love this and the portrait of the artists' familiars
A couple years ago Mabe Fratti made the mistake of mentioning my name in a list of her favorite albums. I immediately sent an email proposing a collaboration. And today you can hear the first two singles. The album releases on May 22 on Tin Angel.
tinangelrecords.bandcamp.com…
Feeling Distant retweeted
I’m tweeting for the first time in many months to share a piece I’ve written about the problematic history of the Oscars recognizing Black directors.
Please share this one far and wide—it’s an important convo that’s been absent from the Oscars discourse.
rogerebert.com/festivals/why…
We went deep
ICYMI: the 4th episode of my podcast 'Known Associates' dropped today, featuring the world historic goddess @annkpowers discussing her groundbreaking work as one of our best critics and some rad new projects in her current pipeline. A full fledged legend. southwestreview.com/known-as…
Hey here is my list of top 10 albums for this year npr.org/2025/12/11/g-s1-9995…
Uppsala forever
Right after giving us the lexicon for naming the living world, Carl Linnaeus decided to create a flower clock to tell the time of day by the bloom of different flowers themarginalian.org/2025/04/0…
One thing I LOVE about the new Robyn video is that you can see normal wrinkles around her mouth. She is a gorgeous unaltered normal woman in her forties. Plus "Dopamine" slapppps
In shock at my good fortune to be in conversation with this group. It's going to be AMAZING, do consider joining us!
i can hardly believe i’m so blessed as to be a part of this gathering on the beautiful island of patmos, to engage in conversations about the creative process and share inspiration. would you like to join us? goodworldjourneys.com/living…
Oh hell yes gonna listen ASAP to this ep on the genius of the Swe-Mix
The Life of a Showgirl might not have been Max Martin's best work but it got me thinking: What is?
On today's Pop Pantheon, @craftingmystyle, @missmollymary, & @popsamcam join me to discuss the best of Max Martin and share our lists of the top five of all time by the pop master
We made a new thing!! Please listen!! npr.org/2025/10/23/nx-s1-558…
Remember how like five weeks ago there was that debate about how music writers are never mean anymore? Everyone around me is clearly really enjoying that taste of blood so I guess that was in fact a silly conversation.
People flipping out about this, but you should look at teen magazines in 1956 or any pop music coverage in 1964. Plenty of precedent in the history of media's relationship to Elvis and the Beatles! (Not endorsing, just saying don't put this down to where media is at now)
Rolling Stone (Taylor's Version) 🧡
To celebrate #TSTheLifeofaShowgirl, we launched our first-ever homepage takeover. For 24 hours, Rolling Stone transforms its digital presence into an immersive experience complete with reviews, lists, takes, and more.
rollingstone.com/
Here's my review of The Life of a Showgirl, in which I try to show that it's possible to see the good and the questionable in an album rather than straight-up worship or hatred npr.org/2025/10/03/nx-s1-555…
Here are my thoughts! Thanks for posting @ChristinaSburch
one of my favorite parts about a taylor swift album drop is getting to read the NPR review penned by @annkpowers. Like our girl Taylor, she’s got a way with words npr.org/2025/10/03/nx-s1-555…
#TSTheLifeOfAShowgirl
Support this excellent effort!
I like sombr and I cannot lie but I don't know if you should go on a date with him npr.org/2025/09/02/nx-s1-552…
Her notes are so good!!! Truly!!!
I'm so thrilled to have written the liner notes for Rhino's new reissue of the Replacements all-time classic 'Let It Be.' It's an LP which has aged beautifully and surprisingly, and this new set is wildly elucidating. Pre-orders available now, if you dare! pitchfork.com/news/the-repla…
Here's the essay on pop punk and Superman I wrote for the @nprmusic newsletter -- it's on the Web now! npr.org/2025/07/25/nx-s1-547…




















