Examples of my recent work.
Too Much Sermonizin’ [PDF]
Former blog darlings crank up the cranky complaints
Featured review of Cold War Kids’ Loyalty To Loyalty, Spin Magazine, October 2008
A Jury-Rigged Production [PDF]
Feature on Apes & Androids, Paper Magazine, August 2008
Ending At The Beginning [PDF]
Classic debut captures the controversial Phair at her unpolished finest
Featured reissue review of Liz Phair’s Exile In Guyville, Paste Magazine, July 2008
Songwriter turns troubles into poignant tour de force [web]
Print review of Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson’s Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, Spin Magazine, July 2008
M Shanghai String Band: The Homiest Band in Williamsburg [web]
Feature on M Shanghai String Band, The Village Voice, July 2008
Mt: Eerie: Black Wooden Ceiling Opening EP [web]
Album review, Pitchfork Media, May 2008
Beirut: The Flying Club Cup [web]
Album review, Pitchfork Media, October 2007
After School Special [PDF]
Ninja Wins The Popularity Contest
Feature on Ninja (The Go! Team) for the Fader, September 2007
Patton Oswalt: Werewolves And Lollipops [web]
Album review, Pitchfork Media, August 2007
Handsome Furs: Plague Park [web]
Album review, Pitchfork Media, June 2007
What Happened To Those Boys? [PDF]
Clipse Raises ‘Hell’ on Other MCs
Clipse cover story for CMJ Monthly, October 2006
Shat: “What The Fuck Do You Think Christina Aguilera Is Doing Right Now?” [PDF]
Track review, Paper Thin Walls, August 2006
OOIOO: “Uma” [web]
Track review, Pitchfork Media, September 2006
Home Boy [PDF]
Eclectic, tireless, forever modern, and of course, easy on the eyes. Is there a musician more quinessentially L.A. than Beck?
Beck feature for Nylon Magazine’s L.A. issue, November 2006
Emily Haines [PDF]
Pianos Across America
Emily Haines short feature for Paste Magazine, 2006
M. Ward [PDF]
Memorials to Resignation
M. Ward short feature for Paste Magazine, 2006
French Connection [PDF]
You think of albums recorded in Berlin and you think of David Bowie and Iggy Pop, right? Gallic pop foursome Phoenix’s latest, ‘It’s Never Been Like That,’ should add a new classic to the list
Phoenix feature, Nylon for Men, April 2006
The Joys of Incoherence [PDF]
Noisy art-punks lap emo, repeatedly and arbitrarily
Mae-Shi/Rapider Than Horsepower CD review, The Village Voice, May 2006
Live: Franz Ferdinand [web]
Franz Ferdinand show review, Pitchfork Media, April 2006
Review: Goldfrapp [web]
Goldfrapp CD review, Spin, March 2006
Martha Ballard, Enlightenment-Era Midwife, Reviews Motley Crue, A Musical Group [web]
www.mcsweeneys.net, August 2004