August 2011
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WatchNeon Indian makes a goofy-as-hell, VHS-tastic infomercial to promote his new PAL198X mini analog synthesizer (which “does not support witch-house raves,” apparently).
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“For years, I was in this tunnel where I was trying to be cool. Every move I made...”
– The Rapture frontman Luke Jenner talks to us about his post-cool awakening.
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WatchListen to more Radiohead remixes from Brokenchord, Altrice, and Blawan.
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“A music fan that doesn’t have it in them to find new music anymore is like...”
– According to Okkervil River leader Will Sheff, your dad is probably an asshole.
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WatchCharlotte Gainsbourg and about a dozen doppelgangers dance their way through a shady parking garage in the video for the title track from her forthcoming Terrible Angels EP.
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“We’re moving from our house in Portland to Berlin. It’s sort of...”
– Stephen Malkmus assesses his VHS collection.
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WatchNo Age scorch through “Fever Dreaming” live at this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival.
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“Anything that sparks some eight-year-old’s interest in music or DJing is...”
– DJ Shadow might not be jumping on the turntable.fm bandwagon just yet.
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WatchVulture collected all of Kanye West’s Watch the Throne grunts in this handy video, and we’re glad that they did.
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“Jay-Z’s a dude that can give you a hundred ‘Simpsons’ quotes,...”
– ?uestlove on Jay-Z. And now: “The Monorail Song”.
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“The Scarecrow needed a brain, the Tin Man needed a heart, and the other dude...”
– Unparalleled wordsmith Ghostface Killah provides one of many priceless sound bites in our round-up of some of the best quotes from the last 15 years of Pitchfork interviews.
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“As a third-generation music-obsessive who’s been a freelance music critic...”
– One of our favorite former Pitchfork writers, William Bowers, returns to the site for a 15th Anniversary essay that explores the dark side of nostalgia.
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“I’ve been thinking about how New York rappers really like talking about...”
– Das Racist’s Himanshu Suri breaks down New York hip-hop’s pelican illuminati.
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“Musically, Sublime’s 40oz. to Freedom is one of the most forward-thinking...”
– Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij makes a case for 90s ska-punk punching bags Sublime in our latest 15th anniversary feature, which finds artists telling us what they’ve been listening to over the last decade and a half.
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