Hey fellow indie rockers! What are we thinking of the definitive list?https://pitchfork.com/story/the-100-best-indie-rock-albums-of-all-time
Without looking I'm going to bet number one is Pavement, probably the Quarantine The Past comp
>>132096208Ayyyy I'm good at this, they chose Slanted but whatever
>>132096214Crooked Rain I mean lol
>>132096196>indie>rockpick one
>>132096196Not music
>https://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/2661-pitchforks-100-best-indie-rock-albums-of-all-time/the complete list without giving a click to them >aoty sucks Yes, they're worse than RYM but it's the only useful thing they do : checking the scores for free
>>132096196I applaud them for resisting the urge to crown a black number one like the rest of their lists. Though it would be really hard here, there are like zero remotely plausible candidates.Liz Phair is lol-worthy DEI pick for #2. Cindy Lee at 10 similarly so.
LOAF at 80?You can miss me with that shit.
I like about 5 of those there was Broadcast, Duster, Stone Roses, Stereolab and um I forgot the other one
the wrong Animal collective albumthe wrong 'The national' albumthe wrong stereolab albumGeese above 70% of the listthe wrong yo la tengo albumdiamond jubilee on the list at allthe wrong pavement album
132096196Tf are they counting as Indie Rock? I don't even like many of these bands but seriously? The Stone Roses but not The Smiths? Arctic Monkeys but not The Strokes? There would be no Arctic fucking Monkeys if there had been no The Libertines, and there would've been no The Libertines if there had been no The Strokes. Where's Wilco? Ween? Many of the albums on the list aren't even primarily Indie Rock. What was the point of this list? Who is it meant to influence? It's neither trendy nor historically interesting. Shocking to see the cover art of some P4K shill albums that have been totally forgotten, like Marnie Stern, Speedy Ortiz, and Girls. Weird af how they're choosing albums they didn't give BNM to over albums they actually did give BNM to by the same artist. Interesting how they tried to represent women (some terrible picks) but not token black artists (Bloc Party). Just three token Slowcore picks (all terrible choices). Cindy Lee and Geese but no Pixies? No one takes Liz Phair seriously stop flogging that dead horse.
>>132097043Strokes were never indie>Where's Wilco?On the list
>>132096196But "2" is better..."Freaking Out The Neighborhood" is the best indie song of all time.
is Tonetta on the list?
Is Liz Phair THAT good?
>>132097241>Is Liz Phair THAT good?no>Is Liz Phair a woman?yes
Here's pitchforks top albums of the 90s list from 1999, when they only reviewed indie and alt rock.https://www.librarything.com/award/7086/Pitchforks-Top-100-Albums-of-the-1990s-%5B1999%5D
>>132096196having anco, mac demarco on the list, valid.... Contra should've been their pick for vampire weekend... The monitor, great album, but is that really even indie? Where's the Daniel Johnston?
>>132097381>Where's the Daniel Johnston?His best albums weren't rock. 1990 is a good album but I wouldnt put it in the top 100 either.> The monitor, great album, but is that really even indie?Why wouldn't it be?
>>132096196>Diamond Jubilee and Sleater Kinney album and Kaputt in the top ten>Painful over Heart Beating as One and Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out>Liz Phair #2mehhh.lmao
>>132096237r u retarded
>>132096196>>132097575Remove DEI and pet picks and it's a solid top ten.>10. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot>9. Bee Thousand>8. The Lonesome Crowded West>7. You Forgot It in People>6. I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One>5. American Water>4. ITAOTS>3. Either/Or>2. Daydream Nation>1. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
>>132097666put kaputt back in there faggot
>>132096196>29.>Vampire Weekend: Modern Vampires of the Citythe only Vampire Weekend album on the list, and it's the worst one of its trilogyContra > Vampire Weekend > MVOTC
>>132096196>45.>Bright Eyes: I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning>>132097666>4. ITAOTSthey go out of their way to insist this is an indie rock list when these two picks clearly reveal a folk biasFevers And Mirrors should have made the list instead.
>>132097206Pitchfork doesn't and never did review music; it used music as a sounding board for pseudointellectual midwit epic bacon mid millennial to late gen x life philosophy.
>>132097043The spiritual heart of Pitchfork was always contrarianism—even against itself and its own former principles.
>>132098085I mean those tread the line certainly, but they do have a strong rock aspect to them.
>>132098148nigga pleasehttps://youtu.be/IfJdPe-YAfwhttps://youtu.be/RY-8V5KEQ4whttps://youtu.be/VzQS3LcG3lo
>Top comment by Joshua “Kimchi Pig” Minsoo KimCan this tool not insert himself into everything just once
>>132096196First anon to post the list gets to fuck OPs female relatives. I’m not reading Jewfork.
>>132098670A non pf link was already provided in the thread you absolute retard.
BEYOND over YOU’RE LIVING ALL OVER ME is my-mom-smoked-while-pregnant retarded… careful, Pitchfork, you go too far…
>>132098706Not music
No Smiths?… no Ariel Pink?? They only gave the guy song of the year for “Round and Round”… with all due respect, I wipe my ass with this list.
>Meadowlands not #1 or even top 10Meh
>>132096196You can tell when something is only made to be subversive and cynical
>>132096196kaputt #7 and american water #6 are based the rest is INPO switched on over any other stereolab albumcrooked rain over slantedwho the fuck is cindy lee? belle and sebastian that low?what is their definition of indie rock? why is interpol on the list? why is elliott smith that high? literally seems like they just put random albums in a random order. what the hell is this shit?
>>132098783Cindy Lee is basically Ariel Pink's placeholder on this list.
>>132098910>>132098783Ariel Pink fucking sucks. He always has. Couldn't care less about his politics or persona. The music is as mediocre as it gets.
oh i get it just shoveling dirt on indie rock's grave
>>132098933>Ariel Pink fucking sucksPerhaps THE most influential songwriter of his generation… die mad.
>>132097043>P4K shill albumsthese were spots that were paid for via publicity firms.
Bumpers
>>132096196Daydream nation and Bee Thousand would be my top 2. I get the Crooked rain choice, but it feels like the Kind Of Blue choice, too canonical and kinda boring
>>132099575Also Liz Phair being there is absolutely ridiculous lmfao
>>132099102tUnE-yArDs!
>>132096196It's the same top 100 that RYM has
