Publicists, fellow music writers, etc: lemme know if you’d like me to send you an advance stream!

Some fun news: On Friday, I’m putting out my first new music in over 5 years! Using my G# alias, I’m calling it the Gen 1 EP, and it’s a four-track instrumental release that spans digital shoegaze, Nintendocore, drone, IDM, chiptune, etc. Here’s the cover art I made in photoshop

What is the greatest American rock band? The correct answer is Talking Heads

Salute the flag

The week

It’s June and you’ve been proved / yes yooouuu are reneeewwwed

Might fuck around and unveil a visualizer

I love the new Chanel Beads album a lot. I wrote some music criticism (anyone have any opinions on that btw?) about it. www.pastemagazine.com/music/chanel...

I love the new Chanel Beads album a lot. I wrote some music criticism (anyone have any opinions on that btw?) about it. www.pastemagazine.com/music/chanel...

One moment you’ll be writing music journalism and the next you’ll find yourself doing a deep dive into the Romanian uprising of 1989 and the Ceaușescu assassination

Lot going on here

The Modest Mouse GQ piece is a masterclass in writing and reporting from the inimitable Grayson Haver Currin. Full of many wild exchanges/paragraphs. This one, however, might be the wildest

Calling back to the lede in your kicker >>>

Wrote this!

For its 25th anniversary, I wrote about the Shins’ Oh, Inverted World, the album that changed James Mercer’s life www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-sh...

Wrote this!

For this list, I wrote about songs by Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Eric Dolphy, John Coltrane, James Brown, Charles Mingus, Sam Cooke, the Meters, Etta James, and Sly and the Family Stone

James Mercer’s first album with The Shins remains a hallmark of masterful songwriting, demonstrating an astute ear for melody melded with scrappy, homespun production. www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-sh...

For its 25th anniversary, I wrote about the Shins’ Oh, Inverted World, the album that changed James Mercer’s life www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-sh...

For this list, I wrote about songs by Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Eric Dolphy, John Coltrane, James Brown, Charles Mingus, Sam Cooke, the Meters, Etta James, and Sly and the Family Stone

This week’s music

Some favorites of the year so far and I know I’m forgetting some but yeah

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For the 40th anniversary of the Smiths’ the Queen Is Dead, I went long on songwriting duos, the monarchy, Moz, Marr, teen angst, and the fickleness of legacy www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-sm...

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Forty years after releasing their masterpiece, Johnny Marr and Morrissey’s musical partnership on 'The Queen Is Dead' remains an exemplar of collaborative songwriting. www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-sm...

For the 40th anniversary of the Smiths’ the Queen Is Dead, I went long on songwriting duos, the monarchy, Moz, Marr, teen angst, and the fickleness of legacy www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-sm...

I listened to music this week

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For the latest Cover Me, I talked to Greg Mendez about studying art at Drexel, Twink from Paper Mario, and his lovely new album, Beauty Land www.pastemagazine.com/music/greg-m...

Editors who might want coverage of Slayyyter’s first of three hometown shows in St. Louis hmu!

Dropping the first KH4 gameplay footage in four years in a Nintendo Direct is the funniest thing Nintendo and Square Enix could do. Well played

In Grant Sharples' latest Cover Me column, Greg Mendez tells the stories behind each of his studio album covers, including 'Beauty Land,' which was a Paste Pick last month. Read here: www.pastemagazine.com/music/greg-m...

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For the latest Cover Me, I talked to Greg Mendez about studying art at Drexel, Twink from Paper Mario, and his lovely new album, Beauty Land www.pastemagazine.com/music/greg-m...

Lies of P… Liza P… Liza Pinelli

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I wrote about the new Vince Staples album www.pastemagazine.com/article/vinc...

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On his seventh album, Vince Staples navigates the streets with a keen eye for observation and an undisputed gift for richly layered wordplay. Our review of 'Cry Baby': www.pastemagazine.com/music/vince-...

I wrote about the new Vince Staples album www.pastemagazine.com/article/vinc...

It’s Friday

What I was up to in May

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Kevin Morby brought out Katie Crutchfield to sing “Bittersweet, TN” tonight

I reviewed the new Boards of Canada album. Wrote about time, space, religion, the origins of the universe, and Splatoon. www.pastemagazine.com/music/boards...

Time, religion, and the origins of the universe collide on 'Inferno,' Boards of Canada's fifth album for Warp Records. Our review: www.pastemagazine.com/music/boards...

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