Read the rest of the article on ‘Pitchforks greatness’ here
excerpt:On why Pitchfork does it better, and is bigger, than everybody else
re: Girls. Hellhole Ratrace was in our 2008 year-end list and we booked them for Primavera and SXSW this time last year. This is a meaningless argument over flag-planting but at the very least I will defend the false accusation that we’re following people. Just because we don’t have the luxury to post whateverthefuck, say nothing about it, have everyone forget you posted it, and then point to it months later and say “see, see, I posted it early!” if it’s advantageous to do so doesn’t mean we are hanging around looking over other people’s shoulders. People remember what we say and we give things due diligence, and as a consequence we sacrifice speed at times.
But, still, having the belief the that some blog is more responsible for spreading news about a band than us probably means you like in Brooklyn or somewhere else where you’re surrounded by this sort of inside baseball shit all the time. Even a “big” blog like gvsb, well we’ll have more readers from midnight to the time I clock in for work tomorrow than he’ll have all month. I think you underestimate how much bigger we are than these sites.
All I said to Chris was that it’s possible the publication with by far the second-biggest readership in the country had more effect on people than the kid down his block who runs a blog.
I sense something called ‘cockiness’ and ‘arrogance’ via the Pitchfork editor. Pitchfork does have some great exclusive videos, but when it comes down to it, it is still music, something that you listen too. Let’s not forget that. The thing I like about the music blogging world is that we all work together, and respect each other and the posts made by others. Lastly, music is not ‘forgotten’. It can be blogged about minimally and still capture a readers’ attention. Why? Because you never forget a good record.
wow, PF really showed their true colors.
