I'll admit it, I'm on p4k every day of the week (sometimes on the weekends too, hoping for some reason something has updated). One of my biggest gripes in the past has been having to use the search tool for everything, especially features or lists that have since gone off the front page or even off of the 'features' or 'news' sub-pages. Now, they've totally overhauled the entire site. All of the decade and year lists are reachable right from the front page, they are taking best new songs more seriously, and it just seems to run a lot smoother and nicer than before.
Yeah, it looks great. They've brought back track reviews (including a rating out of ten), and the search tool is excellent now. They also have band pages too, where you can access everything that's ever been written about them on the site. It's all archived neatly, which what was lacking before. As I'm looking at the home page now, that iPod advert sticks out like a sore thumb, though.
Posts: 32 | Location: Australia | Registered: 25 September 2008
I hated the gigantic iPod at first, but then I started watching how all of the navigation buttons shift around when the disembodied hands start playing with the thing. Now I kind of enjoy its hypnotic qualities.
Thumbs down from me. There's too much going on, with the news updates made way too small. Plus the enormous iPod ad completely dominating everything. I find it too hard to take in, with the site's most important sections (news and album reviews) getting lost in everything else that's going on.
Hmm, I don't see an iPod anywhere... I guess I have the AdBlock.
The new site has lots of pros, as stated above, but I find it's a bit too busy (as previously said as well) but I'll take the pros over the cons because of the nice upgrade in overall look, and the addition of track reviews.
I think it's generally an improvement. Cleaner, better organized and I can find things more easily. That said, does anybody know why Marissa Nadler's new one gets an 8.3 but doesn't get the "Best New Music" tag while The Pains of Being Pure at Heart gets an 8.4 and DOES make the "Best New Music?" 'Sup w/that?
I think the Best New Music tag comes only with some kind of a staff consensus - i.e. maybe not enough of the staff has listened to/nominated Nadler for BNM.
Originally posted by Vitun_Krapula: I think the Best New Music tag comes only with some kind of a staff consensus - i.e. maybe not enough of the staff has listened to/nominated Nadler for BNM.
You're probably right, although, they could clarify it or something at the top of the BNM page. It does come off as kind of strange that Wavves' 8.1 got the 'Best New Music' stamp while Marissa Nadler's 8.3 didn't.
I do like the new layout though. It was a much needed change, I think.
I, for one, really like the new layout. I think it's a lot cleaner, even though there's more going on. I really like that they extended the view of the "Best New Music" recipients from 3 to 6. And the track reviews are a huge improvement.
"And in conversations about which Breakfast Club character you'd be, I'd be the one that dies." "No one dies..." "Well then what's the point?"
I find it a little overwhelming, but I do like the new features and that they brought some stuff back like the song ratings and Best New archive. It'll take some time for me.
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Posts: 1287 | Location: Vancouver, BC | Registered: 20 December 2006
Originally posted by Liberalkid: Also the new design looks strangely like.. http://www.avclub.com/
I thought the same thing. I keep looking for the New Cult Canon.
To me the coolest thing is how pitchfork.tv is now part of the new website as a tab on top. And did anyone else notice they redirect you to pitchfork.com and its no longer pitchforkmedia. I wonder how many people through the years went to the old pitchfork.com farming website the first few times they tried to find the page.
Posts: 1781 | Location: The Coastal Empire | Registered: 24 December 2004
