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Music Journalism 

Paul Nelson’s ‘White Whales’

September 3, 2025September 3, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2025, Anthony Fantano, Fantagraphics Books, I Like People That Can’t Sing: Paul Nelson Interviews Leonard Cohen and Lucinda Williams, Leonard Cohen, Lucinda Williams, Paul Nelson, Rolling Stone

A new book celebrates the legendary music critic’s dream interviews with Leonard Cohen and Lucinda Williams

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Music Journalism 

The Best Music Journalism of 2024

December 14, 2024December 15, 2024 Jason Gross 1 Comment Billboard, Conde Nast, Hearing Things, Medium, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, Substack, Ted Gioia, Vice

Our political lives suck, so how about some great music writing?

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Alternative Rock Garage Rock Music Journalism Noise Punk Rock 

Michael Azerrad Amplifies His Nirvana Book

October 19, 2023October 19, 2023 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Courtney Love, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Kurt Cobain, Michael Azerrad, Nirvana, Our Band Could Be Your Life, Rolling Stone, The Amplified Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana

An interview with the author of Come As You Are

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Music Journalism 

The Truth Behind Jann Wenner and Hootiegate

September 19, 2023September 20, 2023 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Hootie and the Blowfish, Jann Wenner, Jim DeRogatis, Only Wanna Be With You: The Inside Story of Hootie and the Blowfish, Rolling Stone, The Melvins, Tim Sommer

An excerpt from Tim Sommer’s acclaimed book Only Wanna Be With You

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Music Journalism 

Joe Bonamassa Is Right About Jann Wenner

September 17, 2023September 18, 2023 Ron Hart 5 Comments Bruce Springsteen, Chrissie Hynde, David Marchese, Jann Wenner, Jon Landau, Patti Smith, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rolling Stone

I hope this op-ed is articulate enough for the Rolling Stone founder

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Music Journalism 

Jann Wenner, Bruce Springsteen and Me (Well, Not Really Me)

September 22, 2022September 24, 2022 Tim Sommer 1 Comment 2022, 92nd St. Y, Bruce Springsteen, Hootie and the Blowfish, Jann Wenner, Jim DeRogatis, Rolling Stone, the New York Observer

Why the ex-Rolling Stone publisher’s response to HootieGate was total nonsense

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Hard Rock 

Happy 50th, Blue Öyster Cult!

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 Tim Sommer 5 Comments 1972, 50th Birthday, Amon Duul II, Atom Heart Mother, Blue Oyster Cult, Captain Beefhart, Columbia Records, Deep Purple, Imaginos, MC5, Rolling Stone, The Grateful Dead, The Stooges, Yardbirds

What if the MC5 and the Grateful Dead had been one band?  

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Music Journalism 

Best Music Journalism of 2021

December 27, 2021December 29, 2021 Jason Gross 0 Comments 2021, BandCamp, Best Music Journalism, Billboard, Britney Spears, Consequence of Sound, Eartha Kitt, Greg Tate, Michael Gonzales, New York, Rolling Stone, Tavi Gevinson, The Grammys, Vanity Fair

Scribes still do the write thing in COVID times

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Hardcore Post-Hardcore Punk Rock 

Round Eye’s Own Chinese Democracy

September 15, 2021September 23, 2021 Brad Cohan 0 Comments Beijing, Bill Stevenson, China, Li Wei Yu, Mike Watt, Pete “Peetzo” Mazich, Rolling Stone, Round Eye, Secondmen, The Descendents

The Shanghai-based punk rock collective aim for the political protest jugular on Culture Shock Treatment 

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Music Journalism Remembrance 

Ed Ward: The Music Critic’s Music Critic

May 12, 2021March 24, 2022 David Menconi 3 Comments Best Music Journalism, Crawdaddy!, Creem, Ed Ward, Fresh Air, Greil Marcus, Music Critic, Music Journalism, NPR, Rolling Stone

Music Historian David Menconi remembers his influential friend and mentor who passed away on May 3rd at age 72

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adblock Music Journalism 

Screw 2020 But Long Live the Music Writer!

December 29, 2020December 30, 2020 Jason Gross 0 Comments Best Music Journalism, Complex, Cousin Brucie, McClatchy, Music Journalism, Q, Rolling Stone, She Shreds, SPIN, Stereogum, Tiny Mixtapes, Vice

Looking back on the best music journalism of the year

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Blues Music Journalism 

Looking to Get Lost, Mind Over Matter and States of Abandon

November 8, 2020November 8, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Andre Williams, Billy Miller, Boston After Dark, Crawdaddy!, Detroit, Dick Curless, Dion, Elvis Presley, Feel Like Going Home, Fortune Records, Howlin' Wolf, John Hammond, Lenny Kaye, Lonnie Mack, Looking To Get Lost, Lost Highway, Merle Haggard, Michael Hurtt, Mind Over Matter: The Myths and Mysteries of Detroit’s Fortune Records, Nolan Strong and the Diablos, Peter Guralnick, Robert Johnson, Rolling Stone, Sam Cooke, Sam Phillips, Sweet Soul Music, The Rolling Stones

Two insightful new books explore the joy of deep music appreciation

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Hard Rock Progressive Rock Psychedelics 

ALBUMS: Hawkwind, The Rock ‘n’ Roll Machine

October 30, 2020October 30, 2020 Tim Sommer 1 Comment Carnivorous, Coronavirus, Dave Brock, Hawkwind, Kraftwerk, LaMonte Young, Neu!, Rolling Stone, Space Ritual, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, The Godz, The Velvet Underground, the Velvets, Trouser Press Books, WLIR, WPIX

51 years into their voyage, they release their best album in decades

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Music Journalism 

It’s Almost Time For The Rock Revival

September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 Marcus K. Dowling 0 Comments 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Billie Eilish, Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Bruce Springsteen, Daft Punk, David Bowie, DJ Shadow, Elton John, Kraftwerk, Massive Attack, MTV, Robyn, Rolling Stone, technology, The Beatles, The Doors, The Rolling Stones, The Who

Rolling Stone’s 500 Best Albums List notes how technology fails Rock & Roll

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Music Journalism 

Music Journalism in 2019: The Best Stories, Mucho Lay-offs, Power Plays & #MeToo

December 20, 2019December 20, 2019 Jason Gross 0 Comments Billboard, Consequence of Sound, Eric Sundermann, FADER, Maggot Brain, Penske Media, Pitchfork, Playboy, Rolling Stone, Ryan Adams, Vice

A look back at the harrowing year of pop writing in print, digital or otherwise

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