The result of the Conde Nast acquisition.
fucking panned
>>60555538
Are you saying this is too low or too high?
Anyway, pitchfork lost any shred of credibility a long time ago...
>>60555538
we need a safe space from poptimism, and I'm distraught that /mu/ can no longer be that place
WORST
ARTWORK
EVER
>>60555538
Higher score than Beat The Champ
>>60555555
ya blew it
>>60555556
>work at record store
>for some reason the person who buys our new shit to put out bought 25 copies of the album
>all of them at the front of the store just staring, vacant and horrific, out into the store
>can't escape their sight
>>60555538
lel, I listened to 20 second samples of each song and holy moly was it shit. Probably the worst album I've heard in over a year.
Seriously, it's so fucking bad.
>>60555593
her voice is nice :)
>>60555538
lmao i knew the fat bitch was just a trend
>>60555552
Pitchfork never had any credibility, but it's funny that even 2 years ago they would have stayed away from reviewing this album.
(And to answer your other question: this album is terrible. Even by pop music standards.)
>>60555593
but what if you listened to the wrong 20 seconds?
>>60555615
[their score is way too high for this]
>>60555538
7.something was the always the standard "we don't want to give a shit score but can't bring ourselves to score it high" pop album score though.
>>60555555
You fucking idiot
>>60555563
>>60555555
i agree, everyone has turned against alternative music so hard that now its dying.
because of poptimism p4k can put up articles about famous people like drake, get credibility and get the hits for it. i appreciate pop music but it will always have an advantage and us rallying for them just puts money in their pockets and none in any of ours
>>60555613
>just a trend
>about to break album sales record
>>60555615
>even 2 years ago they would have stayed away from reviewing this album
yeah good point
>And to answer your other question: this album is terrible. Even by pop music standards.
Okay, this is what I hoped you were implying, but you never know these days.
>>60555555
holy numbers
>>60555626
It's not actually an album, it's a collection of one dimensional singles that she shit out, hoping one catches on. Listen to each song for 20 seconds and you've listened to the whole thing. Hello is fun song to "meme to" with your friends but the rest is dogshit.
>>60555609
:^)
>>60555667
oh, hi, Zach Hart! how does it feel writing about a dead art form? have you ever considered that "underground music" isn't limited to shitty college-attending sadboys who want to get laid like they could in the '90s and the reason poptimism has killed your favorite genre is because it's been creatively stagnant for twenty fucking years?
alright Zach well catch you later
Adele is literally the Oasis of the 21st century
>signs to an "indie" label but with corporate backing
>first album gives her big success in UK and lots of critical acclaim
>second album gets generally positive reviews, but huge hit singles help her become absolutely massive around the world
>a few years pass, now the third album is out with insane anticipation and hype surrounding it, selling a record breaking amount of copies in its first week
>people start to realize it's just a bloated continuation of the style that made her famous, but without any of the standout moments that the previous albums had
The press, public, and fans' attitudes will turn sour within 3 months
>>60555667
>us rallying for them just puts money in their pockets and none in any of ours
I agree, this model of music journalism sucks. With Condé Nast buying p4k, how long will it take for them to poptimize 'indie'? Like who wants to bet Arcade Fire will be to p4k as U2 was to the Rolling Stone magazine? Already things like kozelek v. war on drugs are getting coverage analogous to a reality show
>>60555555
Thank you for your heroic use of rationality with these sextuples. It will not be soon forgotten.
>>60555555
why are you faggots need to use anonymous forum to discuss this pop radio shit? why dont you just use facebook or just turn on radio?
>>60555742
dean ween looks great
>>60555740
why are p4k fans so dense? this has been going on for half a decade or more now. it's just more obvious now. Pitchfork, Stereogum, Noisey - all of these shitty "indie" rags are already homogenized corporate shit. they've just sold it to you as independent music, and now they're being more brazen about it because it's harder to churn out consistently interesting buzzbands for a genre of music that hasn't had a single sonic innovation since the '90s
Arcade Fire already is p4k's U2
Deafheaven is as big as they are because Pitchfork has a writer on staff who's friends with them and Pitchfork has mainstream influence
all of this is designed to sell festival tickets to frat boys
these festivals have gone on since 2008 and before for your beloved "indie."
just because Anthony Flabfanny is suddenly having an identity crisis because his MRA ass is being pressured by the market to listen to albums made by women doesn't mean that his favorite music, from Death Grips to Swans, hasn't always been commercial garbage of a different kind.
you're the Hot Topic kids of the '10s. get over it. shut up. give Conde Nast money.
>>60555555
I'm tired of /mu/ thinking shitty indie rock bands like Neutral Milk Hotel and Animal Collective are better than real artists like Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, Can, and Miles Davis. I'd rather have poptimism than indie fans under the delusion of patricianhood.
>>60555820
>>60555820
>stop liking what i don't like
I'd say you're the one with the delusion of patricianhood.
>>60555586
>start job at record store this week
>this is my fate
is she going to steal my soul
underground music on the internet is pretty much dead, poptimism is king now
thankfully it's still alive and well and going strong as ever in DIY communities.
>>60555900
rekd
>>60555956
>going strong as ever in DIY communities
who promote and distribute their stuff on the internet you dingus
>>60555555
Best use of digits ever.
>>60555947
your fate is unemployment you fucking idiot
it's a record store
>>60555555
fuck you, you piece of shit.
http://pitchfork.com/tv/51-live/1567-protomartyr-how-he-lived-after-he-died-live/
>this is the stupid bullshit p4k wants you to think is "cool" and "happenin" in rock music
>this is the kind of corporate-cock-sucking horseshit p4k readers think of as a "DIY" show
at least they had Deradoorian play, though from the sound of it they had a fuckin awful sound person/no monitors
god fuck pitchfork so hard for trying to cash in on "DIY" like it's some kind of trend or movement.
>>60555985
and there are still smaller online publications popping up and going strong, local show listing sites, etc. There is also occasionally some bleed through from real independent and DIY scenes into noisey (ironically, given how unforgivingly toxic Vice was and continues to be in BK) and stereogum and the like. p4k is totally dead though and it's fucking laughable how badly they sold out.
It's still there, it just doesn't have the same visibility it did a few years ago.
>>60555786
do you own this site? we can talk about what we please
>>60556086
Protomartyr sounds like some of the most tired, unoriginal Post-Punk revival atm, almost an accomplishment.
pitchfork has always been nothing more than a fashion magazine
>>60555568
>>60555648
>>60556058
poptimists btfo
>>60556143
like it's amazing that in a genre still going so strong and churning out great shit constantly that THIS insipid crap is what p4k chooses as their posterchild for "post-punk"
it's literally the generic "overdrive pedal and Fender DeVille-core" indeh rawk of the late 2000s with a brooding sweaty fatass doing vocals instead of a cute girl or some hip fucker from brooklyn
>>60555563
Beat The Champ was a solid 8
>>60555555
I hope you get mugged and then get forced to circumcise yourself with your own teeth
>>60555820
>>60555538
>be 27
>titles album 25
>>60555555
Well, there you go. You said it.
>>60555820
True patrician appreciates both good 'real' musicians or 'shitty indie' musicians. Well, no way to know now when all the elitism and patiricians are gone
You guys are so fucking stupid lol
>>60557089
yet you still come here you slut
>>60555538
>Implying p4k didn't go full mainstream poptimist retard and sacrifice any integrity they had in 2010
Wow well regarded underground music bastion pitchfork thank you so much for digging through all the obscure and under appreciated talent that goes unnoticed like Kanye West and Adele. I never would have discovered artists like these without pitchfork's tireless efforts to give underdog artists the attention they deserve!
by hacks for hacks
>>60555555
and rym isn't either
>>60555734
I love you and this analogy
>>60555734
>second album gets generally positive reviews, but huge hit singles help her become absolutely massive around the world
I think it was the food, not the singles
>>60555538
That album cover is absolutely horrible
How can anyone look at a disgusting abomination photoshopped version of their face and think it would make for a good album cover?
>>60555555
>>60557813
give her a break, airbrushed face is all she can show, she'd never show her deformed body
>>60555667
P4K Hasn't been about actually independent or underground music for almost 6 years, m8.
>>60555555
What a good sentiment with a fantastic get
Nice work
>>60557802
>>60555555
>>60555555
WHAT AN ABSOLUTELY BASED GET
POPTIMISTS GET OFF MY BOARD
>>60555820
>I'd rather have poptimism than indie fans under the delusion of patricianhood.
This right here
>>60555555
>>60555555
Nice numbers my man
>>60555725
Bitch please, indie rock is kind of stagnant but it's not like Adele or Nicki Minaj are really pushing music forward
When you see all those 5's and your gf made you listen to this mediocre album, she has got to go.
>>60555793
>2008 before indie
>caring about "sonic innovation"
You're right about Arcade Fire though
>>60555555
Poptimists on suicide watch
>>60556086
Get off your high horse, nobody could possibly think that that's a DIY show.
>>60555793
ye, hipster has been the new emo for 3 years now imo
look at mainstream music, fashion and even humor
cool and totally hip mothers nationwide bang their heads to trap music while driving timmy and jimmy to soccer after posting pepe the frog on facebook for ''lol so random'' likes
cant believe it happened so fast cus of the internet tho
>>60555793
>Death Grips to Swans, hasn't always been commercial garbage of a different kind
get the fuck over yourself
maybe once you turn 20 you'll realize that posting on /mu/ doesn't make you fucking cool
>>60555555
thank you
>>60555793
this guy gets it
>>60555555
POPTIMISTS
B
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F
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>>60555734
holy hell you're right
