In The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present, Pitchfork offers up their take on the 500 best songs of the past three decades. Focusing on indie rock (Arcade Fire, The Shins), hip hop (Public Enemy, Jay-Z), electronic (Daft Punk, Boards of Canada), pop (Madonna, Justin Timberlake), metal (Metallica, Boris), and experimental underground music (Suicide, Boredoms), it features all-new essays and reviews written with the sharp wit and insight for which the site is known. Ki...   [ read more ]

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The Swami has opened his vaults one more time to recirculate a piece of San Diego punk rock history. Pitchfork was the band before Drive Like Jehu, Rocket From the Crypt, and before Rick picked up a guitar and John Reis turned Speedo and started to sing. "Eucalyptus" (originally released on the hardcore label Nemesis) was deemed a quintessential slice of pre-gold-rush post-punk with melodic and indie stylings. Groomed on Squirrelbait, Dischord Records, Honor Role, Sonic Youth, and all that was 1987, Pitch...   [ read more ]

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#12 Seller of 2005! UK IMPORT THAT RECEIVED AN 8.9 ON PITCHFORK! "Fronted by terminal ranter Eddie Argos - a man keen to state "yes this is my singing voice, it's not irony" mid-song - Art Brut are a curious prospect. Part irreverent, part introverted, part cocksure yet with an appealing hint of vulnerability, they pepper this debut album with staccato blasts of shambling pop and touching paeans to love unrequited. Taking a Fall-like stream of unconsciousness approach to lyrics, Argos and co have an...   [ read more ]

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