#99

[ConnorBurke]

I'm not a big fan of lists. Or pitchfork.

But, I noticed that Mausman's "Believer" was ranked the 99th best track of the last ten years:

http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lis ... 10-2014/6/

Deserves to be #1!

This is my first post, by the way, I'm Connor!

[AppTrans]

welcome connor!
of course, our man Ariel comes at #2...sandwiched by two crap artists

[RareGoat]

Hello Connor!

[LadyLazarus]

Hi Connor! Here at Mausspace, we are all #1. Welcome. :nod:

[ConnorBurke]

Thanks =)

[ivy]

Pitchfork is bullshit. Still, I was disappointed to see him so low on the list. I didn't look through the entire list but i'm assuming believer was the only one on it. It seemed like the same artists popped up through the entire list...

[LadyLazarus]

And Skrillex was on it... Pitchfork's opinion means bupkis to me, too, but recognition is recognition, I guess. Even if by some mechanised bullshit factory like P4K.

[fieldmaus]

greetingz, connor!

oh man, why did i go to that webpage. . i feel guilty for acknowledging it and giving them another url hit . these '10 best of/100 songs to hear/20 greatest moments of/top 50 artists,' they're so cheap and shallow, but WHY are they so easy and appealing to read?? why! why!?!

[hugopresser]

yeah, that list is a steaming pile of horse shit.

i dont even know if im happy they're there.. i suppose its nice to see them represented among a pantheon of non-contributions. but its all just answering to money and popularity again, look at the length of kanye west's paragraph reviews as opposed to anyone elses.. it's a list written with fear, and the potential of gaining more readers, instead of the truth of how good the songs are.

i mean look at some of the staff lists.. who cares about their opinions.

fuck them, and their timewasting lives.

[ConnorBurke]

Yeah, I really dislike pitchfork. Anytime I read a review by them I end up nearly vomiting in my own mouth.

Do you guys have recommendations for good music blogs or websites that you follow?

I used to follow a couple of blogs pretty religiously back from like 08' until '10 - eventually I sort of fell out of the loop with them and now pretty much none of them exist (or they aren't the same).

[Eugenia]

I always liked The Owl Magazine. I used to write there once, but not too much. I don't agree with all their recommendations, but then again, music is subjective: http://www.theowlmag.com/category/album-reviews/

[LadyLazarus]

This may be more of a printed syndication, but I've always been partial to The Big Takeover. It is New York based and run by founding editor, punk rocker, DJ and indie labelmeister Jack Rabid. I first noticed it in a record shop when I was about fifteen and it opened up my whole world. I used to send Jack letters and emails waxing poetically about my favorite punk bands and he would always reply in full, usually with hand-written notes and CDrs.

Worth noting that "Quantum Leap" made an editorial list of The Big T's Top Ten Songs of 2011 here: http://www.bigtakeover.com/top-ten/Chris-Davis-111211