How Pitchfork Struck a Note in Indie Music

Time ^ | 8/15/10 | Claire Suddath

[freedumb2003]

>>I’m sure you’re aware Houses of the Holy came out after your arbitrary cutoff date.<<

It was in production... :)

OMG, U2? The first of the whine-sound bands. To sound that bad, they had to have MASSIVE nostrils.

[JerseyHighlander]

When Ice T showed up at the New Music Seminar in NYC, the NMS collapsed into a corporate sponsored toolfest for suits within 2 years.

On that timeframe, Pitchfork is probably toast.

[Talisker]

Music died in 1972.

No, it was the introduction of that damn gramaphone. Used to be you could sit in the town square and listen to the oompah band and have a beer without any damn kids interfering. Then it all went to hell.

[StrictTime]

I get all my new music from XMU (XM43), where I heard Sleigh Bells “Ring Ring” way before the album was released, and from my brother, whose fantastic gift to me every year is a compilation DVD of all the best indie songs of the year. Last year he handed me a DVD with 473 songs on it. I’ve discovered Phoenix, Santigold, Band of Horses, Japandroids and many other fine bands through those two sources. Anyone who discounts current music is both a fool and a curmudgeon....(I’m 46, BTW, and LOVE new music!)

[Psycho_Bunny]

Poke around the forums of music production software like Cubase, or instrument racks like EastWest/Quantum Leap.

It's amazing what people are doing.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Poke around the forums of music production software like Cubase, or instrument racks like EastWest/Quantum Leap.

It's amazing what people are doing.

[freedumb2003]

I’ll look as you suggested — double posting problem tonight my FRiend?

(I have been there)

[JerseyHighlander]

SO beofre music reaches XMU, it goes through the south by southwest music festival...
you can download the entire yearly sampler through bittorrent
...

http://sites.google.com/site/sxswtorrent/

NOTICE: ALL of the music on these torrents is free and legal to download for personal use.

[SamAdams76]

With respect to Animal Collective, I challenge anybody here to listen to “Did You See The Words” ten times and if after hearing that song ten times, you are not a fan, then I’ll eat my hat.

[Mr. Blonde]

Hey Ya

Not exactly representative of rap, but an Outkast song and huge, just checked it was on top of the charts for 9 weeks. It, however, doesn't feature Big Boi

Pitchfork's top single of the last decade was by Outkast as well, B.O.B. It does feature Big Boi.

[Mr. Blonde]

You should be getting a pretty good CD this year then. Lots of great albums as far as I’m concerned.

I don’t have satellite radio, that is one very good reason sites like pitchfork and stereogum are very useful.

[Mr. Blonde]

I loved Peacebone the first time I heard it, and My Girls is awesome as well. I just can’t usually take full albums. And I’m pretty obsessive about listening all the way through.

[truthfreedom]

Yup. Lots of great new music out there. I like Pitchfork for finding good new stuff. Pitchfork Best New Music plus The Pirate Bay equals easy free downloads of the best new stuff.
Also the CIMS chart is good. Pitchfork does seem to be bending over backwards to include as much urban/rap as possible. Curren$y, The Dream and Big Boi are 3 of the last 5 Best New Music Albums.
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/best/albums/

[wideawake]

Your post is blindingly incorrect on the facts.

Hip hop has an enormous catalogue. Not only have deluxe reissues of hip hop records from the 80s and 90s sold well, plenty of hip hop albums from those years remain in print.

Additionally, hip hop albums that have not been reissued - usually due to legal disputes between management and publishing companies - command hundreds of dollars apiece among collectors.

I understand that you lack the initiative to explore the genre - de gustibus non disputandum and all that - but the market for records spanning the 30+year history of hip hop remains quite strong to the level of people setting up new labels just to reissue these classic titles.

[abigkahuna]

ah I feel sorry for you kids--it is not that I am old, but your music really does suck...No love anymore...no sweet tunes to hold your honey and squeeze..

Its bad enough that the Silvertones are going to be beating out My Generation on organ at the old folks home...but come on, Cannibal Corpse? SLipknot? Insane Clown Posse? Excuse me while I paint up my face so I can play this here guitar....

AND no, KISS sucked too...as well as another painted faced geeek that took the rock and roll stage...That includes LIttle Richard too...

Gimme some Clapton, or SRV, or some John Lee Hooker--hell those boys didn't have to paint their faces to bang out a tune.

Heck, even "Sticks" McGee or Layfette "Thing" Thomas could run strings around today's so called musicans....

[wideawake]

Cannibal Corpse, Slipknot and Insane Clown Posse are about as representative of the current music scene as the Fugs were of the 60s. The names you mention are cartoon bands for cartoon people.

No love anymore? No sweet tunes?

Clearly you haven't heard artists like The Very Best or The Essex Green. Listen to "Julia" by the former or "Rue de Lis" by the latter and then get back to me.

[Mr. Blonde]

No one from any time is “running strings” around Derek Trucks, Joe Bonamassa or Robert Randolph to name but a few.

Cannibal Corpse, Slipknot and Insane Clown Posse are incredibly poor examples of today’s music. ICP is more a joke than anything else to most people.

[Wyatt's Torch]

Oh, please. There’s a lot of brilliant music being written...you just have to know where to look.

Right. Start by never turning on the radio again.

[Wyatt's Torch]

Looks very cool.

[Wyatt's Torch]

"In the end, though music can be brilliant at times, the whole medium comes off as derivative of Pavement."

Classic...