I was wondering what everybody here thought of Pitchfork Media. They are pretty much considered the gods of the underground/indie music world and their opinion is held in extremely high regard among music listeners between the ages of 15 and 35. They are able to cover bands like Brokencyde but unwilling to cover any bands in the goth/industrial/ebm/whathefuckever genre. The only band they even considered covering was Nine Inch Nails and the review they were given was abysmal. While I see Reznor as a bit of a joke I can’t deny that he is a good producer who has been highly influential to me. Yet Pitchfork Media declared that he was basically just a whiny teenager who needed to shut the fuck up. Maybe this is true but my problem was that they did not actually review his music. They reviewed him for being a gothtard.

Pitchfork Media has no idea who Combichrist is. They see Combichrist as no different from Suicide Commando, Front 242, or even Experiment Haywire. Juvenile crap that is placed in a box of irrelevant teenage angst. Yet have they ever considered reviewing the actual music? According to Pitchfork Media our music isn’t even worth reviewing because we dress in black.

I was wondering if you guys thought that Pitchfork Media was being reasonable in their assessment that all g/i music is a complete joke. I don’t think Front 242 is a complete joke. I don’t even feel that way about Aesthetic Perfection or Android Lust. In fact I think this music is fantastic. Yet if Pitchfork isn’t willing to look beyond the “gothtard image” or give any of us a review based on our actual music what exactly are they doing?

Breeding a new superace of Crystal Castles? What exactly is going on here?

Object : Response to Kinetik Productions Inc / Jean-Francois Fortin Gadoury

It has taken me a while to get back to this due to recent changes in my life which involve a relocation and enrolling back in college.

I would like to express that the statement issued by Jean-Francois Fortin Gadoury about my alleged attacks on the Kinetik Festival are inaccurate. While I do have a personal issue with one of the bands performing I have no issue with the Kinetik Festival as a whole.

Many of my friends attend Kinetik on a yearly basis and several of my friends are performing at the festival itself. Jean-Francois Fortin Gadoury has taken my personal dispute with one of the bands performing and turned it into a dispute with the entire festival. This does not reflect my intention or desire. In no way have I done anything to slander or damage the reputation of this music festival.

After asking my distributors and collaborators to no longer work with me on any level it is clear that Jean-Francois Fortin Gadoury is the one who is interested in damaging my name and company due his alliance with the band I have a personal dispute with. This is a cruel attempt to hurt business for me and nothing more. I wish no ill intent toward the Kinetik Festival and refuse to accept these false allegations against my character.

Rachel Haywire
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