tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5865555562715427523.post1099683953428116124..comments2023-04-11T07:20:12.046-07:00Comments on The Congregation of Taste-Making Aficionados: Why Pitchfork Media Sucks.Congregation of Taste-Making Aficionadoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03966026662593292122noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5865555562715427523.post-91293032139171795622009-07-06T04:40:43.145-07:002009-07-06T04:40:43.145-07:00It is thanks to Pitchfork if reading reviews is st...It is thanks to Pitchfork if reading reviews is still worth something. If all reviewers were absolutely objective, correct it would be like looping a Dream Theater song over and over: technicism and no content. Please, read the actual Lateralus review and you'll immediately notice how it's meant to be a 9.1, not a 1.9.Il Tagliatestehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181733535386854640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5865555562715427523.post-21183348900615836862009-01-08T21:24:00.000-08:002009-01-08T21:24:00.000-08:00Pitchfork is so pretentious. I wouldn't have the s...Pitchfork is so pretentious. I wouldn't have the slightest qualm with them trashing every album that came out as long as they had legitimate argument for it. But they never do; all they ever have done is insist so strongly upon their own opinions it obscures any valid (albeit slanted) argumentation they may have. And sometimes I think that they listen to one track of an album and review the entire album from it. It seems like their actual immersion in the music they review is very watered down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5865555562715427523.post-58902027390456366382008-11-05T19:03:00.000-08:002008-11-05T19:03:00.000-08:00Pitchfork gave the album Lateralus by Tool a 1.9. ...Pitchfork gave the album Lateralus by Tool a 1.9. Pitchfork media is considered alternative, but is what I like to call "quasi-alternative."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5865555562715427523.post-35744712677765418382008-09-09T07:20:00.000-07:002008-09-09T07:20:00.000-07:00Although I do feel that Pitchfork is overrated and...Although I do feel that Pitchfork is overrated and pretentious, I don't think that expressing distaste towards their ratings of albums that in your opinion should be scored higher is a valid critique on why Pitchfork sucks.<BR/><BR/>I feel like Pitchfork tries too hard to be wordy and scholarly. They use unnecessary words that make them sound pretentious, like they used a thesaurus to come up with terms that no one really uses.<BR/><BR/>In the end, they mostly sound like a bunch of crap. I feel that they don't venture out of their comfort zone very often in reviews, sticking to the tried and true "indie" formula. I'd like to see them review other genres as well, to see how they write on those subjects.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5865555562715427523.post-48646867364063254362007-12-02T15:27:00.000-08:002007-12-02T15:27:00.000-08:00You love Pearl Jam? ...Really?You <I>love</I> Pearl Jam? ...Really?becktronbexbeckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10919881162870837083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5865555562715427523.post-78961986974450994162007-12-02T12:51:00.000-08:002007-12-02T12:51:00.000-08:00pitchfork thinks it's so cool. It hates pearl jam,...pitchfork thinks it's so cool. It hates pearl jam, so i'm gonna kill it. PEARL JAM FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5865555562715427523.post-78264831588064886972007-11-09T19:45:00.000-08:002007-11-09T19:45:00.000-08:00I'm looking forward to some long-winded rebuttals ...I'm looking forward to some long-winded rebuttals on this one!<BR/><BR/>P.S. One of my next few articles is going to be on why Pitchfork rocks... so in essence we agree that its a thing you love to hate, and hate to love.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13808141306038555768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5865555562715427523.post-29941671695162691102007-11-08T21:38:00.000-08:002007-11-08T21:38:00.000-08:00I'm with Owen on this one. Pitchfork is an addicti...I'm with Owen on this one. Pitchfork is an addictive sort of evil: I love to love it, hate to love it, love to hate it, and hate to hate it. I'd totally write snobby reviews for them if they asked me.becktronbexbeckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10919881162870837083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5865555562715427523.post-36998847572764437542007-11-08T17:31:00.000-08:002007-11-08T17:31:00.000-08:00It was funny because just based on the artists you...It was funny because just based on the artists you used I knew it was you writing this. :pVincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08975781452276954900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5865555562715427523.post-44736306577211523382007-11-08T15:26:00.000-08:002007-11-08T15:26:00.000-08:00As much as I think Pitchfork is cultish, pretentio...As much as I think Pitchfork is cultish, pretentious, fascist and sometimes just plain wrong- my addiction to their overwrought music reviews means that I'm gonna have to make a rebuttal to your argument here. And if the length of that sentence is any indicator, it's gonna be long winded as well... and I'm probably gonna unfairly rag on Jimmy Eat World as well. So look forward to that!Owen Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14648178722596664325noreply@blogger.com