Music critics and writers have a beautiful struggle. We recognize our various roles as movement promoters, critical recognition and--of those most influential among us--tastemakers. We also are journalists, creative writers and perhaps the most challenging of music fans. Though we might have side hustles as biographers or liner note writers, when writing criticism, we are typically not strictly some PR machine for artists. We are critics and craftsman. We still have to contend with the agony and…
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Posted on March 1, 2008 at 8:23am —