December 22nd, 2009 / 12:40 pm
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Chapel Haunt

Brandon Stosuy – writer, compiler of the unflinching UP IS UP, BUT SO IS DOWN, and pious metalhead, has moved his SHOW NO MERCY column, which was the last morsel of interest in the bowl of corporate shit that is Pitchfork, over to Stereogum. The column is now called HAUNTING THE CHAPEL.

Yesterday Brandon posted his top 30 albums of the year. It’s heavy on the black metal and funeral doom, but pretty sound. Most of my year has spent going back and unearthing all the metal I’ve missed, but otherwise I spent a lot of time this year listening to

Absu – s/t
Nachtmystium – Doomsday Derelicts
Nile – To Whom the Gods Detest
V/A – Grindcore Madness at the BBC
Behemoth – Evangelion
Agoraphobic Nosebleed – Agrapocalypse
Nihill – Krach
Slayer – World Painted Blood
Elder – s/t
Zoroaster – Voice of Saturn

What were your favorites of the year? What are you looking forward to in 2010?


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40 Comments

  1. stephen

      pitchfork mostly promotes independent label music. now, their critical judgment is quite often wildly off the mark, and their indulgences and ticks and biases can all be infuriating, but i wouldn’t say they’re very corporate at all. they get their knickers in a twist over all things corporate and “sell-out” just as much as you do.

  2. stephen

      pitchfork mostly promotes independent label music. now, their critical judgment is quite often wildly off the mark, and their indulgences and ticks and biases can all be infuriating, but i wouldn’t say they’re very corporate at all. they get their knickers in a twist over all things corporate and “sell-out” just as much as you do.

  3. Brian Foley

      Top Pitchfork News Headlines –

      * Thom Yorke Reports From Climate Conference
      * Wayne and Dennis Coyne Talk Dark Side
      * Watch: Trailer for White Stripes Tour Doc
      * Final Fantasy Changes Name… to Owen Pallett
      * Watch Jamie Lidell/Feist in Beck’s Record Club
      * New Mos Def: “24 Hour Karate School”
      * Pavement, Big Boi, Lindstrøm to Play Øya Fest
      * The Clientele Line Up North American Tour
      * Vampire Weekend, MGMT, Beirut Pose for Vogue

  4. Brian Foley

      Top Pitchfork News Headlines –

      * Thom Yorke Reports From Climate Conference
      * Wayne and Dennis Coyne Talk Dark Side
      * Watch: Trailer for White Stripes Tour Doc
      * Final Fantasy Changes Name… to Owen Pallett
      * Watch Jamie Lidell/Feist in Beck’s Record Club
      * New Mos Def: “24 Hour Karate School”
      * Pavement, Big Boi, Lindstrøm to Play Øya Fest
      * The Clientele Line Up North American Tour
      * Vampire Weekend, MGMT, Beirut Pose for Vogue

  5. reynard

      i don’t think you know which labels are actually independent anymore. many of them are owned by the majors; they just operate by different rules and try their best to maintain their cred. in fact, many of them were only ever independent for a year or so at best.

      pitchfork has a segment on abc news called ‘new music monday’ – how do you think that happened? of course they’re going to continue supporting the new bands that actually are independent whose sound fits into the idea of ‘indie’ as it is conceived of today by those who flock to the extremely profitable pitchfork music festival and other such corporate-funded opportunities to manufacture a scene, but their function is no longer to be a critical, objective point-of-entry to the vast and ever-expanding world of music, but to help the majors cultivate those bands with mainstream crossover appeal for maximum profitability in the future.

  6. reynard

      i don’t think you know which labels are actually independent anymore. many of them are owned by the majors; they just operate by different rules and try their best to maintain their cred. in fact, many of them were only ever independent for a year or so at best.

      pitchfork has a segment on abc news called ‘new music monday’ – how do you think that happened? of course they’re going to continue supporting the new bands that actually are independent whose sound fits into the idea of ‘indie’ as it is conceived of today by those who flock to the extremely profitable pitchfork music festival and other such corporate-funded opportunities to manufacture a scene, but their function is no longer to be a critical, objective point-of-entry to the vast and ever-expanding world of music, but to help the majors cultivate those bands with mainstream crossover appeal for maximum profitability in the future.

  7. james yeh

      this site gets more depressing everyday

  8. james yeh

      this site gets more depressing everyday

  9. james yeh

      Top Pitchfork Forkcasts

      * The Drums: “I Felt Stupid”
      * Truman Peyote: “Sidewalk Sludging (Airbud)”
      * Signals: “Spector”
      * Randy Randall / Bradford Cox / Jim Jarmusch: “Cortez the Killer” (Neil Young cover)
      * Steve Mason: “All Come Down”
      * jj: “Troublemaker” (Akon cover)
      * Shlohmo: “Hot Boxing the Cockpit”
      * Japandroids: Various Songs (Daytrotter session)
      * Beach Fossils: “Time”
      * Washed Out: “Belong”
      * Alex Bleeker and the Freaks: “Oh, Boy” (Girls cover)
      * No Age: “You’re a Target”
      * Local Natives: “Sun Hands”
      * Slaraffenland: “Little Drummer Boy”

  10. james yeh

      Top Pitchfork Forkcasts

      * The Drums: “I Felt Stupid”
      * Truman Peyote: “Sidewalk Sludging (Airbud)”
      * Signals: “Spector”
      * Randy Randall / Bradford Cox / Jim Jarmusch: “Cortez the Killer” (Neil Young cover)
      * Steve Mason: “All Come Down”
      * jj: “Troublemaker” (Akon cover)
      * Shlohmo: “Hot Boxing the Cockpit”
      * Japandroids: Various Songs (Daytrotter session)
      * Beach Fossils: “Time”
      * Washed Out: “Belong”
      * Alex Bleeker and the Freaks: “Oh, Boy” (Girls cover)
      * No Age: “You’re a Target”
      * Local Natives: “Sun Hands”
      * Slaraffenland: “Little Drummer Boy”

  11. davidpeak

      am i the only person that stopped reading pitchfork like two years ago? seriously, i don’t even drop in at the end of the year to check the lists. it’s the music equivalent of Forever 21.

  12. davidpeak

      am i the only person that stopped reading pitchfork like two years ago? seriously, i don’t even drop in at the end of the year to check the lists. it’s the music equivalent of Forever 21.

  13. frank donald goodish

      pitchfork or htmlgiant?

  14. frank donald goodish

      pitchfork or htmlgiant?

  15. Mike McQuillian

      As a music fan that reads Pitchfork, I’d be interested to hear about some other good music sites. I like Pitchfork, but I wouldn’t be against checking out some other sites.

  16. Mike McQuillian

      As a music fan that reads Pitchfork, I’d be interested to hear about some other good music sites. I like Pitchfork, but I wouldn’t be against checking out some other sites.

  17. james yeh

      here.

  18. james yeh

      here.

  19. Blake Butler

      i’m confused

  20. Blake Butler

      i’m confused

  21. Brian Foley

      Talk metal

      Here’s what I consider a good music site – http://invisibleoranges.com/

      To make things interesting, Cosmo often writes for Pitchfork

  22. Brian Foley

      Talk metal

      Here’s what I consider a good music site – http://invisibleoranges.com/

      To make things interesting, Cosmo often writes for Pitchfork

  23. reynard
  24. reynard
  25. Blake Butler

      awesome. i needed some new black shit. thank you.

  26. Blake Butler

      awesome. i needed some new black shit. thank you.

  27. Brian Foley
  28. Brian Foley
  29. Blake Butler

      dang. on that.

  30. Blake Butler

      dang. on that.

  31. Lincoln

      Love that this dude put Kylesa up so high. That album destroys.

  32. Lincoln

      Love that this dude put Kylesa up so high. That album destroys.

  33. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      hahaha, forever 21.

  34. Tim Jones-Yelvington

      hahaha, forever 21.

  35. Matthew Simmons

      Love Portal. Profound Lore is a fantastic label.

  36. Matthew Simmons

      Love Portal. Profound Lore is a fantastic label.

  37. Brian Foley

      Totally about Profound Lore.

      They’re putting out the next Hooded Menace record this spring. Amped.

  38. Brian Foley

      Totally about Profound Lore.

      They’re putting out the next Hooded Menace record this spring. Amped.

  39. Mike McQuillian

      Thanks, I’ll check them out. I do listen to WFMU occasionally.

  40. Mike McQuillian

      Thanks, I’ll check them out. I do listen to WFMU occasionally.