Tag: Ryan Dombol

• Regarding Rockism Pts 2 & 3: The Progress of Poptimism and the New Rockism

  Part One explored the origins and evolution of different authenticity models in American popular music criticism, breaking apart contemporary constructions into essentialist and personal models stemming, respectively, from European-American and African-American cultures. Now, in Parts Two and Three, poptimism’s rise to near-hegemonic acceptance is examined through the lens of Lana Del Rey and her shifting reception at Pitchfork…

  suspendedreason

  January 28, 2016

  Essays

  authenticity, Ellen Willis, intentionality, Lana Del Rey, Lindsay Zoladz, meta-criticism, music, nostalgia, persona, Pitchfork, poptimism, rockism, Ryan Dombol