Happy Black Friday Caroline Polachek

[Benny Bunter]

at what point did the pitchfork industrial complex come into being and started churning out algorithmically generated indie poptimist sludge?

Probably since forever, but it got bought by Condé Nast a year or two ago I think, so it probably got even worse since then

 

[luka]

at what point did the pitchfork industrial complex come into being and started churning out algorithmically generated indie poptimist sludge?

also hilarious how it all comes attached with these pre-packaged completely insincere 'think pieces' too

 

[Benny Bunter]

The Quietus is even worse for those sort of think pieces tbh, totally unreadable waffling.

 

[luka]

yeah but its different in that those tend to be painfully earnest

 

[linebaugh]

'how do we recreate carly rae jepsen in a way that doesn't alienate college girls in plaid skirts?'

 

[luka]

pitchfork writers are girls Gus failed to pull at NYU. overeducated children of privelge. Quietus writers are broken down middle aged men. the wife left them but theyve still got their record collection.

 

[thirdform]

at what point did the pitchfork industrial complex come into being and started churning out algorithmically generated indie poptimist sludge?

2000, after that Avalanches record. Tom Ewing has a lot to answer, we shall see if the freaky trigger is any match for the robo bumming trigger.

 

[linebaugh]

pitchfork writers are girls Gus failed to pull at NYU. overeducated children of privelge. Quietus writers are broken down middle aged men. the wife left them but theyve still got their record collection.

no you see I think pitchfork writers are exactly like suspended, the same person, but more successful. thats a key piece of the psychology.

 

[thirdform]

'how do we recreate carly rae jepsen in a way that doesn't alienate college girls in plaid skirts?'

See this is the one difference between UK and America. Noone here wants to be caught dead listening to student music, hence the hatred for James Blake on this forum.

 

[luka]

no you see I think pitchfork writers are exactly like suspended, the same person, but more successful. thats a key piece of the psychology.

i thought they were all girls?

 

[linebaugh]

girls that gus couldn't pull at NYU dont actually exist, just like this music

 

[linebaugh]

i thought they were all girls?

they can be girls that are exactly like gus

 

[luka]

they can be girls that are exactly like gus

are they not better looking?

 

[thirdform]

in the UK listening to indie because its unpopular is the most hipster move. It shows you are trying to pretend to be a populist and out of sync, and probably have a relative who owns shares in the Thigpen gas company stateside.

 

[linebaugh]

are they not better looking?

well of course

 

[woops]

poor old gus.

This is a thread on contemporary pop music, limerence, hypochondria, narcissism, unrequited love, and crush theory.

 

[luka]

in my head they are all sassy Jewish princesses who look like they are in Haim

 

[luka]

and theyre all called Meagan... wtf is limerance anyway?

 

[linebaugh]

poor old gus.

he knew what he was doing

 

[luka]

he knew what he was doing

he asked for it in fact