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Amy Phillips @amyphillips.bsky.social · Feb 20

THIS THIS THIS THIS

Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · Feb 20

I cannot emphasize enough that the New York City subway is not scary. It’s one of my favorite parts of living here. I grew up in the suburbs having to drive on highways everywhere and that’s way scarier

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Amy Phillips @amyphillips.bsky.social · Feb 17

Thanks!!

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Amy Phillips @amyphillips.bsky.social · Feb 17

Thank you, Amanda!

Amy Phillips @amyphillips.bsky.social · Feb 16

Thanks to @jeremydlarson.bsky.social for the assignment and thanks to my mom for eventually allowing me out of the house again :)

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Amy Phillips @amyphillips.bsky.social · Feb 16

Always wanted to write a Sunday Review, but never had time when I actually worked at Pitchfork. A year later, I finally did. This is an LP close to my heart— my teen angst in sonic form. In 1995, I snuck out to a Babes show on a school night and got grounded. Worth it. pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

Babes in Toyland: Fontanelle

Read Amy Phillips’ review of the album.

pitchfork.com

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Amy Phillips @amyphillips.bsky.social · Feb 14

Just a reminder… for no particular reason…

NYC Votes @nycvotes.bsky.social · Jan 29

The deadline to update your political party is coming up.

If you'd like to vote in the primary election, you must be registered with a political party that is holding a primary no later than February 14.

To update, submit a new voter registration form: e-register.vote.nyc

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Amy Phillips @amyphillips.bsky.social · Jan 1

Favorites of the year… just under the wire 🤘

A list of my top 10 favorite albums of 2024

A list of my top 20 favorite songs of 2024

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Amy Phillips @amyphillips.bsky.social · Dec 13

Sufjan also released an album this year that no one remembers… 🤣 www.hearingthings.co/the-most-dep...

The Most Depressing Album of the Year Is John Legend’s Sufjan Stevens-Produced Children’s Album

Consider yourself warned.

www.hearingthings.co

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Amy Phillips @amyphillips.bsky.social · Dec 13

Wrote about an extremely unpleasant listening experience for @hearingthingsco.bsky.social www.hearingthings.co/the-most-dep...

The Most Depressing Album of the Year Is John Legend’s Sufjan Stevens-Produced Children’s Album

Consider yourself warned.

www.hearingthings.co

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Amy Phillips @amyphillips.bsky.social · Nov 24

The song is written for her son, a trans man, for the new trans rights benefit compilation TRANSA from Red Hot. (Full disclosure: my husband Elia is a producer on the album.) Incredible stuff here. transa.world

TRAИƧA

transa.world

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Amy Phillips @amyphillips.bsky.social · Nov 24

This new Sade video is unreal. Music video of the year, hands down. It’s all home movie footage of Sade raising her son, literally from birth. (There is video of her in the maternity ward!) I can’t believe it exists. youtu.be/IFMmnMjFiPk?...

Sade - Young Lion (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by SadeVEVO

youtu.be

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Amy Phillips @amyphillips.bsky.social · Nov 21

Lost to the sands of time, alas!

Amy Phillips @amyphillips.bsky.social · Nov 21

Ok I laughed out loud

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Amy Phillips @amyphillips.bsky.social · Nov 21

To be fair: my singing voice is, in fact, terrible.

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Amy Phillips @amyphillips.bsky.social · Nov 21

After belting throughout a showing of Les Mis in 2012, I found myself in a bathroom stall overhearing 2 women complain about the person next to them ruining the movie with her terrible voice. I come out and discover it’s the people who had been sitting next to me. Not sure who was more embarrassed.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Nov 20

At screenings of "Wicked," some fans have defied theater etiquette by singing along with their favorite characters, much to the chagrin and annoyance of other viewers.

Many have taken to social media to issue a strict edict: Shush.

Singing ‘Wicked’ Fans Are Anything but Popular

Some fans who have attended early screenings of the film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical have treated it as a singalong. Not everyone is thrilled.

www.nytimes.com

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Amy Phillips @amyphillips.bsky.social · Nov 20

I love how much you loved Tori ❤️

Amy Phillips @amyphillips.bsky.social · Nov 20

Also: my stepdad subconsciously inspired my entire music criticism career by declaring Tori Amos “a boring Laura Nyro ripoff” after my mom forced him to chaperone me to the Under the Pink tour in 1994. (No, I did not know who Laura Nyro was then.)

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Amy Phillips @amyphillips.bsky.social · Nov 20

“Does this guy have diarrhea?” — my mom, upon walking into my room while I was listening to Beat Happening, sometime in the mid-1990s

Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · Dec 3

Using this as a start: what are your favorite examples of unconscious/unforced dad-or-mom shade about your musical tastes? Just something said immediately or off the cuff. Spill all your secrets!

They called me mad! Bastard @madbastard-v2.bsky.social · Dec 3

I want to say, when I was a kid, shortly after we got cable, we were watching MTV (obviously back when they actually played music videos) and something by Aerosmith was playing.

My father, walking through the room said, "Is that Mick Jagger? No, wait, not ugly enough. Can't be him."

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Amy Phillips @amyphillips.bsky.social · Nov 14

Maybe! I think of “golden retriever” as more “wife guy” though, which these folks aren’t really. (At least until Noah Kahan gets married and starts writing all his songs about how much he loves his wife.)

Amy Phillips @amyphillips.bsky.social · Oct 30

Made my return to music writing with this goofy lil essay. TY @hearingthingsco.bsky.social

Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · Oct 30

WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH NOAH KAHAN??? a zillion ideas on the Kahan-omenon, Tim Walz, and beta males www.hearingthings.co/noah-kahan-b...

Noah Kahan and Pop’s Beta-Male Backlash Against Trumpism

If Tim Walz is Everyone’s Dad, then Noah Kahan is Everyone’s Hometown Boyfriend. He offers a fantasy for the whole family.

www.hearingthings.co

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Amy Phillips @amyphillips.bsky.social · Oct 15

Congrats to my buds on the launch of their new era— exciting times ahead! 🔥🔥🔥

Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · Oct 15

WE ARE BORN
hearingthings.co

Hearing Things

Independent music journalism. No algorithms. We promise.

hearingthings.co

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Amy Phillips @amyphillips.bsky.social · Mar 19

“I think we had our time, and we were lucky that it was a very long time.” Talked w/ Slate about my P4K years: slate.com/culture/2024...

The Oral History of Pitchfork, From the Careers It Made to the Bands It Killed

The inside story of the magazine everyone loved to hate.

slate.com

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Amy Phillips @amyphillips.bsky.social · Feb 15

Pitchfork getting nominated for a General Excellence ASME this year is the dictionary definition of “bittersweet”…

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Ryan Schreiber @ryanschreiber.bsky.social · Jan 29

Spoke with Amy Phillips (@amyphillips.bsky.social) and Chris Kaskie on WBEZ Reset about Chicago's influence on Pitchfork. Chicago-based music journalists Britt Julious (@britticisms.bsky.social) and Alejandro Hernandez followed to discuss the future of the form.

An end of an era for Pitchfork: What’s next for music journalism?

Pitchfork founder Ryan Schreiber, former president Chris Kaskie and former executive editor Amy Phillips joined WBEZ’s Reset to talk about the legacy of the music website.

www.wbez.org

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Long Lead @longlead.com · Feb 1

Outgoing Pitchfork executive editor @amyphillips.bsky.social shared some of her favorite longform pieces from the music site with @markyarm.bsky.social, and of course she included some of the site's notorious scathing reviews.

Find her fave pieces here: depthperceptionbyll....

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