Poptimist #4

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

NOW 100% MORE META: my column for Pitchfork this month, spinning out of a Poptimists post last week.

Comments

[koganbot]

Actually, in the U.S. the main gatekeeper has been radio, not criticism. It's still radio that more-or-less tells you (or is told) what genre something is in, for instance. And of course, radio is facing competition from the Internet too.

Simon Frith once told me that in Britain, magazines play a greater role in determining genre.