The uppity music review website Pitchfork will release its first book since its online snobbery began in 1995. It will be a paperback guide of the 500 best songs released since 1977, carefully selected by editor in chief Scott Plagenhoef and publisher/founder Ryan Schreiber. Rather than compose a listicle "best of" book on albums or artists, Plagenhoef said they chose songs because, "Listeners are increasingly engaging with songs outside of their parent albums, and some of the most influential and exciting music of the past three decades was released on 7” and 12” records or EPs rather than on LPs—not just in stereotypical ‘singles’ genres such as pop, hip-hop, dance, and dancehall, but in punk and indie as well." Also, it make the task of attaching phrases like "audacious Escobar floss raps" and "a letter of intent from a band that's squatted on the fence, tentative to commit to one particular genre until now" to music reviews much more challenging. [NYO]