wrote about 10 new punk songs www.brooklynvegan.com/in-defense-o...

the new wednesday album is as good as everyone's saying. i reviewed it, along with the new cardi b, cardiacs, joan shelley, trsh, secret world & more www.brooklynvegan.com/wednesday-ca...

This week's Notable Releases include Pool Kids, Kerosene Heights, Pile, Marissa Nadler, Rise Against, JER & more www.brooklynvegan.com/kerosene-hei...

very stoked to say i wrote the liner notes for org music's new "punk note" edition of one of the best albums in the world

wrote about new albums from greet death, vandoliers, moving mountains, deadguy & more www.brooklynvegan.com/greet-death-...

i wrote about brian wilson 💔 www.brooklynvegan.com/thank-you-br...

he was the best there ever was. thanks for everything

reviewed my favorite album of 2025 so far www.brooklynvegan.com/turnstile-ne...

wrote about 10 new albums www.brooklynvegan.com/garbage-mile...

wrote about new albums from home is where, florry, mspaint, charmer, and hitech www.brooklynvegan.com/home-is-wher...

big release day - wrote about friendship, arm's length, callous daoboys, rico nasty, john galm of snowing & more www.brooklynvegan.com/friendship-a...

This week's Notable Releases include billy woods, Adult Mom, Mclusky, Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke, MIKE & Tony Seltzer, Catbite, and more www.brooklynvegan.com/billy-woods-...

almost in time for yesterday's peripheral vision/painted shut/ours is chrome triple-header: wrote about 10 emo* albums turning 10 this year * - your definition of "emo" may vary www.brooklynvegan.com/10-crucial-e...

wrote about being blown away by the new model/actriz album, plus esther rose, pup, pyramids, club night, xiao & more www.brooklynvegan.com/model-actriz...

wrote about new ones from colin miller, sumac & moor mother, heavy heavy low low, rodeo boys & more www.brooklynvegan.com/colin-miller...

talked to superheaven about their first album in 10 years, an album i can't recommend enough www.brooklynvegan.com/an-overall-h...

my march punk roundup is up, with new songs i like from charmer, record setter, xweaponx, xiao, ursula & more www.brooklynvegan.com/in-defense-o...

this week gave us at least 5 AOTY-list contenders alone. on deafheaven, great grandpa, perfume genius, backxwash, spellling & more: www.brooklynvegan.com/deafheaven-g...

wrote about 10 new albums, including weatherday, japanese breakfast, yhwh nailgun, premrock, corpus offal & more www.brooklynvegan.com/weatherday-j...

chatted with bayside's anthony raneri on the BV podcast about the LIHC scene, the 2000s emo boom, the taking back sunday demo, and 20 years of bayside self-titled open.spotify.com/episode/4JyA...

most packed release day of the year so far? i wrote about 11 new ones, including rwake, tiny voices, nels cline, huremic (aka parannoul) & more www.brooklynvegan.com/rwake-nels-c...

record setter remain one of the best screamo bands around www.brooklynvegan.com/record-sette...

wrote about some new records

been living with turnover's 'peripheral vision' for 10 years and i can honestly say it sounds even better now than it did back then. thrilled to get to talk to austin about it for the BV podcast open.spotify.com/episode/5U0t...

here are my picks for 10 best punk, emo, hardcore songs of february www.brooklynvegan.com/in-defense-o...

this rocks www.brooklynvegan.com/colin-miller...

wrote about the new albums from youth lagoon, sunny war, anxious, patterson hood, maruja, and spy www.brooklynvegan.com/youth-lagoon...

talked to anxious about their great new album 'bambi' www.brooklynvegan.com/anxious-talk...

wrote about my favorite album of the week, john glacier, plus some shoegazy indie rock and some star-studded metalcore www.brooklynvegan.com/john-glacier...

talked to sharon van etten about almost joining a screamo band in high school, the world ending, and her great new record www.brooklynvegan.com/everyones-go...

arm's length have been one of the best new-school emo bands for a minute. stoked for this www.brooklynvegan.com/arms-length-...

wrote about sharon van etten's band album, james brandon lewis' first album since the one with fugazi's rhythm section, a couple cool collaborative rap albums, and more www.brooklynvegan.com/sharon-van-e...

apropos of nothing (other than i've been on a kick), but: those early '70s alice coltrane records could come out today and people would still think they sounded like the future

wrote about initiate, weatherday, awakebutstillinbed and more of my favorite punk/emo/hardcore songs released last month www.brooklynvegan.com/in-defense-o...

wrote this short retrospective on title fight's 'hyperview,' an album that became so much more influential over time than i think almost anyone realized it would at first

wrote about some new records ↓

this rocks www.brooklynvegan.com/sludge-metal...

happy to have again voted in the uproxx critics poll, here's my ballot uproxx.com/critic-polls...

this is the most 'new bermuda'-esque deafheaven have sounded since 'new bermuda' www.brooklynvegan.com/deafheaven-r...

wrote about FKA twigs' early AOTY contender, ghais guevara, benjamin booker, kathryn mohr & more www.brooklynvegan.com/fka-twigs-gh...

band rocks, happy they're back www.brooklynvegan.com/florida-man-...

bear vs shark playing terrorhawk in full and snowing is opening? more likely than you think www.brooklynvegan.com/bear-vs-shar...

initiate are one of the best hardcore/post-hardcore bands going www.brooklynvegan.com/initiate-ret...

now that they've settled in, i really can't get over how good all of these new thursday songs are

wrote about the ethel cain ambient/drone album, zeta, bad bunny, sza, & a 4-way emo split www.brooklynvegan.com/bad-bunny-sz...

my first music writing of 2025, on the first saetia song in 26 years (!), two new thursday songs, fleshwater, and more www.brooklynvegan.com/5-best-punk-...

a record store after my own heart

Our 20 favorite hardcore albums of 2024 www.brooklynvegan.com/our-20-favor...

Our list of the 30 best rap albums of 2024 www.brooklynvegan.com/30-best-rap-...

another list, and one of my favorite ones to write every year: 15 great screamo records from 2024 www.brooklynvegan.com/15-great-scr...