Tag Archives: Pitchfork Media

Have yall met Pitchfork Media’s new Senior Writers?

By Carles | January 28, 2009

I have really been enjoying the rebranding of Pitchfork Media. I used 2 h8 them for ‘being ghey’ and other arguments like that, but now I think I can really identify with them. Glad that they got ‘a new tone’ that appeals to the snarky demographic/the ‘too cultured and above mainstream bullshit demographic.’ [...]

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The Carlesfork 500

By Carles | December 5, 2008

Yall. I was reading at the Pitchforks that they made a mega list of the 500 most relevant songs since music started being relevant 2 alternative subcultures. I know sometimes it is hard 2 read p4k, but I thought that I would re-interpret pages of their book/website The Pitchfork 500.
Here is the original [...]

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Should I get excited when a maltstream artist is nominated for a mainstream award?

By Carles | December 4, 2008

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Can you imagine if the entire Grammy telecast ends with M.I.A., Diplo, and Switch up there at the podium? How cool would that be?
-the Pitchforks getting excited about M.I.A. being nominated 4 a Grammy 4 ‘Record of the Year’
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Today’s MEANINGFUL QUOTE OF THE DAY represents the spirit of ‘feeling proud’ [...]

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Yall, what’s the future of ‘music journalism’?

By Carles | September 14, 2008

Yall, I just watched this series on IFC.com about ‘the future of the music industry.’ They talked about a lot about the future, and answered a lot of important questions that keep me awake at night.
Will we ever find out what ‘indie’ means?Are blogs bad 4 music?Are bloggers dummies?Are traditional music journalists [...]

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