Pitchfork out of the choices allowed, but to be honest I've found blogs of better quality for discovering new music (Skatterbrain.org for indie pop and twee especially).
If you're stuck for some non-biased opinions on a whole bunch of new and recent albums, this site does a very good job of collating reviews from all over the place (web, print, blogs, music rags) and working out an average. Well worth a read.
What is somewhat bothering me is the underlying attitude in this thread (maybe I'm just imagining this) that Pitchfork is somehow an obscure/different/edgy/publication that will expose you to all sorts of weird new music. Thats not really true. Sure if you listen to the radio or read uhhh rolling stone, then Pitchfork is comparatively horizon expanding and obscure, but after a while it should become obvious that Pitchfork covers for the most part the same stuff most music publications cover (see for example the ones that Jhereko listed on the first page of the thread). The albums Pitchfork acclaims are a good portion of the time just as much music marketed towards a certain demographic as everything else. It survives on the current overriding assumption among the music world that "indie"="arty". Pitchfork makes many safe choices which do not challenge that overriding indie rock aesthetic which dominates their readers. Reading only Pitchfork to keep informed on different or "obscure" music will do quite a bit to limit your musical horizons.
What is somewhat bothering me is the underlying attitude in this thread (maybe I'm just imagining this) that Pitchfork is somehow an obscure/different/edgy/publication that will expose you to all sorts of weird new music. Thats not really true. Sure if you listen to the radio or read uhhh rolling stone, then Pitchfork is comparatively horizon expanding and obscure, but after a while it should become obvious that Pitchfork covers for the most part the same stuff most music publications cover (see for example the ones that Jhereko listed on the first page of the thread). The albums Pitchfork acclaims are a good portion of the time just as much music marketed towards a certain demographic as everything else. It survives on the current overriding assumption among the music world that "indie"="arty". Pitchfork makes many safe choices which do not challenge that overriding indie rock aesthetic which dominates their readers. Reading only Pitchfork to keep informed on different or "obscure" music will do quite a bit to limit your musical horizons.
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