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
What’s Stopping Nas From Recording Another Classic Album?
The Atlantic 17 July 2012
Is the Rage Behind Ice Cube’s Rodney-King Rap Still Burning?
The Atlantic 20 June 2012
End of the World: A Playlist
GlobalPost 12 June 2012
Is a List of Greatest Guitarists Without Jimi Hendrix Worth Talking About?
The Atlantic 15 May 2012
MCA, Kid Forever: How the Beastie Boys United Us by Never Growing Up
The Atlantic 7 May 2012
Levon Helm Was Perfect
The Atlantic 20 April 2012
Hologram Tupac Was Inevitable
The Atlantic 17 April 2012
America Is Dying Slowly: Talking About Hip-Hop After Trayvon Martin
GOOD 5 April 2012