Pitchfork sucks a lot, and I'll tell you why

Jeffrey Lewis, if you read a couple posts back, is one of the best songwriters of this generation. That's just my opinion.

I think he's developed a lot as a songwriter. His first album had some great songs that took weird twists, but also had lyrics that should have been cut down a lot, as they tended to drag.

Each album has improved upon the one before it, with the exception of the new album "12 Crass Songs". That isn't to say the new album is bad, it's just kind of a side-step. Given that Jeffrey Lewis albums are mainly listened to for their lyrical content, clearly a covers album should be taken for what it is.

Pitchfork Media, in their infinite wisdom, waited until the album had already been out 4 months, to review it as a 2.3 out of 10.

It shouldn't shock me anymore, but I just wanted to point out what a bunch of fucking idiots run that site. The only reason I continue to go there, and probably always will, is that they review 5 albums per day. It is essentially a tool for finding out what new things to download. I've long since given up reading, or even checking the scores, of any of their reviews.

Eddie Argos, lead singer of Art Brut, claims that Jeffrey Lewis is one of his 5 favourite songwriters. John Peel thought enough of Lewis to give him a Peel Session. Still, Pitchfork won't buy into the hype. That is, if there were any hype to buy into. They create all "indie-centric" opinion to be re-hashed by all the people who say "music is my life", and STILL Jeffrey Lewis succeeds by putting out these great records.

It's just a fucking shame that all the suckers who still take P-fork seriously will never listen to a weird little album, that rests somewhere between interesting and great, because the almighty tastemaker has deemed it to be worthy of 2.3 imaginary units of goodness.

Here's a quote from the review:

"The formal disconnect between source and style actually sort of works once, on the anarchist manifesto "Big A Little A"... twelve songs is eleven too many, but that song, by itself, would've been a clever gesture."

They can't even pick the best song on the album.

I hope this whole "indie" craze dies sometime soon, and we can all go back to REAL corporations controlling our musical taste.