Does Art Need Critics? Foals, Jessie Ware & Airborne Toxic Event Disagree - Radio.com News -
I wrote this piece for Radio.com over the course of a few months while conducting interviews with these three artists.
Foals really kicked the idea off for me. When I was thinking of what to ask them, back in February, I knew I wanted to talk about their perception of the press and that they’d have something interesting to say.
Then when I had Jessie Ware, I thought she’d take a much more positive view as a beneficiary of good press so I asked her as well.
And finally, Airborne Toxic Event — I was not planning to discuss the topic with them when our interview started, but they had very interesting points of view on the other things we talked about so I threw it out and they raised some good points that helped me get to my larger point.
Where do you stand on art criticism? Is it necessary in a world where consumers can access anything with the touch of a button? Do the artists themselves still need it to help evolve art? Or has the form devolved so badly that we should rip it up and start again?
Did an interview with Kate Nash for Radio.com — we talked about many things and there’s much more to come, but here’s a piece about feminism, how the music industry discriminates against women and media body snarking.
“I’ve had everything you can think of being said about a person, I’ve had it,” Nash said. “I’ve been called too fat, too ugly. I’ve had my spots highlighted and zoomed in on in magazines when I had acne as a teenager touring for the first time. I’ve had death threats on the Internet. I’ve had really mean stuff said about me. It makes you fearless, in a way.”
Read it here. And be fearless.
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Don’t Look Back In Anger: Why The Oasis/Blur Feud Mattered -
With most of my Facebook feed passing around the below photo this weekend, I decided to write about why. 