How good am I at listening to music?

Pitchfork just published The 100 Best Indie Rock Albums of All Time (archive). As we know, Pitchfork is the premier expert on what music is worth listening to. Since I’ve been keeping a weekly playlist since 2023, I wanted to know how many of those 100 albums have made it onto one of my playlists at least once. I checked all 152 weeks (2,261 tracks) against the list, matching on artist and album. 19 out of 100. # Album Track(s) Week(s) 1 Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain “F*****g Righteous”, “Gold Soundz” 2024 week 33, 2024 week 36 5 Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea “King of Carrot Flowers, Pts. 2 & 3” 2026 week 37 6 Silver Jews – American Water “Random Rules”, “The Wild Kindness” 2024 week 5, 2024 week 25 13 Cat Power – Moon Pix “Metal Heart” 2025 week 4 14 Guided by Voices – Bee Thousand “I Am a Scientist” 2025 week 4 15 Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot “Jesus, Etc.” 2025 week 39 16 Minutemen – Double Nickels on the Dime “#1 Hit Song”, “Two Beads at the End” 2023…

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