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Sharp takes on music technology and culture industry hell from journalist Liz Pelly and musician/educator Max Alper. On each episode, Liz and Max take on the contemporary music and culture industries, with deep dives into the hellscape of contemporary music biz headlines and long form interviews with fellow writers, musicians and more. Support the show, get early access to episodes and exclusive content at patreon.com/criticallistening
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What is Critical Listening about?
Sharp takes on music technology and culture industry hell from journalist Liz Pelly and musician/educator Max Alper. On each episode, Liz and Max take on the contemporary music and culture industries, with deep dives into the hellscape of contemporary music biz headlines and long form interviews with fellow writers, musicians and more.
What has Critical Listening covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Episode 27: We Read the Spotify Earnings Call Transcript So You Don't Have To (October 2026 Headlines) (PATREON PREVIEW)" (30 October 2026, 3 minutes), "Episode 26: Live From Warsawza" (16 October 2026, 90 minutes), and "Episode 25: September 2026 Headlines (PATREON PREVIEW)" (30 September 2026, 6 minutes).
How often does Critical Listening publish?
Critical Listening publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 32 minutes across 20 episodes.
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Episode #26
Episode 26: Live From Warsawza
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Episode #24
Episode 24: Sweeping Promises
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- Aug 31, 20265 minS0
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- Aug 31, 20265 min
As usual, this Headlines episode is for paid subscribers only. Head to Patreon.com/criticallistening to access all of our monthly Headlines episodes, as well as our Discord community, and occasional bonus segments...
Episode #22
Episode 22: L'Rain
Aug 14, 202654 minS0<p>For Episode 22, we spoke with songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and curator Taja Cheek, on the brink of her group L’Rain’s fourth record, fata morgana, out today on Mexican Summer. Taja is a lifelong New...
Episode #22
Episode 22: L'Rain
Aug 14, 202654 minFor Episode 22, we spoke with songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and curator Taja Cheek, on the brink of her group L’Rain’s fourth record, fata morgana, out today on Mexican Summer. Taja is a lifelong New...
- Jul 31, 20263 minS0
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- Jul 31, 20263 min
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- Jul 24, 20261h 1mS0
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- Jul 24, 20261h 1m
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- Jun 29, 20264 minS0
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- Jun 29, 20264 min
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- Jun 1, 20265 minS0
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Episode #17
Episode 17: Maine Music Alliance
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Episode #15
Episode 15: Wendy Eisenberg
Apr 17, 20261h 44mS0<p>For today's episode of Critical Listening we are joined by guitarist, songwriter and improviser Wendy Eisenberg to launch a new segment, "Listening Habits." Wendy joined us a few weeks before the release of their new...
- Apr 7, 202642 minS0
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- Apr 1, 20263 minS0
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