This post is a really big deal because we never ask questions like this. (We always ask questions like this.) But for real this time … did Bitte Orca do it? Is this the one? It’s almost December right? At SXSW, where Dirty Projectors debuted the Bitte material in a set that’s a frontrunner for my favorite show of the year, Dave Longstreth punctuated the 45 minute premiere of his triumphant, fractured pop opuses and Meredith Monking mind explosions with a matter-of-fact declaration: “Those are all new songs, from a new album we have called Bitte Orca. We’re pretty excited about it.” We have been too, and so has the rest of the internet, asking questions and giving it scores that aren’t high enough, etc. I don’t think we’d rewrite a thought from our Premature Ejaculation, but we’d add that having had some time with the album, it’s one of few this year that rewards — and gets better — with sustained listening and revisitation. It don’t stop. And as the suite Longstreth composed in its wake for Björk (in just one week) demonstrated, neither will DPs.
Anyway, we’re taking off for Bonnaroo. We’ll see DPs play the David Byrne-curated stage on Friday, yay. As always we’ll have more photos than you need and Scott and I will be manning the Tweet, but until that coverage begins this weekend we’re gonna leave you with the best gift we can: A full stream of what is possibly maybe the best album of 2009.
Bitte Orca is out now. Buy a Walkman and dig in.
[Photo by Sarah Cass]
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tee hee, you said ejaculation.
The new Built to Spill record will be the AOTY.
I’ll leave it to Pitchfork and you, Stereogum to decide whether it is better than Merriweather and Veckatimest. I’m not smart enough to decide such an important matter for the rest of the music community.
Alls I kno’ is me likes Bitte Orca, Merriweather, and Veckatimest (and Bromst, Wolfgang Amedus Phoenix, & Two Suns too.)
Yours Truly, The Commuter.
For however many negative votes that’s worth.
really? not a single mention of the genius that is bill callahan’s “sometimes i wish we were an eagle”? really? i mean, really?
really
what about one of the albums that will be released the 2nd Tuesday in October?
The gummies this year will be intense.
this year has sucked, just like last year. 2007 was ok, before that is irrelevant
i seriously hope you are joking. fucking cum dumpster.
i don’t understand how no one’s talking about bruce peninsula – a mountain is a mouth. i have not been so smitten with an album in a very long time. please go check it out.
please?
I agree. A mountain is a mouth might just be my number one album this year
also: really? we’re calling them “anco” now? how long has that been happening and oh god please tell me when it will stop…
I blame that hipster runoff dude.
leave carles out of this
yall seem to be forgetting that the CASKET DROPS THIS SUMMER
wamp wamp! watch ya face get mangled
The Antlers – Hospice (2009) LISTEN TO IT BEFORE IT GETS HYPED IN AUGUST WHEN IT GETS A RERELEASE. I think pitchfork will give it 9.0+ for sure.
The Antlers sound like fucking Rooney! I have a good feeling Pitchfork will Bash it… But Stereogum lovers will love it! The singer sings like he’s very “serious” and “sad.” Two is good though! Dragonslayer blows too.. Same old shit from Krug. Clipse will rule though!! And if Newsome puts out a record, I can’t imagine that not being amazing!
Which African bands/musicians have they been listening to?
BLK JKS! But since they’re not Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear or Dirty Projectors people on Stereogum don’t really care.
AOTY so far for me is probably Passion Pit. As usual, Pitchfork favorites (this year its Grizzly Bear, Animal Collective, Dirty Projectors) are either awful or completely unremarkable. I don’t get their taste. They must be really boring people to be moved by such boring music.
Nice. Now the Stereogum readers and posters will have THREE albums to choose from when the 2009 list is compiled.
Have ever another band than Grizzly Bear, Animal Collective or Dirty Projectors been mentioned in these comments?
I don’t know man, is Deerhunter coming out with something this year?
What will really be interesting to me, with the end of the year lists, is which albums outside of those expected picks will make a true impact? Those are usually the true winners.
Personally, I like DP’s music but it’s the kind that doesn’t resonate with me for too long, or I have to be in an specific mood to enjoy it.
Great, it’s all about who’s the best!
1) The Antlers – Hospice
2) Sunset Rubdown – Dragonslayer
3) Fever Ray – Fever Ray
4) Method Man & Red Man – Blackout 2
5) Crocodiles – Summer of Hate
AWWW YEAH!
is there seriously a method man / redman album coming out?
i can’t get past the first two songs of this album, too bad.
also, i wish more people talked about born like this. i mean, c’mon, DOOM sampling bukowski? it sounds silly, but it fucking works.
I think we’re forgetting the “Track of the Year List” and its already found winner:
Somebody’s Daughter
Bottom line is, this already has been a great year for music: Between Bitte Orca, Middle Cyclone, Now We Can See, Veckatimest, Merriweather Post Pavilion, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Tight Knit, and My Maudlin Career, I have had a bunch of choices – depending on my particular mood – to listen to a record, front-to-back, that I love and want to listen to again as soon as it’s finished. And after last night, and hearing Band of Horses play some new songs, I’m hopefull that they are able to get a release out sometime in the fall.
Just saying…we’re all winners, you guys!
Seriously though – who gives a f*ck?
What’s the value of the ‘album of the year’, and more importantly, what’s the value in arguing about it?
Can’t we just get back to enjoying the music?
Don’t you guys get “it”?
The album of the year is US! Me and you, making the beautiful music of our lives…and chatting with each other on the Internet!
Just like the Gossip Girl season finale when everyone was really “Gossip Girl”! Hahaha..wooo
Months left of 2009: 6.
Ugly casanova reminded me of something very important, Built to Spill could come out with something this year, that is pretty much sure to beat everything else.
Untill then it’s:
Pains of Being Pure At Heart
Passion Pit
the Decemberists?
Grizzly bears?
the Thermals?
The 1st pick is easy, but the rest is so hard, but still quite fun.
I can say, quite confidently, that ‘Fits’ by White Denim will be my album of the year. Comes out in just over a week!
I appreciate the stream!! I am glad to be able to come back to this and listen to a few tracks of the record at a time… So far (first two tracks): The guitars are obnoxious. The drumming on the other hand is excellent.
I guess what some people find a bit annoying is the line “Wait, is Bitte Orca the Best Album of 2009?”, as we are just at the beginning of the sixth month. I think that, unconsciously, strikes a bit of a nerve. I think it’s a bit in the wording, perhaps adding “so far” would help to start with. Or “In our opinion, Bitte Orca might just be the best we have heard this year”. We have like seven months to go, so many music still to come and hear, so I guess it’s the disregarding of the stuff still to come that makes some eyes roll.
heh they obvs left a ‘controversial statemtent’ post to keep people going over the weekend they’re away. you guys totally fell for it! heh.
(my 2cents is i liked DP live but don’t realy care much for this album’– the Dave singing then girls doing weird voices gets old/annoying for me/ some of the music is nice though)
It’s the only album this year that I can’t stop listening to. A huge surprise. I actually had them confused with Dirty On Purpose for a long time. Every time someone said something about Dirty Projectors I just thought “Oh, that run of the mill shogazer band,” and instantly wrote it off.
Anyway, great album. One of the best of the year for sure.
Well, I think we can at least all agree that the best album of 2009 is not the new Chris Cornell record.
Pitchfork told me I have AIDS.
you might have AIDS… I am not sure why else they would tell you that. Unless you had it.
“This post is a really big deal because we never ask questions like this. (We always ask questions like this.) But for real this time … did Bitte Orca do it? Is this the one? It’s almost December right? At SXSW, where Dirty Projectors debuted the Bitte material in a set that’s a frontrunner for my favorite show of the year, Dave Longstreth punctuated the 45 minute premiere of his triumphant, fractured pop opuses and Meredith Monking mind explosions with a matter-of-fact declaration: “Those are all new songs, from a new album we have called Bitte Orca. We’re pretty excited about it.” We have been too, and so has the rest of the internet, asking questions and giving it scores that aren’t high enough, etc. I don’t think we’d rewrite a thought from our Premature Ejaculation, but we’d add that having had some time with the album, it’s one of few this year that rewards — and gets better — with sustained listening and revisitation. It don’t stop. And as the suite Longstreth composed in its wake for Björk (in just one week) demonstrated, neither will DPs.”
Like what the hell does any of that even mean? Are you jacking this band off or are they jacking you off? Can anyone say stacked deck?
I personally think the best album of the year is the motion picture soundtrack for “The Boxer.” Timeless!
i think you guys (stereogum) post these things to read the ridiculous reader responses.
i mean, just read those shits. Imagine putting a cool anniversary post together that is comprised of the most ludicrous responses (something to do with penis, blows, indie rock conspiracy theories), the most repeated statement (probably something along the lines of ‘anco, veck, bitte orca, hype and downvote’,) and strings of fights over whether opinions are valid or bullshit (everyone knows opinions are bullshit.)
do that shit
Till The Casket Drops > anything else this year
glad to see micachu and the shapes getting some love
So far yes, it is one of my fav’s.
My list:
1.)Veckta
2.)Fever Ray
3.)Bitte Orca
4.)???
5.)???
I really hate MPP.
For fucks sake, just stop it. Stop it. STOP IT.
New Dirty Projectors = haven’t the slightest idea why people think it’s so great. And please, if you’re going to present arguments as to why or why not, don’t just go through the whole DP > AC > GB or DP > GB < AC bullshit.
best album of the year? i can barely listen to this without cringing repeatedly, this hurts my ears, these people cannot sing. vecktamist is good, dear science as well, and merriweather is great, but this sort of thing is entirely subjective. and it’s june. not the best of the year by any means.
haha. WRONG.
Someone here mentioned Venice is Sinking, and I’m surprised that one’s not getting more talk anywhere. It’s really, really good; very pretty stuff. I like the DPs just fine but album of the year? Hmm.
Re: To anyone who is at Bonnaroo today:
You get to see Dirty Projectors, Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, and Phoenix all within 10 hours of each other.
1. Screw you.
2. For the love of god, will you please inform us of who is the supreme band so we can finally sleep at night.
veckatimest, MMPP and Bitte Orca are all great albums. I am sure the new Vampire Weekend and Discovery albums will be great as well.
Bitte Orca is a solid offering, lots of fun to listen to and kinda complex at certain spots. Amber Coffman is a fantastic singer, too, and she is a vital part to any success of Bitte Orca.
Amrit said that the DP show at SXSW is a frontrunner for the favorite of the year, so there’s already that influence over Bitte Orca. There’s nothing wrong with that. It’s a great album.
My top albums so far have to be:
Micachu & The Shapes – Jewellery
Shout Out Out Out Out – Reintegration Time
St. Vincent – Actor
Jenny Wilson – Hardships!
Jenny Wilson’s album is a one hell of an album, and I’m afraid not many people have heard her stuff. Her album hasn’t been released Stateside, but she is Swedish, so she’s sure to have that Robyn/Lykke Li/PB&J/Royksopp/Fever Ray appeal that’s all the rage in 2009.
Am I going to get beaten up for saying I think Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is the best of the year thus far?
I can’t get all that into Dirty Projectors. It’s like Portishead last year. I recognize that it’s a good album, it just doesn’t appeal to me.
It’s favorite of the year so far as well. At least according to my ipod it is… Its the album i’ve been playing the most.
These all seem to be really great records. Also there’s a new St Vincent record out this year, as well as the new So Many Dynamos record, AND a new John Vanderslice record. I think those three are really great as well. Lots of good records.
I called Merriweather the most Revolver since Revolver and I stand by that…
It is obviously not the best album of the year. This is one of their weaker albums. Pretty tame for Dirty Projectors. Why cum all over this, everyone?
Not only is this a great album, it translates live wonderfully. They’re so much fun to watch.
I keep hearing people say that they’re a horrible live band, but that can’t be further from the truth! They pull it off, sometimes better than the record itself. It beautiful to watch.
1.) Sunn O))) “Monoliths & Dimensions”
2.) Sunn O))) “Monoliths & Dimensions”
3.) Sunn O))) “Monoliths & Dimensions”
4.) Sunn O))) “Monoliths & Dimensions”
5.) Sunn O))) “Monoliths & Dimensions”
Bitte Orica is a good album. My favorites thus far are MPP, Veckatimest, and WAPhoenix, probably in that order. Lots of great music in the first half of 09′. My maudlin career is also really satisfying. Still looking forward to Kid Cudi, clipse, Detox, blueprint 3, monsters of folk, major lazer, and others.
Phew, if you love reggae — and I mean LOVE reggae — then you will enjoy Major Lazer. It is something else, that album…I know Diplo and Switch are there, but it’s pretty much just a glitchy little reggae album.
Honestly, I feel Bitte Orca’s best song is “Stillness Is The Move” by far. To me, while the other songs were good, nothing really stood out as awesome, or jumped out at me. I was expecting a better overall album than Bitte Orca was. The bar was pretty high when they released “Stillness,” and I thought the rest of the album would have that vibe to it. Unfortunately, it didn’t. Oh well, what can you do.
is it me or is animal collective overrated? they are a good band, but they must even question the hype around them. bring on the negative points!!!
A band (i.e. Animal Collective) can’t/doesn’t control the amount of hype that surrounds them. Music blogs (i.e. Stereogum, P4K, etc.) and fanboy bloggers/twitterers are responsible for that. Once the hype starts spreading, it can’t be stopped. Whether or not the hype is justified or not is always going to be up for debate among fans.
Hype can be looked at in one of two ways: 1) “Jesus, where has this band been all my life? I love this! Thank god for P4K/Stereogum/JoeBlogger for bringing them to my attention.”; or 2) “Damn, I can’t believe all these people who all of a sudden like Animal Collective. All this hype surrounding their new record really has brought out all these fanboys from the woodwork. I’ve liked them since the very beginning. Damn hype-eating n00bs.”
But what really grinds my gears is when I see people declare their hatred for a band they once liked just because of blog-generated hype. Or, conversely, when people suddenly start liking a band, not necessarily because of their music, but more because they actually buy into the hype surrounding the ‘flavor of the week’ band. It’s like they need to be on the cutting edge of ‘hip’ so they know which band is cool to namedrop to other hipsters.
If your listening habits are governed solely by the amount of “hype” a band gets – be it positive, negative, a lot or none at all – then you’re pretty pathetic.
might as well throw my opinion into this shitstorm. my top 5:
1. grizzly bear – veckatimest
2. micachu & the shapes – jewllery
3. st. vincent – actor
4. dirty projectors – bitte orca
5. ??? (hopefully, eskimo snow by WHY?)
note that there is no MPP on my list, mostly because it’s not all that great. bring on the negative 100.
1. your favorite record
2. your least favorite record
3. stupid mudane subjective opinion #1
4. credible subjective opinion #2
5. who really fucking cares?
Wait, did Stereogum just post this to make it an instant popular topic and get everyone that reads this site to stream the DP album?
Joke’s on them, I hated on the album without even listening to it first.
hahahahahahaa
I realize that I’m probably going to be mocked, but I actually think that The Hazards of Love was my personal favorite so far this year. Maybe Phoenix also… Hmmm…
This is what Yes would have sounded like if they had just started this decade.
I would rather see them live. The album sounds too gimmicky especially the (Dave’s) singing.
I really love Veckatimest and Merriweather but my favorite of 2009 is Miniature Tigers ‘Tell It to the Volcano’
St. Vincent for two reasons:
1. Actor fucking blows my mind
2. I kind of want to marry her (too bad my name isn’t john)
Funny how everyone’s all of the sudden eating Phoenix’s dick. They’ve basically had the same poppy sound at least since Alphabetical but weren’t cool at all and nobody paid them any attention. All of the sudden some unspoken mandated hipster approval has made them everybody’s favorite band/album of the year. Go figure.
It’s funny to hear from people who admit to never liking them before, then calling an album that sounds almost exactly like everything else they’ve ever done (which is a good thing if you’ve liked their previous albums) one of the best of the year.
Yeah, Phoenix sucks. I HEAR SOFIA COPPOLA IS THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HYPE!!!
spread the word out
This shit sounds Mariah Carey
Van Morrison “Astral Weeks”
Greatest album ever by anyone in any year.
There’s actually been some pretty good music out this year so far. Right off the top of my head…
Sonic Youth – The Eternal
Bob Dylan – Together Through Life
St Vincent – Actor
Dan Auerbach
Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavillion
M Ward
Andrew Bird
Dave Mathews Band
MF Doom
Grizzly Bear
The YYYs
Crystal Antlers
Steven Wilson
The Horrors
Bat For Lashes
Antony & The Johnsons
Fever Ray
Cymbals Eat Guitars
The Decemberists
Dan Deacon
The POBPAH
Neko Case
Dark Was The Night (of course)
…But if I were to put my money on the best of the best for 2009, it would probably go to Wilco(The Album) at this point.
Yay for Crystal Antlers – it’s so their time. So, so so good. DEFINITELY see them live if you can. You won’t regret it.
Music is a good thing.
I think I’d like this record more if were called BITTER ORCA. Cuz let me tell, I saw that movie as a kid and it was one pissed off killer whale. Bit Bo Derek’s leg off and everything.
I like the album and disagree. But I’m upping you because I love bad puns more.
thanks everyone for commenting on the music, rather than lobbing “Douchebag”-equivalent babbling around endlessly. Oh wait…
I’ve said everything I have to say about this album here: http://www.audioholicmedia.com/?p=1816
It’s a contender, pure and simple
Art Brut!
Phoenix!
Animal Collective!
Grizzly Bear!
Dark was the Night!
First few songs- so far so good- Dirty Projectors!
can we agree that all probably beat Lady Ga Ga, and anything featured on a Grammy awards show. (Except maybe Radiohead with the USC band that was kinda cool)
I remember there were helicopters called orcas in the original C&C
btw I can’t seem to remember one moment of that album after listening to it for four times. Come on!
Deleted Scenes – Birdseed Shirt kind of has me
I might be the only one, but I hated Rise Above. Bitte Orca caught on with me really quickly, though, and it has to be in the conversation.
Bat for Lashes is probably still in front for me at this point. Outside of Brother Sport I didn’t like MPP’s second half.
Thanks be to Stereogum for posting this
ok, I’m trying to figure this out. I guess its just different if you’ve seen a band live and all that. but, to me, this sounds like some art students trying too hard. or not trying nearly hard enough.
or a few geese caught in a fan.
Ok…yes…Pitchfork often does overhype albums such as…Bat For Lashes new album and even Wavves to some extent(but you gotta admit “so bored” and “no hope kids” are great tracks). But Pitchfork has definitely been the most fair they’ve ever been in 2009. They gave bitte orca a great review, they gave MPP a good review, and they gave Veckatimest a good review(the three best albums of the year so far). And just because Pitchfork hypes good bands but sometimes leaves out or tears apart other bands that are actually pretty good(i.e. Kings of Leon, Shout Out Louds, and Doves…pre-Kingdom of Rust), the fact that they DO hype good bands and give them the opportunity to play at a big festival in a major city, is a great thing. I went to Pitchfork Music Festival last year, and I must say, that my favorite bands of 2007 and 2008, were there, and it’s going to be the same this year. Pitchfork do definitely have their heads up their asses sometimes, but all in all, they really do know the most about music in the Major music magazine world. I mean could you see Spin or Rolling Stone or Blender, hypeing up bands that aren’t even signed, No. But Pitchfork does do that, and that’s a good thing. It’s obvious that the writers know enough about music to critique them, and it is possible for them to base a review strictly on one song(like they did with Aha Shake Heartbreak, Pet Sounds, Boy With The Arab Strap, Your Favorite Music, WHY BEATIN UP ON CLEM SNIDE P4K?), but what they have done for great bands like Broken Social Scene, Wolf Parade, and even Animal Collective and Grizzly Bear is a really great thing, because look at it this way: Pitchfork(sadly) has the most influential music opinion nowadays, and those bands that we all love like the above mentioned, might not have kept making albums, or been able to stay on their label, if Pitchfork didn’t “hype” them up. I mean come on, if it wasn’t for Pitchfork’s review of Spirit They’ve Vanished, we may not have had a Feels or Strawberry Jam or any Panda Bear solo album! Or for Grizzly Bear fans, I highly doubt Grizzly Bear would have made another album after Yellow House if Pitchfork didn’t review it so well, considering the fact that tension was very high during the recording of that album. Pitchfork is like music’s best friend that you love to hate, but know that music would fall down a deep dark path if Pitchfork decided to stop being a truthful friend. That’s all I have to say, can’t wait for P4k Music Fest 09. CYMBALS EAT GUITARS BABY!!!! And hopefully Wavves will have another freak out there lol.
Recognizing how great Veckatimest, MPP, and BO are rather than putting one over the other> putting one over the other
NEW MOUNT EERIE ALBUM COMING OUT!!!!!!!!! Wind’s Poem
best black metal album ever
It is amazing to see that everybody seems to be listening to the same music.
If there’s no diversity, don’t even try making statements such as “X is the best album of the year”. Have you listened to every record since January ? How can you be sure that nothing better will be released until 2010 ?
This is a pointless article, getting pointless comments.
To think this record is even considered for ALBUM OF THE YEAR is ridiculous!!! There are maybe three actual songs on the whole record. Everything else is fluff. I wanted to like this record, but it’s not gonna happen. And besides, the years not over. What bands are lurking under the radar, waiting to release something amazing? Anything should be more amazing than this snoozer.
HMMM…
I WILL VOTE FOR CRYPTACIZE’S MYTHOMANIA THANKS.
…I hold Big Star in the highest esteem…it’s like a stunning three act play done with “Abbey Road’s” cinnematographer…about TN by TN,,,the joy of hearing the first two songs on Bitte was pleasing in the same way Radio City was once which is/was the all time favorite I suppose…
I don’t get it. Why are the only albums being compared Merriweather Post Pavilion, Veckatimest and Bitte Orca? We’re questioning the BEST album of the year, yet sitting in an ‘indie rock’ bubble. Maybe I’m preaching to the wrong coir, but whatever. I dig all three albums, but I don’t think anyone is relevant in claiming any of them as the best of anything, nor do I see the sense in bashing each other for liking one more than the other. The only thing I can really say about music this year is, fuck Wavves and fuck the Wavves bandwagon.
Also, props to anyone that has mentioned it IS NOT the end of the year and mentioning the possibility of under the radar bands. Who ever heard of Japandroids? Yet, they made an album that I’ve listened to more than the three of these other albums combined. Patience please.
Top 10 will be tough this year. Liking the Phoenix and AC records and there’s still a ton of upcoming records to be excited about this year – Clipse, Joanna Newsom, Polvo, Built To Spill – but so far here’s a top five.
1. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
2. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
3. Sonic Youth – The Eternal
4. Passion Pit – Manners
5. The Thermals – Now We Can See
I know Phoenix well enough to know they have NOTHING to do with Big Star…nice try Rolling Stone…go back to newspaper print if that’s what it takes…
I have to say, any best-of 2009 list would be incomplete without Balmorhea’s album All is Wild All is Silent. Easily the most enjoyable album I’ve heard this year.
MPP was my favorite of the big “blog-hyped” albums this year so far. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix was also very good, I haven’t heard Veckatimest, and BItte Orca is cluttered and unpleasant to listen to.
There have been some other fantastic albums this year that no one’s seemed to talk about. Telefon Tel Aviv, Iron and Wine, Mos Def, etc.
I’d definitely vote Phoenix over Dirty Projectors. I’m not all that impressed with DP honestly.
that’s because you like phoenix. Its bland, generic shit. you are unable to conceive such a masterpiece that is bitte orca
I’d definitely vote Phoenix over Dirty Projectors. I’m not all that impressed with DP honestly.
Phoenix is up there…but obviously ASHER ROTH FTW BRO!!!!
wavvewagon LOL
I like Dirty Projectors.
I like Stereogum.
But I like Stereogum because it’s edgy and usually unpretentious. And I like Dirty Projectors because they feel fresh and unique. Stereogum’s endless circle jerks around the DP’s are making me reassess on both fronts, though.
you guys, the new think about life album is so so good. the first 6 tracks are the most joyful noise i’ve heard in a long time. TAL = summerjams of 2009.
All right. I’m going to bravely step forward and humbly say, I don’t get it. I’m going to arrogantly say I’ve tried to like this band cus I agree with Stereogum 90% of the time, really, which is why I come to this site, but I have tried and tried this band, just streamed this album several times today and you know what? I fucking hate them. I’m laughing writing this, maybe I’m missing something (I’m not) but if this is the best album of 2009 I’m going to shoot myself now. I’m hoping I’ll eat my words, I’ve been wrong on my 1st impression a (very) few times before, and I hope to be proven wrong in the end but a 9.2 on P4K? I’m calling Emperor wearing no Dirty Projectors underwear.
Stereogum: I hate you and the comment battles you provoke, and yet, I can’t stop reading you.
I THINK I’LL WAIT UNTIL PITCHFORK DECIDES THEIR ALBUM OF THE YEAR BEFORE I MAKE A TRULY UNIQUE AND INDIE DECISION
I don’t know what kind of society would play Captain Beefheart in the Stop&Shop…how far in the future or past would THAT be…
No.
Wait, why don’t you ask that question at the end of the year?