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In the streaming era, Substack helps indie rockers pay the bills. Can it last?

In the streaming era, Substack helps indie rockers pay the bills. Can it last?

The email subscription platform has been a source of inspiration and financial freedom for Pitchfork favourites struggling in the streaming economy

“I jumped from my chair and knelt over my father, cradling his head. As if in a movie, I held his head in one hand and snapped the other in front of his face, yelling for him to wake up,” writes singer-songwriter Kevin Morby in a recent post on his Substack newsletter, recounting a night his father had a medical scare. “Thankfully, moments later, his eyes, like cherries in a slot machine, quickly dinged forward and he looked around the room without moving his head.”

Morby loves his Substack. The Kansas City-based musician, who is adored by Pitchfork and recently released his seventh album This Is a Photograph, joined the email newsletter platform in April at his manager’s suggestion. He now sends his several hundred subscribers a series of rambling, poetic vignettes every few weeks.

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