every mention of "lo-fi" in pitchfork record reviews over the last 12 years

I don't see what's ridiculous about "lo-fi". (Or "angular" for that matter! I like "angular".)

yeah lo-fi seems like a reasonable term to me. it's weird as a genre because one "lo-fi" band is gonna be diff from another one. but if you're using it in the sense of "home recorded" sure why not.

If you look at the more recent instances, "lo-fi" tends to get paired more with "90's".

lo-fi musicians get pretty prickly about the term ime, i suspect because it's diminutive

And this is what I get when I make a Wordle out of all the lines in that document, eliminating all the mentions of "lo-fi".

http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/5985718/Lo-Fi

also, being in a huff abt being called "lo-fi" by pitchfork is kind of like when teenagers recoil at their parents' mocking (but not necessarily inaccurate) way of picking up on their subcultural signifiers. like, no one feels cool when their mom says "i remember when /i/ went through my punk phase" and the only way to react to it is "OMG SHUTUP MOM YOU DONT EVEN UGHHHHH"

still giggling about "loafy"

lo-fi musicians get pretty prickly about the term ime, i suspect because it's diminutive

― flopson, Thursday, November 8, 2012 11:16 PM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Not true, imo. I've gone through periods of being a lo-fi musician and I like the term. Dude who made this is completely wrong in saying it is "ridiculous". If he'd said it has become meaningless through over-use he might be onto something.

I've gone through periods of being a lo-fi musician and I like the term.

i have, too, sort of, and wouldn't say i *like* the term but i definitely don't mind it. have found that people who care to have opinions on it tend to be crabby tho

downloading some loafy tracks on the wee fee

They should make a tent covered with these references and put it in a museum.

well when a word becomes meaningless through over-use, its use becomes ridiculous, no?
zp

ah lo-fi
going to see The Babies on Thurs night and wrote the show into a things-to-do article i write weekly and so went to their site and:
The one time side-project between Brooklyn lo-fi luminaries becomes a full-time concern
aw <3