"So what to make of Scott Plagenhoef’s resolutely lazy, unfunny and fundamentally disrespectful review of Black Kids’ “Partie Traumatic” today? Are we all supposed to be so inside-baseball about this that Pitchfork’s meta-review of their own past reviewing is supposed to be taken as functional criticism? You’ll give paragraph after paragraph to an unknown demo, but take said band’s major-label debut as a smirky in-joke among your staff? I understand the need to correct the Black Kids’ critical narrative a bit, as so many outlets seem ready to make them the Barack Obama of pop music. Give them the 3.3 if it’s warranted. But have something to say regarding how or why it’s deserved beyond this narcissistic, juvenile-Dave Eggers bit of self-reflection."
- Pitchfork’s epic fail of a Black Kids review
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