http://myusicinmymind.com/2009/02/18/myusings_pitchfork/ Yup. One more music blog. Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:06:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://myusicinmymind.com/2009/02/18/myusings_pitchfork/#comment-41 mwm Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:34:59 +0000 http://myusicinmymind.com/?p=187#comment-41 as one of jon's friends who has that feeling about pitchfork, i'll comment. i don't think, at least for me, the issue is basic negativity. it's more a certain selectivity in the reviews. i think the perception is that music that's popular and mainstream tends to get more negative reviews while pitchfork likes to write rave reviews about a certain genre of hipster-loved bands that pitchfork can lay some claim to having discovered. i'm sure that perception doesn't totally jive with the truth if someone were to run the stats. i think it's more the pretension that people have an issue with. there's a feeling that pitchfork wants you to like what they tell you to like and is not-so-quietly mocking you if you like what they don't. again, i'm sure reality doesn't match perception. to be fair, i read pitchfork sporadically at best, so it could be like so many things that a few highly influential or controversial reviews have colored my, and many other's, opinions unfairly. as one of jon’s friends who has that feeling about pitchfork, i’ll comment. i don’t think, at least for me, the issue is basic negativity. it’s more a certain selectivity in the reviews. i think the perception is that music that’s popular and mainstream tends to get more negative reviews while pitchfork likes to write rave reviews about a certain genre of hipster-loved bands that pitchfork can lay some claim to having discovered. i’m sure that perception doesn’t totally jive with the truth if someone were to run the stats. i think it’s more the pretension that people have an issue with. there’s a feeling that pitchfork wants you to like what they tell you to like and is not-so-quietly mocking you if you like what they don’t. again, i’m sure reality doesn’t match perception. to be fair, i read pitchfork sporadically at best, so it could be like so many things that a few highly influential or controversial reviews have colored my, and many other’s, opinions unfairly.

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