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"But I can't imagine how anyone enjoys this weird, infantilizing tone where you throw in zillennial word salad like 'messy polycule vibes.' It's not flattering to the band or their audience in my opinion. Even the writer seems mildly ashamed of it"
"Is it really just that she's the last remaining creature of the post-pitchfork poptimist work-capital "new monoculture" these people tried their hardest to manifest into reality?"
"His career takes no noticeable hit, pitchfork.com continues to consistently post features and promotional interviews with him. The same year, pitchfork publishes a lengthy account of misconduct allegations against win butler of arcade fire... it's pathetic the way that these outlets will appoint the"
"And before anybody says 'But there is still great music, you just have to find it!' Where? Pitchfork, Rateyourmusic? The best those r*tards can push are terminally-online, genre-hopping girlbosses, or some dork's experimental hip hop snoozefest bookended by such memorable tracks as 'Intro' and 'Outr"
"And then they gave it 9.0. The album is very good, but 9.0 is a score for something groundbreaking, not some (very well-made) dance music songs. I can go on but I need to continue writing my thesis. I just can't believe that I still give a fuck about what Libfork has to say."
"Pitchfork -- with its insane overwrought prose and high-pseud pretensions -- gave me a one-stop-shop for building a music taste that I could lord over my provincial bumpkin friends, earn me a place at the flannel-clad lunch-table at a small liberal arts university, and impress increasingly pitiful g"
"I mean Pitchfork has been dead since the Condé Nast sale and is used just to promote the products of its sister subsidiaries like Warner, but Jesus looking at Pitchfork is like having an 24/7 open wake of your best friend, and they've shoved a dildo in his mouth"
"… the monetization of repeat plays forced the indie label business model to evolve from signing experimental bands like, say, Oneida, to music that would work in the background of coffee shops. It's academic that Dacus was signed to Matador: Boygenius' ascension to Interscope, and hers to Geffen, is"
"Consider this the start of a new era for Pitchfork, one defined by big music stories that have gone untold and a return to our roots in passionate music journalism. I enjoy that the implication of these quotes is that their editorial choices over the last decade or so was both a mistake and, uh, fak"
"Pitchfork would absolutely have had a "we're so back" moment, and might have even won new and younger readers, if they'd just straight trashed this album in the vain of old P4K."
"Even Pitchfork made a story out of it where it seems like she's the victim here: https://pitchfork.com/news/phoebe-bridgers-tweets-lol-fuck-acl-after-austin-city-limits-2021-set-is-cut-off/"
"Remember, there MUST be two albums by black women (judging by their past lists) in the top 10 albums, so Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is guaranteed. I think a rap album takes #1, maybe Outkast's Aquemini or Nas' Illmatic?"
"She raps about Wakanda, rhymes it with Rwanda, and critics label it as both 'provocative' and 'blunt'. I know Pitchfork is low hanging fruit, but come on."
"Blame it on phones or everyone getting dumber or whatever but I hate how anytime an article is written with any hint of elegance or emotion it's labeled as 'pretentious' (HATE THIS TERM). It's the cliche answer for why people hate Pitchfork but I've also seen people complain about it more and more f"
"you now have to pay $5 a month, not only to access the new features like commenting and user ratings (who wanted this?), but to even read reviews and see pitchfork's rating. you get 4 free reviews/scores per month."
"Bruno Mars just cancelled a gig there according to pitchfork, was he risking his to get that bag?"
"Actually deranged levels of poptimism. The top 5 all being women (including 3 black women) followed by Smells Like Teen Spirit at #6 as the go-to sad white guy entry is beyond parody."
"Plus p4k died when conde nast bought it, and youtubers like Fantano are zoomer pandering hacks."
"I feel like very few people even actually listen to music these days and decide for themselves if they like it or not. It seems more like they're just told by some pitchfork or rolling stone article (and if you don't kiss ass to the neoliberal journalists on Twatter then forget about that) and rely "
"I mean like paid PR. The way they promote her is very sus and it leaves that impression on me"
"Who can make it over 5 minutes into either of these people's albums. Even then if you've listened to one song you've listened to them all. Pitchfork puff pieces can only take you so far ladies, the jig is about to be up."
"They're criticizing society, they're assembling 'the best way to live' by picking and choosing norms from a hundred different times and cultures. these people are also idiots. I agree with them on a lot of things, but the problem is they're 100% criticism, 0% action. They have no goals in life other"
"It's insane how little staying power indie rock has anymore. Nu Metal acts have somehow maintained their spot in the culture better than some of those old MySpace/Pitchfork bands."
"i really like the album. it's fun, stupid, self-referential and unserious while also lowkey raw and emotional! any other gay takes on here?"
"1. Alice in Chains 2. Blind Melon 3. Bush 4. Butthole Surfers 5. Deftones 6. Failure 7. Foo Fighters 8. Gin Blossoms 9. Hum 10. Korn 11. Live 12. Local H 13. Marilyn Manson 14. Oasis 15. Pearl Jam 16. Pixies 17. Poe 18. Presidents of the USA 19. Queens of the Stone Age 20. Red Hot Chili Peppers 21. "
"I'm a big fan of early pitchfork giving an obscure band one of their first perfect 10s and then eviscerating their next album with a 2 and DELETING the 10–the waves of attention subsequently making them quit music for 15 years"
"Weyes Blood had Adam Curtis do the visuals for her set tonight at Pitchfork. She was twirling and swaying in the most beautiful long flowing robe. Miss Natalie is a gem - transcendent vocals, stunning and smooth in her way... brilliant lady."
"Man, the opening beauty of "Spiritual..." It's like a dream I had: I floated on the River Nile, smokin' some fresh weed, relaxin'. But I ain't ever gonna see the Nile anyhow. This track's as close as I come, and it's close enough. Best of the best, though, has gotta be "India.""
"Literally only some random dude who used to write for XLR8R dug up the filing reports and posted links on his substack. Meanwhile, Pitchfork, Resident Advisor, et al have stayed mum about it."
"I loved tinymixtapes but I don't think they're coming back from hiatus. Pitchfork has lost any remaining redeeming quality that it had a few years ago."
"But they're having their 'hanging onto every word Kanye says, his rants are the words of a genius' era a whole ten years after pitchfork had theirs. A little late to the party fellas"
"I like Google Maps. I go to Pitchfork but I also kinda hate it. Obviously Reddit is a website but that doesn't count."
"I touched up her comment a little, but even in it's less iambic form, I was struck by how simple and how true it seemed to me. And even though it's likely this is basic and received wisdom on the questuon— sub-Pitchfork grade stuff by a long shot— still, I don't know…."
"I didn't have to hear about ye's billionth schizo breakdown I read cheesy pitchfork and Goodreads reviews and actual physical books and wrote a diary and had less irony"
"We all hate on Fantano but it would be more realistic for a wikipedia article to list an album's Needledrop score than whatever Pitchfork gave it."
"2010 - Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2011 - Bon Iver - Bon Iver
2012 - Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid MA.A.d City"
"I mean like paid PR. The way they promote her is very sus and it leaves that impression on me"
"Pitchfork puff pieces can only take you so far ladies, the jig is about to be up"
"Twenty-seven popular bands mysteriously absent from the Pitchfork best of 90s albums list"
"So I guess "Blurred Lines" is to blame for P4K's decline over the last decade."