How do you cope with how pretentious pitchfork is?

Personally, I think that when they actually try, they write some really wonderful, thoughtful reviews. However, you get the occasional pretentious "review" that ruins their credibility.

See:
This Black Kids Review or this Eminem review, which is easily the worst review I've ever read.

I ignore their pretentious shitty biased reviews.

Ex: Joanna Newsom

Listen to what they post and decide if it's garbage. I don't like sleigh bells or robyn's new album

Pitchfork is a great resource to use for finding new music. I don't exactly rule things out that aren't pitchfork approved, hence my library that includes many, many artists that have been given consistently unfavorable reviews.

I think my slight aversion to pitchfork has been, and always will be, their superciliousness that, to me, is so overbearingly apparent. The fact is, the public is who is ultimately responsible for continuously appointing their high-level merit and credibility in the 'indie' music world, and they can subsequently do and say whatever they want and still remain the make it/break it power for a lot of bands.

And quite frankly, I share in that particular disdain to hipsters in general. I feel like it's a constant race to know more, know it first, and know it best. It's exhausting.

In all candor, though, it's really just my insecurities that makes me feel so affected by it all. It's like there is an external force constantly telling me that I'm not good enough because I don't know this and that. Then I realize how downright silly I'm being. And when I let go of that idea entirely and not take myself so seriously, it's no biggie.

And that's how I cope with how pretentious pitchfork is! :)

wana know what an album's like, dont be such a lazy cunt. take your time to listen to it. make your own judgment. how many times does a pitchfork reviewer listen to the album before giving it a number? taste is relative, we like what we like for different reasons, some of which are inbuilt. wana know about a band? read their site. check out their art. watch some interviews. go to their live show. i dont even trust my own senses, let alone someone whos PAID to judge.