Criticism

Writing about culture that asks the harder question. On music, fiction, taste, and the systems that shape what we pay attention to.

All criticism

Against the algorithmic ear

Streaming didn't just change how we listen to music. It changed how music listens to us.

By Olumide Bakare

The novel is not dead, it's just resting

On the persistent obituary of long-form fiction.

What we talk about when we talk about taste

The politics of curation in an age of infinite choice.

By Jun Watanabe