Kitschfork

Oct 27 2024 23 ep. 132 mins 135
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an anti-nostalgia podcast about the indie music of the 00’s, the influential music website Pitchfork Media, and growing up as a child of the internet. co-hosted by writer/musicians Max Cohen (@lastyears_model) and Liz Ryerson (@ellaguro)

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#23 - Why Can't We Ever Win? (The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat)

Oct 27 2024 158 mins  
Kitschfork is back and in full form in yet another classic episode! this time it's to talk about one of the important cult indie bands of the 2000's and the Pitchfork 9.6 that caused a great stir in the world of indie music in 2004 - it's Blueberry Boat by The Fiery Furnaces, of course. Max and Liz unpack why The Fiery Furnaces were indeed an essential musical force to be reckoned

#22 - Under a Anvil Tree (Fog - Ether Teeth)

Aug 28 2024 147 mins  
Max and Liz finally return for their first full episode recording in over a year. they catch up about Pitchfork layoffs, dead music websites of old, the sorry state of culture criticism in general... and the recent death of a very important musical figure. they then turn to talk about one of 2000's indie's great "What If's", Minneapolis-based Andrew Broder aka Fog, a hip-hop DJ tur

#21 - The Flan in the Face (Radiohead - Hail to the Thief)

Aug 03 2024 171 mins  
in the second of two previously unreleased episodes recorded in mid-2023, Max and Liz finally talk about Radiohead via perhaps their hardest album to pin down, 2003's Hail to the Thief. new kitschfork will be coming soon! liz's bandcamp: https://ellaguro.bandcamp.com/ and soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ella-guro

#20 - The Children Huddled And Devoured (Animal Collective - Spirit They've Gone, Spirit They've Vanished)

Jul 15 2024 138 mins  
KITSCHFORK IS BACK!!! ...sort of? in this previously un-posted episode from mid 2023, Liz and Max chatter about some Guided By Voices lore before getting into an incredibly crucial pillar of 2000's Pitchfork indie music: Animal Collective. and more specifically: their classic but still somewhat lesser-known 2000 debut (sort of - it was originally credited to Avey Tare and Panda Bea

#19 - I WILL take it too far!! (Xiu Xiu - A Promise)

Jun 14 2023 123 mins  
for Pride month we finally tackle a beloved (musically) unhinged artist for an unhinged time. continuing on in our 2003 Best New Music era, we talk about perennial Pitchfork critical darling and twitter album poll winner Xiu Xiu and their dark, quiet, and disturbing 2003 cult album "A Promise" - an album that feels just as relevant as ever. the band is still active today via primar

#18 - Us and Eric Adams Down By The Schoolyard (!!! - Me and Giuliani single & TV on the Radio - Young Liars EP)

May 24 2023 117 mins  
EMAIL us: [email protected] continue on with our Best New Music circa 2003 era of Kitschfork by taking a visit back to the biggest apple of them all, Nu Yawk City baybee, in this special twofer episode. we first take a dip into 00's dancepunk revival with the ungoogleable !!!'s "Me and Giuliani Down By The Schoolyard" single (which curiously landed a 7.8 on Pitchfork bu

#17 - Cottagecore At The Kmart (Sufjan Stevens - Michigan)

May 07 2023 101 mins  
EMAIL us: [email protected] folks, it's time to get twee. for the first of our two twitter poll winners, we start season 2 of Kitschfork off with perennially beloved indie artist Sufjan Stevens and his 2003 breakout album "Michigan" which Pitchfork helped break with its brand new (circa 2003) "Best New Music" category. because of this, Liz talks about the history of Pitch

#16 - The Mallfucking Of America feat. Aaron Casias (Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West)

Apr 20 2023 160 mins  
our sponsor: https://imitone.com/kitschfork/ EMAIL us: [email protected] before we officially begin Kitschfork Season Two (aka our Best New Music era) and return back to our rightful place in the 2000's, we still have another 90's album to get to. that's right! we have finally made good on our intentions to talk about the (at the time very young, now rapidly aging) indie

#15 - Better No Cred Than Dead (Pearl Jam - No Code)

Feb 16 2023 147 mins  
our sponsor: https://imitone.com/kitschfork/ EMAIL us: [email protected] today we delay the inevitable Modest Mouse coverage to go back again to the 90's to talk about an unkillable musical behemoth - Pearl Jam, and their (probably) weirdest album - 1996's No Code. we also go into the background of Pearl Jam as both the most popular band in the world for a time, and also

#14 - Subterranean Non-Linear Ancestors (Dälek - From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots)

Jan 24 2023 112 mins  
our sponsor: https://imitone.com/kitschfork/ EMAIL us: [email protected] WE'RE BACK FROM THE DEAD! today on our 14th episode (originally recorded in late November last year), we talk about experimental/industrial hip-hop pioneers from New Jersey, Dälek (aka Will Brooks & company) and their seminal 2002 album "From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots" we talk about how much