Tagged: musicjournalismandinterviews

At the end of the day, we're all crappy sites on the internet trying to produce 'unique content', all trapped as a slave to hits, social media, and 'watering down' any sort of authentic content that could have been produced for the sake of art. Which is why the Donald Glover experience makes any authentic music fan so sad on the inside. Some one who is pursuing fame/coverage/press/their name 'in the conversation' for the sake of outdated concept of 'fame and relevance.' We're all just memes being flushed down the toilet. However, [...]

Link: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/a lbums/15904-enough-thunder-ep/ James Blake got tons of buzz in 2k11, mainly because there was a buzz drought, and the 3 most definitive 'new artists' that 'blew up' this year are Odd Future , Jimmy Blake, and Lana Del Rey . Really just an apocalyptic situation. Anyways, P4k finally decided to jump off the Blake Buzz Wagon and 'pan' his a$$ with a 6.4, which might be the lowest score ever recorded for an overhyped buzzband. We must commend them for their regulatory [...]

Link: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/a lbums/15857-in-heaven Twin Sister 's latest album 'In Heaven' came out on the mainstream indie label Domino Records , so there were mad expectations on them 2 put together a critically acclaimed and/or commercially successful slice of consumer-wave indie. It seems like the Pitchforks gave them a 7.8, which might be 'the 8.4 of yesteryear' as they continue to slide scores down to try to rectify the buzz inflation that plagued us since the buzz monsoon of 2k9. Overall, the review seemed to be 'complimentary'. [...]

Link: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/a lbums/15822-relax Das Racist has been getting MAD BUZZ for their latest album "Relax." They are more popular than ever, and their memes are covered far and wide by bloggies to magazines. Every1 thought that this was their 'coming of age' moment, but Pitchfork was all like "Wait a minute... we're not gonna let this fly. They aren't even being serious. We get it. They are a fun partie band... But this is the new era of p4k, and we don't just hand out BEST [...]

Neon Indian is one of the most buzzworthy artists of the post-2k9 buzz era. Riding the chillwave vibes to the indiestream, the expectations were higher than evr 4 his sophomore release. For some reason, Pitchfork gave the album a 7.9. In my book, this is a CRAZY CONTROVERSY. Maybe the album is flawed, and is more ambitious than Psychic Chasms, but it feels like indie has agreed that there are some artists who are 'in the club', and other artists who 'aren't', and it always seemed like Neon Indian was 'in the club' [...]

Link: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/a lbums/15813-strange-mercy/ I'm really not sure how St. Vincent got the brand of 'being a good artist that people want to listen to.' I don't think I have ever made it thru one of her entire songs, unless I am sitting at a coffee shop where an empowered potentially-lesbi-wave barista is jamming her female indie jams. Then I am like 'ugh. this music is so involved and complex and unpoppy and unlistenable.' Anyways, p4k gave her a 9.0, but I think it was probably [...]

Girls is a buzzband from San Francisco that writes high-end lofi pop abt life. Their gimmick used to be that they lead singer grew up in a cult, then they sorta wrote good enough songs 4 ppl to take them seriously. Every1 was expecting their album to come in around the 9.0 range, but no1 knew exactly how close to perfect they'd end up. Basically, they 'didn't flop' on their new album, and because they have delivered 2 solid albums, they are officially let into the 'big boys of indie' club where every1 has to blog [...]

Link: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/a lbums/15725-watch-the-throne/ Kanye West 's last album scored a prestigious 10.0 from the popular music rating content farm Pitchfork Media . Kanye decided to let Jay-Z on his album, even though Jay-Z only cares abt selling shit and making money and hasn't been 'fresh' 4 years, and every1 is only nice 2 him bc he is married to Beyonce but ultimately he is just a 'corporate ass sellout.' The move was a HUGE disaster, as Kanye downgraded to an [...]

Mark Hoppus: SO I HEAR U GUYS HAVE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF BUZZ ON BLOGS CULTS: Yeah. It has been a WILD Ride! Mark Hoppus: My band came around before blogs CULTS: Yeah. We love Blink. Mark Hoppus: Blink 182. Call us by our [...]

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/a lbums/15551-bon-iver/ Bon Iver is apparently some bro from the Midwest who writes meaningful songs that are beautiful abt feelings. He went mainstream famous 4 'collabing' with Conway West. Anyways, P4k decided 2 give him a 9.5. I don't know what he souns like bc I don't listen 2 boring cool dad overgrounder music, but I guess this means I have 2 if it is going 2 be the album that defines 2k11. The opening paragraph talks abt how we will always consider him 2 be [...]

Donald Glover is an alt comedian. Many ppl call him 'the poor man's Aziz Ansari ' because he is a poor man's Aziz Ansari in terms of alt comedians. But imagine if Aziz Ansari was trying to 'make it' as a rapper and no1 took him seriously, but then a bunch of lamestreamers 'took him seriously' just because they thought his NBC comedy role was 'so baller.' That's Donald Glover 's current career under the stage name Childish Gambino . He performed at [...]

Link: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/a lbums/15432-cults Cults have probably produced the most compelling buzz album cycle of 2k11, so every1 has been paying close attention to them 2 try to forecast their P4k score. It seems like Pitchfork 'played it safe', and slotted them in the standard 8.4-8.6 'first album' buzz range. The 8.4-8.6 Debut Score Range Theory claims that Pitchfork is trying to 'regulate buzz', making debut buzzbands earn scores instead of letting 'hype' inflate their score. They want to give a buzzband 'room to grow'; [...]

Link: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/a lbums/15482-codes-and-keys/ If there's one thing that Pitchfork.com does well, it is 'completely panning'/turn its back on a fallen indie band that went mainstream and totally sux and is lost in a weird purgatory where they make poopy noisey music, but at the same time sell enough albums to keep their career moving forward. Anyways, they went ahead and panned Death Cab. Let's be honest, no1 with 'good taste' even bothers to pretend to appreciate anything abt them, and they honestly don't even get very many hits [...]

Link: http://www.blackbookmag.com/ar ticle/chloe-sevigny/25986/P2 Chloe Sevigny is an alternative 'it-girl', except she is a grown ass woman. So I guess she manages to preserve her 'it-ness' mainly because she was alt in the formative stages of 1990s alt, and the 90s are 'totally hot right now'/forever, because the 90s are the new 80s and Chloe is an 'effing goddess' and can do no wrong, because she basically gave Vincent Gallo a hummer (also known as a beej) on camera in Brown Bunny, and she let Hillary [...]

It's sorta weird how 'mainstream' indie has gotten. I'm not really 'lamenting' it, but sorta shocked that we're finally at a point where a popular indie-ish band is pulling the whole 'overcoming substance abuse addiction'. Sort of a generic 'album buzz narrative', and I'm not sure if that type of story even 'endears' u to new markets. I think he is just trying to make his personal brand 'more edgy' or something. But he should probably just 'become an alcoholic' and go on some sweet benders. In the [...]

Link: http://jonahkeri.com/2011/05/1 2/podcast-41/ Jonah Keri is a buzz 'sports writer influencer' who hosts a DIY sports podcast, and the author of some book that sounds like it has 'important ideas' in it that can be relatable 2 any aspect of life. Popular indie webblogger ' Carles ' went on the podcast to talk about 'indie crap' and 'sports' and 'life' and 'blogging' and was potentially the 'most forthcoming' that he has ever been in his career on the internet. Stream Podcast: http://jonahkeri.com/2011/05/1 2/podcast-41/ [...]

Link: http://www.wwd.com/eyescoop/bo ys-night-out-with-diplo-361025 2/print/#/slideshow/article/36 10252/3610294 Have u heard of Wesley Pentz? Me neither, but he goes by the DJ name " Diplo ", which was probably a good branding strategy bc no1 would listen 2 his music if he was 'DJ Wes Pentz.' Anyways, he was interviewed by some magazine, and is still talking about M.I.A. issues from like 1-2 years ago (100 blog years ago). Basically just 'throws her under the bus' again. Even though she deserves it and he is only rlly stating the obvious, but [...]

Unfortunately, we are at a point where we realize that bands aren't very interesting people, so in the modern 'web humor' era, progressive digital video journalists basically just ask them random questions, and hope they make u laugh, then u feel 'closer' 2 the artist bc they are normal [via humanization] just like u... Best Coast and WAVVES went on some video doodle thing that looks like it was made for toddlers. They asked them random questions, and u could see that they sorta have communication issues in their relationship. Like they probably [...]

Link: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/a lbums/15413-goblin Do u hear that noise? Ppffffffffttttttfaaarrtpooooop .... No, it's not the sound of an unbuzzworthy mp3/a human dropping feces into a toilet... it is actually the sound of Pitchfork 'getting aggressive' and 'panning' the new Tyler the Creator album, deflating the buzz bubble that surrounded the horrorcore rapper. Every1 was hyping Odd Future , making it seem like they are 'the next big thing.' But now Tyler the Creator's album GOBLIN 'dropped' and every1 was like, "Yeah..... I think I'll PASS on calling him the [...]

Link: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/a lbums/15363-helplessness-blues / The Fleet Foxes released a new album called "Helplessness Blues", a highly-anticipated followup 2 their previous self-titled album that was widely considered the album of 2k8. But things change in 3 years... times change... 'Having a beard and making folk music' doesn't get you the 9.0's of yester-year... U have to wonder if this 'step back' for the Fleet Foxes means it is a 'flop', or did they 'do a good job' and 'hold serve'? I [...]