Thuglifethor: Opinions On Pitchfork?

Skull917 07.18.14	oh, that's the tribal wars
Xar 07.18.14	Who cares?
wwf 07.18.14	Decent site with some good reviews. Of course they have a bad habit of sucking some band's dicks way too hard while shitting all over other undeserving bands. What site doesn't do that though
RivalSkoomaDealer 07.18.14	^
zakalwe 07.18.14	This ones not like that all. Brand New, gobble gobble, slurp slurp
SeaAnemone 07.18.14	they have decent writing but there are many sites with better reviews and a few of pitchfork's writers are really shitty some of their opinions are really silly for such a mainstream site though they do bring some more ~interesting~ stuff to the forefront, even if they don't cover it very accurately sometimes 90% of the time they're not worthy of the hate/admiration they receive they don't differ in quality all that much from other sites they're just 'bigger'
ChoccyPhilly 07.18.14	Nothing much. The site is put together really well. One issue I have is that their views come across as pretentious. The writing style sometimes suggests their word is god and there's no room for anything else. The most annoying thing about it is their fanbase. They're among the most ignorant out there and will be brainwashed into thinking whatever Pitchfork say. e,g TMV Frances of the Mute receives a low rating - everyone says they're shit because of that one review. Also, it focuses very few genres and that isn't good for exploring. I'm one to believe we should at least try all genres, but Pitchfork kind of proclaim that the indie/alternative scene is the everything there is in music. They're just kinda average IMO and they really have too much influence on whether or not a band is successful or not.
ILJ 07.18.14	They're okay. Some of their reviews are really, incredibly awful and their opinions on an artist/band are pretty much solidified forever. They will always suck on Arcade Fire's penis but shit on everything The Mars Volta, for example.
ChoccyPhilly 07.18.14	Agreed. Forgot to mention that a lot of reviews suggest that the reviewer just seems to hate the band for no good reason and doesn't back up their points very well
ILJ 07.18.14	Yeah that too. Like that one "eulogy" that was written for Death Grips.
ChoccyPhilly 07.18.14	From the Frances of The Mute review "they artfully missed both marks: too sincere for indie but not quite prolix enough for prog; too melody-driven for prog but not repetitive enough for indie." I don't know why, but this style really annoys me
ILJ 07.18.14	"I can't pigeon hole this and since I suck at writing I'm going to make shit up"
Skull917 07.18.14	more like "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it"
jefflebowski 07.18.14	it's improved a lot in recent years. people like to hate on it to shore up their anti-hipster cred but the writing is generally good, they review a decent range of stuff and the website is well designed the theory that they have some mysterious agenda for or against other bands is complete nonsense these days, unless a sinister evil overlord is telling their large and varied staff team what score to give to everything
beefshoes 07.18.14	They're terrible. It's as simple as saying that they're terrible.
ChoccyPhilly 07.18.14	Come on, they're a solid music site at the very least and as a site, it's pretty professional too. As for the reviews, that's debatable
climactic 07.18.14	Shit
bach 07.18.14	they're dumb but so is everything else in the world so who cares?
PunchforPunch 07.18.14	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsESSv3nJ7o
JaySpiral 07.18.14	A lot of their reviews are embarrassingly bad, more like a blog. And their reasoning for giving things a good or bad score is rarely well thought out.
JJOMan 07.18.14	Pitchfork sucks and is only fun to read when they're sucking the dick of an artist that you are really enjoying at the moment
jefflebowski 07.18.14	'they hataed my favorite bands The Mars Volta and Maynard James Keenan so I hate them and they are dumb and stupid' ^i suspect this is the real reason people dislike P4k
SeaAnemone 07.18.14	which is a shame bcuz P4K are right about neither Tool nor TMV being particularly good besides that ones TMV album
MeatSalad 07.18.14	worthless website
hikingmetalpunk 07.18.14	a good murder weapon for a gothic horror flick
Feather 07.30.14	I just looked through the last 2 months of their album reviews on pitchfork. I only recognized 2 albums. one was ultraviolence and the other was Total Control (which I only knew because I was given it for the random review game).