New music worth hearing + old music worth remembering. Deep-dive playlists. Interviews. Record reviews. Tour & ticket alerts. Vinyl. New York City sounds. Mid-Hudson Valley vibes. Lou Reed. Genre-fluid.
Music & other pleasures. The New York Times, NPR, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Uncut (UK). My books include Lou Reed: The King of New York & Love Goes To Buildings On Fire. New Yorker, born + bred.
Off-the-clock cultural reflections from the Slate music critic & author of Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste.