiber!
http://web.archive.org/web/20021021010024/www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/d/davis_miles/live-evil.shtml
― Dan S, Saturday, 11 May 2019 23:39 (five years ago) link
sh*t, c*t
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Saturday, 11 May 2019 23:42 (five years ago) link
I knew they lost substantial traffic post-acquisition but they’ve had steady growth in the past year.
https://traffic.alexa.com/graph?o=lt&y=t&b=ffffff&n=666666&f=999999&p=4e8cff&r=1y&t=2&z=30&c=1&h=150&w=340&u=pitchfork.com
― Allen (etaeoe), Sunday, 12 May 2019 16:29 (five years ago) link
also Miles Davis - Live/Evil, reviewed by Ryan Schreiber!http://web.archive.org/web/20021021010024/www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/d/davis_miles/live-evil.shtml
I was worried this wouldnt be written in the classic sex-obsessed house style of early pfork, but then I got to the end of the first sentence.
― One Eye Open, Sunday, 12 May 2019 16:50 (five years ago) link
Selena Gomez Buys a Sturgill Simpson CD in New Jim Jarmusch Movie Clip: Watch
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Tuesday, 14 May 2019 05:27 (five years ago) link
Jenny Lewis Launches Signature Weed Strain
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Tuesday, 14 May 2019 05:28 (five years ago) link
big news day
Once again she sings instead of merely naming the track: “Is this love, is this love, is this love, is this love that I’m feeling?” Not a bad choice. Because when you listen to Carly Rae Jepsen, it usually is.
what usually is? Love that you're feeling? Or a bad choice?
I feel like the writing on this website gets shittier and less coherent every day
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 17 May 2019 14:05 (four years ago) link
it's sloppy writing, but it's also very clear that the writer is saying "love that you're feeling"
― i think ur a controp (voodoo chili), Friday, 17 May 2019 14:16 (four years ago) link
This adult's reaction to old Tommy Lee reacting to young kids reacting to old Motley Crew is pretty positive.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 May 2019 15:02 (four years ago) link
Now here’s a headline:
Synth Repairman Accidentally Gets High By Touching LSD Left in Vintage Buchla
― i think ur a controp (voodoo chili), Thursday, 23 May 2019 11:33 (four years ago) link
He makes the kind of music you drop everything and anything to listen to. I was at a birthday party in the middle of the afternoon and left the scene to retreat into a bathroom to let Jai’s coos and wash reverb to flood my ears.
Imagine.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 3 June 2019 13:51 (four years ago) link
It's easy if you try.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 3 June 2019 13:58 (four years ago) link
afternoon birthday parties are pretty awesome
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Monday, 3 June 2019 13:59 (four years ago) link