A Pitchfork review may ignore history, aesthetics, or the basic technical aspects of tonal music, but it will almost never fail to include a detailed taxonomy of the current hype cycle and media environment. This is a small, petty way of thinking about a large art, and as indie bands have both absorbed and refined the culture’s obsession with who is over- and underhyped, their musical ambitions have been winnowed down to almost nothing at all.
Richard Beck, “5.4”
I don’t know if this is fair to Pitchfork or to indie rock - I suspect not - but it’s an interesting read, especially after Let’s Talk About Love.
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