Music Criticism and Essays
– Snail Mail knows young love is a risk. On Valentine, she dives in anyway (NPR Music)
– Rilo Kiley’s Take Offs and Landings Turns 20 (Stereogum)
– Illuminati Hotties, Let Me Do One More (Pitchfork)
– Pom Pom Squad, Death of a Cheerleader (Pitchfork)
– Indigo De Souza, I Love My Mom (Pitchfork)
– Origami Angel, GAMI GANG (Pitchfork)
– Beach Bunny, Honeymoon (Pitchfork)
– glass beach, the first glass beach album (Pitchfork)
– Remember Sports, Sunchokes (Pitchfork)
– With Solar Power, Lorde Flies a Little Too Close to the Sun (Consequence)
– Beabadoobee Is at Her Darkest and Smartest on Our Extended Play EP (Consequence)
– Phoebe Bridgers’ Punisher Is a Devastating Masterpiece (Popdust)
– Remembering SOPHIE: The Futuristic Producer’s 5 Career-Defining Songs (Popdust)
– Before It Was TikTok Viral: “The Leanover” by Life Without Buildings (Popdust)
– How Spotify’s “Lorem” Playlist Became Gen Z Canon (Popdust)
Interviews
– Japanese Breakfast on Her Most Jubilant Year Yet: “It’s Beyond My Realm of Comprehension” (Consequence)
– Hovvdy Are In Love (Stereogum)
– Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine on Collaborating on A Beginner’s Mind (Consequence)
– Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst and Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield Trade “Songwriting Slump” Tips and Discuss Returning to the Stage (Consequence)
– The Greeting Committee on Being Featured in Netflix’s “To All the Boys: Always and Forever” (Popdust)
– How Bombay Bicycle Club Found Their Second Wind (Popdust)
– What “Stranger Things” Star Maya Hawke Is Listening to Right Now (Pitchfork)
– What Booksmart Breakout Diana Silvers Is Listening to Right Now (Pitchfork)
– The Regrettes’ Lydia Night on Festival Season, Helping a Trans Fan & Getting Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Approval (Billboard)
– Nick Jonas On Upcoming Music and Hosting the Malibu Games: ‘It Was Work, But It Was Also a Lot Of Play’ (Billboard)
– Rita Ora on Her Star-Studded ‘Girls’ Squad and the Song’s True Meaning: ‘Be What You Want to Be’ (Billboard)
– How Raw Vulnerability Shaped Hippo Campus’ Second Album, Bambi (Atwood Magazine)
Film Criticism and Essays
– Welcome to Jackass: The Stunt-Comedy Franchise’s 10 Most Outrageous Moments (Consequence)
– Does Amy Poehler’s Moxie Perpetuate Riot Grrrl’s Whiteness Problem? (Popdust)
– How Promising Young Woman Fails Assault Survivors (Popdust)
– Before Its Time: Videodrome and Mainstream Media Brainwashing (Popdust)
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