New music worth hearing. Old music worth remembering. Deep-dive playlists. Record reviews. Books. Concerts. New York City. Lou Reed. Genre-fluid.
Music & writing & adjacent pleasures. Rolling Stone, NY Times, Pitchfork, NPR, Uncut (UK), etc. My books include "Lou Reed: The King of New York" + "Love Goes To Buildings On Fire." New Yorker, born + bred.
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Off-the-clock cultural reflections from the Slate music critic & author of Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste.