Hello, it’s us. Been awhile hasn’t it? We weren’t joking when we said “irregular.” We’ll be better, we promise. So what’s been up at the hot corner of music and capital(ism) in the first month of the new year? Oh just some casual royalty payout changes at Spotify, boardroom shakedowns at Hipgnosis and some, weird and disheartening structural changes and layoffs at Pitchfork — THE defining music publication of the Millennial generation.
Thanks for the summary team. The Pitchfork thing was definitely a surprise though it seems music criticism has been struggling for some time. So much new music released these days and so many musical sub-cultures. How does one publication cover that?
Thanks for the summary team. The Pitchfork thing was definitely a surprise though it seems music criticism has been struggling for some time. So much new music released these days and so many musical sub-cultures. How does one publication cover that?