posted January 18, 2018 #
Stumbled into these two articles recently and found them interesting enough to share. The first, a piece on the overwhelming nature of music consumption, likely needs conversation and debate to get to the heart of but is certainly a worthwhile read. The second is simply a run down of the Grunge era rush for bands and how some legitimately great bands were sucked up into the machine.
- Too Much Music: A Failed Experiment In Dedicated Listening- James Toth runs through his relationship with music and music acquisition (borderline hoarding) and his self-inflicted experiment to listen to only one album a week during 2017. Spoiler alert, he fails. Sort of. The revelations that come with the undertaking are certainly more positive than bad.
- The Grunge Gold Rush - if you've ever wondered how Nirvana spawned a million soundalikes and consumed great bands like Jawbox into their promotion machine, this is for you.
