Seriously, very nicely articulated. You highlight many important truths about the positive influence music blogs, and more particularly, pitchfork have made. Don't forget, too, the few bands whose very success can be tied to pf's support – Clap Your Hands…, the Knife, etc. Vampire Weekend, to a degree, but really i think Other Music trumpeted them first; no matter. What a beautiful thing to see the music back in the hands of the listeners and lovers. Indeed, the previous paradigm was a nightmare: i still remember the awful feeling of having the industry in the hands of these dorks who knew/know so little. It's shocking to me how challenging and experimental some of our leading bands are now – for f's sake – Animal Collective is a festival headliner? Grizzly Bear? Deerhoof? Some messed up stuff being championed by the masses – 15 years ago, this would have seemed absolutely impossible. Power to the people…