Fellow Pitchfork patricians, it is once again the time for our nightly countdown for Pitchfork's 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?
Dead Sara finally getting an 8.3 BNM?
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? [taking the Big Apple’s publications by storm]
Brandon “Meme Metal” Stosuy? [retired, metal albums still won't get BNM, everyone still won't care]
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? [retired, will probably still get asked to show feet]
Philip "Electronic Wizard” Sherburne?
Stephen "M." Deusner?
Laura "Sun Kil Buffoon" Snapes?
Will someone dethrone Radiohead/Chance the Rapper’s 9.1 for AOTY?
OFFICIAL and accurate 2016 BNM Tally: 28
Nights since last BNM: 2
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, now slightly updated)
https://mega.nz/#!l1ZlRbqb!WYbGuia29w1_fpg05XS3F9Rtb8aFfj8WzZg8Z3mbwRQ
>Tonight's Top Stories
-This thread stands with Kesha eternally
-Well I'm buzzed
-Frank Ocean teases release date for his next album
-Wildflower is out. Thoughts?
-This thread hypes and supports DIIV, Bat for Lashes, BadBadNotGood, and The Avalanches.
-/p4k/ forever
DEAR TOMMY WHEN
WILDFLOWER REVIEW TONIGHT????
Wildflower will be a 6.7 - 7.0
Reminder this is the worst year and no amount of pitchfork articles telling us differently can save us when it's been pan after pan and disappointing BNMs
>>66170371
It'll get 8.5-8.8
>>66170371
i literally cannot predict p4k's score on this one.
like, it's a fantastic record but there's not much for normies to latch on to because the average p4k reader can't into ambient/world music. so they could pan it on that level, but then again they usually just follow the general public's reaction which has been pretty overwhelmingly positive outside of /mu/ and a couple shitty publications. if i had to predict a score i'd probably say ~8.6 BNM because that's pretty much the safest score they could give it but i have a feeling that there is pan potential but i pray it doesn't happen
6.9 for Wildflower, screencap this
>>66170520
>average p4k reader can't into ambient/world music
>wildflower
???????
8.4, the most boring of BNM scores, for Wildflower
dubs magic wills it
>>66170520
>it's a fantastic record
lel
>>66170556
It'll get the ol' Tomorrow's Harvest 8.3 BNM I reckon
Do they still give 8.0-8.1 BNMs? Maybe Wildflower will barely sneak by with one of those.
>>66170556
8.5 is their new go to bnm, theyve given out mostly 8.5s all year
>>66170550
ambient in the sense that the album focuses more on textural & atmospheric components than conventional music structure, especially in the second half
world in the sense that it was recorded, produced, and released on earth, which is a world
8.6
that new aphex twin ep is mediocre as hell, but p4k is on his dick so it'll prob get an 8.0-8.2
Wildflower - 10
>>66170635
I think Blake got an 8.1 BNM
>>66170635
not really anymore, 8.2 is the lowest it's been lately
I know tmt is going to pan wildflower and they love to meme it up so i can't wait to shit up this thread with quotes.
>>66170912
>TMT
All they do is pan mainstream/big-indie releases now, wouldn't be surprised at all if they gave Wildflower a 1/5 or something
>>66170965
to be fair, most of the mainstream/big indie releases have been pretty shit as of late
>>66170965
dude they literally gave lemonade a perfect score lmao
>>66170965
lately, TMT seems to have moved back to the center a little 2bh.
don't get me wrong, they still love their post-internet post-vaporwave sound collage bullshit, but they've made room for stuff people actually like, too
>>66171147
Yeah, I was surprised they gave Mitski and CSH such great scores. And AMSP got a 3.5 when I was positive they would give it like a 2.
>>66170045
What do you all think of Pitchfork review classic albums every Sunday?
>>66170045
This thread stands with Michael Gira, Freddie Gibbs, Afrika Bambaataa, Heathcliff Berru, Leslie Rasmussen, Gustavo Guerra & Dr. Luke -- and rejects the rape culture hysteria of Meagan Garvey, Amber Coffman, Bethany Cosentino, Larkin Grimm, Ke$ha, et al.
>>66171334
pretty cool
in the future would like to occasionally see them pan a few albums considered classic though (e.g., Axis: Bold as Love by the Jimi Hendrix Experience) or praise a good album from the past with a terrible reputation (e.g., Second Coming by the Stone Roses)
oh, and Different Class should've received a 10 senpai
PULP BTFO
OASIS ON TOP BABY
>>66171670
>implying they wouldn't pan Morning Glory with a <6.0 if they were to review it
Anything on the new Bat for Lashes as good as "The Haunted Man" (The song itself, not the album)? That song is 10/10 and the only one I really like from BfL.
AllMusic STILL hasn't updated their list. Jesus, Erlewine, why you gotta leave Maxwell hanging?
Who's getting it tonight?
>>66171723
>Who's getting it tonight?
blink-182 fucking destroyed plox
>>66171707
Really? I love her first two albums
>>66171707
the songs on the new album are kind of lame but i enjoyed listening to it for the narrative
>>66171961
Same, it was nice and worth listening to but just not very good overall. Certainly not as a studio album.
My predictions:
>Bat For Lashes - The Bride: 7.6
>Metronomy - Summer 08: 6.2
>The Julie Ruin - Hit Reset: 7.9
>GOGGS - GOGGS 7.7
>>66171670
Didn't Morning Glory only get like an 8.9?
Hello to my nighty anons
>>66172078
>Bat For Lashes - The Bride: 7.6
yeah I was surprised it was pretty cool
Is everyone forgetting Snoop Dogg's CoolAid actually doesn't suck?
>>66172305
it was ok but I still prefer Cuzznz
the two stand out tracks to me were Light It Up appropriately timed for 4th of July and Two or More
>>66172305
really? it doesn't? because i couldn't even make it through the first track, literally insufferable. does it get better?
Dead Sara - Pleasure To Meet You 8.3 BNM
>>66172367
yeah even the next song is a lot better although I think Legend functions well enough as an album intro. He even says "you don't have to like it, tough shit" or something like that. So I think its kind of intentionally shitty, as lame an excuse as that may be.
>>66172305
who is snoop dogg again?
>>66172522
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R02CZmkk-w0
>>66172367
The first track is a reference/parody/ironic inspiration of Drake's intro on IYRTITL
>>66172305
It's one of his best albums, but that's not saying much honestly
>>66171670
ofc a cuck would prefer oasis to pulp
>>66172517
>>66172574
ok yeah this second track is a lot better, i'll probably actually listen to this project now
keep the planet
spinnin' on it's axis
>>66172522
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hIjgofcuWU
>>66172737
and its only up from there
super crip > don't stop > ten toes down > legend
>>66170992
this. Besides Radiohead, what the hell has lived up to expectations?
Avalanches 9.x BNM slight possibilty of a 10
Blink 182 5.x
>>66170520
I've actually seen more mixed reviews, besides one 4 star somewhere. But many albums this year started shaky with early reviews then start to catch on
I remember when everyone thought Random Access Memories was going to get panned. This album has many similar circumstances, just not so drastic of a style change
>>66171411
don't forget Ian Connor
>>66172804
Blackstar
and I think in the end exceeded them.
>>66172804
James Blake
Chance
Death Grips
Kanye sorta
I liked SS3 alot.
Malibu
>>66170992
I disagree
>>66172599
he's one of the most overrated rappers ever. He literally had a handful of good songs, and even those were pretty simplistic with killer beats. Doggystyle is a contender for most overrated rap album ever
Speaking of blink-182, does anyone know what's the highest score that Pitchfork has given to a pop punk album?
>>66172850
Literally all of those are mediocre
>>66172804
Forgot untitled unmastered
>>66172850
>James Blake
and you might be the only person who thinks that
at least the first person I've heard
>>66172804
metronomy - 6.8
>>66172879
compared to what? amsp?
>>66170520
I'm actually surprised RYM is digging Wildflower so much. I think it's gonna be one of those cases where it's received super positively at first but retrospectively people are gonna realize that it wasn't all that special.
I mean, it literally sounds like a chillwave album circa 2008.
>>66172873
idk if it's the highest score but green day - kerplunk got an 8.5
>>66172865
>he's one of the most overrated rappers ever
>le overrated meme
nobody sounds like snoop.
>>66172873
off the top of my head
American Football
Pinkerton
Diary
TWIABPAIANLATD
Home, Like Noplace is There
>>66172913
No, I thought that was pretty eh as well.
either Bat for Lashes or Wildflower gets a very high score (straight to the top 10 of the year), and the other will get 7.8-8.0
Both are going to be amazing to some people and boring to others
>>66172946
>TWIABPAIANLATD
the fuck?
and none of the rest of those are "pop punk"
>>66172890
I wash my dishes to this album. It's spooky and I just fucking love it
>>66172834
will add him for tomorrow. bless you, anon.
>>66172804
The biggest and most definitive example of this for me this year is Pinkshinyultrablast
Everything Else 2015 = excitement
Grandfeathered 2016 = relief
>>66172970
The World is a Beautiful Place and I am No Longer Afraid to Die
pleb
>>66172931
Maybe. I hope it doesn't have the "Surf" by Chance and Social Experiment effect...it gets acclaimed but literally noone cares about it or listens to it and in the end is pointless
>>66172998
mbv had that too
>>66172946
Funny that you mention TWIABP I've been listening to Harmlessness alot as of late. Not usually my thing, but I like this album alot
>>66172873
exploding hearts got an 8.8 BNM
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2875-guitar-romantic/
>>66173012
i still listen to m b v
>>66172960
check back tomorrow for Avalanches 8.9
>>66172881
good call and another album I think exceeded them.
>>66172804
Nobody in pitchfork threads listen to metal so you fags wouldn't know Vektor is 3 for 3 with good albums.Terminal Redux didn't get BNM because they wanted to push some shitty feminist buzzband.
WELL, WE'RE WAITING!
>>66173030
me too anon, nightly
>>66173027
R.I.P. ;_;
BAT FOR LASHES BTFO ;_;
The Bride - 7.6
I FUCKING KNEW IT. I said for three days in a row.
I'm also the guy that predicted the 8.8 BNM for Freetown Sound.
>>66172078
nailed it with BfL
>Refresh p4k homepage at 12am
>See Avalanches but review isn't highlighted in red
>>66172078
>Bat For Lashes - The Bride: 7.6
wizardry confirmed
>>66173064
I wasn't that impressed with it. The pitchfork score is just and fair.
>>66172078
>Bat For Lashes - The Bride: 7.6
gj anon
It's season of the SE7EN at Pitchfork
>>66172367
My Carz is worse
>>66173077
>>66173082
Seriously, I can't tell if I'm a wizard or ifPitchfork is just becoming more predictable. I think it's the latter. If you follow their track reviews and features, it sort of intimates the score, at least for me.
NIGHTLY RUNDOWN: STILL BUZZED EDITION
Bat For Lashes 7.6 by Cameron Cook
Mick Harvey 7.3 by Stuart Berman
Alice Bag 7.5 by Quinn Moreland
Stephen Steinbrink 7.0 by John S.W. MacDonald
>>66173124
7.6 is the ultimate "well this album isn't amazing but we want to keep our rapport with the band"
Reminder: Whatever albums on this chart are not reviewed by Pitchfork by 1 AM eastern time on Friday will be marked "BITCHFORK".
>>66173092
the first half has awesome pop songs that fit the concept, but it gets boring pretty quickly when it sticks to the narrative too closely
Sunday Love SOTY
Also, if you followed them in the past you can sort of guess better too. I guessed the 8.8 BNM for Freetown Sound because the conceptual style and artist career progression reminded me of what it was like for How to Dress Well's "What Is This Heart", which also got an 8.8
>>66173209
you got two scores right. literally anyone can do that what anything just by using wild guessing.
>>66173164
Seriously, this.
2016 albums such as:
>Marissa Nadler - Strangers
>PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project
>Chairlift - Moth
>Deakin - Sleep Cycle
>>66173271
Nah, I'm only talking recently. I must have guessed at least 80 right in the last year and a half.
>>66173274
that PJ Harvey album was embarrassing. 7.x is definitely generous
I guess, when it comes to the music I really liked it. The political message was shit because she was pretty much just complaining about different world problems with no concrete message or purpose.
>>66173274
Reviews mean less for Pitchfork's revenue at this point than lists/quick news hits/hot takes, as far as I know. They're just sort of a formality at this point.
>>66173441
>>66173317
strongly agree
this is what I wanted the new PJ to be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS8hF44A2P0
MEANWHILE.... AT BIZARRO PITCHFORK....
well, not so bizarro tonite as TMT and P4K are simpatico re: the new Bat For Lashes.
btw Diarrhea Planet BTFO.
>>66173051
I actually think MBV is god tier and on par with loveless. Dont see anything bad about it!
>>66172946
>American Football
???????????
This one's high. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19890-jawbreaker-24-hour-revenge-therapy/
>>66175232
Don't tell me people actually talk shit about it. I listened to it a few weeks after I first heard Loveless, and I thought it was amazing.
