Fellow Pitchfork patricians, it is once again the time for our nightly countdown for Pitchfork's 5 new reviews to be updated on the site at 1am eastern time.
10.0?
0.0?
Best New Music?
Best New Reissue?
8.0+ with no BNM?
A shitty set of 7's and below?
Weird Al’s eternal BNM incoming hypetrain!
Noctourniquetcourtsney Barnett Review?
Titus Andronicus being robbed once again?
Ian FUCKIN' Cohen?
Ryan "THE TASTEMAKER" Dombal?
Lindsay "qt feminist" Zoladz? [retired patrician, memory lives on forever]
Jayson "8.7" Greene?
Larry "retired BNM godfather" Fitzmaurice?
Craig "Meme Rap" Jenkins?
Brandon “Meme Metal” Stosuy?
qt Kim "retired Meal Goddess now at Noisey" Kelly?
Grayson "Grizzly" Currin?
Brian "Backup" Howe?
Mark "the elder statesman" Richardson?
Evan "IS GARAGE ROCK DEAD" Minsker?
Meaghan “retired trap queen" Garvey?
Andy "secretly alpha" Beta?
Zoe "¡DALE!" Camp?
Philip "Electronic Wizard” Sherburne?
Stephen "M." Deusner?
Laura "Sun Kil Buffoon" Snapes?
Will someone dethrone Kanye West’s 30 out of 10 for AOTY?
OFFICIAL and accurate 2016 BNM Tally: 10
The most wonderful time of the night, every night, right now. Here it is, the nightly P4K thread. Time to get comfy.
>P4K Collection Rar (Over 300 deleted reviews, pics of every staff member, very badly needs to be updated)
https://mega.nz/#!zoQGBCYK!evBav1uwKekImmse6g35z2lRgdGXxxUh8nyVSTyShl0
>Tonight's Top Stories
-This thread stands with Kesha eternally
-Radiohead revving up new album hype
-Check out p4k's official Guide to Upcoming Releases: Spring 2016 http://pitchfork.com/news/64114-the-pitchfork-guide-to-upcoming-releases-spring-2016/
-This thread hypes and supports DIIV, Explosions in the Sky, Charli XCX, The Field, Rob Crow, Tim Hecker, Islands, and Wussy.
>>63486347
just watched the end of evangelion
What did I just watched?
Dead Sara - Pleasure To Meet You 8.3 BNM
>>63486460
a darn good movie
>>63486493
>>63486460
>anime
>good
Daily reminder that +@ was robbed
>>63486460
a breddy gud movie, but the "Congratulations, Shinji" of the tv series is a much better ending to the story t/b/h
>>63486534
>EoE not good
Anyone here seen Anno's live action stuff before? I watched Ritual recently, that movie was fucking crazy
What's everyone listening to?
>>63486347
>http://pitchfork.com/news/64114-the-pitchfork-guide-to-upcoming-releases-spring-2016/
how many potential BNMs you see in there?
>Charli XCX: Vroom Vroom EP
>Parquet Courts: Human Performance
>Tim Hecker: Love Streams
>PJ Harvey: The Hope Six Demolition Project >Sturgill Simpson: A Sailor's Guide to Earth
>Katy B: Honey
>ANOHNI: HOPELESSNESS
>Julianna Barwick: Will
>White Lung: Paradise
>Marissa Nadler: Strangers
>Mitski: Puberty 2
>Weaves: Weaves
>Pusha T: King Push
>Bat for Lashes: The Bride
>A$AP Ferg: Always Strive and Prosper
>Arca: Reverie
>Boogie: Thirst 48 Pt. 2
>Car Seat Headrest: Teens of Denial
>Chromatics: Dear Tommy
>Drake: Views From the 6
>Frank Ocean: Boys Don't Cry
>James Blake: Radio Silence
>Kanye West: Turbo Grafx 16
>LCD Soundsytem: TBA
>Radiohead: TBA
>Rae Sremmurd: SremmLife 2
>Run the Jewels: Run the Jewels 3
>Tinashe: Joyride
BNR
>Sufjan Stevens: Illinois (Special 10th Anniversary Blue Marvel Edition)
>Wolf Parade: Apologies to the Queen Mary
CERTAIN PANS
>Death Grips: Bottomless Pit
I live in Chicago, I think I'm going to go take a dump on P4K's doorstep tomorrow.
Why the fuck did they change the website layout? It's annoying as fuck!
>>63487152
agreed. new layout sucks ass. need new music website to form my taste
>>63486826
pic related
>>63487175
tinymixtapes.com, my man
>>63487229
tinymixtapes has disappeared completely up its own asshole. I need something else.
>>63487175
TMT mate, what the fuck else?
>>63487081
I'd guess
>Charli XCX: Vroom Vroom EP
>The Range: Potential
>M83: Junk
>Parquet Courts: Human Performance
>J Dilla: The Diary
>PJ Harvey: The Hope Six Demolition Project
>White Lung: Paradise
>Arca: Reverie
>Drake: Views From the 6
>Frank Ocean: Boys Don't Cry
>Kanye West: Turbo Grafx 16
>LCD Soundsytem: TBA
>Radiohead: TBA
>Run the Jewels: Run the Jewels 3
>Sky Ferreira: Masochism
>>63487081
>CERTAIN PANS
>>Death Grips: Bottomless Pit
explain
>>63487335
>needing tastemakers in the age of spotify
my man, all you do is start playing an artist and other similar artists will be suggested to you
what else do you want?
Ryan "THE TASTEMAKER" Dombal?
No, more like, Ryan "The Unemployed" Dombai
the algorithm is the tastemaker now
>>63487427
i know a couple people who basically use algorithms sure
but the word of someone you respect will always trump any algorithm because he creates desire in you that relates to another person. and of course i'm also speaking of the way people write and talk which creates a kind of intrigue and desire for that person, for the musicians, for the work.
>>63487335
>disappeared completely up its own asshole
>http://www.tinymixtapes.com/features/favorite-100-albums-2000-2009-20-01
>http://www.tinymixtapes.com/features/2010-favorite-50-albums-2010-10-01
remember when tinymixtapes was just a normal guy with very good taste? the mature older brother in med school to pitchfork's high school senior
>>63487390
p4k clearly jumped off the bandwagon long ago
>>63487427
sometimes I like reading music journalism cut me a break
>>63487527
>>63487582
Why?
Music journalism is the video games journalism of journalism
>>63486460
A work of art
>>63486667
In one of my film classes the professor showed us an excerpt of the film he made after EoE, the live action one about enjou kousai/compensated dating. It was interesting, stylish, had kind of a lo-fi aesthetic to it.
>>63486826
Air-drumming to Battles trying to figure out how Stanier can go for so long.
>>63487681
By definition, video games journalism is the video games journalism of journalism.
>>63487681
>Music journalism is the video games journalism of journalism
Someone read that back to me pls
Everyone here sign up for the Jai Paul thing?
http://pitchfork.com/news/64287-jai-paul-and-brother-ak-paul-launch-new-project-paul-institute/
>>63487778
>>63487782
yeah, idk what I was trying to say either...
that music journalism is even worse than video games journalism basically tho
>>63487527
>>63487427
The majority of people (your parents, your coworkers, other such plebs) will be fine with whatever's present in the most easily-accessible medium. Spotify and its algorithms seem to be today's "whatever's on the radio," for instance. But there will always be a niche that wants more, and that's really what criticism, be it music or otherwise, seeks to service. 99% of everything is shite, so you need someone to find the one percent. Not a computer.
>>63487881
>you need someone to find the one percent
damn, music is in a fucked up place if pitchfork is only showing us the 1% T B H
>>63487881
My problem with algorithms is mostly that they wildly fluctuate in quality. I listen to Kanye a lot so it suggest me Common and Nicki Minaj. One Im very interested in, the other not so much, and this applies to every suggested artist, it becomes suffering to dig through it. Much easier to let someone else do that.
>>63487878
Eh I dunno. Video game journalism seems to be more corrupt on-the-whole than music journalism, and there are a lot of reasons for that that I want to leave for another time (or maybe someone more versed in the issue can pick it up). To my knowledge, Gamergate had a few legitimate concerns before they descended into fits of misogyny and unjustified rage.
>>63487748
Some of the stuff of La Di Da Di is insane with how complex it is
>>63487928
Pitchfork probably reviews .001% of music that comes out in the western world, by virtue of quantity its definetly the top 1%
>>63487928
Well, they're not anymore. But someone else will show up eventually. Every generation has its voice. Maybe it's not TMT but they're the closest thing we've got at the moment.
>>63487942
Yes, that's exactly the problem. Like you're on Pandora, and you're listening to, say, the Radiohead station. Then it puts on Coldplay. Then Muse. Then Iron and Wine for some reason. Then you run out of skips. It's aggravating. It's one of the reasons I pirate everything.
Anyone have the 2015 Burial single? It's not in the archive, willing to trade or whatever
>>63487963
And yet the complexity stays within fairly simple structures, which I think is occasionally more impressive than guys like Hill and Chippendale. I mean, they're monsters, but he's more like a warrior monk. He just sits there and hammers away in the same pattern, over an over.
He's my idol. If I ever actually start drumming one of these days I want to do it like him.
>>63488037
>not noko is a dumbfuck who doesn't know how to use slsk/wcd
>not noko is a dumbfuck with shitty taste who has a total of 80 artists in his library
least surprising revelations of the year
FUCK the flatbush review on tmt is next level
>>63488081
to the first point, I hate souldseek, haven't used it in years, much perfer a mega, and I don't have a what cd, no
to the second, these are just the artists I have downloaded, I stream music buddy, I don't even like most of these, they are just downlaoded
So Im gonna assume you dont have the single doe
>>63487081
will Illinois get the 10 it deserves?
Is Anohni in the running for AOTY?
This is actually quite a boring list compared to last year's releases. It would be cool to see a 9.0+ for an act that's actually good, but outside of P4K's usual comfort zone. Brood Ma would've been a good opportunity
>>63488132
>I don't have a what cd, no
>these are just the artists I have downloaded, I stream music buddy,
my sides
>>63488037
>>63488081
he's OUR dumbfuck and we love and accept him
burial - temple sleeper
https://mega.nz/#!UUwCCQDR!cChqdY_JPIVthYDSjkfsI2WqxRov8zs9Y8Q0FyomsH0
>>63488081
i thought this guy was being a little rude till i read this
>>63488132
>I stream music buddy,
jesus
Anyway, TONIGHT, ON BIZARRO-P4K:
Brooklyn Russell takes on the new Flatbush Zombies tape, "3001: A Laced Odyssey." Anyone ever tell these guys that Arthur C. Clark did the whole "3001" bit? It was the last Space Odyssey book? Ah whatever. I give this review a DUDE WEED LMAO out of 5.
styles: “new” New York hip-hop, street-centricities, psychedelic escapisms
others: The Underachievers, Pro Era, LSD, psilocybin, weed
http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/flatbush-zombies-3001-laced-odyssey
If anyone cares about new Colin Stetson
Colin Stetson - SORROW (320)
>tons of extended technique, Gorecki's Third Symphony
>Link
https://mega.nz/#!h0QBwCBD!VSfCsDYcAytLIM-3M1YUHyyeuia-5gVLZ6CeRy2wZlE
>>63488151
>>63488157
Im here to entertain desu
>>63488154
thanks m8
>>63487555
They have much better taste now. Fewer memes
haha i can't wait for them to review music am i right hahaha
Oh also, if anyone wants some more good laughs at the expense of my shitttyness, I use the bitorrent client, pia, and exclusively use google drive for backup
>>63488103
But that's not the only TMT review tonight! Also on tap, Frank Falisi writes up a new Shelter Press release - "Zauberberg" by Kassel Jaeger / Stephan Mathieu / Akira Mathieu - in the form of a story! DiCrescenzo fans, your favorite schtick is back!
>styles: history/memory, translation, aura
>others: Mann, Ibsen, Frank
>http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/kassel-jaeger-stephan-mathieu-akira-mathieu-zauberberg
>>63488175
They were the biggest champions of vaporwave, the biggest meme genre of them all
>>63488205
would be kinda wacky if they reviewed a book or something though haha :)
Who else rubbed vaseline on their feet today?
I hate that it's warm out now and I have to be working again and not be at home collecting unemployment checks and listening to tunes!
>>63488154
Why haven't I heard of this? When did it come out, early or late last year?
>>63488237
dam son u need an external drive at least.
>>63488237
get this hothead outta here!
>>63488260
>warm out now
It snowed this morning
>>63488237
oh also I use itunes and apple music, and have an iphone
>>63488103
>Now, because Tiny Mix Tapes is a family-friendly publication, and because we here don’t want to corrupt our younger, more impressionable readers, an understanding of Flatbush ZOMBiES’ aptly-titled album requires a note on psychotropics like LSD. The thing about LSD that makes it so essential for big city livin’ rap folk like FBZ is that it’s able to dissociate ego from consciousness, helping one to forget themselves. This creates the illusion that one is experiencing reality unmediated, tunneling into the truth of existence. Meanwhile, hallucinations unfold and senses mix with each other in a phenomenon known as synesthesia. Combined with the loss of ego, which according to Meechy Darko ushered in a sort of rebirth of conscience — hence the group being a bunch of “zombies” — these hallucinations take on a startling reality. This has fantastic consequences when listening to the group’s brand of hip-hop. The most profound effect is that, for FBZ, the music becomes material, an object in the air, one with nature itself, rather than some sort of manifestation of sound waves and whatnot. In such a situation, these sounds feel like living, breathing entities with liberty and will; no different than the clouds, trees, or grass. In more ways than one, rap music ultimately curtails this liberty, while improvisation and free-associative wordplay encourage it.
TMT is so fucking based
>>63488282
Ive been looking to get one, I have a lot of irreplacable shit on here, just too poor at the moment
>>63488291
who hurt you senpai>
>>63488285
no it didn't? It was a little chilly but no snow to be seen
>>63488242
I think I have a pretty high tolerance for "pretentiousness" and I don't even mind when TMT does shit like write a little story instead of review or do some freeform poetry wank, but would it fucking kill them to just put some real genres in the "styles" section just so I know if I can be bothered looking it up or not
>>63488302
This is a very good passage, he perfectly explains a complex idea without sounding too academic. Great writing. Makes me feel like I should read more.
>>63488255
i hate myself why did that make me laugh audibly and loud at that
what's gonna be the most interesting thing on p4k tomorrow im skipping class i think
>>63488344
Just press and hold the track on Spotify mobile and you'll get a preview
>>63488328
the system familia
>>63488260
>>63488285
>>63488333
You lying shits. It was mostly sunny with a little noontime shower
>>63488382
Apparently none of you live in the GOAT West-Midwest region, cause we got serious snow
no reviews tonight, sorry it's national indigenous people's day. pack it up for the night.
Chris ott and father John misty are fighting on Twitter right now lol
no reviews tonight familia you have not satisfied the council
>>63488344
Well I think part of their ethos is that nothing ever folds perfectly into genre and that genres are designated historically, after the fact. So they go with styles because they can a. tell you what it sounds like without misleading you into thinking it's sounds like something it's not, and b. to be cheeky.
>>63488325
tru
>>63488325
Hey fuckass
Maybe don't buy iphones or pay for streaming services and u could afford an external HDD
Ever thinkadat?
NIGHTLY RUNDOWN
iLoveMakonnen 6.2 by Matthew Ramirez
The Joy Formidable 6.1 by Evan Rytlewski
Lucius 6.3 by Katherine St. Asaph
The Body / Full of Hell 7.6 by Colin Joyce
Kiran Leonard 7.0 by Louis Pattison
>>63488398
>lives in the Midwest
>but not Chicago
holy shit you might as well live in fucking Kazakhstan
>Drink more water 6 gets a 6.2
>>63488436
Did they hire all new writing staff? Don't recognize any of these fucks
>>63488420
Never occured to me, Im throwing my streaming and iphone right in the garbage, thanks based anon!
>>63488436
>more new and made up names
St asaph , pattison, rytlewski
Cmon man, its like they typed three random letters and added lewski to make it jewey
>>63488413
Chris ott is mentally retarded lol
>>63488466
I've seen Katherine St. Asaph a bit lately. Not sure what the old guard is up to.
>>63488493
Not really "Jewy." More just generically Polish.
What's everyone's favorite Burial release before we go?
I gotta say Truant + Rough Sleeper
>>63488584
We don't have to go. p4k around the clock.
Also I'm a fan of the Burial and Four Tet collabs.
>>63488584
Is this death metal?
>>63488674
Doom, actually
>>63488584
Kindred, definitely. Very tight EP.
>>63488302
This is actually a legitimate way of describing the effects without being too psychoanalytical about it. Makes me rethink Flatbush Zombies as well.
Another good passage from the review:
> One listen to 3001: A Laced Odyssey and you can immediately sense Flatbush ZOMBiES’ psychoactive inspirations. The group’s name essentially derives from the concept of ego death, but if nothing else, the drugs provide a wonderful insight into their music. The group’s in-house producer, Erick “the Architect” Elliott, handles all of the instrumentals on the album, and he stays largely true to his namesake, building each track around their collective psychedelic odyssey from the ground up. For a contemporary hip-hop record that’s been crafted in the depressing, industrialized four walls of New York City, the tapestry of instrumentals he utilizes is largely rich, tuneful, and sensibly deployed. Tracks like “Smoke Break (Interlude)” and “Trade-Off” are whimsical and occasionally cerebral but thankfully without the sense of polished classicism that makes a lot of New York hip-hop slightly standoffish.
TMT is A-ok in my book.
>>63488584
you nailed it
>>63488721
>TMT is A-ok in my book.
Best music site around. Their Eureka! tagged albums never fail to disappoint.
>>63488697
His series of EPs has got me so excited for a new album
