there's worse shit out there, chinese democracy and death magnetic come to mind.

I said something similar about Explosions in the Sky

didja

Hah wow, this statement was full of win.

And for reference, I'd rather listen to the new Metallica album than the new Deerhunter. The same can't be said for Chinese Democracy though... I remember reading a Guns N Roses thread on the Electrical Audio board and Steve Albini was replying with stuff like, "Seriously people, they suck! THEY FUCKING SUCK!"

Yeah, Death Magnetic is 100x better than Weird Castle Micro Machines or whatever the fuck it's called.

...and here's the hipsters' top fifty of the year:

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/articl...of-2008?page=1

Really surprised Deerhunter, TVotR, or Portishead didn't get #1. I thought the Fleet Foxes hype had already died off.

Yeah because obviously out of ALL the albums out in 2008, Fleet Foxes is #1.

Fuck that.

In all likelihood, it probably wouldn't even be in my top 50 of the day it came out. (assuming I had time to listen to every album that came out the day it came out)

Why do you not stop looking at the hipsters' lists and start being more hip yourselves?

Personally, I didn't look. I just get my information about pitchfork from the members of this board. I'm too scared to go over to that page. I'm sure there's a few good albums on their list. I'm sure most of the albums are albums that don't interest me in the least, though.

The only webzines I care about are Perfect Sounds Forever, Blastitude, and Brainwashed.

Now that's a dumb question.
How can we be hip without looking at the hipsters' lists to tell us how to be hip?

Ugh, Marnie Stern... she sounds like Peaches and Hillary Duff all rolled into one.

And once again, no Drive-by Truckers.
Fucking cuntholes.

I bet you don't even know what a hipster is, let alone becoming one.

I should have known you'd be onto me. The gays are good at sniffing each other out after all.


At least Pitchfork was smart enough to include Grouper on the list. Pretty album.

How would I know you're gay to start with? And what's that meant to mean, anyway?

I'm just playin around silly.

The new TV on the Radio was pretty good..

I also have a soft spot for marnie...I think it's her cuteness.

Yeah but that Fleet Foxes sucks the big one.

One word: payola.

I just heard of Fleet Foxes in the past few months and I don't know what to think. Well, besides that they are a boring rip off of Brian Wilson.

There's no energy to their stuff. That's what they forget about the artist they are trying to rip off. Brian mixed beautiful melody with energetic arrangements.


Let me have a take at ripping off brian wilson and see if I do a better job :-P

Yeah, it's been mentioned repeatedly that pitchfork bases their lists, reviews, and coverage mostly on payola. I don't know why anyone trusts them...

It's blatantly obvious that some of you would sell your own penises to be on their payola, innit? Why would you make such a fuss about them all the time, if that wasn't the case? hello atsonicpark/that other dude.