<p>I forgot one. The group Stars is unbelievable. And kudos to Verbal for the M83 pick; I love them.</p>
<p>Pitchfork is pure garbage. I read the New Yorker every week and while I appreciate the decent writing and vast knowledge, even I think Pitchfork needs to dump the monocle and pull their head out of their own ass.</p>
<p>I gotta say, I don’t love Pitchfork, but the hip new backlash against them seems a little excessive. I’m not crazy about the writing, but their taste in music is generally pretty solid, even if they also hate a lot of what I love.</p>
<p>I don’t think the backlash is all that new. As long as I’ve known about Pitchfork (6 or so years now) people have had ****ty things to say about it. It’s just it’s now far more hip to read Pitchfork so more people know about it and there is more people to talk about how crappy it is.</p>
<p>The problem is they could be really amazing-- that’s why people are so critical. All of the potential is there.</p>
<p>I read Pitchfork in the same covert, embarrassed way I read Vice.</p>
<p>The New Yorker is an excellent periodical, and my absolute favorite, but the New Yorker and Pitchfork serve vastly different purposes; it’s like comparing apples to oranges. Don’t forget that the New Yorker is the one whose mascot carries the monocle.</p>
<p>I read pitchfork to get my indie music search on, and I get a more satisfying fix there than anywhere else. I have yet to find another website that provides such a comprehensive collection of indie album reviews and news.
In a way I like the writing, because of its great personality. Pitchfork’s reviews, unlike those of a more “standard” form, don’t attempt to feign objectivity. When they do, it’s always tongue-in-cheek.</p>
<p>And with that I’ll post my favorite artists:</p>
<p>Al Green, Andrew Bird, Arnold Schoenberg, The B-52’s, Beardyman, The Beatles, B</p>
<p>Any chiptune fans out there? Sabrepulse, Random, etc.?</p>