i agree with everyone who says that pitchfork doing these sorts of reviews is newsworthy, for the exact reason that everyone else is saying: we're on another website talking about it.
as for the review itself, i thought that the whole "sorry, we were wrong about these guys" is sort of cute, because the guys at pitchfork rarely admit when they're wrong. this shouldn't hurt black kids at all, though, because, essentially, pitchfork got them a major label deal, and they seem to be making no bones about the fact that they want to be a mainstream band.
now that they're on MTV(!) laughing the review off, the shoulder-shrug proves that they don't really need the favor of the "critical estabilshment of the internet," which-- whether you like it or not-- is what pitchfork is.
they just better hope the spin magazines and the MTV's don't turn on them, as well, and that columbia's got enough payola money to keep them on the radio when they turn in their sophomore effort.
Reviews
douglas martin said on July 25, 2008:
i agree with everyone who says that pitchfork doing these sorts of reviews is newsworthy, for the exact reason that everyone else is saying: we're on another website talking about it.
as for the review itself, i thought that the whole "sorry, we were wrong about these guys" is sort of cute, because the guys at pitchfork rarely admit when they're wrong. this shouldn't hurt black kids at all, though, because, essentially, pitchfork got them a major label deal, and they seem to be making no bones about the fact that they want to be a mainstream band.
now that they're on MTV(!) laughing the review off, the shoulder-shrug proves that they don't really need the favor of the "critical estabilshment of the internet," which-- whether you like it or not-- is what pitchfork is.
they just better hope the spin magazines and the MTV's don't turn on them, as well, and that columbia's got enough payola money to keep them on the radio when they turn in their sophomore effort.