Let's All Laugh at Pitchfork

[tragabigzanda]

[tragabigzanda]

[Kaius]

i'm firmly on team sometimes i like pitchfork

i don't really pay attention to specific writers, just casually read reviews from time to time

Same here.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

i'm firmly on team sometimes i like pitchfork

i don't really pay attention to specific writers, just casually read reviews from time to time

Same here.

we're so alike

[96583UP]

i hate pitchfork because the ability of other people to freely express their opinions draws people away from paying attention to me and challenges my alpha male status

[bodysnatcher]

i hate pitchfork because the ability of other people to freely express their opinions draws people away from paying attention to me and challenges my alpha male status

I hope they are freely expressing their opinions, bc if they're getting paid for them I'll be pissed

[washing machine]

I've always enjoyed Pitchfork's exhaustive end-of-year/decade album/song lists, and the website was crucial to my discovery of music in the early 2000s. Brent DiCrescenzo elicited an emotional response from me in the form of when he reviewed NYC Ghosts & Flowers, and his review of To the 5 Boroughs made me feel warm fuzzies about my own personal relationships with bands. Reviews that get a strong reaction from me are what I want from good music writing.

I read Consequence of Sound more regularly now, but I've got no reason to laugh at Pitchfork. The purple prose doesn't bother me one bit (surprise, surprise.) Hope they keep doing God's work.

[BurtReynolds]

They don't like bands I like.

[ABNorman]

I only ever read Pitchfork when I'm doing my end of year "find a bunch of albums to listen to for the next few months" research, or when they review an album I care about and I want to feel angry/smug for a bit.

[tragabigzanda]

[VinylGuy]

Just as a point of comparison...Man, do I enjoy reading Consequence of Sound so much more:

Lessons from Fugazi on Taking Down Donald Trump
http://consequenceofsound.net/2017/02/l ... full-post/

Me too.

[guestT]

i like that erlewine guy who writes for allmusic. all i want out of a music review is to know what it sounds like and if it's any good, and he's pretty good about getting to that without a lot of unnecessary bullshit.

[Kevin Davis]

This guy you mean?
http://pitchfork.com/staff/stephen-thomas-erlewine/

[Norah]

[guestT]

god dammit

[Jammer XCI]

Pitchfork blows goat sack.

Consequence of Sound is a lot better, I agree with that sentiment.

[tragabigzanda]

[wease]

Damn Trag. You're up early.

[tragabigzanda]

[tragabigzanda]

Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb

I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem