Every day, Pitchfork Media reviews new music. Today, PopSense decided to review Pitchfork.Index - Jump to each section by clicking titleTop Story and Headlines - 4.6Track Reviews - 8.1Album Reviews - 6.8Features - 6.2Advertisement - 9.0Forkcast - 5.3OVERALL SCORE OF PITCHFORK.COM - 6.7Top Story and Headlines Pitchfork News Team[Pitchfork; 2009]4.6Unreleased Jeff Buckley Song in TearjerkerAnd by...
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NOW 31: What You Didn't Miss in the Last 12 Years
The Question:Has popular music remained almost entirely stagnant for a decade?Today we received the mind-blowing news that NOW (That's What I Call Music) 31 will be hitting shelves June 30. Besides making us all feel damn old, the title of the series seems evermore ironic with each passing edition, and after a look at the track listing, our question seems almost too easily answered.Let's step b...
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Is Indie Music Just One Big Animal Pun?
Yes. Here it goes:1. You fool! That’s not Advil… that’s Ratatat poisoning!2. Do you have Cat Power? Or more importantly, have you walked your Dr. Dog lately?3. Yo, I heard the Wolf Parade was sick last weekend… who knew murderous woodland creatures could be so organized?4. Chicago’s Pitchfork Zoo opened today, but their Animal Collective is seriously lacking. What d-bag thought it would
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An (Attempted) Defense of Shitty Pop MusicYou may have heard of Noise pop and Indie pop, or at least know of the likes of Wavves and MGMT.You may have heard of Synth pop and Folk pop, or at least know of the likes of Depeche Mode and Fleet Foxes.You may also have heard of Shit pop, or at least know of the likes of Coldplay, Papa Roach, the Dave Matthews Band, The Fray, or be familiar with the f...
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Video Album Review of Now 31
We paid big bucks to have Zak Krone and his fellow music experts do a video review of the hot album of the summer, Now That's What I Call Music 31. Here's what he sent us.Follow us on Twitter or Friend us on Facebook! Leave a Comment -
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The Current State of Music Blogging [A Flowchart]
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Carly Patterson, To Stick To Your Day Job Or Not: An Open Discussion
Fickleness, thy name is Olympic gymnastics all-around champion. Carly Patterson was only the second American to win an Olympic all-around title, and did so in 2004 with this proficient but uninspired floor routine. Patterson then tried to break into Hollywood by doing proficient but uninspired song renditions on Celebrity Duets. Lastly, Patterson had a minor hit last fall with Temporary Life (O...
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An Open Letter To New Yorkers: Support Your Ugly Neighbors' Music Festival, All Points West
Dear Blase New Yorkers,Get the hell off your Blackberries, put down that frappuccino, and take the cringe-inducing ride out to Jersey City this weekend for three days of awesome line-ups at the second annual All Points West Music and Arts Festival.Okay, first off, we understand your hesitation, New Yorkers. That is, why on Earth would someone consciously choose to go into New Jersey from New Y...
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Music for Life, or at Least a Better Conscience
For years celebrities have used their glory to lend aid those less fortunate. From astounding sums of money given in donations, to very chic charity and foundation launches, celebrities manage to utilize free time to do some good. Now, whether these acts are wholly altruistic or a ploy to keep them off of tabloid pages is hard to say, but, regardless, it makes a positive impact.Perhaps the summ...
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The Sellout Scandal: We're Happy For You, Really
There is nothing more satisfying that having a favorite undiscovered band. You get to have that smug grin every time you explain what’s in your iPod. “Oh you don’t know (fill in the blank)? I thought they were starting to get popular…” Just admit it, everyone loves getting to fake being a connoisseur from time to time.Then (fill in the blank) does a commercial.This should be a moment of
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Shakira Cage Dances, Howls, Destroys Last Few Shreds of Dignity In "She Wolf"
Shakira’s new single. Hm.Where to begin? Let’s start with the 20-second clip:Wow. Yeah. Really. F*ck.Did I just take a 20-second trip to a strip club? Did she just… howl? Is anything real?We now ask you to spare 20 more seconds of your life to honor the Shakira of yesteryear (circa 2000). The Colombian redhead who released a fantastic Spanish-language MTV Unplugged album. The Shakira who exi
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Conor Oberst to Retire as Bright Eyes?
It’s a sad day for all those Bright Eyes fans out there—word on the street is that singer Conor Oberst will retire the Bright Eyes name that brought him to fame. While it’s a major bummer, it doesn’t exactly come as a surprise; Oberst has since moved on to releasing music as Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band and as the upcoming Monsters of Folk with M. Ward and Jim James. Robb Nansel
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