Reporting:

“How Olivia Dean ended up everywhere,” The Washington Post, 2025

“Taylor Swift is the ‘variant queen,’ but plenty of artists are cashing in,” The Washington Post, 2025

“The music industry is getting used to AI. One viral track went too far.” The Washington Post, 2025

“Is VistaVision really worth the hassle? These ambitious filmmakers think so.” The Washington Post, 2025

“How do you shoot a whole movie in one apartment? Director Ira Sachs knows,” The Los Angeles Times, 2025

“A guide to playing a show in Pittsburgh’s DIY music scene,” GUNK, 2025

“Pynchon fans can’t believe ‘One Battle After Another’ pulled it off,” The Washington Post, 2025

“Artists are leaving Spotify to protest CEO’s military AI investments,” The Washington Post, 2025

“Why are Talenti’s gelato jars so hard to open?” The Washington Post, 2025

“‘Go to 11’: How the ‘Spinal Tap’ phrase lived on after the movie,” The Washington Post, 2025

“It’s a streaming world. But they still love iTunes.” The Washington Post, 2025

“Location sharing was cool for Gen Z until Instagram made it weird,” The Washington Post, 2025

“Who gets cheap flights and hotel upgrades? AI will decide.” The Washington Post, 2025

“CatVideoFest meows its way back into theaters,” The Washington Post, 2025

“‘Buckingham Nicks,’ the missing link of the Fleetwood Mac saga, is back,” The Washington Post, 2025

“Grand Canyon Lodge lost in fire was a remote sanctuary for travelers,” The Washington Post, 2025

“Musicians brace for impact as Senate vote on public radio looms,” The Washington Post, 2025

“A ’60s-flavored band blew up on Spotify. They’re AI,” The Washington Post, 2025

“How Zohran Mamdani’s past life as a C-list rapper prepared him for politics,” The Washington Post, 2025

“Library of Congress acquires Stephen Sondheim’s papers and manuscripts,” The Washington Post, 2025

“Why matchmakers are conflicted about the new rom-com about matchmakers,” The Washington Post, 2025

“I went to the Mariah Carey holiday bar and surprised myself with seasonal cheer,” Time Out New York, 2024

“Beloved downtown music haven Rockwood Music Hall has reportedly closed,” Time Out New York, 2024

“Where Are New York’s All Ages Music Venues?,” Portable Model, 2024

“The cassette-tape comeback has reached Pittsburgh's record stores,” Pittsburgh City Paper, 2024

“Mr. Roboto Project and Bunker Projects nearly have the funds to purchase their longtime building,” Pittsburgh City Paper, 2024

“Post Genre is hoping to solidify the Oakland music scene with a concert series,” WYEP, 2024

“You had to be there: Pittsburgh’s early punk scene documented in Erik Bauer’s new book,” WYEP, 2024

“Speaking in Tongues: Learning to Communicate in Ben Lerner’s Novel ‘The Topeka School’,” Greene Street Review, 2023

“The quintessential Jewishness of Bruce Springsteen,” Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle, 2022

“Car Seat Headrest's Drummer Made His Own Video Game Franchise, Regrets It,” Vice, 2021

Profiles and interviews:

“Wednesday’s last album was one of the best of 2023. Its new one is better.” The Washington Post, 2025

“In her folk rock, Merce Lemon sings the beauty of all living things,” The Washington Post, 2025

“Nourished by Time’s new album reaches a higher plane,” The Washington Post, 2025

“Asher White brings the full catastrophe to her playful pop,” The Washington Post, 2025

“Geordie Greep’s jazz fusion interrogates modern masculinity. It’s a riot.” The Washington Post, 2025

“Open Mike Eagle is the king of heartfelt, surrealist rap,” The Washington Post, 2025

“Chase Sui Wonders is having a summer of horror. Intentionally.” The Washington Post, 2025

“‘Reverse supergroup’ Friendship brings together the best in country rock,” The Washington Post, 2025

“Wishful Thinking: Why Bonnie’s Blaire Howerton speaks,” ANTICS Magazine, 2024

“Looking Straight At It: Sinai Vessel Sings Again,” Paste Magazine, 2024

“Edhochuli get ready to sweat it out touring their first album in nine years,” Pittsburgh City Paper, 2024

“What's the ‘Lady Gaga of Vietnam’ doing here in Pittsburgh?,” Pittsburgh City Paper, 2024

“Jehnie Burns’s Mixtape Nostalgia Traces the History and Appeal of Mixtapes,” WYEP, 2023

“Patrick Stickles of Titus Andronicus Picks His Bandcamp Favorites,” Bandcamp Daily, 2022

“I took my rabbi to see Uncut Gems,” Mic, 2020

Obituaries:

“Rob Reiner, dead at 78, was a crowd-pleasing director no matter the genre,” The Washington Post, 2025

“Lô Borges, whose music resonated far beyond Brazil, dies at 73,” The Washington Post, 2025

“Ace Frehley, hard-rocking Kiss guitarist, dies at 74,“ The Washington Post, 2025

“D’Angelo, R&B visionary and godfather of neo-soul, dies at 51,” The Washington Post, 2025

Breaking news:

“Workers take steps to unionize at four D.C. music venues, including 9:30 Club,” The Washington Post, 2025

“Jennifer Shah, formerly of ‘Real Housewives,’ released from prison early,” The Washington Post, 2025

“Doctor sentenced to 30 months over Matthew Perry’s death from ketamine,” The Washington Post, 2025

“‘Wicked: For Good’ has $150 million opening, ending box office trance,” The Washington Post, 2025

“Meet this year’s MacArthur grant ‘geniuses’,” The Washington Post, 2025

“If you’re reading this, the rapture probably didn’t happen. (Again.),” The Washington Post, 2025

“Here are the VMA highlights, as Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga rack up wins,” The Washington Post, 2025

“What’s next for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs? Sentencing, possible pardon and more.” The Washington Post, 2025

Selected reviews:

“How amateurs built the internet’s aesthetics,” review of Joanna Walsh’s ‘Amateurs!,’ The Washington Post, 2025

“Tyler Childers could’ve done anything on this album. He does everything.” The Washington Post, 2025

“The Comets’ Short-Lived Career Was an ’80s Power Pop Miracle,” Bandcamp Daily, 2024

“Final Summer Keeps The Engine Humming for Cloud Nothings,” Paste Magazine, 2024

“In Lieu of Flowers Makes Good on the Promise of Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties,” Paste Magazine, 2024

“Music So Loud, Can’t Tell a Thing: Big Star’s Radio City at 50,” Paste Magazine, 2024

“The surprising tenderness of Jacques Tati’s Trafic,” Washington Square News, 2024

“Marika Hackman Makes An Astute Left Turn on Big Sigh,” Paste Magazine, 2024

“Nicolas Cage is everybody’s nightmare in Dream Scenario,” Washington Square News, 2023

“The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We is Mitski’s steady, Americana experiment,” Washington Square News, 2023

“How to Blow Up a Pipeline is a sleek tale of environmental revolution,” Washington Square News, 2023

“Six Bands to Know from Pittsburgh’s Flourishing DIY Scene,” Bandcamp Daily, 2022

“Lindsey Buckingham’s Satisfying, Solitary Self-Titled Album Is Comfortable Enough,” Paste Magazine, 2021