Writer-at-large, Texas Monthly. Semi-retired music journalist (Option, SPIN, Rolling Stone, Details, Request, Mojo, Pitchfork, Stereogum). Philadelphia-Chicago-Brooklyn-Austin-Missoula-Portland.
Writer-at-large, Texas Monthly. Semi-retired music journalist (Option, SPIN, Rolling Stone, Details, Request, Mojo, Pitchfork, Stereogum). Philadelphia-Chicago-Brooklyn-Austin-Missoula-Portland.
Thereโs a hopeful story to tell about alternatives to police, and Kaia Sand sends dispatches to keep you posted. Read it here first while Sand writes a book, as well as columns and essays for Nation, Orion, and, from 2017-2024, Street Roots.
Musical and activist histories from the pre-internet underground. Folk, punk, indie, trad Irish music, eco-activism and more. The road back and the distance ahead