#Pitchfork
In mourning until further notice - Pitchfork has gone to a subscription system.
This will save me a lot of money, and keep me from a lot of good music.
Would subscribing be worth it to me? Maybe, but I'm too pissed off.
#Pitchfork readers can now score albums with new #subscription model
The #music platform is opening up a comments section, allowing readers to score and debate releases on the site.
I don't begrudge #Pitchfork for looking for cash via subscriptions, but they've done this super backwards, imo.
a) They implemented some sort of community review system that literally no one asked for
b) They hid reviews behind their subscription paywall and are touting the community review features as the main attraction
I think they're right that the reviews are their draw -- their range is pretty eclectic these days, and they have some great writers -- but the quantity of reviews is really sporadic since the cutbacks, hardly enough to justify 5 bucks a month.
And the community review feature actually makes me LESS likely to pay that 5 bucks, not more. I don't want it, I don't need it.
If you're going to charge 5 bucks a month, then make it a legit publication again. Take the features and the interviews and some of the special items back to the pre-layoff levels.
Don't try and charge a monthly fee when your material is a husk of what it once was.
https://pitchfork.com/news/a-new-era-for-pitchfork-introducing-reader-scores-and-commenting/
@stefano the thanks is to our #trident #pitchfork #trinity #troika #tripod - guess it is still a working title - of #theforkiverse @pj @Casey @kevin
Update and call to action from the Condé Nast Union:
Stand with Condé Nast Union 🚨 We’re calling on you to sign our petition telling management to reinstate the Fired Four, reverse the suspensions, and end the union busting.
This began when Condé Nast laid off the staff from Teen Vogue. Union members demanded answers from management. Management illegally fired four organizers for engaging in protected activity.
Source: https://bsky.app/profile/condeunion.bsky.social/post/3m57eq7bwlk2n
#CondeNast #TeenVogue #Vogue #ArsTechnica #Wired #TheNewYorker #VanityFair #Pitchfork #Glamour #GQ #Union #LaborRights #UnionBusting
Yeah, alright, that’s enough. Until I hear otherwise from the union, I’m boycotting all Condé Nast publications.
https://www.thewrap.com/conde-nast-union-federal-complaint-teen-vogue/
#CondeNast #TeenVogue #Vogue #ArsTechnica #Wired #TheNewYorker #VanityFair #Pitchfork #Glamour #GQ
This headline might be the greatest example ever of someone thinking their personal and very specific anxieties are newsworthy. It's an almost transcendental instance of #music critic navel-gazing. Even the #Pitchfork editors must be in awe.
Das Dada Tarot <Die Mistgabel>
The Dada Tarot <The Pitchfork>
Idea Writing Command AI Realisation
Meister Jeder, Dadaist, Realistiker 10/25
#dada #Tarot #AIart #Karten #Mistgabel #Pitchfork
[Record reviews] Ø (a.k.a. Mika Vainio) - Sysivalo (Sähkö Recordings, 2025). By Philip Sherburne / Pitchfork (25 September 2025).
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/o-sysivalo/
#MikaVainio #Ø #reviews #recordreviews #PhilipSherburne #Pitchfork #SähköRecordings #SahkoRecordings #Sähkö #Sahko #PanSonic #TommiGrönlund #TommiGronlund #RikkeLundgreen #IlpoVäisänen #IlpoVaisanen #minimaltechno #minimal #techno #experimental #ambient #drone #noise #Turku #Helsinki #Finland
#SpinalTap Rate #Ozzy Osbourne, #AutoTune, and #Groupies | #Pitchfork
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP5Co3Lns9I
#music #commedy
I appreciate that I can still dip into #Pitchfork now and again and remember how incredibly smart and incredibly wrong they are over there. 6.8, my aunt Fannie.
#KatahleenEdwards #Billionaire #Albumreview
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/kathleen-edwards-billionaire/
For me, the best music was made in the '80s (pop/rock), some alternative rock in the 1990s and early 2000s, and then the Pitchfork indie-era between 2003-2012 (folk, experim. electronic).
Since then, it has been one song here, one song there that I like. Maybe I'm difficult, or old. But given that most GenZ listen to older music too according to Spotify, I think I'm on the right side of things. We currently live in a cultural void.
"Boone’s music is an invasive species in the garden of good taste"
Damn, that's a cold line.
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/benson-boone-american-heart/
I feel like #Pitchfork has had a bit more edge in their reviews lately, which is kind of refreshing -- although this album seems like an easy punching bag, tbh.
🎸🎤 Oh look, another rock legend has left us, and Pitchfork's here to remind us that the 'studioasinstrument' is a real thing. 🙄 But hey, at least they managed to squeeze in the news between their ✨exclusive✨ newsletter sign-ups and recycled playlists. 🎶💔
https://pitchfork.com/news/the-beach-boys-brian-wilson-dies-at-82/ #rocklegends #musicnews #pitchfork #studioasinstrument #recycledplaylists #HackerNews #ngated
Had to pull the pitchforks out of the shed again.
Pitchfork Launches Quarterly Print Zine
https://thequietus.com/news/pitchfork-launches-quarterly-print-zine/
SAVE THE DATE!
Le Pitchfork Music Festival est de retour en 2025 pour une quatorzième édition parisienne qui explorera cette année encore les nouveautés musicales internationales dans une multitude de salles de concert de la capitale française.
7 JOURS
12 LIEUX
80 ARTISTES
À très vite !
Pitchfork (2016) Available February 4
#horror – #horrormovies – #Pitchfork – #UncorkdEntertainment – @uncorkdent – Hunter Killian brings a group of friends from NYC back to his family farm in Michigan for support after sharing with them a deep secret, one that he has been reluctant to share with his family. All is not what it seems in this tranquil […] …
#horror #ad #Releases #Pitchfork
https://horrornerdonline.com/2025/02/pitchfork-2016-available-february-4/
