James Surowiecki
@JamesSurowiecki
Author of The Wisdom of Crowds. Editor at The Yale Review. Contributing writer for The Atlantic. I wrote The Financial Page for The New Yorker.
Joined February 2013
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This makes no sense. I think the Pitchfork list of the 100 best indie albums is generally good, but there's no plausible rationale to explain the absence of Husker Du, the Replacements, the Pixies, and Galaxie 500 from a list that includes the Minutemen and Sonic Youth.
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Tough call. Doolittle onward co-released by a major. Surfer Rosa was one of the ones where we were like “this is chiefly alternative rock.” Albini we put to use in different strokes elsewhere on the list. Would maybe be on there if we had more Rough Trade or Touch and Go bands
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