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Shouldn't all music journalism be intersectional?
FromDrowned in Sound
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Length:
56 minutes
Released:
Nov 5, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Shouldn't all music journalism be intersectional?
In this episode, DiS founder Sean Adams meets journalist, writer, editor, and wonderful human Emma Garland who has written for Vice, Huck, The Quietus, The Face, Crack, Dazed, Sunday Times, Rolling Stone and many more great publications about everything from revolutions in Iran to the pleasures of Lana Del Rey. Emma's interviewed everyone from Emily Ratajkowski to Lingua Ignota, capturing their essence in a style of writing inspired by the journalists from a more literary tradition like Joan Didion and Hunter S Thompson.
The conversation begins about the differences between journalism, culture writing and music criticism, before spiralling in a range of directions from psychoanalysing the cast of Love Island to the way the culture war means interviewees are now a lot more guarded because they're speaking far beyond the readers and their fans.
Emma Garland shares insights into her creative process, using humour to tackle weighty topics and how she spotlights underrated artists and big ideas, often at the same time.
We discuss concerns over limited career pathways for emerging writers and calls for more sustainable funding models for music publications (if there are any rich benefactors out there, please get in touch).
Additional topics include:
The changing appetite for music journalism in the digital age
Challenges pitching profiles versus reported features
Activism in music media
Hopes for more focus on grassroots artists
What needs to change leading up to future UK and US elections
Guest Bio:
Emma Garland is a writer, editor, and journalist with a knack for capturing the zeitgeist of contemporary music and culture. With a career spanning over a decade, Emma has become a voice for countercultural narratives and a champion for the kind of editorial that combines fun with serious critique. Her upcoming book, "Tell All Your Friends," promises to be a seminal work in understanding the cultural history of mainstream emo from 2000-2013 (more info).
Read Emma Garland's article on women's role in music's political revolution, here.
Read the Vice and Gal-Dem MeToo coverage, here.
For a monthly dose of cultural insights, subscribe to Emma Garland's newsletter, here.
Visit: Emma Garland's Website
About The Host:
This podcast was produced, lightly edited, researched and hosted by Sean Adams (@seaninsound) who founded the Drowned in Sound website.
Want to keep up to date? Sign up for DiS' Substack here.
A Few Publications Mentioned in This Episode:
Vice
Gal-Dem
Huck
Rolling Stone
NME
Rock Sound
Creem Magazine
Shoutouts in this episode include investigative journalist Sirin Kale, Craig Jenkins (writer at Vulture), and Zing Tsjeng (editor in chief at Vice).
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In this episode, DiS founder Sean Adams meets journalist, writer, editor, and wonderful human Emma Garland who has written for Vice, Huck, The Quietus, The Face, Crack, Dazed, Sunday Times, Rolling Stone and many more great publications about everything from revolutions in Iran to the pleasures of Lana Del Rey. Emma's interviewed everyone from Emily Ratajkowski to Lingua Ignota, capturing their essence in a style of writing inspired by the journalists from a more literary tradition like Joan Didion and Hunter S Thompson.
The conversation begins about the differences between journalism, culture writing and music criticism, before spiralling in a range of directions from psychoanalysing the cast of Love Island to the way the culture war means interviewees are now a lot more guarded because they're speaking far beyond the readers and their fans.
Emma Garland shares insights into her creative process, using humour to tackle weighty topics and how she spotlights underrated artists and big ideas, often at the same time.
We discuss concerns over limited career pathways for emerging writers and calls for more sustainable funding models for music publications (if there are any rich benefactors out there, please get in touch).
Additional topics include:
The changing appetite for music journalism in the digital age
Challenges pitching profiles versus reported features
Activism in music media
Hopes for more focus on grassroots artists
What needs to change leading up to future UK and US elections
Guest Bio:
Emma Garland is a writer, editor, and journalist with a knack for capturing the zeitgeist of contemporary music and culture. With a career spanning over a decade, Emma has become a voice for countercultural narratives and a champion for the kind of editorial that combines fun with serious critique. Her upcoming book, "Tell All Your Friends," promises to be a seminal work in understanding the cultural history of mainstream emo from 2000-2013 (more info).
Read Emma Garland's article on women's role in music's political revolution, here.
Read the Vice and Gal-Dem MeToo coverage, here.
For a monthly dose of cultural insights, subscribe to Emma Garland's newsletter, here.
Visit: Emma Garland's Website
About The Host:
This podcast was produced, lightly edited, researched and hosted by Sean Adams (@seaninsound) who founded the Drowned in Sound website.
Want to keep up to date? Sign up for DiS' Substack here.
A Few Publications Mentioned in This Episode:
Vice
Gal-Dem
Huck
Rolling Stone
NME
Rock Sound
Creem Magazine
Shoutouts in this episode include investigative journalist Sirin Kale, Craig Jenkins (writer at Vulture), and Zing Tsjeng (editor in chief at Vice).
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drownedinsound/message
Released:
Nov 5, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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