1/3/2023 0 Comments Where are you now song![]() ![]() Patel: I would say that the role of the music critic is, on its surface, to tell people what is good and interesting and what is bad and unappealing and not worth your time. So, you know, I’ll give you some time to think it over. Ryssdal: If somebody asked me, I probably couldn’t answer. How music has maybe changed in the past 25 years. And I want you to frame it in terms of, you know, how we listen to music today. Kai Ryssdal: So I want to pick up on something you wrote, I think it was for the 25th anniversary edition or posting or what have you, about the role of a music critic. The following is an edited transcript of their conversation. “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal spoke with Patel about the role of the music critic and how the industry has changed since the start of the pandemic. Along the way, Pitchfork has gone back and re-scored albums it had reviewed, bumping up Prince’s “Musicology,” for instance, and downgrading Grimes’ “Miss Anthropocene.” In a letter Patel wrote about the project, she noted that the publication has reviewed “more than 28,000 albums since their launch and published tens of thousands of news and features.” But with 25 years comes lots of change. Pitchfork is celebrating its 25th anniversary and has a produced a retrospective of its own history. Back in 2019, The New York Times said Pitchfork “has the power to propel a below-the-radar artist into the mainstream, while a negative can sink a well-known performer’s latest effort.” The platform has made a name for itself in criticism. Puja Patel is the editor in chief of Pitchfork, an online music magazine that writes about artists and reviews albums. ![]()
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