I think it's safe to say that the blissblogger has left the critical reviewing of new stuff. On his site his posts of the last months are mainly links to obituaries, and discussions about old bands reforming (gang of four et al). And in his last post he made his break with his last love, grime, clear:
I'm suspecting he won't be back for contemporary music. He tried to be really enthusiastic about the ghostbox stuff, but it looks like that's only lukewarm interest now as well. He stopped posting here a long time ago already. I'm afraid that everybody over here now will have to decide for themselves what is the worth of new things. (i remember how, when reynolds posted in a thread, the number of replies and views for that thread rose substantially).
Maybe you just can't remain interested in what's new (or not so new) forever.
People keep telling me, “there’s still good tunes coming out”. But I’m trying not to hear them. The people, but also, in a way, the tunes too. Like with a love affair, I’d rather a clean break.
I'm suspecting he won't be back for contemporary music. He tried to be really enthusiastic about the ghostbox stuff, but it looks like that's only lukewarm interest now as well. He stopped posting here a long time ago already. I'm afraid that everybody over here now will have to decide for themselves what is the worth of new things. (i remember how, when reynolds posted in a thread, the number of replies and views for that thread rose substantially).
Maybe you just can't remain interested in what's new (or not so new) forever.