Pitchfork

Woebot

Well-known member
I've always slightly glossed over this, just have never been that interested in it, not so sound mean or unkind its just been off my radar. However just recently I've found this bit of what they do http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/best/ quite useful in a journalistic kind of fashion.

I dont check it all that often, but its a useful snapshot of what some people think is hot and what is snot. Actually I dont tend to find any great surprises there but its good to be open to to new stuff (of course innit!). Its quite handy the way they link to that shop where you can check mp3s too, so for instance the Architecture in Helsinki record (which looked like it might be good) i was able to dismiss in one go (grins, im not exactly sounding that +ve am i?)

Anyway i was quite surprised to realise that Dave Stelfox, Martin Clark, Jess Harvell AND Phillip Sherburne now all have what amounts to a column there. All specialising on their chosen topic. Thats the bloggers man dem. And I'll admit that for a split second my tiny face fell, why hadnt they asked me (?!) and then i quite cheerfully and quickly came to the realisation that, well, I'm not actually an expert on anything (gurgle gurgle). And of course (ha!) if they had asked me (full of bravado) i would have turned them down instantly!

But you know, on the simplest level, Pitchfork, thats a good thing....
 

boomnoise

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i think pitchfork means well and is taking steps in the right direction. 'the month in' columns are a timely addition.

i've regularly checked their 'best new music' section for a number of years now. I find it a curious source of entertainment as a representation of their remit and position as gatekeepers of indie hipster cool.
 
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Blackdown

nexKeysound
WOEBOT said:
I've always slightly glossed over this, just have never been that interested in it, not so sound mean or unkind its just been off my radar. However just recently I've found this bit of what they do http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/best/ quite useful in a journalistic kind of fashion.

I dont check it all that often, but its a useful snapshot of what some people think is hot and what is snot. Actually I dont tend to find any great surprises there but its good to be open to to new stuff (of course innit!). Its quite handy the way they link to that shop where you can check mp3s too, so for instance the Architecture in Helsinki record (which looked like it might be good) i was able to dismiss in one go (grins, im not exactly sounding that +ve am i?)

Anyway i was quite surprised to realise that Dave Stelfox, Martin Clark, Jess Harvell AND Phillip Sherburne now all have what amounts to a column there. All specialising on their chosen topic. Thats the bloggers man dem. And I'll admit that for a split second my tiny face fell, why hadnt they asked me (?!) and then i quite cheerfully and quickly came to the realisation that, well, I'm not actually an expert on anything (gurgle gurgle). And of course (ha!) if they had asked me (full of bravado) i would have turned them down instantly!

But you know, on the simplest level, Pitchfork, thats a good thing....

you not been following the 'dear pitchfork you are really freaking me out...' thread? tuttut ;)

i dont know if i stood on your musical toes with this (yr not a dancehall or microhouse specialist are you 'Bot?), but one of the reasons i think i got this column is because i asked the right person at the right time. it all came out of dissensus PMs actually... so big up dissensus
 

Woebot

Well-known member
Blackdown said:
you not been following the 'dear pitchfork you are really freaking me out...' thread? tuttut ;)

lol, no i did see that. thats the one where everyone swoons over jess's ruff sqwad review there :) (maybe i should dig it out and read on)

as the guy said in the old guiness advert:
"but i'm not bitter"
 

Woebot

Well-known member
pitchfork best new reissues was usually a very august instituion

but something has gone VERY WRONG here

a massive taste bypass. perhaps the critical dinosaur vanguard has passed into obsolesence/senility

TOM PETTY - are you fucking kidding me.

PLEASED TO MEET ME - the replacements decidedly average second major label LP

 

craner

Beast of Burden
I enjoyed reading this, though, which your thread bump just led me to:

 

Woebot

Well-known member
I enjoyed reading this, though, which your thread bump just led me to:


yes that was a good one. the jon hassell vernal equinox. the prince "sign of the times" reissue etc etc

but tom petty really stuck in my craw. someone didn't get the memo.
 

Woebot

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i have enjoyed pitchfork over the years. but i'd hate to see the iron rigidity of the canon challenged :ROFLMAO:
 

version

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Popular music website Pitchfork is to merge with men's magazine GQ, with several senior staff losing their jobs.
Publisher Condé Nast announced the changes and resulting layoffs on Wednesday, in an email to staff from chief content officer Anna Wintour.
 

Corpsey

bandz ahoy
I don't read Pitchfork and didn't really like it but it is interesting/concerning that the biggest site for music journalism has collapsed.
 

version

Well-known member
I've mostly seen people mocking the site for publishing stuff like this in the last few years:

Noname isn’t afraid to delve into the messiness of making art with a global consciousness while toiling within a capitalist economy. On “Namesake,” she laments the pervasiveness of complacency, admits we’re all complicit, and rails against war crimes from inside a cloud of blunt smoke.

And this:

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