@criticallistening.bsky.social
a podcast about music, technology & culture industry hell from @lizpelly.bsky.social and @peretsky.bsky.social. available wherever you get your podcasts besides the Swedish app. support us at: patreon.com/criticallistening
episode 8 of @criticallistening.bsky.social w/ Amirtha Kidambi of Elder Ones & Neti-Neti — on music in an era of mass dehumanization, using the show space as an organizing space, and a lot more. available now for subscribers & will be out everywhere else next week
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Available now for patrons and available next week wherever you get your podcasts besides the Swedish app. Support critical media at the intersection of music, tech, and culture industry hell by subscribing to our Patreon at patreon.com/criticallistening
20.11.2025 19:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0For Episode 8 we have composer, educator, curator, and activist Amirtha Kidambi stopping by. We discuss the inseparability of politics from pedagogy as teaching artists, the importance of solidarity amongst working artists of all backgrounds and styles, and the need for us to Do-It-Together.
20.11.2025 19:31 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0Support the pod so @lizpelly.bsky.social and I can make more!
05.11.2025 16:07 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Episode 7: October 2025 Headlines is now available wherever you get your podcasts besides the Swedish app! If you want to get more critical media at the intersection of music, tech, and culture industry hell, consider supporting the show by signing up for the Patreon at patreon.com/criticallistening
05.11.2025 16:06 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
EPISODE 7 a new headlines episode of critical listening is live. this time we are unpacking the major label deals w/ gen-ai companies and what they mean for music writ large. also, ek stepping down from his role as ceo at Spotify. hear it now by becoming a subscriber: www.patreon.com/c/CriticalLi...
31.10.2025 21:44 — 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 2
<fundraising telethon voice> new critical listening headlines ep posting imminently for patrons... and we’re only 11 paid subscribers away from 100, can you help us get there? patreon.com/criticallist... your support helps us make more episodes! thanks!
30.10.2025 20:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Critical media in music tech requires your support in order to keep the lights on, many thanks to all that have signed up for the Patreon so far! Join us at Patreon.com/criticallistening where you’ll get a bonus episode from this interview and much more.
20.10.2025 14:11 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Episode 6: WHY SOUND MATTERS w/ Damon Krukowski @dadadrummer.bsky.social is now available on all platforms besides the Swedish one. We are done calling GenAI music slop, from here on out we’re calling it BIOHAZARDOUS SONIC WASTE PRODUCT. ☣️ 🔊 ☣️ 🔊 ☣️ 🔊 ☣️ 🔊
20.10.2025 14:09 — 👍 10 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1
My book Why Sound Matters is out this week! @lizpelly.bsky.social & @peretsky.bsky.social invited me to talk about it on their excellent podcast @criticallistening.bsky.social, available now wherever you get your podcasts, with one exception (you guessed it!) dadadrummer.substack.com/p/critical-l...
20.10.2025 13:39 — 👍 23 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 2Now available wherever you get your pods minus the Swedish app. Sign up for bonus content on the Patreon at Patreon.com/criticallistening
20.10.2025 12:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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There it is yall, the inevitable conclusion of Perfect Fit Content and Leanback Listening. The platform no longer requires you musician peasant. An in-house slop factory for every medical office waiting room and yoga studio catered to your every passive need.
New ep out today for patrons, sign up and support critical media at the intersection of sound and tech!
14.10.2025 15:29 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Liz and Max are my ideal interlocutors - delighted with how this conversation turned out! Also, they are so skilled at choosing bumper music that I even enjoyed the Galaxie bits @lizpelly.bsky.social @peretsky.bsky.social cc @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social @hillnadell.bsky.social
14.10.2025 14:31 — 👍 10 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
EPISODE 6: WHY SOUND MATTERS w/ DAMON KRUKOWSKI On the occasion of @dadadrummer.bsky.social‘s new book, we spoke about sound as material, music as labor, AI slop as a waste product of music’s financialization & much more. Hear it now by becoming a subscriber:
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episodes 1-5 of @criticallistening.bsky.social, the podcast i co-host with @peretsky.bsky.social, are avail everywhere but spotify. we’re starting work on eps 6-10 this week. if you would like to support this work pls subscribe here! www.patreon.com/criticallist... tysm
22.09.2025 16:40 — 👍 19 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0EPISODE 5: AUG 2025 HEADLINES Max & Liz return for another installment of their series diving into some intriguing headlines from across the music, tech and business hellscape. Never fear, we’ve got a bloomscroll in there too. Check it out and support the show at patreon.com/criticallistening
03.09.2025 14:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1Episode 4 is now available for the public wherever you get your podcasts (besides the swedish app). If you're enjoying the show please support it by signing up at patreon.com/criticallistening
27.08.2025 19:21 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Episode 4: QUITTING STREAMING w/ Andy Cush is now live for patrons and available on all platforms besides the Swedish app next week!
Andy is a writer, musician, and co-founder of the worker owned music publication @hearingthingsco.bsky.social
Support the show at Patreon.com/criticallistening
Episode 3: July 2025 Headlines is now available on all podcast platforms besides the Swedish app. If you’d like early access to future episodes where we discuss everything related to music tech culture hell, please consider subscribing for $5 a month a patreon.com/criticallistening.
31.07.2025 12:47 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Really grateful for this project rn “the first installment of what we’re calling “Headlines,” diving into a few stories from across the music and tech biz press this month.” 🔥
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Episode 3: July 2025 Headlines | Patreon
Episode 3 of your favorite podcast ever by @lizpelly.bsky.social and myself is now live for Patreon subscribers at patreon.com/criticallistening and will be available on public platforms (minus the Swedish one) at the end of the month.
26.07.2025 16:49 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Why are so many artists struggling in a booming music industry? New for @moreperfectunion.bsky.social
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We’re back with the first installment of what we’re calling Headlines, diving into a few stories from across the music and tech biz press this month. For July, there were some headlines that just seemed impossible to ignore. Listen to the episode in full at patreon.com/criticallistening
26.07.2025 16:48 — 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1Ep 2 of @criticallistening.bsky.social on @umaw.bsky.social is a really interesting deepdive on union organising and political education for musicians in the US.
@lizpelly.bsky.social: Re the grassroots scene, would love to hear you dive into the UK’s @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social
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Great talk with @umaw.bsky.social organizers @joeyquits.bsky.social and Spencer from @theophelias.bsky.social
17.06.2025 21:35 — 👍 16 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0Episode 2 of the Critical Listening podcast is now on all public platforms besides you know who. Support the show as we grow it out at patreon.com/criticallistening
17.06.2025 17:40 — 👍 13 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0Episode 2 is now available wherever you get your podcasts (besides the Swedish app). Many thanks to Joey La Neve Defranceso and Spencer Peppet for providing such a great overview of the @umaw.bsky.social organization for our listeners. Catch you on the flip side!
17.06.2025 17:40 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 3Listen up!
13.06.2025 12:55 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0www.patreon.com/posts/131331...
Episode 2 of Critical Listening is now live for patrons and will be available on public platforms next week. In this episode, we’re talking all things @umaw.bsky.social with Steering Committee members Joey La Neve DeFrancesco and Spencer Peppet
