Music Writing
As the Editorial Director at The FADER for five years and an Editor at VICE’s music vertical before that, I’ve written thousands of articles on music, from longform profiles to opinion pieces to essays and everything in between.
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William Ackerman: In Search of the Turtle's Navel
Windham Hill Records was a catalyst for the New Age music boom, a multimillion dollar machine, and the subject of devotion and critical scorn through the ‘80s. For the Sunday Review at Pitchfork, I looked at album that started it all.
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Cover Story: Getting Lost with Ravyn Lenae
To make her sophomore album, Bird’s Eye, the Chicago singer had to move beyond rigid genres, beyond home, and beyond her past.
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Haruomi Hosono's endless experiment
With a new tribute album celebrating the legacy of his solo debut, Hosono House, the Japanese legend’s radical creative energy continues to ripple across borders and generations.
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Cass McCombs, at the beginning
Seed Cake on Leap Year, a collection of early recordings from the enigmatic songwriter, quietly reveals something essential about his creative instincts.
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The many jerks of MJ Lenderman’s Manning Fireworks
On his fourth solo album, the Wednesday guitarist and budding indie alt-country star weaves absurd imagery into every melancholic verse.
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Yasmin Williams escapes tradition
On her third album, Acadia, the guitarist and composer pushes even further beyond folk conventions, incorporating jazz, bluegrass, and ambient music.