What's your favourite Adele song?

[version]

Anthem.

 

[luka]

that's Dizasta's favourite Adele song.

 

[thirdform]

Anthem.

big up da mill hill massive 2008 back of the playground spliff crew.

 

[thirdform]

when i raise my trigger finger i will consummate the mother fuckin deck

 

[thirdform]

That an Adele quote?

paleman's wedding.

 

[shiels]

listening to hello rn

 

[sus]

has everyone seen https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/adele-21/

 

[luka]

We've never read pitchfork, any of us.

 

[luka]

Oh, except I think Reynolds did an autotune article for them he forced us all to read

 

[sus]

From their Sunday review section, where they dig up old overlooked/unreviewed records. Gil-Scott Heron sitting comfortably next to Miranda Lambert. Full poptimist, the logical conclusion of the direction mapped by LDR's coverage http://www.rarecandy.org/op-eds/2016/1/26/regarding-rockism-pt-2-3

 

[sus]

Oh, except I think Reynolds did an autotune article for them he forced us all to read

Don't forget Conceptronica

Pitchfork's important to chart—they really track the indie zeitgeist 1999-2020. The retreat into comfy Homeshake territory, the redemption of Top 40, the dominance of POC/women artists in the late 2010s

 

[luka]

Fair enough.

 

[linebaugh]

you sure about 2010-2020? I felt like they lost the pulse after 2010 and were playing catch up on most trends.

 

[version]

They feel irrelevant to me, but I'm out of touch myself.

 

[luka]

reading this Adele one now I'm reminded of how insincere this writing always feels

 

[luka]

You never get a sense of a real human writing what they really think do you. It always feel like some arch enactment of music review. Let's pretend to consider this a serious work of art and let's pretend to be a serious critic taking it seriously.

 

[luka]

you would never reach out to this writer because you feel connected to them and understand them and want to be their friend.

 

[luka]

It's not real writing it's not a real human being. It's all the matrix. Some horror show simulacrum. I almost start screaming reading that sort of thing

 

[shiels]

yeah the good thing about boxedjoys dancefloor moments (my idea) and craners top 100 is, as corpsey said the emotional resonance, the personal stuff in time and in people

 

[luka]

If the writer was being honest they'd go yeah, cheap music for plebs. What's going on with her voice? What are the components of it? What's she trying to evoke? Where does she end up?