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What's Next for Music Criticism?
- f5ve 3y agoThis is an accurate and well-written portrait of Pitchfork bookended by musings on the current state of music criticism as a business.
- commonreader 3y ago“There’s a looming risk of repeating what the writer Alex Balk called his Third Law of The Internet: ‘If you think The Internet is terrible now, just wait a while.’”
- paulpauper 3y agoWhen music is free or asymptotically free due to streaming, are reviews even necessary?
- jjj123 3y agoI love reading reviews, even for albums I’ve already listened to. They provide an additional perspective and often are full of history, influences and other additional information that you won’t get from the album itself.
- noizejoy 3y agoIt’s so interesting, how differently us humans are wired. I’ve always preferred to experience art without additional verbiage - even by the original creator. I have this sentiment for the visual arts as well as for music.
- chasing 3y agoCultural context, interest in artist backstories, discussion of sonic details, etc. The same reason someone reads about anything?
- pmcp 3y agoFor me reviews act as curation. If something is 7+ on one of my favorite review sites, i’m going to listen to it. A very useful service in a time when the music stream is seemingly endless and as you say, almost free.