On April 7th, 2008 that dastardly indie rock machine, Pitchforkmedia, churned out yet another way for the bored indie rock masses to entertain themselves: an on-demand internet music video website. Aside from music videos, both old and new (The Afghan Whigs' first ever video!), the channel has lots of live sets in lots of interesting places. For example: Liars in a basement! Today they posted an exhibilirating set from Portland's punk rock superstars, the Thermals. Perhaps it is the fact the Thermals are direct descendents of every band I listened to from the years 1995 to 1999 or perhaps it is the fact that the Thermals have become the quinessential modern punk rock band that makes me love them so. Regardless, they wail through "Returning to the Fold" and play some oldies such as, "Overgrown! Overblown!" before closing with a typically bodacious version of "Pillar of Salt."
Bitter, ill informed music critic Sasha Frere-Jones took a nice slag at the Fork and Radiohead on his blog yesterday. Not to say that the powers that be at Pitchfork aren't infuriating but it is still a relatively grass roots operation. Getting the biggest (and arguably best) band in the world to play an exclusive version of an unreleased song is a pretty amazing accomplishment and thus, appreciated. Pitchfork will be hosting it's music festival this summer in Chicago for the fourth straight year while Frere-Jones continues to write boring pieces on Kate Nash for the New Yorker.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
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