New York Observer
Sufjan Stevens Review, Carrie & Lowell
The Atlantic
After a Boom-and-Bust Hype Cycle, The Rapture Get Spiritual
Track of the Day: Jensen Sportag's "Let the Queen Be the Boss"
Track of the Day (Premiere): Tennyson's "In One Piece"
Track of the Day: Deerhunter's "Monomania"
Track of the Day: Balmorhea's "Masollan"
Track of the Day: Balmorhea's "Heir I"
Track of the Day: Caitlin Rose's "No One to Call"
Track of the Day: Benoit Pioulard's "Margin"
Track of the Day: Lotus Plaza's "Come Back"
Track of the Day: Hammock's "(Tonight) We Burn Like Stars That Never Die"
Track of the Day: Washed Out's "It All Feels Right"
Track of the Day: Sleigh Bells' "Bitter Rivals"
Track of the Day: Volcano Choir's "Byegone"
Track of the Day: Wild Cub's "Thunder Clatter"
Track of the Day: Phantogram's "Bill Murray"
Track of the Day: Mac DeMarco's "Brother"
The Nashville Scene
Features
Failure: Return from Fantastic Planet
Real Estate: Suburban Dreamin'
Dum Dum Girls: Pop is Prologue
Bon Iver: The Triumph of Sincerity
Paramore: The Honesty Imperative
Tennis: This Boat Could Be Your Life
Deerhunter: Public Image Limited
Less Than Jake: Southern Weather
Blonde Redhead: Submit to Nothing
Magic Kids Proudly Claim Memphis on their Skillful, Nostalgic Debut
Tristen: What Doesn’t Kill You
Critics' Picks
David Bazan at 3rd and Lindsley
Milktooth w/Little Tybee at Basement
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks at Exit/In
Cut Copy at Marathon Music Works
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. at Exit/In
Paper Route at Exit / In (2013)
Sixpence None the Richer at Franklin Theatre
Cold War Kids w/Houses at Cannery
A Place to Bury Strangers at the High-Watt
Schermerhorn Grand Re-Opening Feat. Itzhak Perlman
Purity Ring at Cannery Ballroom
Plastic Visions at Mercy Lounge
Pretty Lights at Municipal Auditorium
Bleeding Rainbow at The High Watt
Canon Blue w/Tyler James and Action!
The Head and the Heart at Cannery Ballroom
Cursive and Minus the Bear at Mercy Lounge
The Twilight Singers at Mercy Lounge
Cass McCombs w/Lower Dens at The Basement
Paper Route at 3rd and Lindsley
Other Lives at 3rd and Lindsley
Sonia Leigh at 12th and Porter
R. Stevie Moore w/Tropical Ooze and Action!
Greg Ginn & The Royal We at Springwater
Explorer’s Club w/Bows and Arrows & Ohtis
Baths Openings for Cold War Kids
Local Natives w/Ruby Suns & Union Line
Dub the Halls feat. Nero, Plastician & More
Milktooth w/Flashbulb Fires, Xpia & More
Horse Feathers w/Anais Mitchell
Keegan DeWitt w/Madi Diaz at Imogene+Willie
Nashville Cream / Country Life
Album Review: Jensen Sportag's Stealth of Days
Donald Miller Moves to Nashville
Album Review: Canon Blue’s Rumspringa
Album Review: Worker’s Neurology
Time Reaffirms Grimey’s Indie Cachet
New Caitlin Rose Video for “Shanghai Cigarettes”
Hammock Still Not Slowing Down, Collaborating with Aussie Legends The Church
Consequence of Sound
Reviews
Tim Kasher’s The Game of Monogamy
Refused’s The Shape of Punk to Come [Reissue]
Sufjan Stevens’ The Age of Adz
Mark McGuire’s Living With Yourself
Underoath’s Ø (Disambiguation)
Blonde Redhead’s Penny Sparkle
A Sunny Day in Glasgow’s Autumn, Again
The Radio Dept.’s Never Follow Suit EP
How to Dress Well’s Love Remains
Starflyer 59’s Changing of the Guard
!!!’s Strange Weather, Isn’t It?
Bobby Bare, Jr.’s A Storm - A Tree - My Mother’s Head
Interviews
An Intimate Conversation with Memoryhouse’s Evan Abeele
Live Reviews
Memoryhouse and Twin Sister, The End, Nashville, August 16, 2010
LEO Weekly
Misc.
40 Years of Abbey Rd. for the ATL Collective
Non-Music Published Work
Demockracy
What’s at Stake in Cairo: A Conversation with Former Presidential Speechwriter, Troy Senik
Katie White Profile for Vanderbilt
Interview
Paste
David Bazan Feature
War on Drugs Review (Lost in the Dream)
St. Vincent Review (St. Vincent)
Medium
Relevant
Reviews
Damien Jurado’s Saint Bartlett
MAGNET
In Print
Best of 2012: Grizzly Bear's Shields
Best of 2013: Vampire Weekend's Modern Vampires of the City
Live Reviews
David Bazan at Next Big Nashville
Take Cover! Column
Bon Iver takes on Bonnie Raitt and Leon Russell
Damien Jurado and Rosie Thomas take on Springsteen’s “Wages of Sin”
Gillian Welch takes on The Byrds’ “Hickory Wind”
El Perro Del Mar takes on Lou Reed’s “Heavenly Arms”
Franz Ferdinand takes on LCD Soundsystem’s “All My Friends”
David Bazan takes on Radiohead’s “Let Down”
Queens of the Stone Age take on The Kinks’ “Who’ll Be the Next in Line”
The Morning Benders takes on The Cardigans’ “Lovefool”
The Wooden Birds take on Hall & Oates’ “Maneater”
Karate takes on Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit”
The Civil Wars takes on Smashing Pumpkins’ “Disarm”
Wilco takes on Big Star’s “Thirteen”
Madeleine Peyroux takes on Elliott Smith’s “Between the Bars”
Trentemoller takes on Chris Isaak’s “Blue Hotel”
The Twilight Singers take on Marvin Gaye’s “Please Stay (Once You Go Away)”
Johnny Cash takes on Nine Inch Nails’ “Hurt”
The Tallest Man on Earth takes on Bob Dylan’s “I Want You”
The Black Keys take on Buddy Holly’s “Dearest”
Stone Temple Pilots takes on Led Zeppelin’s “Dancing Days”
Beck takes on The Korgis’ “Everybody’s Got to Learn Sometime”
Grizzly Bear takes on Hot Chip’s “Boy From School”
Hercules and Love Affair takes on The xx’s “Shelter”
Love Inks takes on David Essex’s “Rock On”
David Bazan takes on Bob Dylan’s “The Man in Me”
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy takes on Sufjan Stevens’ “All The Trees Of The Field Will Clap Their Hands”
The Great Book of John takes on INXS’ “Never Tear Us Apart”
Sex Beet takes on Sonic Youth’s “Dirty Boots”
James Blake takes on Feist’s “Limit to Your Love”
Sam Amidon takes on R. Kelly’s “Relief”
The Get Up Kids take on The Cure’s “Close to Me”
NOFX takes on Billie Holiday’s “All of Me”
Oh Land takes on Fleet Foxes’ “White Winter Hymnal”
Soundgarden takes on The Beatles’ “Come Together”
A.C. Newman takes on a-ha’s “Take on Me”
Jay Reatard takes on Deerhunter’s “Fluorescent Grey”
Secret Sisters (Feat. Jack White) take on Johnny Cash’s “Big River”
Nouvelle Vague takes on Echo & The Bunnymen’s “The Killing Moon”
The National takes on The Clash’s “London Calling”
Cat Power takes on Oasis’ “Wonderwall”
Social Distortion takes on The Rolling Stones’ “Under My Thumb”
A Place to Bury Strangers takes on David Bowie’s “Suffragette City”
Vampire Weekend takes on Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m Goin’ Down”
Lissie takes on Kid Cudi’s “Pursuit of Happiness (Feat. MGMT & Ratatat)”
First Aid Kit takes on Fever Ray’s “When I Grow Up”
Damien Jurado takes on Nick Drake’s “Pink Moon”
Radiohead takes on Joy Division’s “Ceremony”
Memoryhouse takes on Grizzly Bear’s “Foreground”
Failure takes on Depeche Mode’s “Enjoy the Silence”
Grizzly Bear takes on The Crystals’ “He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss)”
Atlas Sound takes on Connee Boswell’s “Blue Moon”
Beach House takes on Daniel Johnston’s “Some Things Last a Long Time”
Gnarls Barkley takes on Violent Femmes’ “Gone Daddy Gone”
Lowry takes on Toto’s “Africa”
Death Cab for Cutie takes on Björk’s “All is Full of Love”
Foo Fighters take on Arcade Fire’s “Keep the Car Running”
My Bloody Valentine takes on Wire’s “Map Ref. 41°N 93°W”
Interviews
Track Reviews
Caitlin Rose’s “Shanghai Cigarettes”
A Winged Victory for the Sullen’s “A Steep Trail of Vicodin Tears”
And the Relatives’ “Hammer Down”
Tim Hecker’s “Hatred of Music I”
pulseprogramming’s “First They Fire”
The Fear and Trembling’s “Let Me Know You’re Mine”
Matthew Ryan and Hammock’s “Like New Year’s Day”
Dustin O’Halloran’s “A Great Divide”
La Sera’s “Devils Heart Grow Gold”
JEFF the Brotherhood’s “Diamond City”
Collections of Colonies of Bees’ “Lawn”
Fennesz/Daniell/Buck’s “Antonia”
Choir of Young Believers’ “Claustrophobia (Peter Silberman Remix)”
Blonde Redhead’s “Here Sometimes”
Phosphorescent’s “The Mermaid Parade”
Warm Ghost’s “Open the Wormhole In Your Heart”
The New Pornographers’ “Your Hands (Together)”
Club 8’s “Western Hospitality”
Horse Feathers’ “Belly of June”
Grovesnor’s “Taxi from the Airport”
The Ruby Suns’ “Closet Astrologer”
Sam Amidon’s “Relief (R. Kelly Cover)”
Ólafur Arnalds’ “Þú Ert Sólin”
Damien Jurado’s “Cloudy Shoes”
Film School’s “Heart Full of Pentagons”
BRMC’s “The Line” (iTunes Live)
Video Reviews
The Morning Benders “All Day, All Light”
Holy Ghost!’s “I Know, I Hear”
Class Actress’s “Journal of Ardency”
White Hinterland’s “Amsterdam”
The Besnard Lakes’ “Albatross”
Rusko’s “Hold On (Feat. Amber Coffman)”
News Writing
In the News: Week of June 06, 2010
In the News: Week of June 20, 2010
Mixtape Introductions
Performer
In Print