Selected Writing
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The Power to Change the World: An oral history of “Look at Wrist,” a song that epitomized the Soundcloud rap era.
Last Call at the Owl: A hybrid eulogy and scene report, telling the 10-year story of a beloved experimental music venue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens and reliving its final nights.
LUCY Remembers Everyone He’s Ever Met: The first in-depth profile of LUCY, an avant-pop cult hero.
Can the Lost Art of Flyering Make a Comeback?: on the “rediscovery” of creative physical promo by major labels and the DIY punks who’ve been doing it forever.
Inside OOH-Sounds: In which the term Soft Noise© is coined.
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The Year in Brain Rot: A sprawling essay on the sorry state of the American mind—brought on by algorithms, opportunists, AI slop, and the musical abomination “We Are Charlie Kirk.”
On Michael Hurley, the Werewolf in the Easy Chair: in remembrance of the folk-country legend.
How do you Stop a Nuclear War? The First Step is Listening: a reported essay on Kronos Quartet’s performance at the 2025 Nobel Laureate Assembly for the Prevention of Nuclear War.
Considering Scott Walker: an unhinged guide to the oeuvre of one of modern music’s most enigmatic figures.
Listening to Niblock the Wrong Way: on the many paths to drone music appreciation (none of them wrong).
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12 Hours at a Tulum Rave in the Jungle: a report on the bizarre scene at Day Zero Festival.
Notes from Woodstockhausen, a Noise-Nerd Camping Festival: exactly what it sounds like.
Could Autechre Go Platinum in the Town from Footloose?: notes on brutal bass, IDM bros, and rules about dancing.
A drone journey at a Brooklyn funeral parlor: about a first date that went better than expected.
Dancing with DJ E: letting loose at the club in Poland with Chuquimamani-Condori behind the decks.