miss u, Dharma InitiativeYesterday, Pitchfork-affiliated blog Altered Zones–a sort of clearinghouse for chillwave, witchouse, and other marginal lo-fi or experimental genres–announced it would be shutting down this week after about a year and a half long run. “Altered What?” you ask. Exactly. Altered Zones started as a sort of aggregator of several extant music blogs, such as the excellent Brighton outpost 20 Jazz Funk Greats, cross-posting selected content from their sites as well as original material from their writers. The site was supported by Pitchfork (full disclosure: I contribute to Pitchfork) and/but tasked itself with covering music and artists generally not quite ready for P4K primetime. Or at least not yet ready, as it could also functioned as an early-warning system for out-world artists like Daniel Lopatin, John Maus, or James Ferraro. It was the hand silk-screened cassette to Pitchfork’s 180-gram vinyl.But who the hell has a tape player anymore?In a farewell note, the site’s editors kindly thank their readers, their sponsors at Pitchfork, and all their contributors, and note that ending their run from July 2010 to now–“the idea of it remaining as a sort of time capsule of this particular era of music”–feels right. More hilarious sub-genres will come and go of course, but basically, guys, the chillwave era is over (frowny-face). But the chillwave era can’t end with a proper fucking letter–it demands a flurry of jokes on Twitter. Thankfully, Altered Zones obliged:and of course: