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Pitchfork on corporations and art

As a long-time Pitchfork reader, I’d say it’s a good thing that the site’s writers manage, from time to time, to defy expectations. Chris Dahlen’s June 22 column takes as its starting point Wilco’s decision to license a number of songs from the band’s new album for use in Volkswagen advertisements. Instead of making the indie knee-jerk call of “sell out,” Dahlen takes what he calls a “‘rock band 2.0’ perspective” on the role of corporations in the support and creation of art.

As for Wilco, the band has made its own position on the matter clear in a down-home press release.