Comments on: “Pitchfork” Heaps Its Praises On Panda Bear

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:25:28 +0000

Panda Bear? Explain? Somebody? Please?

By: Labtheque

Labtheque — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:38:18 +0000

@SuperUnison: No, because I'd've rather seen Japanther.

By: Jfrankparnell

Jfrankparnell — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:41:46 +0000

Maybe I'm losing my mind, but I don't remember Caribou's Andorra getting a good rating originally, but there it is, 8.3, when I just looked. Same goes for Bon Iver. Did they change it? Dunno. They've edited ratings before.

By: scott pgwp

scott pgwp — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:04:33 +0000

@therichgirlsareweeping: whoa, really? I think you forgot to listen to the album. Armchair Apocrypha is my favorite album of the year.

By: the rich girls are weeping

the rich girls are weeping — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:31:57 +0000

@pgwp: No, I listened to it and wept profusely. The whole swirly-jam angle really bummed me out. Zzzzzzzzzzz. I used to love Andrew Bird (and have the pictures from SXSW 2002 to prove it, as well as all the Squirrel Nut Zippers records he guested on...), but I cannot get behind his new stuff. At all.

@Jfrankparnell: Wait, didn't P-fork spooge all over Bon Iver originally? That's why I avoided for so long, but to my peril. That record is gold, and the Bon Iver live experience is AMAZING.

By: scottpl

scottpl — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 08:32:09 +0000

ha, yes.

By: Jfrankparnell

Jfrankparnell — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:15:16 +0000

Let's think about this too much:
If we/they went by their rating system alone, assuming there was a science and consistency to it, their top ten, at least, would be (i did this quickly, please forgive omissions and correct my mistakes sympathetically):

1. 9.4 tied: Radiohead's In Rainbows, Animal Collective's Strawberry Jam and Panda Bear (9.4)
2. 9.2 LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver (9.2)
3. 9.1 Battles - Mirrored (9.1)
4. 9.0 tied: Jens Lekman - NIght Falls; The field - from Here we go Sublime (9.0)
5. 8.9 tied: Deerhoof (on list waaaaay down at #31), Deerhunter, MIA (8.9)
6. 8.8 Feist - The Reminder (8.8)
7. 8.7 tied: Kanye West, Of Montreal, Dan Deacon, Villalobos' Fabric comp, Life Without Buildings, James Blackshaw, Okkervil River
8. (8.6) tied: Jay-Z, The National, Stars of the Lid, Iron & Wine, Tough Alliance
9. (8.5) tied: Lil Wayne, Menomena,* Spoon, Grizzly Bear, Sally Shapiro, Liars
10. (8.4) tied: Justice, Black Kids*, UGK*, Throbbing Gristle*, Arcade Fire, Pipettes*, Simian Mobile Disco* Dinosaur Jr, Dizzee Rascal, Burial

*Not on full list at all

A lazy list? An arbitrary rating system. When it was reviewed, Menomena scored an album rating that was better than 42% of the albums listed here, but didn't make it onto the list. UGK, Pipettes, Simian Mobile Disco, Black Kids, and Throbbing Gristle all review-rated above 32% of these listed selections, and didn't make the list. Lower, more well-rated and ignored albums show up, naturally, some with good arguments (!!! gets an 8.0 but doesn't beat Lon Gisland (7.8) to the party?) some not (Icky Thump (8.0) but no Papercuts (8.3).

Boy, I bet Throbbing Gristle is mad.

By: Jfrankparnell

Jfrankparnell — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:15:08 +0000

@Labtheque: It did, I believe. Is Schreiber DeRogatis-ing writers all the time out there?

By: Labtheque

Labtheque — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:20:59 +0000

@scottpl: If by Service you mean Labrador, then sure. Personally, if you guys ever get to Rough Bunnies Weisse Wessen Dreck Am Stecken then I'll have a Swedish twee bingo (G-42! Ooh, I'm going diagonal!)

By: Labtheque

Labtheque — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:45:40 +0000

@sfbeary: The fifth Swede is The Field, surprisingly enough.

TTA and Jens are good friends -- not only does he sample them, he even plays badminton with them! Not quite as incestuous as Constellation or E6, but still kind of funny. (Erlend Oye's Whitest Boy Alive side project is also on Service, and he's also a good friend of Jens')

I only mentioned the Service thing because Labrador's releases (Club 8, Sambassadeur, and Irene) got snubbed, despite p4k loving SKWBN last year, if I remember correctly.

I don't know what our Idolators have against twee or Sweden. Unless it's backlash from the actually brain-rotting I'm From Barcelona. God, that was terrible.

@Jfrankparnell: I could've sworn it had a different rating too. Didn't something similar happen to the Knife too last year?