Radiohead breaking up

[neonblack]

Best new music.

[pd~]

Is Pitchfork allowed to dislike Radiohead?

[D.o.S.]

doubtful.

[jrfox92]

Is Pitchfork allowed to dislike Radiohead?

Not if they want to live.

[casecandy]

It's been confirmed that Pitchfork pressures writers into reviewing certain albums favourably. I'd wager Radiohead's are definitely among them.

When it comes to Pitchfork and scoring, I would say that you would be shocked by just how democratic the rating process is. Without giving much away (because I don’t think that’s fair to Pitchfork), it goes something like this: In general, a record is discussed by the writers and generally, through that, the site arrives at a score consensus (EDIT ON 1/21/15: Re-reading this and realized this sentence could be clearer. So, you know, not an announced and clear score consensus but you know, a general sense of where the record will fall on the P4K scale, whether it’s great, good, okay, meh, etc. The only people I ever discussed scores explicitly with were my editors, via email and it was usually them wanting to tweak the score slightly sometimes higher, sometimes lower.) Then reviews are assigned or fit to a writer (usually that writer has sent a pitch). So, in a sense yeah, the reviews are controlled by the editors because they assign someone whose opinion on the record (especially if it is a notable or relevant record) fits the view of the site. This really isn’t that different from how every publication assigns reviews. The one difference I would say is that Pitchfork is rarely going to give a review over to a critic with a cool point of view if that point of view doesn’t fit the editorial stance, especially if that stance is negative. Yeah yeah yeah, I work for SPIN, so this is probably a bad example, but SPIN let Rob Harvilla rip Watch The Throne to pieces (he gave it a 6). I don’t think Pitchfork would ever do that. At least not anymore.

[Jwar]

I listened and actually dug it. So all in all, good album.

[popvulture]

I just read this--I don't always agree with The Quietus, but I always like hearing these guys' perspectives. The more I listen to the record though, the more I do find myself falling somewhat in line with this particular take, although maybe not as harsh. Especially pertinent following the discussion about Pfork.

http://thequietus.com/articles/20224-ra ... bum-review

[D.o.S.]

love TQ

[Jwar]

I dig it. I've listened to the album 5 times through and it's relaxing and catchy. Some of the songs aren't as good as others but overall I think it's pretty damn good.

[popvulture]

Oh it's not bad at all--I think even the least interesting RH records are a lot better than plenty of stuff out there. Just wish I could hear em take some more risks.

[neonblack]

I wanna hear some midlife angst. Make a noise record already! We know you can do it Thommy.

[popvulture]

He did just end a 23 year-long relationship, after all.

[Harry_Manback]

I wanna hear some midlife angst. Make a noise record already! We know you can do it Thommy.

This is 45 year old angst - introspective and depressing. There is no lust for life, it's existential.

Feels like my least favorite RH album, but still better than most of the shit out there.

[snipelfritz]

Thom Yorke + Steve Albini would be qtest couple

[neonblack]

Jonny Greenwood + Michael Gira



+St. Vincent