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Prepare to be shocked: Pitchfork has never once influenced me to check out a band.
The best website to discover new music for me is probably Wikipedia, though they don't have a lot of the more obscure stuff, so I will put an, uhm, "obscure" band (like Darth Vegas or Invincible Czars or something) on my soulseek wishlist and then browse the files of people who like that band. Another good website, somehow, is amazon, because I've found some pretty cool shit on the Listmanias!. The only other thing worth checking out, for me, is various blogs I've stumbled on and found some good shit. Any uhm -- what is pitchfork considered? -- "indie music review" websites usually lead me to disappointment. My tastes aren't so amazingly obscure that I can't appreciate the music pitchfork covers, it's more so that I think their reviewers are complete fucktards. Their reviews are EMBARASSING. I'm not even talking about NYC Ghosts and Flowers and Zaireeka getting 0.0's while ...And You Will Know Us By Our Long Name getting a 10/10... I mean, yeah, that shit's ridiculous, but some of their other reviews.. Payola is fucking ridiculous. Does anyone remember that one time the main editor of pitchforkmedia got his email account hacked into and someone found all those files with the receipts from labels/bands paying them (and then, afterwards, getting a GREAT review)? That was hilarious, I can't remember what message board that was, but I remember someone linking to it on the old sonic youth board. Hilarious times. Pitchfork is the epitome of rotten. Like I said, I don't typically trust any of those sites, but tinymixtapes has some cool interviews and stylus had that one awesome feature where the guy listened to the whole merzbox.
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