You don't know what loath is until you've tried to pitch yourself against big time music websites with just about zero resources, zero dollars, zero connects, and nothing but a handful of brains, some PR folks, and a bunch of friends writing with you, and then come against the Pitchforks and the Stones and the Spins, each have their good points (I guess -sometimes Pitchfork is funny), but each of which irritate the fuck out of me.
Pitchfork's news isn't (and with their resources it should be) and their reviews are such long winded bores, it is that everything they love about music (or writing) is the opposite of the way I feel. They are so long winded and pompous and clever clogs and though they at least get hip hop (though they suck at dance and they suck at pop so bad they don't bother with it), they over think it. But I can forgive bad opinion, it is bad writing I can't stomach. Everything is so fucking overwritten, over thought out, overwhelming. Remember the reviews of the last Vampire Weekend album, Contra? I think VW were playing their little joke on the world of rock criticism. I mean really, " 8-bit interpolation of Toots and the Maytals' "Pressure Drop"??
Rolling Stone are worse. Rolling Stone is a corrupt institution and Wenner uses his record review pages to pay back favors. The writing can be perky from time to time but they are singularly clueless on hip hop, a little better on dance and OK on pop. Still, they never get it right with musicians before they break big. From "The Fame" to "The End" -they gave em 2 1/2 , maybe 3 stars. The next album: boom, up to 4 stars. I was doing rock nyc when The End came out, and I raved and raved and raved, which makes me the only person who did until the fucking album hit. Like the man said, you can look it up.
Spin sucks so bad they aren't worth insulting.
Which is the long way for me to not apologize for stealing Pitchfork's round up of Autumn releases. All property is theft, motherfuckers.
10-11
Andrew Bird: Norman (OST) [Mom + Pop]
Ben Folds: The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective [Epic]
Bjork: Biophilia [Nonesuch/One Little Indian]
Bullion: You Drive Me to Plastic [Young Turks]
Crooked Fingers: Breaks in the Armor [Merge]
Cymbals Eat Guitars: Lenses Alien [Memphis]
Dan Deacon: Spiderman of the Rings [Carpark]
Deerhoof: Friend Opportunity (reissue) [Polyvinyl]
Deerhoof / Racoonists: Behold a Raccoon in the Darkness (7" Split) [Polyvinyl]
Dive: "Sometime" 7" [Captured Tracks]
Future Islands: On the Water [Thrill Jockey]
Heavenly Beat: Suday 7" [Captured Tracks]
High Places: Original Colors [Thrill Jockey]
Icebird: The Abandoned Lullaby [RJ's Electrical Connections]
James Blake: Enough Thunder [Atlas]
Joe Henry: Reverie [Anti-]
John Fahey: Your Past Comes Back to Haunt You (The Fonotone Years 1958-1965) [Dust to Digital/Revenant]
John Wesley Harding: The Sound of His Own Voice [Yep Roc]
Leonard Cohen: The Complete Albums Collection [Legacy]
Lil' Wayne: Tha Carter IV (Vinyl Edition) [Universal]
Matthew Herbert: One Pig [Accidental Records]
Mayer Hawthorne: How Do You Do [Universal]
Metric: Fantasies Flashbacks [Metric Music International / Mom + Pop]
Minks: "Araby" 7" [Captured Tracks]
Murs: Love and Rockets Vol. 1 [DD1]
Peter Gabriel: New Blood [EMI]
Purity Ring / Braids: TBD (Split 7") [Fat Possum]
Radiohead: TKOL RMX 1234567 [Boomkat]
Starfucker/Champage Champage: TBD (Split 7") [Polyvinyl]
Ryan Adams: Ashes & Fire [Pax-Am/Capitol]
Still Corners: Creatures of an Hour [Sub Pop]
Trash Talk: Awake EP [True Panther]
Various Artists: Norman OST [Mom+Pop]
Yuck: Yuck (Reissue) [Fat Possum]
10-18
Class Actress: Rapprocher [Carpark]
Dirty Beaches: "Lone Runner" 7" [Suicide Squeeze]
DJ Shadow: The Less You Know, The Better [Verve]
Forest Fire: Staring at the X [FatCat]
Gauntlet Hair: Gauntlet Hair [Dead Oceans]
Gene Clark: Two Sides to Every Story [High Moon Records]
Kimya Dawson: Thunder Thighs [Great Crap Factory]
M83: Hurry Up, We're Dreaming [Mute]
My Brightest Diamond: All Things Will Unwind [Asthmatic Kitty]
Na Hawa Doumbia: La Grande Cantatrice Malienne Vol. 3 [Awesome Tapes from Africa]
Nate Dogg: G Funk Classics Vol. 1 & 2 [Thump]
Pujol: Nasty, Brutish, and Short EP [Saddle Creek]
Real Estate: Days [Domino]
Richard Swift: Walt Wolfman [Secretly Canadian]
Sapphire Slows: "True Breath" 12" [Not Not Fun]
SFV Acid: 12" EP [100% Silk]
The Smiths: The Smiths: Complete [RRW]
Someone Still Love You Boris Yeltsin: Tape Club [Polyvinyl]
Total Abuse: Prison Sweat [PPM]
Twerps: Twerps [Underwater Peoples]
Various: Fabriclive (Four Tet Mix) [Fabric]
Various: Phil Spector Presents the Philles Album Collection [Phil Spector Records/Legacy]
10-24
Deer Tick: Divine Providence [Partisan]
Dirty Projectors/Bjork: Mount Wittenberg Orca [Domino]
Drake: Take Care [Young Money]
The Magnetic Fields: Holiday (Vinyl reissue) [Merge]
Roberto Cacciapaglia: The Ann Steel Album (Reissue) [Half Machine]
She & Him: A Very She & Him Christmas [Merge]
Various: The Bridge School Concerts 25th Anniversary Edition [Warner Bros./Reprise]
Wye Oak: The Knot [Merge]
Yelawolf: Radioactive [Shady/Interscope]
10-25
Coldplay: Mylo Xyloto [Capitol]
Deer Tick: Divine Providence [Partisan]
Dntel: Life is Full of Possibilities (Reissue) [Sub Pop]
The Field: Looping State of Mind [Kompakt]
Justice: Audio, Video, Disco [Ed Banger/Because/Elektra]
King Crimson: Discipline [40th Anniversary Edition] [Discipline Global Mobile]
King Crimson: Starless and Bible Black [40th Anniversary Edition] [Discipline Global Mobile]
Metric: Fantasies Flashbacks (Vinyl Box Set) [Mom + Pop]
Raleigh Moncrief: Watered Lawn [Anticon]
Nirvana: Nevermind (Super Deluxe Edition) [Geffen]
Of Montreal: Cassette Box Set [Joyful Noise]
Surfer Blood: Tarot Classics [Kanine]
Tom Waits: Bad as Me [Anti-]
USF: The Spray [Circle Into Square]
Various: The Essential Phil Spector [Phil Spector Records/Legacy]
Brian Wilson: In the Key of Disney [Disney Pearl]
10-31
Gold Panda: DJ-Kicks [!K7]
Panda Bear: Tomboy Box Set [Paw Tracks]
The Soft Moon: Total Decay EP [Captured Tracks]
U2: Achtung Baby (Reissue Box Set) [Universal]
NOVEMBER
11-01
The Beach Boys: SMiLE Sessions [Capitol/EMI]
Blouse: Blouse [Captured Tracks]
Bow Wow: Underrated [Young Money/Cash Money]
Carole King: A Holiday Carole [Hear Music]
Charlotte Gainsbourg: Stage Whisper [Because Music / Elektra]
The Decemberists: Long Live the King [Capital]
Girl in a Coma: Exists & All the Rest [Blackheart Records]
H20: Don't Forget Your Roots [Bridge Nine Records]
Kurt Vile: Smoke Ring for My Halo (Deluxe Edition) [Matador]
Kurt Vile: So Outta Reach [Matador]
Lou Reed and Metallica: Lulu [TBD]
Matt Pond PA: Emblems [Polyvinyl]
MED: Classic [Stones Throw]
Miranda Lambert: Four the Record [Columbia Nashville]
New Ivory: Amygdala Circus [Dim Mak]
Queen: Queen 40 Limited Edition Collector's Box Set Vol. 3 [Hollywood]
Susan Boyle: Someone to Watch Over Me [Columbia]
Terror: Keepers of the Faith/Defining the Faith [Century Media Records]
U2: Achtung Baby- 2 CD Deluxe Edition [Island Records]
Wale: Ambition [Maybach Music Group]
Zed Bias: Biasonic Hotsauce – the Return of the Nanocloud [Tru Thoughts
11-08
Animals as Leaders: Weightless [Prosthetic Records]
Atlas Sound: Parallax [4AD]
The Beatles: The Beatles with Tony Sheridan: First Recordings (50th Anniversary Edition) [TL]
Cass McCombs: Humor Risk [Domino]
Charlotte Gainsbourg: Stage Whisper [Because Music]
Condemned: Realms of the Ungodly [Unique Leader Records]
David Lynch: Crazy Clown Time [Sunday Best Recordings/PIAS America]
DRC Music: Kinshasa One Two [Warp]
English Singles: "7 Inch" EP [Slumberland]
Florence and the Machine: Ceremonials [Island/Universal Republic]
Jacaszek: Glimmer [Ghostly]
Joker: The Vision [4AD]
Jonathan Coulton: Artificial Heart [Self-Released]
King Krule: King Krule EP [True Panther]
King Midas Sound: Without You [Hyperdub]
Kurt Vile: So Outta Reach EP [Matador]
Kurt Vile: Smoke Ring For My Halo [Deluxe Edition] [Matador]
Luke Roberts: Big Bells and Dime Songs [Thrill Jockey]
M+A: Things.Yes [Monotreme]
Meshell Ndegeocello: Weather [Naive]
Mustard Pimp: No Title or Purpose [Dim Mak]
Noel Gallagher: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds [Sour Mash/Mercury]
Night In Gales: Five Scars [Lifeforce Records]
Oneohtrix Point Never: Replica [Software]
Owen: Ghost Town [Polyvinyl]
Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here – Immersion Box Set [Columbia]
Quilt: Quilt [Mexican Summer]
R.E.M.: Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011 [Warner]
Rush: Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland [Zoe Records]
Sea Lions: Everything You Wanted To Know About Sea Lions but Were Afraid to Ask [Slumberland]
Summer Camp: Welcome to Condale [Apricot Records/Moshi Moshi Records]
This Moral Coil: This Mortal Coil [4AD]
Treelight for Sunlight: A Collection of Vibrations for Your Skull [Friendly Fire]
Various Artists: Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn [Atlantic]
Young Statues: Young Statues [Run For Cover]
Zambri: Glossolalia EP [Kanine]
11-11
G-Side: Island [Slow Motion Soundz]
11-15
Akon: Stadium [Konvict Music]
Arto Lindsay, Seb El Zin, Marc Ribot, Mike Ladd, Sensational- Anarchist Republic of Bzzzz [Important]
Blackout Beach: Fuck Death [Dead Oceans]
Can: Tago Mago [Reissue] [Spoon/Mute]
Canyons: Keep Your Dreams [Modular]
Caveman: Coco Beware [TBA]
Coliseum: Aparasites [Temporary Residence, Ltd.]
Crystal Stilts: "Radiant Door" 12" [Sacred Bones]
Elvis Costello: "Return of the Spectacular Spinning Songbook (Deluxe Edition) [Hip-O]
Escort: Escort [Escort]
The Fall: Ersatz G.B. [Cherry Red]
J-Love: Acknowledge Greatness and Endless Anglez [Self Released]
J-ROCC: Some Cold Rock Stuff [Stones Throw]
Kate Bush: 50 Words for Snow [Fish People/EMI]
Kieran Hebden, Steve Reid, Mats Gustafsson: Live at the South Bank [Smalltown Superjazz]
Korallreven: An Album by Korallreven [Acephale]
Los Campesinos!: Hello Sadness [Arts and Crafts]
The Luyas / Twin Sister: Split 7" [Dead Oceans]
Maria Minerva: 12" EP [100% Silk]
Master Musicians of Bukkake: Live Totems [Important]
Nathan Salsburg: Affirmed [No Quarter]
Odonis Odonis: Hollandaze [FatCat]
Olivia Tremor Control: Music From the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk at Cubist Castle and Black Foliage: Animation Music Vol 1. [Chunklet Industries]
Peaking Lights: "Remix" 12" [100% Silk]
PTERODACTYL: Spills Out [Jagjaguwar]
R.E.M.: Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011 [Warner Bros.]
Salva: Yellobone EP [Friends of Friends]
Sigur Ros: Inni [XL]
Steve Hauschlidt: Tragedy & Geometry [Kranky]
Strategy: 12" EP [100% Silk]
Thirteenth Assembly: Station Direct [Important]
Tycho: Dive [Ghostly International]
White Rainbow: "The Making of Thriller" 7" [K]
The Who: Quadrophenia: The Director's Cut [Geffen]
Various Artists: The Warm December Vol. 2: A Brushfire Holiday [Brushfire]
Yael Meyer: Everything Will Be Alright [Self Released]
11-18
Brian Eno: Panic of Looking [Warp]
11-21
The Rolling Stones: Some Girls [Deluxe Edition] [Hip-O]
11-22
Common: The Dream, The Believer [G.O.O.D. Music]
Fallujah: The Harvest Wombs [Unique Leader Records]
Jay Sean: Feeze Time [Cash Money]
Neutral Milk Hotel: Discography Box Set [Self Released]
Neverever: "Shake-A-Baby" 12" [Slumberland]
Ol' Dirty Bastard: Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version [Get on Down]
The Skull Defekts: "2013-3012" 12" [Thrill Jockey]