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@lizpelly.bsky.social
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writer in nyc, author of Mood Machine co-host of
@criticallistening.bsky.social
lizpelly.info/book
i don’t ever wear headphones while walking around my neighborhood but I’m going to make an exception for listening to Mr. Cardamom on the way to the polls
4 days ago
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tomorrow is your last day to knock some doors for zohran. i highly recommend signing up for an election day canvassing shift if you can, and especially if you have never done it before !
Zohranfornyc.com/gotv
5 days ago
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people using ai to automate follow up emails to their requests for free labor need to be stopped
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new episode of my podcast w/
@peretsky.bsky.social
published today. linked below. discussing some v spooky subject matter.
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8 days ago
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Critical Listening
8 days ago
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...
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a podcast about music, technology & culture industry hell
https://www.patreon.com/c/CriticalListening
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New Yorkers of bluesky: tomorrrow/Weds night i am doing an audiofemme festival panel in Brooklyn that should be v interesting. Topic is “authenticity in the age of algorithms”(complicated) w/ Taja cheek (of L’Rain), Hannah Pruz (Gunk), Jill Mapes (hearing things) & Cherie Hu. 7pm sharp at sleepwalk
11 days ago
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Fern G
14 days ago
@lizpelly.bsky.social
and Siri Undlin discuss “Mood Machine” during
#ChippewaValleyBookFestival
in
#EauClaire
today. Check out Liz’s book and her podcast, Critical Listening.
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Prisonculture
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I have a few minutes before my first meeting of the day so let's do a mini NYC public libraries teach in. There are three NYC Public Library Systems 1. NYPL -
www.nypl.org
2. Queens Public Library -
queenslibrary.org
3. Brooklyn Public Library -
www.bklynlibrary.org
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The New York Public Library
The New York Public Library (NYPL) has been an essential provider of free books, information, ideas, and education for all New Yorkers for more than 100 years.
https://www.nypl.org/
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guess i have to go to forest hills stadium for the first time (??)
17 days ago
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kinda feel like the role of criticism is to provide a point of view other than popular crowd consensus which is what we get literally everywhere else
17 days ago
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Damon K
19 days ago
Hey if you join
@criticallistening.bsky.social
patreon you can hear me dishing about non-profit attitudes toward labor in Cambridge/Boston… And even if you don’t, you can now hear a convo btwn me
@lizpelly.bsky.social
and
@peretsky.bsky.social
about Why Sound Matters
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-rd88j-...
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Episode 6: Why Sound Matters w/ Damon Krukowski
We're back from a month of touring and we missed you! We are thrilled to have musician and author Damon Krukowski on the show to discuss his upcoming book "Why Sound Matters", available everywhere on ...
https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-rd88j-1999f5d
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19 days ago
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...
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Critical Listening
A conversation with Liz Pelly and Max Alper about Why Sound Matters
https://dadadrummer.substack.com/p/critical-listening
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25 days ago
Liz 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
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Critical Listening
25 days ago
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:
www.patreon.com/c/CriticalLi...
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Get more from Critical Listening on Patreon
a podcast about music, technology & culture industry hell
https://www.patreon.com/c/CriticalListening
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some stuff coming up this week thurs oct 16 - durham NC - book talk at duke university 6:30pm sat oct 18 - nashville TN - in convo with ben Ratliff at southern festival of books 9am mon oct 20 - berkeley, ca - in convo with Jenny Toomey at uc Berkeley on creative labor in the streaming era 4:45pm
25 days ago
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UC Berkeley School of Information
28 days ago
Join Jenny Toomey,
@lizpelly.bsky.social
& Peter DiCola for
#TechPolicyWeek
! 🎶🤖 How can artists keep agency & fair pay in a streaming-dominated world? Oct 20 | 4:15–6pm | 2400 Ridge Rd, 3rd Floor Board Room
@BerkeleyISchool.bsky.social
@GoldmanSchool.bsky.social
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A Research Agenda for Creative Labor in the Digital Age
Oct 20, 2025, 4:45 pm - In an industry dominated by digital technologies and streaming, how can musicians and other artists retain agency and fair compensation?
https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/events/2025/research-agenda-creative-labor-digital-age
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i think tracks made fully using gen AI should be clearly labeled in ways that actually serve the avg user - giving labels/distributors the ability to opt-in to submit metadata disclosing use of AI to be added to credits is a start but still far away from what’s needed
musically.com/2025/09/25/s...
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Spotify reveals its latest measures to handle AI music, spam and deepfakes
What are streaming services going to do about the explosion of fully AI-generated music being uploaded to their platforms?
https://musically.com/2025/09/25/spotify-reveals-its-latest-measures-to-handle-ai-music/
about 1 month ago
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Joey La Neve DeFrancesco
about 2 months ago
Excited to announce that
@lizpelly.bsky.social
will be reading from her book 'Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist' at UMAW's free show in D.C. this coming Monday Sept 29. RVSP now for your spot it's filling up fast:
actionnetwork.org/events/julia...
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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...
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Get more from Critical Listening on Patreon
a podcast about music, technology & culture industry hell
https://www.patreon.com/criticallistening
about 2 months ago
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Damon K
about 2 months ago
The book exists. First copy hand delivered by my editor at Yale, who was on his way to see Pulp in Boston! Thank you super blurb crew Jarvis Julia Heba Jeff Stephin
@lizpelly.bsky.social
&
@simonreynolds.bsky.social
PREORDER LINK:
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
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Hell Gate *subscribe today!*
3 months ago
Our own
@adlan.bsky.social
will be moderating a panel on DIY music and print media in the digital age between GUNK, Secret Riso Club, and
@lizpelly.bsky.social
. Tomorrow evening! Come on through!
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i love this beautiful song. talking is freee
lilykngsbrg.bandcamp.com/track/talk-t...
3 months ago
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off to NZ & AUS soon for book events. here's all of them! if you know anyone there let them know? aug 26- auckland @ whammy bar aug 28- melbourne @ wheeler centre aug 29- sydney @ soft centre festival aug 31- brisbane @ ima sept 1- perth @ 459 bar rosemount hotel sept 2- perth @ blue room theatre
3 months ago
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NPR
3 months ago
Unlike other tech giants, many music-streaming services like Spotify are not currently taking steps to label AI-generated content. But experts say more transparency is key.
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AI-generated music is here to stay. Will streaming services like Spotify label it?
Unlike other tech giants, many music-streaming services like Spotify are not currently taking steps to label AI-generated content. But experts say more transparency is key.
https://n.pr/4foJJzW
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been saying this a lot in interviews lately, but i really think convincing ppl to offload putting any thought into what they want to listen to via chatbot-style prompts is as corrosive to culture as the existence of the velvet sundown or whatever (from spotify blog post)
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very excited to be participating in a bunch of book festivals this fall including the Chippewa Valley Book Festival in Eau Claire oct 25!
volumeone.org/articles/202...
3 months ago
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not very good at keeping this updated this year but trying
www.buymusic.club/list/liz_pel...
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liz_pelly - listening in 2025
A website for curating and sharing lists of independent music downloads available on Bandcamp.
https://www.buymusic.club/list/liz_pelly-2025
3 months ago
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Michael Terren
3 months ago
Perth folks, chatting with
@lizpelly.bsky.social
on 2 September :)
events.humanitix.com/mood-machine...
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YES !!! new ava luna
avaluna.bandcamp.com/track/frame-...
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Frame of Us, by Ava Luna
from the album Ava Luna
https://avaluna.bandcamp.com/track/frame-of-us
3 months ago
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Topshelf Records
3 months ago
We're raising funds for The Sameer Project, a donations based aid initiative run by Palestinians in the diaspora currently focused on the distribution of food, water, and tents in South Gaza as the Israeli blockade continues. Visit
topshelfrecords.com/gaza
to double your donation and learn more.
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Damon K
3 months ago
“Why Sound Matters convincingly argues that issues of music and creative labor today are rooted in a general misunderstanding of the value of sound—a vital contribution to the conversation on where music and audio culture goes from here.” —
@lizpelly.bsky.social
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
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Why Sound Matters
A poignant consideration of the material aspect of sound and how it fundamentally shapes our experience of the world, both in its presence and absence Fro...
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300272246/why-sound-matters/
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congrats friends at
@thebaffler.com
. everyone working anywhere should have a union.
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3 months ago
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Daniel Bachman
4 months ago
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.” 🔥
@criticallistening.bsky.social
Episode 3: July 2025 Headlines | Patreon
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Episode 3: July 2025 Headlines | Critical Listening
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-3-july-135012337
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Bluesky posters of Brisbane, Australia: i'll be in town on August 31, 2pm at the IMA in conversation with Nicholas Carah!
www.ima.org.au/ima-events/i...
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Mood Machine: Liz Pelly and Nicholas Carah | Institute of Modern Art
Mood Machine (2025): An unsparing investigation by Liz Pelly into Spotify’s origins and influence on music, weaving unprecedented reporting with incisive cultural criticism, illuminating how streaming is…
https://www.ima.org.au/ima-events/in-conversation-liz-pelly/
3 months ago
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Critical Listening
4 months ago
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
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when i press play on a new record and my gut reaction is "this is so bad" and three minutes later i'm thinking "this is amazing" that's the true sign
3 months ago
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Why are so many artists struggling in a booming music industry? New for
@moreperfectunion.bsky.social
youtu.be/I8zBkQFDpsg?...
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Why Spotify’s CEO Is Worth Billions While Musicians Make Pennies
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
https://youtu.be/I8zBkQFDpsg?si=IZC-Xo2Txmx3t7D8
4 months ago
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Peretsky
4 months ago
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.
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Damon K
4 months ago
Excellent new video from
@moreperfectunion.bsky.social
and
@lizpelly.bsky.social
youtu.be/I8zBkQFDpsg
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Why Spotify’s CEO Is Worth Billions While Musicians Make Pennies
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
https://youtu.be/I8zBkQFDpsg
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Why are so many artists struggling in a booming music industry? New for
@moreperfectunion.bsky.social
youtu.be/I8zBkQFDpsg?...
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Why Spotify’s CEO Is Worth Billions While Musicians Make Pennies
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
https://youtu.be/I8zBkQFDpsg?si=IZC-Xo2Txmx3t7D8
4 months ago
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😎
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4 months ago
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attn bluesky posters of auckland, new zealand
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4 months ago
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july 29 the NYC local of AFM is hosting this virtual conversation on musicians & generative AI, and inviting all independent musicians; union membership not required
local802afm.org/july29
www.instagram.com/p/DMN--N0OoG...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
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Shannon Mattern
4 months ago
At Creative Time for a talk btw Kamala Sankaram and
@lizpelly.bsky.social
re: Liz’s ✨ book, Mood Machine, on Spotify + algorithmic listening. As we consider algorithmic vibey micro-genres, I’m thinking abt Other Music, which once existed *a block* from here + thrived on esoteric niche genres :)
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writing emails teaching other music journalists how to spot gen-ai music just 2025 things
4 months ago
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beware i have told my twin sister that the next time she gets a request for an interview about her spotify book she should just say yes and do the interview
4 months ago
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i have two mood machine-related events in nyc next week that i am really looking forward to! tues july 15 @ prime produce co-op w/
@artcoop.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/art-worlds...
weds july 16 @ creative time for w/
@kamalasankaram.bsky.social
hq.creativetime.org/calendar/opp...
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(Art) Worlds We Want: Book Reading "Mood Machine" With Liz Pelly
How do we build the (art) worlds we want? Join Liz Pelly, the author of "Mood Machine" and Nati Linares of Art.coop for a reading and convo!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-worlds-we-want-book-reading-mood-machine-with-liz-pelly-tickets-1435514796399
4 months ago
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naaaaaaati
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Please join me a week from today in NYC at Prime Produce Cooperative for a book reading of “Mood Machine” by
@lizpelly.bsky.social
and community discussion of how we built the (art) worlds we want in the shell of this dystopic moment for culture workers! RSVP:
www.eventbrite.com/e/art-worlds...
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