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[Chris R]

New Person, Same Old Mistakes

Hmmn it isn't bad, but then again it's just her singing the song

Rihanna's Tame Impala cover is better than the original song though and it gave them so much press.

It's the same song? Male vocals vs female basically.

Where did it get press from? This list was the first I've heard of it.

 

[Futureman]

I generally like Pitchfork but this article is TRASH.

Did some intern put it together in 20 minutes? Like wtf...

Joyce Manor was NOT a disappointment and while I don't listen to Kanye West I think "Life of Pablo" is a cool album name.

 

[Servbot24]

That's why they think 2016 was dissapointing? Talk about a bubble

Well they're a music site

kind of

 

[see5harp]

Rihanna's Tame Impala cover is better than the original song though and it gave them so much press.

I honestly don't think the majority of Rihanna fans even know that Tame Impala is a band.

 

[torre_avenue]

I generally like Pitchfork but this article is TRASH.

Did some intern put it together in 20 minutes? Like wtf...

Joyce Manor was NOT a disappointment and while I don't listen to Kanye West I think "Life of Pablo" is a cool album name.

It's not an article. It's meant to be humorous. Like jokes.

 

[Stabby McSter]

One more: Pitchfork decided its news should be dominated by reporting what Artist A said about Artist B. Beefs and bullshit irrelevant to actual music.

well, at least they got the chainsmokers on the list so i can't be too mad at them

 

[NandoGip]

"The Chainsmokers"

 

[wenis]

I don't know what's worse. That, or "Music hasn't been good since the {decade I was in high school}."

They're both equally tired and unoriginal comments.

lots of people dont understand jokes.

 

[Timeaisis]

The Chainsmokers

I laughed.

 

[Futureman]

It's not an article. It's meant to be humorous. Like jokes.

I know... and I'm fine with the concept just really lazy IMO. Feels like something the Verge would do (2016 Tech disappointments... just a short list with no real thought or explanation).

 

[PillarEN]

biggest disappointment was no new Kreayshawn EP after she teased it.

I... figured she just disappeared into some tattoo parlor and called it quits. Will listen as I love the stupid songs that came out like 4 years ago. Blasting all those basic bitches was really fun for a while.

Gucci Gucci Louis Louis Fendi Fendi Prada...

 

[wenis]

I know... and I'm fine with the concept just really lazy IMO. Feels like something the Verge would do (2016 Tech disappointments... just a short list with no real thought or explanation).

this isn't the paris review or the new yorker. they're not going to turn a one line joke into a two paragraph barrage of meaningless ephemera.

 

[Bronx-Man]

Are me and torre the only people that don't go "Who????" when in music threads?

The curse of having refined taste, I suppose.

Spoiler

I thought it was funny btw.

 

[Messofanego]

there's barely any gossip on there and not much 'news' per se.

These are all news related.

Watching DJ Khaled get massages no longer fun

Beyoncé still married to Jay Z

Guess none of Drake’s friends comfortable telling him patois is not a thing you can just do

Ever having had to read the phrase “Yacht sex tape”

Bon Iver’s apparent influences for new album were Dan Brown and a graphing calculator

Taylor Swift apparently had better things to do than endorse Hillary

Le Tigre reuniting for Hillary couldn’t quite push her over the edge

Grateful Dead toured—again—with John Mayer

Rostam and Ezra broke up

This is the one I got "Possible everyone good now dead" because they have a graphic of David Bowie at the end of the article.

 

[radios shipping overview]

The music industry was a mistake

 

[jorgeton]

Uh Brian Eno's Velvet Underground cover was dope. So was Rihanna's Tame Impala cover. Come on Pitchfork.

 

[Unfriendly TimeTraveler]

That Rihanna cover is uninspiring shit. She just sings over it without adding anything into it.

Usally we people do half decent music covers they add something to it and not just think their voice alone is good enough. Just heard about it now and wow that is a disappointing part of 2016 by making a great song into a boring, void of any emotion song.

 

[ReAxion]

it's just a sped up video of pitchfork looking in the mirror for 365 days ???

 

[arts&crafts]

That Bon Iver album was amazing so I dont understand the comment.

 

[theignoramus]

Beyonce still being married to JayZ is a disappointment to them?

 

[DashReindeer]

I don't know who most of those people are.

If you don't follow music enough to know who these artists are, I'm not quite sure why you thought that you would get too much out of Pitchfork's list. Unless you didn't know that Pitchfork was a music site, in which case I guess it's understandable that you just thought this was a list about how awful 2016 was overall.

 

[nachum00]

Beyonce still being married to JayZ is a disappointment to them?

Because he cheated on her or some shit.

 

[Bronx-Man]

If we wanna talk about disappointing, let's talk about Coloring Book getting a 9.1 when no one was bumping that shit 3 days later.

 

[BearPawB]

I liked the new Joyce Manor album

 

[TheGameshark]

I kinda agree with them about the Rihanna cover. Its literally her singing over Kevin's music.

 

[freenudemacusers]

Same people going who itt probably could recite the meta critic scores of every console platform exclusive released this year.

 

[jstripes]

Same people going who itt probably could recite the meta critic scores of every console platform exclusive released this year.

Truth.

 

[olympia]

What Joyce manor sounds like everclear??

brb

lol that Joyce Manor burn. I love the record but yeah, I can see it.

i'm dying

 

[Futureman]

I liked the new Joyce Manor album

I mean Pitchfork gave it a really good score. Just 0.1 lower than Never Hungover Again. I agree that NHA is a bit better.

 

[Inferno313]

If we wanna talk about disappointing, let's talk about Coloring Book getting a 9.1 when no one was bumping that shit 3 days later.

I thought Coloring Book was great, so do most people I know. Never got Gaf's backlash towards it.

 

[lord]

Why do people even like fucking Bon Iver.

 

[Dabanton]

Why do people even like fucking Bon Iver.

Because it's good music?

 

[Fularu]

Are me and torre the only people that don't go "Who????" when in music threads?

The curse of having refined taste, I suppose.

Spoiler

I thought it was funny btw.

Plz Bronx

Calling Beyonce, Rihanna, JayZ, Radiohead, DJ Khaled or Maroon 5 "refined taste" is pushing it

It's as mainstream as it gets!

 

[wenis]

Why do people even like fucking Bon Iver.

he used to make good music.

 

[crooked spin]

I liked the new Joyce Manor album

i mean so do i but that one song sounds like a goddamn Guster outtake

jokes bruh

 

[Blader]

I've tried multiple times to listen through Coloring Book and still have never finished it.

 

[Esque7]

I actually like Rihanna's cover more...
Her vocals just go with the song really well.

 

[NewFresh]

I've tried multiple times to listen through Coloring Book and still have never finished it.

That's because it's just not very good.

 

[Media]

still no brand new album

 

[Nappuccino]

he used to make good music.

I loved the new album. I don't know what you're on about.

 

[lord]

he used to make good music.

yeah, some of his songs sound like Iron & Wine combined with Explosions in the Sky (that's good to me), but this tracklist:

01 22 (OVER S∞∞N)
02 10 d E A T h b R E a s T ⊠ ⊠
03 715 - CRΣΣKS
04 33 “GOD”
05 29 #Strafford APTS
06 666 ʇ
07 21 M♢♢N WATER
08 8 (circle)
09 ____45_____
10 00000 Million

Screams creatively bankrupt to me. Maybe that's superficial i don't know.

 

[TuXx]

When did pitchfork get this bad? This reads like tabloid trash that you expect from tmz

 

[Fularu]

I've tried multiple times to listen through Coloring Book and still have never finished it.

Sometimes stuff is meant to be left alone and never experienced

That's one such case

 

[Aurongel]

22, A Million is so pretentious I heard it get booed at a local pub in downtown Austin last month. If those hipsters ain't into it then no one is.

 

[see5harp]

The track titles scream Peter Gabriel to me but honestly that has nothing to do with whether the album is good (I still think it's good, but is definitely his worst).

 

[arts&crafts]

yeah, some of his songs sound like Iron & Wine combined with Explosions in the Sky (that's good to me), but this tracklist:

01 22 (OVER S∞∞N)
02 10 d E A T h b R E a s T ⊠ ⊠
03 715 - CRΣΣKS
04 33 “GOD”
05 29 #Strafford APTS
06 666 ʇ
07 21 M♢♢N WATER
08 8 (circle)
09 ____45_____
10 00000 Million

Screams creatively bankrupt to me. Maybe that's superficial i don't know.

The names are trying too hard but the songs are great for the most part.

Just listen to 8 Circle and tell me otherwise (Unless you hate Bon Iver anyways)

 

[faint.]

The names are trying too hard but the songs are great for the most part.

Just listen to 8 Circle and tell me otherwise (Unless you hate Bon Iver anyways)

29 #Strafford APTS the GOAT

 

[torre_avenue]

When did pitchfork get this bad? This reads like tabloid trash that you expect from tmz

It's a joke. Pitchfork has a sense of humor.

 

[aeolist]

this is maybe the most annoying list i've ever read

 

[see5harp]

29 #Strafford APTS the GOAT

Agreed. I personally don't trust anyone who doesn't love those first two albums. I just don't need you in my life if you don't consider those albums to be classic. There are a few times he gets to that place and Stafford APTS is one of them.