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Posted by stamper on Sept 28, 2012, 8:36am

Sept 27, 2012, 7:40pm, Horned Gramma wrote:

So I'm seriously asking: who, if not the Beatles, are the greatest band of all time?


I'm willing to admit my background probably influences my opinion, but for me the greatest band of all time is Bob Marley & the Wailers.


I can also make arguments for Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Queen, the Cure, U2 & The Clash. And then there's Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson and Bob Dylan. And sure, there's also the Beatles... but above all of those artists, I still rank Bob Marley as the greatest.


Posted by Cbats on Sept 28, 2012, 8:42am

Sept 28, 2012, 12:54am, wonk wrote:

Sept 28, 2012, 12:43am, Pea wrote:
Is there some sort of algorithm that I'm completely missing that propels an album into the "Best New Music" category over in Poochfuck land? Blut Aus Nord's "777 Cosmosophy" was just given an 8.5, but was denied a BNM tag, while dozens of other 8.3, 8.4, and 8.5 rated albums were awarded the coveted title. I seriously don't fucking understand it.


I'm overstepping my boundaries, because Cbats and Gramma are the authorities on PF, but I used to read PF regularly, and I noticed the same thing. My opinion was, "We are PF, our BNM is what no one has ever heard, but every hipsters will be praising in two weeks. Then if we ever BNM a band, we are required to continue BNMing them, because we knew them first. We also like Neurosis, and we'll give them an 8.6 to show you all we're cool like that, but they don't get a BNM."


This is pretty much accurate. The way I understand it, the ratings are more of a collective thing (or Schreiber just picks them, I dunno) and the writer assigned writes the review. Sometimes this comes through where there will be a really positive review and the album gets a 6.5 or something.

The way they've described the BNM tag in the past is that BNM means that they recommend something irrespective of genre. When it comes to metal, the only stuff that really gets BNM is really accessible stuff like Baronness or Mastodon.

A much better example of what Wonk is describing is their review of Alt-J today (an album I really like actually). The whole review is basically whining about how people really like it and thats dumb because it's not as good as this stuff that we told you about. It comes off as fairly petulant.


Sept 28, 2012, 1:01am, Pea wrote:
Makes sense. Blut Aus Nord and Neurosis are probably the same band to Pitchfork writers.


they're definitely the same thing to most of their readers but their writers are actually pretty good about metal. Brandon Stosuy does most of their reviews and knows his shit.
Posted by Horned Gramma on Sept 28, 2012, 12:11pm

Sept 28, 2012, 8:36am, stamper wrote:

Sept 27, 2012, 7:40pm, Horned Gramma wrote:

So I'm seriously asking: who, if not the Beatles, are the greatest band of all time?


I'm willing to admit my background probably influences my opinion, but for me the greatest band of all time is Bob Marley & the Wailers.


I can also make arguments for Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Queen, the Cure, U2 & The Clash. And then there's Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson and Bob Dylan. And sure, there's also the Beatles... but above all of those artists, I still rank Bob Marley as the greatest.




But you don't even smoke weed!

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You gotta know what a crumpet is to understand cricket!
Posted by stamper on Sept 28, 2012, 12:36pm

Sept 28, 2012, 12:11pm, Horned Gramma wrote:

Sept 28, 2012, 8:36am, stamper wrote:


I'm willing to admit my background probably influences my opinion, but for me the greatest band of all time is Bob Marley & the Wailers.


I can also make arguments for Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Queen, the Cure, U2 & The Clash. And then there's Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson and Bob Dylan. And sure, there's also the Beatles... but above all of those artists, I still rank Bob Marley as the greatest.




But you don't even smoke weed!


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Posted by wompwomp on Sept 28, 2012, 12:39pm
I don't smoke weed and I think Bob Marley is the shit
Posted by Horned Gramma on Sept 28, 2012, 12:45pm
That was a joke.
Posted by wompwomp on Sept 28, 2012, 12:47pm

Sept 28, 2012, 12:45pm, Horned Gramma wrote:
That was a joke.


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Posted by weenie on Sept 28, 2012, 1:09pm

Sept 28, 2012, 12:11pm, Horned Gramma wrote:


But you don't even smoke weed!

[image]

You gotta know what a crumpet is to understand cricket!



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Posted by NO LOVE DEEP BJORRITO on Sept 28, 2012, 1:14pm
Holy cow this is an overwhelming Friday morning.
Posted by NO LOVE DEEP BJORRITO on Oct 1, 2012, 7:05am
http://www.pitchfork.com/news/48035-listen-to-death-grips-no-love-deep-web-now/

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Band of the fucking year. Definitely NSFW, unless your work is po'nography.
Posted by NO LOVE DEEP BJORRITO on Oct 1, 2012, 9:51pm
http://www.cargo-records.de/en/item/57336/katalog_art.123.html

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS DAY??? I only 80% believe this at the moment because it sounds too good to be true.
Posted by Geno on Oct 1, 2012, 9:52pm

Oct 1, 2012, 9:51pm, NO LOVE DEEP BJORRITO wrote:
http://www.cargo-records.de/en/item/57336/katalog_art.123.html

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS DAY??? I only 80% believe this at the moment because it sounds too good to be true.
Yup. It's real.
Posted by NO LOVE DEEP BJORRITO on Oct 1, 2012, 9:58pm
You da man Geno.
Posted by wonk on Oct 1, 2012, 10:21pm

Oct 1, 2012, 9:52pm, Geno wrote:

Oct 1, 2012, 9:51pm, NO LOVE DEEP BJORRITO wrote:
http://www.cargo-records.de/en/item/57336/katalog_art.123.html

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS DAY??? I only 80% believe this at the moment because it sounds too good to be true.
Yup. It's real.


Regardless of it's "real," I'll believe it when I see it. Anyone remember the Avalanches have been working on their new album for about six years now?
Posted by Cbats on Oct 1, 2012, 10:22pm
They played a new song at Pitchfork this summer so this makes sense. It was not the best song of their set, it was pretty aggressive and lacked a lot of the subtlety of their best songs. I'm still unreasonably excited anyway.

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