MusicOpinion
The Album Isn't Dying, It's Being Sorted
Every few months someone files the same eulogy: streaming killed the album. The numbers don't actually say that. Here's what they do say.
May 15, 2026
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private music — Deftones | Album Review
Thirty years in, Deftones trades catharsis for reflection and emerges with a body of work that feels less like a statement and more like a séance — deliberately elusive, and deeply felt.
August 30, 2025
JournalismMedia
The Truth Hurts, So We Laugh: How Satire Can Restore Public Trust in the Media
When comedians ask better questions than traditional journalists, what does that say about the state of the press? Satire may be the unlikely cure for a broken media landscape.
April 30, 2025
MusicOpinion
The Critic Is Lord: How the Internet Reshaped Music Criticism
Music criticism hasn't died — it's mutated. From typewriter totalitarianism to TikTok reactions, here's how we got here and what it means for the way we listen.
April 22, 2025
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Forever Howlong — Black Country, New Road | Album Review
The English art-rock group's third studio album may have some skeletons in its closet — but they're joined by something tender and breathing: presence, warmth, and a willingness to stay soft.
April 15, 2025
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Top 10 Albums of 2024
From Tyler the Creator's best album yet to a Cure comeback nobody expected to work this well — my picks for the best records of 2024.
December 10, 2024
MusicOpinion
Every Taylor Swift Album, Ranked
I'm not a Swiftie. But I listened through her entire discography front to back so you don't have to — and I have opinions.
September 2, 2024