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 Everett True

A beginner’s guide to Collapse Board

Confused? Start here.

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A Week in the Life of NME.COM – The Edited Highlights

NME.COM takes churnalism to new depths while Pitchfork’s Cover Story shows how to do web publishing

 Wallace Wylie

22 of Wallace Wylie’s favourite songs of 2012 (most of which are actually from 2012) so far

2012. I’m not going to lie to you, it’s been a shit year in terms of my personal life.

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How to respond to a Pitchfork review

How to respond to a Pitchfork review

“However, if [‘Robocop 4 – Fuck Off Robocop’] is truly amongst the worst songs of the year then I am a giant bat and Pitchfork a cave into which I will shit golden effigies of your face.”

 Everett True

Why Americans Shouldn’t Write Music Reviews

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 Everett True

Another news story predicting the demise of the NME

I admire Krissi’s self-belief and her lack of perspective: it’s what always kept me strong during my U.K. music press years.

 Scott Creney

Scott Creney reacts to Pitchfork’s reaction to M.I.A.’s Finger

Ryan Schreiber should be, if not ashamed, then more than a little embarrassed at the moment. Calling someone an asshole for raising a middle finger to a Super Bowl camera when you run a website and a music festival that has no problem promoting songs about rape, misogyny, and homophobia is empty and pathetic.

 Everett True

Everett True reacts to Ryan Schreiber’s article about M.I.A. pretty much exactly the way you’d expect him to

I shudder to think what he’ll make of Russian feminist punk rock collective Pussy Riot

 Scott Creney

n+1 Publishes an Interesting Article About Pitchfork | Collapse Board Publishes a Response

While Pitchfork may be invaluable as an archive, it is worse than useless as a forum for insight and argument

 Wallace Wylie

The Weeknd – House Of Balloons / Thursday / Echoes Of Silence (XO)

Sex, drugs, more sex, more drugs, each song details another night of Bacchanalian excess with no redemption in sight. Are you ready to party?