Review – Pitchfork.tv, the first week

[A Place To Bury Strangers, one of the bands prominently featured on Pitchfork.tv]

Not too long ago I made a post about Pitchfork.tv, the indie rock taste-maker PitchforkMedia.com’s attempt to create an online music channel to provide an alternative to channels such as MTV and FUSE who have lost focus on the music aspect of music television. The first week showed some impressive exclusives, including plenty of music videos, a live performance and exclusive tour of Death By Audio, the studio of A Place To Bury Strangers (and also the moniker the band’s frontman uses for his company that produces custom made effects pedals) and an exclusive live performance by the kings of the alt/indie rock world, Radiohead, that even featured (get this!) frontman Thom Yorke playing the drums. Oh yeah, and an exclusive basement performance by weirdo noise rock band (and close friends of the afromentioned Radiohead) Liars. In addition there were documentaries about The Pixies and Man Man and there will be new exclusives every week. Kill your TV and allocate some some bandwith; long live Pitchfork!