bullshit if anyone steps to me with some 7.6 bullshit i'm like get that garbage outta here son i only fucks with BNMs
― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 18 January 2018 00:41 (six years ago) link
re: Kanye, no, p4k had nothing to do with his success, if anything the perfect 10 for twisted fantasy was overcompensation, as good as that record is.
― flappy bird, Thursday, 18 January 2018 01:45 (six years ago) link
They gave him very good reviews before. You know, perhaps they just thought it was an incredible album?
― Frederik B, Thursday, 18 January 2018 02:15 (six years ago) link
actually yea you're right, I forgot about that. Late Registration was very high on their 2005 list
― flappy bird, Thursday, 18 January 2018 02:18 (six years ago) link
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/justin-timberlake-supplies/
savagely negative pitchfork reviews aren't dead, they're just thriving in the track reviews section
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, 18 January 2018 19:40 (six years ago) link
best new music used to result in five figure soundscan bumps.
― maura, Friday, 19 January 2018 05:53 (six years ago) link
From personal experience my old band played a local college radio show on the bill with Tapes n' Tapes the week this came out
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8314-the-loon/
remember talking to the drummer and they were pretty blown away that it happened
anyway they didn't really draw that many people that night, it was okay attended (andrew broder of fog actually headlined), but anyway their NEXT gig was suddenly opening for Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, later that summer we took over their opening gig for Futureheads they cancelled because they went to play Pitchfork Fest.
Like honestly they could maybe draw 100 people in Mpls to a small club on a good night before that review and after that they were everywhere for a while
― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 19 January 2018 15:58 (six years ago) link
yeah, I interviewed quite a few bnm'd bands in that period and many had similar experiences
― niels, Friday, 19 January 2018 18:56 (six years ago) link
anyone remember Thunderbirds Are Now! ? don't think they got BNM'd but they did play the first p4k fest when it was called Intonation, released an awesome album in 2005 called Justamustache, and then another in 2006, and then went quiet until last year when they put out a final single. they seemed burned by over enthusiastic press early on that quickly left them.... such a great band
― flappy bird, Friday, 19 January 2018 18:58 (six years ago) link
yeah i remember that name but i don't know if i checked them outman there were so many bands
― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 19 January 2018 20:23 (six years ago) link
i checked out CLEARLAKE because of the BNM imprimatur. i liked that album. but eventually sold it. same with the Futureheads.
― omar little, Friday, 19 January 2018 20:26 (six years ago) link
man there were so many bands
otm
― flopson, Friday, 19 January 2018 20:51 (six years ago) link
so weird
― brimstead, Friday, 19 January 2018 20:54 (six years ago) link
High Places... Tickley Feather... EAR PWR... Yeasayer...
― flappy bird, Saturday, 20 January 2018 00:04 (six years ago) link
aren't there more bands now?
or are you all saying "there were so many now-forgotten p4k bands"
― alpine static, Saturday, 20 January 2018 01:50 (six years ago) link
yea
― flappy bird, Saturday, 20 January 2018 02:00 (six years ago) link
props to pitchfork for publishing this in 2018, re: The-Dream
The most fascinating part of Nash’s songwriting career has been his uncanny ability to write not just capably but empathetically from a woman’s perspective. He’s better at it than he is at writing songs for men (see: Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies”; Mariah’s “H.A.T.E.U.”; Kelly Rowland’s “Dirty Laundry,” a song that relives, in painful detail, a physically abusive relationship.) It’s a perspective Nash didn’t know he was capable of until he started writing songs, but in retrospect, he knows where it came from. “My mother gave birth to me when she was 19,” Nash described. “All her friends, were there at the house, talking about women problems—with men, usually. But I was just previewed to a lot of conversations and a lot of sensitive points, from a woman’s standpoint.” But his desire to understand more fully how a woman might see the world goes beyond growing up surrounded by women. “I felt like I lost my best friend, in one way,” he said of losing his mother so young. “In another way, that was the love of my life.”
with no mention of his being charged with choking and assaulting his pregnant ex
― Simon H., Sunday, 21 January 2018 07:21 (six years ago) link
Yeah they usually manage to at least work in one uncomfortable paragraph about what we “must take into consideration” before jumping back into swoons. I was just sort of hovering over that whole review waiting for a disclaimer that never came.
― You're all losing so many points on your progress bars (Champiness), Sunday, 21 January 2018 08:29 (six years ago) link
https://scontent-ort2-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/9a187cdc110e9a866c8efb998b1758c3/5B253835/t51.2885-15/e35/26332670_1993704127549624_5999378780555051008_n.jpg
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 18:32 (six years ago) link
It's a meme now.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 18:33 (six years ago) link
lol
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 18:37 (six years ago) link
what kind of real music fan would care about a steely dan tour
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 18:52 (six years ago) link
none of my headlines are on here, shit meme
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 19:00 (six years ago) link
Yeah whoever made this could have tried harder.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 19:00 (six years ago) link
how is october doing? they keep trying to tie it into the main p4k site and it is so transparent
― marcos, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 19:02 (six years ago) link
Needs more Stranger Things headlines.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 19:05 (six years ago) link
And James Franco sexual assault allegations.
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 19:56 (six years ago) link
"Bon Jovi are as divisive as it gets, but in a karaoke setting, “It’s My Life” has a supernatural ability to bring a room together"
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 04:19 (six years ago) link
― marcos, Tuesday, January 23, 2018 2:02 PM (nine hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
iirc october reads like it was written by a martian assigned to cover beer
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 04:26 (six years ago) link
"Dylan Farrow Slams Justin Timberlake for Working With Woody Allen"
― skip, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 06:08 (six years ago) link
is this the 2nd longest thread on ilx?
― niels, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 07:02 (six years ago) link
What’s the longest?
― You're all losing so many points on your progress bars (Champiness), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 08:13 (six years ago) link
why do I hate that artist thing facebook thread
― niels, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 11:35 (six years ago) link
ooooh was confused for a sec mixing up 'longest' & 'oldest'
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:25 (six years ago) link
there used to be a ILX user by the name "Ryan Pitchfork" always wondered if it was this dude
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:27 (six years ago) link
i think so?
― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 17:32 (six years ago) link
6 Great Albums Named After Other Great Albums
And Yo La Tengo aren’t the only veteran indie rockers pulling a “call me by your name” at the moment.
wordplay!
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 18:15 (six years ago) link
Haha nice headline today, Katherine
― Evan, Monday, 29 January 2018 16:43 (six years ago) link
was actually very surprised it got used
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Monday, 29 January 2018 16:45 (six years ago) link
Iol kudos on that
― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 29 January 2018 17:09 (six years ago) link
hahaha, that is amazing! very good piece, too.
― Karl Malone, Monday, 29 January 2018 17:16 (six years ago) link
hat tip
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 29 January 2018 18:05 (six years ago) link
not according to all the hate mail I'm getting. love to stay up until 5 am so everyone can hate me
― algorithm is a dancer (katherine), Monday, 29 January 2018 19:00 (six years ago) link
the justin timberlake review is another savage throwback. easy target but still
It’s remarkable how few ideas are contained within this hour-plus Blue Ridge Mountains mood board of an album. Man of the Woods is a misstep large enough to merit relitigating Justin Timberlake’s status as a pop superstar. How much of his career should we chalk up to fortune, privilege, and an essential malleability? Is working with Pharrell Williams and Timbaland—pantheon-level producers who collaborated extensively with Timberlake at or near the peak of their powers, and continue to do so—an act of creative genius, or just kismet? There may be no definite answers. But Man of the Woods’ failure invites the questions.
― flappy bird, Friday, 2 February 2018 17:32 (six years ago) link
lol damn
6 Albums Out Today You Should Listen To Instead of Justin Timberlake
― flappy bird, Friday, 2 February 2018 18:47 (six years ago) link
6 IPAs to enjoy while not listening to the new Justin Timberlake album: Listen
― President Keyes, Friday, 2 February 2018 18:50 (six years ago) link
The tone of vindictive glee in that review is wayyyyy over the top. Like, the writer just desperately wanted the album to be bad because it proved the theory of Justin Timberlake they've been sitting on for the last 15 years and now the cultural and political climate is finally right for them to slam-dunk on him without losing any of their cool cred.
― triggercut, Friday, 2 February 2018 23:22 (six years ago) link
yeah and they built up to this review a day or two ago with an article dragging him for working with Toby Keith. like we are supposed to shit a brick because the guy about to play his second super bowl once worked with Toby Keith.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 2 February 2018 23:33 (six years ago) link
it's funny cos there is a link right there to when they gave him a BNM. i suppose when you suit the narrative, things are good
I've had the same theory for the last 15 years
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Friday, 9 February 2018 05:33 (six years ago) link