Is Pitchfork still cool with hipsters?
They read Pitchfork only to be up on what Anthony Fantano is talking about.
Condé Nast Buys Pitchfork Media
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#12For a taste of the archetypical pitchfork style, read any of their radiohead reviews: http://pitchfork.com/artists/3512-radiohead/ The classic is the Kid A one: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6656-kid-a/ Boomkat is a close second, but at least theyre trying to sell the records: https://twitter.com/boomkat_ebooks
Here's a visually dated, but still accurate parody: http://www.somethingawful.com/fakesa/richdork/
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#13It brings “a very passionate audience of millennial males into our roster,” he said. Oof.
I always viewed Pitchfork as more of a Gen X thing... they were founded in the mid 90s.
I thought it was '98. And: the site was pretty sparse until 2001; like, Ryan and Matt Lemay and Brent DiCrescenzo reviewing their personal record collections sparse.
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#14For a taste of the archetypical pitchfork style, read any of their radiohead reviews: http://pitchfork.com/artists/3512-radiohead/ The classic is the Kid A one: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6656-kid-a/ Boomkat is a close second, but at least theyre trying to sell the records: https://twitter.com/boomkat_ebooks
I say this as a fairly regular Pitchfork reader: The experience and emotions tied to listening to Kid A are like witnessing the stillborn birth of a child while simultaneously having the opportunity to see her play in the afterlife on Imax is one of at least the top five worst sentences I've ever read. (IMHO, their earlier reviews generally were of lower quality than their more recent ones, and they've benefited from…
You take the bad with the good, like Zanzithoph, elephant of bizarre and archaic instruments.
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5950-horse-and-elephant-...
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#15For a taste of the archetypical pitchfork style, read any of their radiohead reviews: http://pitchfork.com/artists/3512-radiohead/ The classic is the Kid A one: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6656-kid-a/ Boomkat is a close second, but at least theyre trying to sell the records: https://twitter.com/boomkat_ebooks
I say this as a fairly regular Pitchfork reader: The experience and emotions tied to listening to Kid A are like witnessing the stillborn birth of a child while simultaneously having the opportunity to see her play in the afterlife on Imax is one of at least the top five worst sentences I've ever read. (IMHO, their earlier reviews generally were of lower quality than their more recent ones, and they've benefited from…
I think you could pull the other four sentences from this article too:
"The butterscotch lamps along the walls of the tight city square bled upward into the cobalt sky, which seemed as strikingly artificial and perfect as a wizard's cap."
"Kid A sounds like a clouded brain trying to recall an alien abduction."
"It's cacophonous yet tranquil, experimental yet familiar, foreign yet womb-like, spacious yet visceral, textured yet vaporous, awakening yet dreamlike, infinite yet 48 minutes."
"A lazy disco light spilled artificial constellations inside the aluminum cove of the makeshift stage."
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#16I've been reading Pitchfork for around six years now. Even though it has its share of questionable reviews and scores, its always proven an excellent bellwether for new music and introduced me to most of my favorite albums. In the age of dozens of music blogs and streaming venues, there's something refreshingly simple about their five reviews a day format; I know they've been experimenting with other content approach…
How did you discover music before Pitchfork?
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
I say this as a fairly regular Pitchfork reader: The experience and emotions tied to listening to Kid A are like witnessing the stillborn birth of a child while simultaneously having the opportunity to see her play in the afterlife on Imax is one of at least the top five worst sentences I've ever read. (IMHO, their earlier reviews generally were of lower quality than their more recent ones, and they've benefited from…
I think you could pull the other four sentences from this article too: "The butterscotch lamps along the walls of the tight city square bled upward into the cobalt sky, which seemed as strikingly artificial and perfect as a wizard's cap." "Kid A sounds like a clouded brain trying to recall an alien abduction." "It's cacophonous yet tranquil, experimental yet familiar, foreign yet womb-like, spacious yet visceral, tex…
It makes the vice record reviews seem positively lucid, doesn't it? Picked at random from a google search for "vice music review":
Holy shit, dude. Sometimes you just want to punch God in the face. Every time these fucking krauts spew out another aural queef nugget I try to give it a chance, but the second I hear the singer’s thin monotone melodies backed up by lifeless, pointless beats, I remember how few shits anyone would give if these dickweeds were from Chicago. Yeah, yeah, Neon Golden. Sure. I’d sooner give Udo Kier a standing 69 under the Brandenburg Gate than hear this album again. Actually, that sounds fucking awesome, that guy’s a babe.
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#18There was an excellent (paywalled) article on N+1 about pitchfork. It really is separate from other sites (Lack of comments, 100 different possible ratings [0.0 to 10.0)], extreme "hipster" snottiness).
The website really has, and continues to shape "alternative/indie" music tastes. It is probably the biggest indicator, and perhaps driver, of an alternative album's commercial success. Sites like these regardless of their merit (which is really low IMO), are indispensable in the saturated music market.
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#19I have always been really impressed with Pitchfork's longevity - been a regular reader since the early 00s and I still check the reviews every day for a new song or album to listen to.
One of their most impressive features I thought was their 'Cover Story' articles, definitely worth a peek:
http://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/
As everyone was tripping out over The NYT's Snow Fall (great piece, certainly), Pitchfork was at the time releasing similar articles with relative frequency. I never felt these got as much credit as they deserve.
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#20I've been reading Pitchfork for around six years now. Even though it has its share of questionable reviews and scores, its always proven an excellent bellwether for new music and introduced me to most of my favorite albums. In the age of dozens of music blogs and streaming venues, there's something refreshingly simple about their five reviews a day format; I know they've been experimenting with other content approach…
How did you discover music before Pitchfork?
The usual routes, I think (which is to say I didn't really go out of my way to discover music): friends & family, the radio, The O.C. soundtrack.