Pop Is Now Good, Rappers Are The New (Indie) Rock Stars, And Other Reflections From Pitchfork 2019
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Recently, I went home to Chicago for one of my favorite events of the summer: Pitchfork Music Festival. I love going to Pitchfork because it’s a peek into the future. For the uninitiated—and it is a bit cultish—Pitchfork is an online magazine known for its music reviews that rate albums out of 10.0. And for most of the 2000s and beyond, they had incredible market power to make or break bands. Every year, they throw a festival that’s something like the YC Demo Day of indie music. The lineup captures the year’s artistic zeitgiest, with a handful of recognizable acts, but mostly ones you haven’t heard of yet.
Pop Is Now Good, Rappers Are The New (Indie) Rock Stars, And Other Reflections From Pitchfork 2019
Pop Is Now Good, Rappers Are The New (Indie…
Pop Is Now Good, Rappers Are The New (Indie) Rock Stars, And Other Reflections From Pitchfork 2019
Recently, I went home to Chicago for one of my favorite events of the summer: Pitchfork Music Festival. I love going to Pitchfork because it’s a peek into the future. For the uninitiated—and it is a bit cultish—Pitchfork is an online magazine known for its music reviews that rate albums out of 10.0. And for most of the 2000s and beyond, they had incredible market power to make or break bands. Every year, they throw a festival that’s something like the YC Demo Day of indie music. The lineup captures the year’s artistic zeitgiest, with a handful of recognizable acts, but mostly ones you haven’t heard of yet.