pitchfork is dumb (#34985859340293849494 in a series.)

That review says Davey Von Bohlen explained, of the reunion, that:

...one thing that brought them together was the fear of losing “that emotional attachment where we feel like we could be defined for the rest of our musical lives by this one thing that happened in our teenage years.”

Actually he said almost the exact opposite:

This summer is 15 years since we broke up, and we’ve lost that emotional attachment where we feel like we could be defined for the rest of our musical lives by this one thing that happened in our teenage years.

A poor review. And, how one could write that review without mentioning Nation of Ulysses is beyond me...

I knew, after reading these posts, that this was an Ian Cohen review before I even clicked on it. Dude is consistently the worst Pitchfork writer, which is really saying something

he’s one of my favs for sure

I have no trouble believing that Cohen is a bottom-tier writer across the scope of his career, but I will just say in his favor that whenever I’m looking for a quick chuckle the Pitchfork review of Method Man’s “The Meth Lab” is one of my potential destinations

very cool interview with the band Girlpool on October, esp. since they basically seem to not even like or drink beer

Your manager says that y'all in general are not big beer-drinkers. Tell me a little bit about your relationship with beer.

Tucker: Harmony used to drink beer when we were teenagers, but then it just kind of didn't settle quite well, right, Harmony?

Tividad: Yeah, it makes me have gas, frankly.

Tucker: If I'm outside doing a thing [where] I'm sweating and it’s sunny out, I'm gonna have a cold beer—and it fucking feels amazing. I'll have a beer for enjoyment, but not to get fucked up.

Tividad: I feel the same way as Cleo.

Tell me about what kind of beers you like to have during these situations of casual drinking?

Tividad: I just don't have that strong a preferences honestly. I had a Modelo recently.

Tucker: You know, we would take whatever. I honestly [prefer] a nice vodka soda with lemon and mint.

haha

https://media.giphy.com/media/dt1W1NHhWxzvW/giphy.gif

Tell me a little bit about your relationship with chips.

yeah that piece blew. just do a normal interview. i would love to read an october interview with someone who's sober or just talks about grapefruit juice or something

The sunday reviews are good not bad: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/milton-nascimento-lo-borges-clube-da-esquina/

Agreed, that piece is very good.

(Only quibble is this dangling participle, which an editor should have caught: Born in Rio in 1942, Nascimento’s mom died when he was still an infant...)

“Suspirium” Is Thom Yorke’s Best Solo Track In Years
Best New Track

I might be worng but when was his last solo track?

he put a solo album out in 2014 that was extremely eh. new song is also extremely eh

Tomorrow's Modern Boxes was definitely hit and miss. The misses were enh, but the hits (mostly the last third of the album) were really good.

Eh, his solo stuff usually doesn't do it for me but this one hits the spot.

The Eraser is classic imo, not a bad song on there. Would pick it over several Radiohead records.

https://pitchfork.com/news/serial-season-3-announced-new-trailer-shared-listen/

Let this be the death of the “shared” concept.

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/yves-tumor-safe-in-the-hands-of-love/

Hey look a 9.1!

first 9+ of the year, i'm excited to give it a listen

Wow, that's true, that's the first 9+ they've given this year. That's pretty unusual.

yeah, i noticed that they hadn't given one a few weeks back—it's been a weird year for both big ticket releases and ambitious indie darling albums, i guess.

Looks like they're doing a new "Best Albums of the 1980s" list next week. Let's see how it will compare with the 2002 one.

oh hell yeah i contributed to that and i am extremely psyched to see how it came out

prob gonna be 200 albums, like the 60s list

The fact that they haven't called makes me think Kliché and Anne Linnet are getting robbed :(

the most important question: where will The Blue Nile's Hats place?

yeah that's one i'm really wondering about

Hats belong on top

The Yves Tumor review should win some kind of award for creating an imaginary album in my mind that was far different, and far more awesome, than the actual recorded music under review.

Maybe the reviewer has never bought a spray painted cassette in an edition of 50 from shlubby midwestern noise dudes?

“How to Drink Your Way Through OctFest” really lights up a front page dominated by stories about the tragic death of an addict...

(I know beer/liquor ads have long accompanied rock 'n roll editorial, but there’s something deeply sour about the October thing for me)

it’s gross for sure

it’s gross for sure

Maybe the fact that it’s not promoting a specific brand (like traditional advertising) is what makes it seem worse... it’s just generally promoting booze consumption as a “lifestyle” for young people, tied in w/music.

yeah that shit sucks

https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-albums-of-the-1980s/

hats @ 85

Zen Arcade = 68
Let It Be = 35

This is totally unacceptable

Big Science at 22 and the #1 are good

#1 Toto IV

extremely dull & canonical list that nobody needed, obv

It's the same as before but woker.

Diamond Life clocking in at #10 — above both the queen is dead and closer — is a level of poptimism I did not expect. Good list though. World at Echo at #25 is awesome

Instead of substituting genuinely unexpected, lesser sung LPs for bloated hipster heavyweights, they just tell you it's alright to like the stuff you already knew about. It's an injunction to go from the familiar to the familiar – truly inspiring.

as usual the most interesting part of the list is the higher numbers and those are what make the list worthwhile

You guys should be shot into the sun for your misuse of “woke”

Anita Baker way, way too low

lots of stuff to explore in the 200-100s

These lists aren't made for the geeks. I learned a lot from the original list sixteen years ago, when I was a teen, and if this can help young people today then I also think it's pretty significant that they are getting a canon where Janet Jackson and Sade are in the top ten.

On the 2002 list there is one solo woman (Kate Bush at 92) and one women-only band (ESG at 84). It's not as if women are banned (Sonic Youth and Talking Heads are at 1 and 2) but the first clearly female-fronted band is Young Marble Giants at 63 (unless I'm missing something). The new list is not more 'woke', the old list was hopelessly slanted.

extremely dull & canonical list that nobody needed, obv

I'm sure this list is much more rounded than the original one, but the choices are still dullsville

Even within single artists, they've gone for the safe choice p much every time

Anyway, who cares really - we've always known that the fucking cunts treat us like pricks