New music worth hearing. Deep-dive playlists. Record reviews. Tour + ticket alerts. Vinyl. New York City sounds. Mid-Hudson Valley vibes. Lou Reed. Genre-fluid.
I write about music & life's other mysteries. My work also turns up in Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Pitchfork, Uncut (UK), and on NPR. Books: Lou Reed: The King of New York // Love Goes To Buildings On Fire. Yep, I'm a New Yorker.
Off-the-clock cultural reflections from the Slate music critic & author of Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste.