It looks like Pitchfork has posted some news, including a bit on Coldplay's ongoing recordings with Eno. They are still ignoring the reissue of the Bee Gees' 1969 double album Odessa for some involuted Machiavellian reason I can't fathom. Come on guys, 7.8, 7.8.
If most Americans took a closer look at Pitchfork and the faux indie-rock travesties they perpetuate on unwitting consumers they would recoil in horror. Somebody should create an indie-rock spell and fact checker over there too.
Indicative of the anemic level of criticism being purveyed is the latest review of Morrissey's latest album Years of Refusal in which the reviewer resorts to comparing the "savagery" of Morrissey to former triumphs such as "Speedway" on Vauxhall and I.
In government as in Pitchfork, this type of cloudy nebulous comparison tells record buyers nothing if they don't know "Speedway." Perhaps this younger generation would be better served with a fuller description of Morrissey's "arsenal" of instruments, and the general sound of the record.
Please Pitchfork: After eight years in the wilderness indie-America is waiting for more consumer-minded record reviews, not an 8-point rubber stamp. Roll the margins inward, and start at the beginning.
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