About

Hello. My name is Jessica Suarez. I am 29. I live in Brooklyn via Tucson, Arizona.

I mostly write about music. My first bit of entertainment writing was an interview with Michael Ian Black that I wrote for my self-produced zine about The State when I was 13 years old. It also included a review of the first Cake Like album, and a list of my top 8 movies. Number one was Speed.

Since then I’ve been an editor/staff writer at CMJ New Music Monthly, Pitchfork Media, and Paper Thin Walls. I am currently a staff writing at Stereogum, and I write blog posts for VH1′s Shows Blog. I’ve also written for places like Spin, NPR, Blender, Paste, Paper, Nylon, Nylon For Guys, The Fader and Bust.

My interests include superhero / fantasy films, lifehacking, nerds, Harry Potter trivia, GTD, music videos, funeral customs, etiquette rules, music software, religious cults.

2010: Started working at Stereogum and VH1.

2009: Hustled.

2008: PTW closed shop, freelanced full time.

2007: Quit Pitchfork staff job, started working at Paper Thin Walls.

2006: Quit CMJ, started working at Pitchfork full-time.

2005: Moved to New York. Started working at CMJ.

2004: Graduated college. Started writing news for Pitchfork.

2001: Got a tatto0. Adopted Tobey.

2000: Moved into my first apartment.

1999: Graduated High School.

1994: My brother, Jai, was born. Moved to Tucson, Arizona.

1992: Moved to Hampton Roads, Virginia. Adopted a dog.