Liked That? Try This is a fortnightly column: I pick a trending album and recommend three others based on their shared musical ideas, aesthetics or approaches. This week – Sun Kil Moon – Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood. Mark Kozelek is an asshole, and he knows it. Whether it be […]
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Should we judge music on the actions of its creator?
On the final song of Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly – ‘Mortal Man’ – a potent question is asked: “When the shit hits the fan, are you still a fan?” In other words, when the artist does something you might regard as immoral, despicable, criminal or wrong, is it okay to keep on listening? […]