MetaFilter posts tagged with pitchfork

Write Me Stories

goodnewsfortheinsane — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:39:55 -0800

Paulo in London asks musicians to write him a story on an index card. For example, the Polyphonic Spree's Michael Musick and Bryan Wakeland, Arcade Fire's Richard Reed Parry, Jens Lekman, Sufjan Stevens, and the Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne.

I want my P-tv

brevator — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:29:16 -0800

So, um, Pitchfork.tv launches today. That's all I got.

Don't Believe the Hype

zabuni — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:48:50 -0800

The Internet Hype Machine Bubble. Idolator has an introspective on the boom and bust cycle of the online indie music scene, focusing on the band Black Kids, who with only one EP under their belt, are already being hyped to an extreme extent. With the conversation taking prominence over the music itself, are we seeing the dark side of the Cluetrain? Supplementary links: Pretty Goes with Pretty has a four part series detailing much the same topic. [1, 2, 3, 4] Another post from the Idolator along the same lines, discussing an Oxford American article.

I'm coming up only to take your picture.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 10:21:58 -0800

[...] now they’re really interested in this one song– and they still won’t make eye contact, looking through their little lenses, taping this one song for their blogs or for their fucking YouTube [accounts] or whatever, [...] and it just pissed me off.

Band of Horses singer gives San Diego YouTuber the finger, prompting reactions ranging from sympathy with the artist to basically "stop whining, it's part of the job".

Music Geek Masturbatory Manuals

Mach3avelli — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 01:40:53 -0800

Pitchfork has unveiled their Top 50 Albums of 2006 (don't also miss their Top 100 Tracks of 2006). Rolling Stone's Top 50. Prefix's Top 50. Stylus's Top 50. For those who love these lists, the deluge has only begun...

Stephen Colbert v. The Decemberists

ND¢ — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 07:08:54 -0800

Stephen Colbert has a Green Screen Challenge. The Decemberists have their own green screen challenge. Colbert calls them idea stealing jerks and issues a "Second Green Screen Challenge": "to edit me into the Decemberists' green screen challenge... Let's see how well they perform their trademark brand of hyper-literate prog rock when I'm slicing off their legs at the knee." Now the Decemberists are saying that awesomely wielding lightsabers was their idea, and that Colbert must have copied them, and they have the "Decemberists vs Stephen Colbert Guitar Solo Challenge".

Because we were under the influence [...], we had little choice but to concentrate only on what we were playing and thus, did not move around a great deal.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:12:46 -0800

Master's thesis on My Bloody Valentine's album Loveless (full thesis as pdf, html).

"Yeah, you heard me, child arsonist. He burns kids"

runkelfinker — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 03:20:31 -0800

Clell Tickle: Indie Marketing Guru (YouTube)

Predictfork.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 17:41:28 -0800

Pitchfork? Predict able? Let's take an empirical approach.

Fork me

tellurian — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 19:57:39 -0800

Sound Team didn't think much of the review that Pitchfork gave them and replied via YouTube. [via] (which also reports on the winner of the Moo & Oink contest).