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Music Criticism Has Degenerated Into Lifestyle Reporting
Uncool
In the new paradigm, artists generate coverage by their clothes, hook-ups, and run-ins with the law. What happened to the music?
Ted Gioia
Published
Mar. 18 2014
5:45AM EDT
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Ted Gioia
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