SIR ELTON JOHN INTERVIEWS ONE OF HIS FAVORITE NEW MUSICIANST Magazine | 10.18.2016SundayStyles | 10.23.2016Until very recently, Max Kakacek and Julien Ehrlich, who record under the name Whitney, were best known as former members of the Chicago band …
A BROOKLYN ARTIST READS A NORWEGIAN SINGER'S TAROTT Magazine | 10.7.2016On “Blood Bitch,” Jenny Hval’s beguiling new album, the avant-garde musician sings about menstruation and vampires, blood and politics. I visited the home of artist, performer a…
SCENES FROM A PUNK ROCK AND STORYTELLING SHOW, FOR DEAF PEOPLET Magazine | 4.29.2016I covered a Deaf storytelling and punk rock show held at the Knockdown Center in Maspeth, Queens. The event was inspired by the legendary San Francisco punk ven…
THE AUTHORS, MUSICIANS AND BROADWAY MUSICAL THAT INSPIRE DAN BEJART Magazine | 7.28.2015The man who makes music as Destroyer has played many parts over his career — a dream lover, a Spanish-language crooner and a New Pornographer. I had some beers w…
THE ART, DRINKS, ROADS AND POEMS THAT INSPIRE JULIA HOLTER T Magazine | 9.23.2015 I talked to Julia Holter about the things she likes. 
PHILIP GLASS REMEMBERS DAVID BOWIE — AND SHARES A PLAYLISTT Magazine | 2.19.2016On the eve of his yearly Tibet House Benefit, I talked to Philip Glass about his memories of David Bowie, Lou Reed and Iggy Pop. He also made us a hand-picked playlist o…
YO LA TENGO’S IRA KAPLAN ON 10 OF HIS INFLUENCEST Magazine | 8.25.2015I talked to Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo about 10 things that inspire him, none of which happened to be Maxwell's. 
NICOLAS WINDING REFN, VINYL CURATORT Magazine | 5.20.2015In which I meet Nicolas Winding Refn and we talk about vinyl.
THE MANY PALS OF PEACHEST Magazine / Sunday NYT Metro Section | 6.8.2015The performance artist and musician Merrill Nisker, better known as Peaches, has sought to upend gender norms, smash stereotypes and tackle taboos. I wrote about her new career-…
JIM JARMUSCH SOUNDTRACKS SURREALISM WITH HIS ROCK BAND SQURLT Magazine | 2.17.2015Jim Jarmusch is mostly known for his movies, like "Dead Man" and "Down by Law."I talked to him about his band. 
A SCI-FI-INSPIRED MUSIC VIDEO FROM A BUZZY INDIE BANDT Magazine | 1.21.2015I caught up with the guys from Viet Cong (now known as Preoccupations) to talk about their latest music video, which was inspired by "Alien," "Predator," and "Blade Runner."
DON'T CALL SZA AN "R&B ARTIST"Refinery29 | 3.5.2014An interview with SZA. 
BUBBLIN' UP: LOCKAHtXLR8R | 2.10.2014Tom Banks (a.k.a. Lockah) is in the final stages of packing up his flat and moving away from Aberdeen, Scotland, the city he's called home for the past 28 years. He's headed for Brighton, England, to be close to …
BUBBLIN' UP: LEE BANNONXLR8R | 1.7.2014A profile of the prolific, stye-shifting producer Lee Bannon. He invited me to his Williamsburg loft to talk and listen to some new tracks. 

MONTH OF SOUND STARS

Refinery29 | October 2013

BUBBLIN' UP: PHOEBE KIDDOXLR8R | 9.25.2013roducer Phoebe Kiddo's path toward releasing her debut LP, Artefacts of Broken Dreams, has spanned years, continents, and even consciousnesses (she's especially interested in the meditative effect that sound…
A PUNK CHANTEUSE GETS IN TOUCH WITH HER CLASSICAL SIDET Magazine | 8.15.2013Nika Roza Danilova, who records under the nom de guerre Zola Jesus. Danilova is known for mixing industrial-inspired synth-pop with a vocal style that she honed while studyi…
MEXICAN SUMMER, THE LITTLE INDIE LABEL THAT COULD, THROWS AN ANNIVERSARY BASHT Magazine | 8.10.2013Founded in 2008 by Andrés Santo Domingo, Keith Abrahamsson and Tom Clapp as the more tuneful offshoot of their rock-oriented imprint Kemado Records, M…
A SWEDE'S SECOND SET OF HEARTFELT ELECTRONIC BEATST Magazine | 1.23.2014Eric Berglund, the mastermind and sole member of the Swedish synth-pop act CEO and former Tough Alliance member gets abstract. 
DEV HYNES CAN'T STOP, WON'T STOPRefinery29 | 8.3.2013Fun story: I lost the audio for this interview and had to do it twice. To this day, it's the most mortified I've ever been while working on a project. Anyway, this is a profile of Dev Hyenes (a.k.…
FUCK BUTTONS IN FOCUSInterview Magazine | 7.23.2013Andrew Hung of Fuck Buttons talks about the band's unlikely Olympic anthem its new record, Slow Focus. 
AUSTRA MOUNTS OLYMPIA Interview Magazine | 6.13.2013When Toronto-based singer Katie Stelmanis began playing as Austra back in 2009, her music was very much a solo project.  I spoke with her about her latest album and becoming a full-band affair.
FACTORY FLOOR, IN FULLInterview Magazine | 9.27.2013I caught up with Factory Floor just before the release of their debut album to talk working with DFA, advice from Throbbing Gristle, and the role repetition plays in its music.