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NM Talkcore | artist Steven Warwick on making music in the time of “content” (2026)
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NM Talkcore | artist Steven Warwick on making music in the time of “content” (2026)

We talk a lot on this show about the “content” layer being compromised; how, given the physics of the feed, the creative act increasingly happens at the protocol level. While this is true, good books and films and records are, in fact, still being made. On this ep, friend of New Models Steven Warwick comes by on the occasion of his two new albums — SW Live at Café Oto (P-A-N) and, from his new band with Iván Brito, GUSH, Splash of Milk (Huntleys + Palmers) — to chat about making music, touring, and putting out albums in 2026.

Steven Warwick performing “Naughty”, Berlin, December 2025 (for Dorian Electra’s “ART“ book launch)
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Preparing for this conversation, Steven sent us some notes on content. He let us share them with you here:

Content as class based division (non marxist) but who is content? and who is culture or legacy? I always think about going to mourn the queen’s coffin and saying to her thank you for your content. Similarly Yungblud was on an MTV awards show in the lockdown and said “thank you for your content”. Why has music been so utterly devalued yet […]

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