preTENtious: the best new music, ten years later

Trevor Ikrath and Dillon Flynn
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preTENtious: the best new music, ten years later

What were you doing a decade ago? Look back with hosts Trevor Ikrath and Dillon Flynn on the albums named Best New Music by Pitchfork ten years ago. Have they grown into classics, or did you kind of have to be there?

Episodes

  1. 02/11/2021

    James Blake - James Blake - February 4, 2011

    On this day 10 years ago, James Blake rode a hype rocket to the moon with the release of his eponymous debut LP. What made his ascent so irresistable to tastemakers? Have we outgrown mumbly caucasian hipster soul music? And is "sad boy" a racial epithet? Dillon and Trevor set out to answer all these questions and more on the seventh episode of preTENtious.

    1h 24m

  2. 01/25/2021

    Kaputt - Destroyer - January 25, 2011

    On this day 10 years ago, Destroyer shifted gears and broke through on their ninth album, *Kaputt*. What does its vision of bohemian America mean to us today? Do its soft rock influences still feel risky or bold? And does Dan Bejar know that if he signed up for TikTok and posted his haircare regimen he could get a billion likes? Dillon and Trevor set out to answer all these questions and more on the sixth episode of preTENtious.

    1h 4m

  3. 12/29/2020

    The Top 50 Albums of 2010

    In the final hours of December, Dillon and Trevor gather to warmly recall and bid a fond farewell to a splended, special year -- why are you guys looking at me like that? I'm talking about 2010, did you forget our format or something? They'll recap listener picks and share their own lists before digging into the Pitchfork top 50.

    43 min

  4. 11/16/2020

    My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West - November 22, 2010

    On this day 10 years ago, Kanye West released his groundbreaking fifth album, *My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy*, to universal critical ovation. Were we all hype-drunk, or was it really that good? Can a record's masterpiece status be revoked if its creator acts like a big enough douche? And who taught you how to put some motherfucking Jimmy Choos on? Dillon and Trevor set out to answer all these questions and more on the fourth episode of preTENtious.

    1h 34m

  5. 10/12/2020

    The Age of Adz - Sufjan Stevens - October 12, 2010

    On this day 10 years ago, Sufjan Stevens released *The Age of Adz*, the widely anticipated follow-up to his seminal 2005 work, *Illinois*. Was such a radical gearshift the right move to make in the shadow of a masterpiece? How did this album reshape the way people think about Sufjan Stevens? Do I have time to make a quick dash to the 7/11 and pick up a taquito and a Sprite before Impossible Soul finishes? Dillon and Trevor set out to answer all these questions and more on the third episode of preTENtious.

    1h 26m

  6. 09/28/2020

    Halcyon Digest - Deerhunter - September 28, 2010

    On this day 10 years ago, Deerhunter released *Halcyon Digest*, an album seen at the time as a "modest" step forward but has come to represent the band's high water mark. But what does Deerhunter mean to us today? Has the album's themes of nostalgia and isolation stood the test of time? And is playing bass for Bradford Cox the most dangerous job in America? Dillon and Trevor set out to answer all these questions and more on the second episode of preTENtious.

    1h 13m

  7. 08/02/2020

    The Suburbs - Arcade Fire - August 2, 2010

    On this day 10 years ago, Arcade Fire released *The Suburbs*, an album that transformed them from blog rock champs into platinum-selling, Grammy-winning A-listers. But how did they get there? And where did they wind up? And is Win Butler the Bono of Montreal? Dillon and Trevor set out to answer all these questions and more on the inaugural episode of preTENtious.

    1h 12m
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What were you doing a decade ago? Look back with hosts Trevor Ikrath and Dillon Flynn on the albums named Best New Music by Pitchfork ten years ago. Have they grown into classics, or did you kind of have to be there?

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