Pitchfork and the Death of Things as Themselves

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music's got nothing to do with it

I had not heard of Måneskin before reading this viral Pitchfork review of their album Rush!, and listening to a couple tracks of theirs afterwards, I found little to be impressed by. But the review, I think, is at risk of busting at the seams as the internal contradictions of Pitchfork rage inside of it. Jeremy D. Larson writes Måneskin are not just three men and a woman who play traditional rock music and—if you can believe it—all wear eyeliner. To this listener, Måneskin are something far more important: an alternative. An alternative to what, exactly, is the question. The unlikely…

Pitchfork and the Death of Things as Themselves

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