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Of course making lists is ridiculous and no one will ever totally agree with them -- but Pitchfork made a completely safe, predictable list that everyone saw coming from a while away.
Pitchfork is some kind of "voice" in indie rock, for whatever reason, and they have lots of power and say over what sells -- how daring would it have been for them to talk about Experimental Dental School or Cerberus Shoal or (((microwaves))) or Mong Hang or something sometimes? You know, REAL music that is good and unique -- not the dicksucking sub-mainstream bullshit they constantly cover. I've noticed that almost every really good album pitchfork reviews gets somewhere in the 7 range... you know, the bands that don't pay Pitchfork for ad space. You ever notice how the bands who do pay (Les Savy Fav and Bloc Party for lack of better examples currently) for ads on their site get the best scores?
I love lists, I completely agreed with many picks from Rock N Rolla magazine, for example, and I agreed with many of Pauly's picks. But pitchfork's list is fucking AWFUL.
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