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Let's be honest: the Pitchfork 500 essentially overlaps with my taste in music. There are not too many of my absolute favorite artist...

I guess I prefer lists that present themselves as simply one person's taste in music (like our own Top Ten Albums of the '90s, for ...

No, this list is not completely ridiculous. It does not entirely exclude mainstream music. And maybe there wouldn't be anything wrong w...

Some people know more about music than other people do. However, it's not the knowledge itself, but what we choose to do with our know...

About three years ago, Pitchfork Media published a book called The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide To The Greatest Songs From Punk To The Present ...

The capsule summary of their new Live in New York review : "The much-maligned band makes a case for itself on this sprawling 6xCD colle...

Apparently I've only decided to post on Pitchfork interviews with '70s cult legends while recycling old blog post titles. Why mess ...

Highlights from Pitchfork 's interview with Brian Eno : Brian Eno: I'm old enough to remember exactly what happened to ABBA. When AB...

There's a big feature on Pitchfork covering the last decade of music (they've dubbed it "P2K"), and while I don't even...

I was wondering if Pitchfork was going to make any sort of acknowledgment of the Beatles remasters. Boy, did they ever. Last week we were tr...

Well, more or less. Scott Plagenhoef gives Blur's new two-disc compilation Midlife: A Beginner's Guide To Blur a robust 9.4 on the...

Once again, more evidence that album reviews are not their strong suit: "LOLz: Classic Album Covers Get the LEGO Treatment." Now ...

Seriously. They should just retire the album reviews and only publish Worst Album Cover lists. Highlights: Dido: Safe Trip Home In space, ...

So Pitchfork gives the new Springsteen album a 6.8. Perhaps they are not aware of the hilarious Pitchfork spoof that appeared in the Oni...

RE: this. Specifically, "Not that any voice could save the lyrics: Between the poorly-scanning turns of phrase ("She can get plump...