Pusha T Says His Solo Debut Is the Rap Album of the Year. He Might Be Right.
Slate 7 October 2013
Eastbound & Down Is as Bleak as Breaking Bad, and a Lot Funnier
Slate 26 September 2013
Odd Duck (review of Drake’s “Nothing Was The Same”)
Slate 23 September 2013
Can Robert Griffin III Save the NFL?
Slate 5 September 2013
Like a Trolling Stone (on Bob Dylan’s “Another Self Portrait”)
Slate 27 August 2013
The Songs Otis Redding Could Have Sung
The Atlantic 22 July 2013
Stevie Wonder’s Florida Boycott
Slate 17 July 2013
“Why Did You Want to Film That?”: Robert Frank’s Infamous Rolling Stones Documentary, Revisited
Slate 9 July 2013
The Darko Ages: How Magical Thinking and Racism Produced the NBA’s Most Notorious Draft Bust
Slate 27 June 2013
Bobby Bland Was ‘Two Steps From the Blues’, and Ahead of Everyone Else
The Atlantic 25 June 2013
How Kanye West’s Yeezus Is Like Sgt. Pepper, or Kid A, or Riot Goin’ On
The Atlantic 21 June 2013
The Anticipation for Kanye West’s New Album Is Insane, and Totally Justified
The Atlantic 9 May 2013
Dream On Vs. Radio On: Massachusetts Has a Very Massachusetts Fight Over Its Official State Rock Song
Slate 5 March 2013
Why Joni Mitchell’s ‘Blue’ Is the Greatest Relationship Album Ever
The Atlantic 14 February 2013
Empire States of Mind: Johnny, Patti, and Jay
Los Angeles Review of Books 7 December 2012
One of the Greatest ‘Lost’ Albums of All Time Has Been Found
The Atlantic 26 November 2012
Ray Allen’s Last Stand: Is It Possible to Age Gracefully in the NBA?
The Atlantic 31 October 2012
Bob Dylan’s Astonishing Latter-Day Brilliance
The Atlantic 11 September 2012
My American Dream Sounds Like The Jackson 5
NPR (with audio from Morning Edition) 11 September 2012
Pussy Riot, new punk legends
Salon / GlobalPost 21 August 2012