PAZZ & JOP? /// February 13, 2005 11:29 PM /// dispatch from Chris!
RiYL Records in the Pazz & Jop countdown!? Its true. Critics (yes, two of them!) love us. Boat of Confidence was ranked as (one of) the 856th best album(s) of 2004 by the Village Voice before being officially released!! (Thank you, Daniel King - whoever your are - for your, uh, "vote" of confidence). At this rate, the just-released "Productivity" 7-inch is gonna be #1 on the 2005 Pazz & Jop singles chart. Oh, and The WoWz's Long Grain Rights landed at number 1570, a full 206 places ahead of our friends Automato! (Big "ups" to Jesse Jarnow's wonderful taste!) Isn't this reason enough to BUY LONG GRAIN RIGHTS already?! But for serious... Automato's totally rad self-titled debut did make the Top 40 of Robert Christgau's prestigious Dean's List ahead of the freakin' Arcade Fire and Modest Mouse (not to mention Madvillain, The Streets, The Roots, and The Beastie Boys). That's reason enough to buy it (as if having RiYL's Chris Maher thanked in the liner notes wasn't enough). So treat yourself to some RiYL-related Valentine's Day gifts in honor of Pazz & Jop. Fuck flowers and chocolate. We're the one you love.
