pitchfork is for pitchdorks

It's no secret that we've been bouncing around a Rock Criticism Dictionary for some time. Allegedly, Andy has a pretty sizeable portion of it written and in a secret vault somewhere.

But what happens when math dorks try to dissect the puzzling language of pop music critics?

Pitchformula is what. A database analysis of the reviews on Pitchfork Media, Pitchformula is intended to discover the perfect song, at least when it's pitched to the Pitchforks. Little is particularly startling, but it's funny to see a mathematical proof that the indie rock elite think "yelling" in a song is a bad move.