Pitchfork weighs in on the greatest songs

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
Best known for its highly influential album reviews, Pitchfork Media operates a mini-media empire that includes an online TV channel, an outdoor festival and a skipper's knowledge of indie-rock trade winds. Today, editor-in-chief Scott Plagenhoef and founder Ryan Schreiber join us to explain how they compiled a book called "The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present."

Soundcheck blog: Naming the 500 best songs of the last 30 years

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