Yesterday at Primavera Sound Music festival in Barcelona, I spoke on a panel entitled Music Criticism: Resurrection Man or the Walking Dead? The panel was moderated by the Guardian's Luke Bainbridge, and the other speakers were Pitchfork's Lindsay Zoladz Laura Snapes from NME, and Fernando Neira from Spanish newspaper El País. We discussed clickbaiting, the pressure to chase traffic, and how the role of the music journalist has changed due to universal access to music and a digital soapbox. If ...
Primavera Sound 2014: Music Criticism, Riding a Dead Horse Back to Life
The Huffington Post - 30 May 2014 21:32
Yesterday at Primavera Sound Music festival in Barcelona, I spoke on a panel entitled Music Criticism: Resurrection Man or the Walking Dead? The panel was moderated by the Guardian's Luke Bainbridge, and the other speakers were Pitchfork's Lindsay Zoladz Laura Snapes from NME, and Fernando Neira from Spanish newspaper El País. We discussed clickbaiting, the pressure to chase traffic, and how the role of the music journalist has changed due to universal access to music and a digital soapbox. If ...
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