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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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.
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How Ellen Reid conjured public parks and “endless music” on Big Majestic
The Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and sound artist’s latest album reimagines the wildly ambitious SOUNDWALK project.