liz pelly
writer in nyc, author of Mood Machine
co-host of @criticallistening.bsky.social
lizpelly.info
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- personally i was only tuned into the Grammys for the Noah kahan x mastercard drop
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- Reposted by liz pellyI wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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- is "meaningful control of the algorithm" in the room with us right now
- cool lol
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- I think it would be really helpful if everyone posting their very cool takes on the state of music journalism this week would also encourage people to subscribe to worker-owned outlets & support independent writers trying to make new things happen
- 8 hours to do what you will 📣📣📣
- new kag singles on loop katiealicegreer.bandcamp.com/track/expo-70 katiealicegreer.bandcamp.com/track/talk-t...
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- heading to the Netherlands tomorrow where @peretsky.bsky.social and I will be hosting @criticallistening.bsky.social live at a music industry event but more importantly we will be learning about how AI-powered workflows can unlock new value chains and empower artist-preneurs to attract investments
- If you live in Bedstuy or Crown Heights you have a chance to help elect @eonforassembly.bsky.social to the State Assembly this year📣The campaign has a fundraising deadline tonight at midnight if you have the means to send them a few bucks @socialists.nyc eonforassembly.com/donate
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- speaking w/ joey and Luke Stewart today at Lincoln center and you can bet we will also talk about how utterly depraved it is that Spotify has defended running ICE ads.
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- January 7 huh .. that means mood machine has been out in the world for a year. thanks for reading (this book and in general)
- The New York-based DIY show listings zine GUNK published this list of local small-scale music venues that closed in 2025. It is so hard to keep a community-oriented music space open in this city. I really hope whoever leads Cultural Affairs for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social will take this seriously.
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- some topics we asked Anthony about on this ep include: - changing public perceptions of streaming in 2025 - on-screen music critics who get paid by labels & don’t disclose - if people who make video and audio material should be doing more to encourage people to read! subscribe to hear it all now
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- grateful to everyone who put mood machine on a year-end books list but especially grateful to be on the Brooklyn Public Library's list! some of the most memorable times spent working on this book were at my local BPL branch discover.bklynlibrary.org?booklist=751...
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- ha ha ha ... pitchfork.com/features/lis...
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- a fav 2025 record you may have missed iykyk avaluna.bandcamp.com/album/ava-luna
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- one of my fav albums of the year. radical songs inspired by history, literature, imagining a less alienated world & woody. not ragebait memery haleyheynderickx.bandcamp.com/album/what-o...
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- The 10 Best Albums of 2025 by @jennpelly.bsky.social time.com/7333797/best...
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- I wrote about listening, thinking, reflection, memory & not “offloading” it all to sp*tify! www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...
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- ep 8 of @criticallistening.bsky.social w/ amirtha kidambi is live now wherever you get your podcasts except sp*tify listen below and if you like the show maybe hit the 5 stars or text it to your group chat or something tysm podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
- *boosting for the weekend crowd*
- episode 8 of @criticallistening.bsky.social w/ Amirtha Kidambi of Elder Ones & Neti-Neti — on music in an era of mass dehumanization, using the show space as an organizing space, and a lot more. available now for subscribers & will be out everywhere else next week www.patreon.com/posts/episod...
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- episode 8 of @criticallistening.bsky.social w/ Amirtha Kidambi of Elder Ones & Neti-Neti — on music in an era of mass dehumanization, using the show space as an organizing space, and a lot more. available now for subscribers & will be out everywhere else next week www.patreon.com/posts/episod...
- grateful for this thoughtful & wide-ranging piece by Rob Arcand on the state of the financialized culture industry & what criticism of it is for, that puts Mood Machine in conversation with Andrew deWaard’s Derivative Media @nplusonemag.com www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
- really enjoyed moderating this convo w/ Hayden Pedigo and S.G. Goodman for the Big Ears podcast. could def have much longer convos with both of them but was nice to chat about some of the places where their albums/backgrounds intersect podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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- It feels to me like letting a streaming platform summarize your book for readers using AI could be problematic newsroom.spotify.com/2025-11-13/a...
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- i don’t ever wear headphones while walking around my neighborhood but I’m going to make an exception for listening to Mr. Cardamom on the way to the polls
- tomorrow is your last day to knock some doors for zohran. i highly recommend signing up for an election day canvassing shift if you can, and especially if you have never done it before ! Zohranfornyc.com/gotv
- people using ai to automate follow up emails to their requests for free labor need to be stopped
- new episode of my podcast w/ @peretsky.bsky.social published today. linked below. discussing some v spooky subject matter.
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- New Yorkers of bluesky: tomorrrow/Weds night i am doing an audiofemme festival panel in Brooklyn that should be v interesting. Topic is “authenticity in the age of algorithms”(complicated) w/ Taja cheek (of L’Rain), Hannah Pruz (Gunk), Jill Mapes (hearing things) & Cherie Hu. 7pm sharp at sleepwalk
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- guess i have to go to forest hills stadium for the first time (??)
- kinda feel like the role of criticism is to provide a point of view other than popular crowd consensus which is what we get literally everywhere else
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- some stuff coming up this week thurs oct 16 - durham NC - book talk at duke university 6:30pm sat oct 18 - nashville TN - in convo with ben Ratliff at southern festival of books 9am mon oct 20 - berkeley, ca - in convo with Jenny Toomey at uc Berkeley on creative labor in the streaming era 4:45pm
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- i think tracks made fully using gen AI should be clearly labeled in ways that actually serve the avg user - giving labels/distributors the ability to opt-in to submit metadata disclosing use of AI to be added to credits is a start but still far away from what’s needed musically.com/2025/09/25/s...
- mysteriously missing from list of labels/distributors opting in to share info about how AI is used in tracks: all the majors
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- episodes 1-5 of @criticallistening.bsky.social, the podcast i co-host with @peretsky.bsky.social, are avail everywhere but spotify. we’re starting work on eps 6-10 this week. if you would like to support this work pls subscribe here! www.patreon.com/criticallist... tysm
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- i love this beautiful song. talking is freee lilykngsbrg.bandcamp.com/track/talk-t...
