Music is culture
While these hosts have clearly gone to school to be able to critique music for the NYT, the main host (Caramanica I believe) lacks any sort of insight on the culture that he soaks up the majority of these hour-long episodes critiquing. On top of that, the episodes I've heard featured exclusively male voices that unsurprisingly spoke of women musicians rarely and more negatively than their male counterparts. There truly isn't much substance to be found in this "popcast" as these critics are so far removed from mainstream youth culture that they can't accurately cover what the mainstream youth are listening to, never mind provide any real insight. It's hard enough to find podcasts about music that don't sound like they were recorded through a soda can, so it's especially disappointing to see the New York Times put its name on something so subpar (and that word choice is generous).Read full review »
KPDMGAT via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 05/03/19
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