As suggested in a Washington Post article in April 2006, Pitchfork 's reviews can have a significant influence on an album's popularity, especially if it had only been available to a limited audience or had been released on an independent record label. Some publications have cited Pitchfork in having played a part in "breaking" artists such as Arcade Fire, Sufjan Stevens, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Interpol, The Go! Team, Junior Boys, The Books, Broken Social Scene, Cold War Kids, Wolf Parade, Tapes 'n Tapes, and Titus Andronicus although the site's true impact on their popularity remains a source of frequent debate.Ĭonversely, Pitchfork has also been seen as being a negative influence on some indie artists. Pitchfork 's opinions have gained increased cultural currency some in the mainstream media view the site as a barometer of the independent music scene, and positive quotes from its reviews are increasingly used in press releases and affixed to the front of CDs.
Influence Publicity and artist popularity This iteration, more than a year in the making, brings Pitchfork into a new era, improving functionality and inviting deeper exploration while simplifying the experience to make browsing, searching, reading, listening, and watching easier. A lot about the online world has changed since then. According to an announcement post during the redesign, they said: “ On March 13, 2016, Pitchfork was redesigned. Following the sale, Schreiber remained as editor-in-chief. On October 13, 2015, Condé Nast announced that it had acquired Pitchfork. On December 26, 2012, Pitchfork launched Nothing Major, a website that covered visual arts such as fine art and photography. On, Pitchfork announced a partnership with Kill Screen, in which Pitchfork would publish some of their articles. In July 2010, Pitchfork announced Altered Zones, a blog aggregator devoted to underground and do it yourself music. It features bands that are typically found on Pitchfork. , a website displaying videos related to many independent music acts, launched in April 2008. Pitchfork has launched a variety of subsidiary websites. In October, the site added a daily music news section. It had also begun garnering a following for its extensive coverage of underground music and its writing style, which was often unhindered by the conventions of journalism. By then, the site had expanded to four full-length album reviews daily, as well as sporadic interviews, features, and columns. In early 1999, Schreiber relocated Pitchfork to Chicago, Illinois. In May 1996, the site began publishing daily and was renamed Pitchfork, alluding to Tony Montana's tattoo in Scarface. At first being Turntable, the site was updated monthly with interviews and reviews. Influenced by local fanzines and KUOM, Schreiber, who had no previous writing experience, aimed to provide the Internet with a regularly updated resource for independent music. Sure, it would be great to see FKA Twigs's bonkers live show get the production value it deserves but Pitchfork is a moneymaking venture, and anybody who saw the crowds double before Wilco's set last year knows that holding the big guns for last has the potential to draw a whole new demographic of concertgoer to the park.In late 1995, Ryan Schreiber, a recent high school graduate, created the magazine in Minneapolis. My guess? Carly Rae Jepsen, Brian Wilson, and Jeremih will get top billing. FKA Twigs tweeted that she's headlining, but that could mean any stage. Greg Kot is highlighting Miguel, Brian Wilson, and the Sun Ra Arkestra. RedEye and the Tribune are calling Beach House, Broken Social Scene, and FKA Twigs the headliners-but that leaves out Saturday. It's anybody's guess who'll close out Pitchfork's behemoth Green Stage this year. But given Pitchfork's triangular setup, only two acts can play at any given moment, and one will be confined to the festival's small, acoustically problematic Blue Stage. A Pitchfork spokesperson told Chicago the closers are Carly Rae Jepsen/Beach House/Broken Social Scene on Friday, Brian Wilson/Sufjan Stevens on Saturday, and Miguel/Jeremih/FKA Twigs on Sunday. The festival, which for more than a decade has served as a showcase for cutting-edge music, announced this year's roster in alphabetical order, ostensibly to short-circuit the headliner-centric mania that follows major festival announcements.īut this year's lineup is also significantly more egalitarian than those in the past, to the degree that multiple acts could headline on any given night. When Pitchfork announced its 2016 lineup this morning, three things became immediately clear:
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