We live in a brave new world of mp3 blogs and other techno-literate tastemakers. The huge internet-based network of writers and mp3 distributors can greatly expand our tastes, but at times I find that the actual writing and criticism components come up short. And, more worrisome, there are times when the internet seems to hype bands up well before the group in question has had time to develop organically.
Why all the handwringing? First, because I was reading way too much Hipster Runoff over the weekend and, second, because Fluxblog is effectively over. Fluxblog was one of the earliest mp3 blogs and its author, Matthew Perpetua, has been one of the few dependable, sensible writers in the internet-music-crit/distro age. He'll be writing exclusively for Pitchfork now, which means they've got at least one reliably good writer now. Anyway, in a digital domain of snap judgments and fashion statements posing as sonically substantive jams, Fluxblog will be missed.
