P4K Picks Baseball Video Game Soundtrack

At first blush Pitchfork curating a soundtrack for a baseball video game may not make a whole lot of sense from a brand lending/editorial perspective, but think about it: Major League Baseball 2K8 is a video game, and Pitchfork posts videos. That works, right? Almost maybe, but regardless it's a good play for the Forkers to move into video game stuff; hell we even have a Video Games category. Maybe Rock Band: Pitchfork Edition would make a little more sense, but to their credit listening to Battles' "Atlas" while turning double plays in your Starter cap is, at least, a thing. (Also to their credit, Matador and Sub Pop have worked similarly with 2K8 games in the past.) The soundtrack's 17 cuts deep, seven of which come with a Pitchfork Picks asterisks. Check it:

Battles - "Atlas" *
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - "Need Some Air"
Blitzen Trapper -"Wild Mountain Nation" *
Dinosaur Jr - "Almost Ready" *
Jay Reatard - "My Shadow" *
Kasabian - "Reason Is Treason"
LCD Soundsystem -"Watch the Tapes" *
Modest Mouse -"Dashboard"
Peter Bjorn & John - "The Chills"
The Cars - "Moving in Stereo"
The Cool Kids - "88" *
The Cure -"Never Enough"
The Flaming Lips - "The Wand (No MF Edit)"
The Hold Steady - "Stuck Between Stations" *
The Presidents of the United States of America -"Cleveland Rocks"
The Revolution Fox Experiment - "Hyper Charlie"
The Strokes - "Someday"

* Pitchfork Pick, sorry Strokes and BRMC

Posted at 11:09 AM in Video Games

6 Comments

I don't know about this at all...

Posted by: The Spilken8r at 03/03/08 11:20 AM | Reply
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i'm shocked to not see stupid vampire weekend on here

Posted by: annie onymous at 03/03/08 12:43 PM | Reply
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wow, that's a great soundtrack, I'm pumped for the game, its gonna be rediculous.

Posted by: Derek at 03/03/08 12:51 PM | Reply
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Surprisingly "safe". No love for Boris?

Posted by: Wilk at 03/03/08 1:06 PM | Reply
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2k8 sucks...they should've soundtracked "MLB The Show 2008" instead.

Posted by: jdubs at 03/03/08 3:14 PM | Reply
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I'm not surprised at all how "safe" it is. This list is over all (in my opinion) a pretty good call. Battles might be a little risky to throw in a sports game, but hey, at least I know I'll enjoy it.

Also, the hold steady = perfect match-up. haha.

Posted by: alex at 03/03/08 11:41 PM | Reply
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