The Gong Show

I like pretending I dislike Pitchfork as much as the next socially-awkward shoegazer, but I haven’t found a decent substitute. I think back nostalgicly on the early days of Pitchfork when record reviews could be as short as a single paragraph and ratings were based more on whether or not the reviewer had sex the previous night instead of the merits of the album.

So, I did this search on the WaybackMachine. Pretty fun to see the dated design and dated bands. It’s remarkable that in this finkicy indie market many of the bands listed on the really earlier versions of the site are still relevant today.