Amy Phillips
@amyphillips.bsky.social
Former Pitchfork Executive Editor. Mom. No Fun.
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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
February 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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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
February 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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...
Just a reminder… for no particular reason…
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
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
February 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Just a reminder… for no particular reason…
Favorites of the year… just under the wire 🤘
January 1, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Favorites of the year… just under the wire 🤘
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
December 13, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Wrote about an extremely unpleasant listening experience for @hearingthingsco.bsky.social www.hearingthings.co/the-most-dep...
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
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November 24, 2024 at 2:49 AM
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?...
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.
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.
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
November 21, 2024 at 1:58 AM
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.
“Does this guy have diarrhea?” — my mom, upon walking into my room while I was listening to Beat Happening, sometime in the mid-1990s
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!
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."
My father, walking through the room said, "Is that Mick Jagger? No, wait, not ugly enough. Can't be him."
November 20, 2024 at 1:43 AM
“Does this guy have diarrhea?” — my mom, upon walking into my room while I was listening to Beat Happening, sometime in the mid-1990s
Made my return to music writing with this goofy lil essay. TY @hearingthingsco.bsky.social
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
October 30, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Made my return to music writing with this goofy lil essay. TY @hearingthingsco.bsky.social
Congrats to my buds on the launch of their new era— exciting times ahead! 🔥🔥🔥
October 15, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Congrats to my buds on the launch of their new era— exciting times ahead! 🔥🔥🔥
“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
March 19, 2024 at 7:40 PM
“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...
Pitchfork getting nominated for a General Excellence ASME this year is the dictionary definition of “bittersweet”…
February 15, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Pitchfork getting nominated for a General Excellence ASME this year is the dictionary definition of “bittersweet”…
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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
January 29, 2024 at 9:18 PM
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.
Reposted by Amy Phillips
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....
Find her fave pieces here: depthperceptionbyll....
February 1, 2024 at 7:25 PM
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....
Find her fave pieces here: depthperceptionbyll....
P4k best songs list is here. I wrote about Chappell Roan. Check it out. pitchfork.com/features/lis...
The 100 Best Songs of 2023
Featuring Ice Spice, Olivia Rodrigo, Lana Del Rey, Troye Sivan, Amaarae, NewJeans, and more
pitchfork.com
December 4, 2023 at 2:43 PM
P4k best songs list is here. I wrote about Chappell Roan. Check it out. pitchfork.com/features/lis...
Talkin’ Taylor on the P4K pod: pitchfork.com/features/pod...
The Good, the Bad, and the Swiftie of Taylor’s Eras Tour Concert Film
In this episode of The Pitchfork Review podcast, our critics wade through the ups and downs of the pop superstar’s new record-breaking live movie.
pitchfork.com
October 27, 2023 at 1:11 AM
Talkin’ Taylor on the P4K pod: pitchfork.com/features/pod...
Essential reading from @althea.bsky.social. So glad this exists: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Breaking Through Rock Journalism’s Boys’ Club
Five music critics look back at a problematic past, and forward to a future they’re helping create
www.rollingstone.com
October 24, 2023 at 3:02 AM
Essential reading from @althea.bsky.social. So glad this exists: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Wrote about the Eras tour movie: pitchfork.com/thepitch/rev...
Review: The Secondhand Thrills of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Concert Movie
Taking in the nearly-three-hour spectacle alongside gaggles of Swifties posing for selfies with their branded popcorn buckets.
pitchfork.com
October 16, 2023 at 10:35 PM
Wrote about the Eras tour movie: pitchfork.com/thepitch/rev...
Talked with Olivia Rodrigo about mustaches, bacon, rom coms, and other important matters: youtu.be/_141XDG8TNs?...
Olivia Rodrigo Rates Heartbreak, High Heels, and Going To Therapy | Over/Under | Pitchfork
Olivia Rodrigo rates the depths of heartbreak, the power of high heels, being a teenager and more on this edition of Over/Under.Director: Margeaux LabatDirec...
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October 4, 2023 at 12:38 AM
Talked with Olivia Rodrigo about mustaches, bacon, rom coms, and other important matters: youtu.be/_141XDG8TNs?...
Mom out here texting me Billie Eilish lyrics or something
September 12, 2023 at 6:11 PM
Mom out here texting me Billie Eilish lyrics or something
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EXCLUSIVE from me and my colleague Cheyenne Roundtree: Two dozen sources tell Rolling Stone Jonathan Majors has a pattern of "extreme abuse" that goes back nearly a decade https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/jonathan-majors-abuse-allegations-yale-1234781136/
Jonathan Majors’ ‘Extreme Abuse’ Allegedly Goes Back Nearly a Decade
Jonathan Majors was abusive with his partners and a source of “toxicity” at Yale, say 22 sources. Majors “categorically denies” all accusations
www.rollingstone.com
June 30, 2023 at 4:21 AM
EXCLUSIVE from me and my colleague Cheyenne Roundtree: Two dozen sources tell Rolling Stone Jonathan Majors has a pattern of "extreme abuse" that goes back nearly a decade https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/jonathan-majors-abuse-allegations-yale-1234781136/
U thought I was feelin u?
June 23, 2023 at 11:26 PM
U thought I was feelin u?
This bonkers flyer for “digital pet portraits” hanging in my apartment building’s mailroom has brought me much laughter… thought I would share the joy
June 19, 2023 at 1:38 AM
This bonkers flyer for “digital pet portraits” hanging in my apartment building’s mailroom has brought me much laughter… thought I would share the joy
