The Pitchfork News/reviews thread

[FoxeyLady]

Didn't they give Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain a 10.0 as well?

[PotVsKtl]

Pitchfork sure hate BRMC. The new album isn't great but giving Baby 81 a 4.5 is balls.

[buddy]

i enjoy the new album more than baby 81. not great you're right. but an improvement after baby 81, which was a big disappointment after howl. though, i heard the songs were better live from that album.

[suprefan]

of course they gave it a 10.0 how else would they have gotten them to play their festival

Is this why LCD Soundsystem is probably going to get a 9 or better on their new album too?

[bluemamba]

The review doesn't surprise me one bit. I'd say Plastic Beach is better then Demon Days. Though Demon Days might have the more memorable songs, Plastic Beach is more complete and all around.

[stinkbutt]

Is this why LCD Soundsystem is probably going to get a 9 or better on their new album too?

Look at all the bands that have played the years past they are always the ones to get "best new music" stamp, but LCD will get an 8 or better and it will be deserved

[bmack86]

My guess would be that they book bands they give BNM to becasue they like those bands enough to label them BNM. Maybe I'm thinking too much into this.

[SoulDischarge]

That makes no sense. I'm pretty sure it's all part of an advanced conspiracy put together by the Illuminati to keep the proletariat Soundgarden fan down.

[FoxeyLady]

Didn't they totally cream themselves over LCD's last album (Sound of Silver)? That was probably enough right there.

[dorkfish]

average review for the last reviewed album for artists on the Pitchfork bill: 8.23

I'd imagine that the lineup is more of a reflection of albums that they liked rather than the vice versa conspiracy that was just mentioned.

[PotVsKtl]

In 2009 Pitchfork Media named the track "All My Friends", the second best song of the decade, and a month later, Sound of Silver was ranked at #17 in the 200s albums of the decade list.

[PassiveTheory]

average review for the last reviewed album for artists on the Pitchfork bill: 8.23

I'd imagine that the lineup is more of a reflection of albums that they liked rather than the vice versa conspiracy that was just mentioned.

Did... you methodically calculate that? If so, did you write a list of all the festival performers' newest albums and subsequent P4K scores? I'd like to see that list.

[stinkbutt]

Ok I know that post reads really dumb and yeah I get they book bands they like

I was more so saying it's ridiculous a Pavement compilation gets a 10 when they usually hate on compilation albums

[bmack86]

Yeah, but that was Jason Josephes. He was crazy. He gave out more 10s and more 0s than any other writer there.

[bmack86]

Josephes did the Kiss thing as a part of a series where he tried to review every Kiss album to that point. I believe he gave out 2 10s, and I know there were 2 0.0s (The Peter Criss solo Kiss record and The Elder).

Back in '03 I got nuts about reading their old reviews. Found some awesome shit that way, like The Microphones, The Notwist, Brainiac, 12 Rods, etc.

[wmgaretjax]

all my infinite body tapes/lps are gonna shoot up in value

[bmack86]

Shit, I need to go back to Ooga Booga tomorrow and get all the records.

[pancakespancakes]

Heeeeeell yeeeeeeeaah the P4K bump!

It's really too bad now the dude didn't have any material for sale when I saw him play but two nights ago. Probably have to just buy this shit on itunes.

[wmgaretjax]

split LP and ekhein tape here:

http://www.mimaroglumusicsales.com/a...nite+body.html

[Still-ill]

Man oh man... the BNM tag isn't hard to come by these days.

[dorkfish]

No Age are participating in an auction for a Haitian fundraiser. They wrote on and signed one of their old tour t-shirts. If you win the auction, wearing the shirt = guest list to any No Age show for the rest of your life. Apparently, you're also bidding to find Dean's personal email address, because you'll have to email him to get on the guest list:

http://www.biddingforgood.com/auctio...n?id=107019802

[Still-ill]

A Johann Johannsson And in the Endless Pause There Came the Sound of Bees review? That record came out ages ago...

[vinylmartyr]

and the result was two fairly unfocused records saved by some decent alt-rap.

bullshit

[wmgaretjax]

I'm tired of reading Frog Eyes reviews about Sunset Rubdown (good or mediocre)... The evolution went the other way...

I bet it irritates the band.

[pancakespancakes]

Hahahahaha oh god I couldn't agree more.

[wmgaretjax]

I mean... I don't think Paul's Tomb is even close to as good as Tears... but it's still an incredible album and the last thing it should be compared to is Sunset Rubdown.

[guedita]

While waiting for Caribou to set up his stage yesterday, two guys next to me were discussing somewhat loudly how influential Pitchfork has been for up and coming bands, and how they've been trying to get their album on Pitchfork's radar by posting their music to blogs. I joined in and commented on how Kevin Drew of BSS commented on Pitchfork's contribution to their success and was met with evil hipster death stares. I then had to listen to one of them blather on about his band's "on-the-fringe, not-popularly-known" music influences: Surfer Blood, Avi Buffalo, Real Estate.

3.6

[PassiveTheory]

I then had to listen to one of them blather on about his band's "on-the-fringe, not-popularly-known" music influences: Surfer Blood, Avi Buffalo, Real Estate.

3.6

In my opinion, you let them off the hook. However, I understand since you have to appeal to your core constituency.



8.7

[pancakespancakes]

his band's "on-the-fringe, not-popularly-known" music influences: Surfer Blood, Avi Buffalo, Real Estate.

This is too great.

[shermanoaksyo]

In my opinion, you let them off the hook. However, I understand since you have to appeal to your core constituency.



8.7

see now someone needs to do hipster runoff meta-analysis of these scores.