CHECKPOINT! The Best Songs and Albums of Q1 2025
Check out last year’s zines here! Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
The Best Albums of 2024
Earlier this month, I finished writing my Best Songs of 2024, and now it’s out in the world in all its indulgently long glory. As you can tell by my...
The Best Songs of 2024 (20-1)
#20 Remi Wolf - Alone In Miami I don’t think I ever really paid attention to Remi Wolf until “Alone In Miami”. “Toro” was the song that got me through the...
The Best Songs of 2024 (50-21)
#50 NLE Choppa - SLUT ME OUT 2 This is genuinely some of the most fun I’ve had with a song all year. I remember seeing a snippet of this song being performed...
The Best Songs of 2024 (100-51)
2024 was a challenging year for me. Not a bad year, necessarily. If anything, I’m grateful for a year where my personal life has been mostly stable. Some...
CHECKPOINT!! The Best Songs and Albums of Q4 2024
A short zine highlighting my favorite songs and albums of 2024 from October, November and December.
Making Country Music for Yourself: An Analysis of Four Great Country Albums
In which Beyoncé, Chase Rice, Luke Combs, and Post Malone exemplify the importance of making country music because you love it, not because you're chasing the bag.
CHECKPOINT!! The Best Songs and Albums of Q3 2024
A short zine highlighting my favorite songs and albums of 2024 from July, August and September.
CHECKPOINT!! The Best Songs and Albums of Q2 2024
A short zine highlighting my favorite songs and albums of 2024 from April, May and June.
CHECKPOINT! The Best Songs and Albums of Q1 2024
A short zine highlighting my favorite songs and albums of 2024
Best Songs of 2023 (20-1)
Part three of my list of best songs of 2023!
Best Songs of 2023 (50-21)
Part two of my list of the best songs of 2023!
Best Songs of 2023 (100-51)
Part one of my list of the best songs of 2023!
CHECKPOINT! The Best Music of Q3 2023 (July-September)
Featuring music by Zach Bryan, Chappell Roan, Post Malone, Laufey, Turnpike Troubadours and more!
CHECKPOINT! The Best Music of Q2 2023 (April-June)
The next part of my quarterly zine series looking back at my favorite music of the past three months!
The Inner Workings and Deeper Meanings of Ed Sheeran's Subtract
The in-depth review of Ed Sheeran's Subtract that no one else will do.
CHECKPOINT! The Best of Music in Q1 2023 (January-March)
A quick recap of my year in music so far!
All These Days I Spent Wasted On Wallen
In which I reckon with the disappointment of Morgan Wallen and his latest album "One Thing At A Time".
Valenzine 2023
A playlist zine centered around the incredible highs and odd spaces that love songs occupy in our lives.
The Best Songs of 2022
My favorite songs of the year, now in zine form!
This Month On Shuffle: September 2022
Featuring songs by The 1975, David Guetta & Bebe Rexha, Koe Wetzel, Tyler Childers, Sam Smith & Kim Petras, and Zach Bryan
This Month On Shuffle (August 2022)
The first in a monthly song review series in tribute to the now retired Singles Jukebox.
CHECKPOINT!!! A 2022 Midyear Recap
A lookback at my year in music thus far in webcomic form.
Kendrick Fumbled On "Auntie Diaries". And That's Okay.
Untangling my messy opinions on "Auntie Diaries" as a non-binary trans fan of Kendrick Lamar.
A Long Delayed List of My Favorite Albums of 2021
The Pandemic Is Over Guys! We Did It! (Part One)
Euphoria Is A Mess, And Yet, We Keep Watching
Exploring my tangled, complicated feelings on season two and Euphoria as a whole.
Best Songs of 2021! (3/3)
20-1
Best Songs of 2021! (2/3)
50-21
Best Songs of 2021! (1/3)
100-51
Best Hit Songs of 2021 (4/4)
Going higher, and higher, and higher.
Best Hit Songs of 2021 (3/4)
Come on over, I'll adore you.
Best Hit Songs of 2021 (2/4)
Maybe some things last forever after all.
The Best Hit Songs of 2021 (1/4)
I just looked at my wrist, I got time today.
The Commute 2021 Q3
Featuring albums from Billie Eilish, Lucy Dacus and Lil Nas X
Chasing After Golden Hour: A "star-crossed" Review
How the fruitless search for the love that made "Golden Hour" so special ends in a lack of catharsis... and the discovery of new light.
Certified Lover Boy, DONDA, and the Joys of Ignoring Discourse
The fight between Drake and Kanye West is a pointless waste of time, but that doesn't mean the albums themselves are as well.
Top 30 Best Community Episodes
Exploring the genius of Community's character relationships and its enormous heart an entire decade late.
"Solar Power" And Embracing Your Comfort Zone
Learning to temper expectations for your favs even if it means a weaker album.
Some Thoughts on Brooklyn 99's "The Good Ones" and "The Lake House"
Some brief thoughts on the first two episodes of Brooklyn 99's final season.
The Commute 2021: Q2 (3/3)
Featuring albums from: Lil Baby & Lil Durk, Left At London, Polo G, Emotional Oranges, Maroon 5, Alan Jackson, Backxwash, Doja Cat & Tyler The Creator.
The Commute 2021: Q2 (2/3)
Featuring albums from Shelley FKA DRAM, Morray, Miranda Lambert, J. Cole, Panopticon, Olivia Rodrigo, twenty one pilots, Dayglow, and Cole Chaney.
The Commute 2021: Q2 (1/3)
Featuring albums from: Demi Lovato, SUNDAYS, Genesis Owusu, Brockhampton, Taylor Swift, Pink Sweat$, Eric Church, Adeem The Artist, Elori Saxl, Porter Robinson, Giveon and Thomas Rhett.
Diamond In The Rough: Maroon 5
Trying to find the positives and the hidden talents of an otherwise hated artist. This episode: Maroon 5.
In Defense of Scaled and Icy
twenty one pilots make their most divisive album to date, but there's more to the album's shimmery pop sound and detached paranoia than meets the eye.
What The Kid Laroi Taught Me About Teenage Melodrama Through The Eyes of a Growing Adult
AKA why I like "WITHOUT YOU" when I probably shouldn't
Best Albums of 2020 (3-1)
My three favorite albums of the year. So much so I had more to say about them than any other album thus far.
Best Albums of 2020 (15-4)
Some of the crowning jewels of 2020. Must-listen to albums regardless of what your music preference is.
Best Albums of 2020 (30-16)
Some more of the best albums of the year.
Best Albums of 2020 (100-31)
Part one of my favorite albums of the year
The Commune 2021: Q1 (January-March)
Featuring albums from Morgan Wallen, Tenant From Zero, Trippie Redd, Grandbrothers, YOASOBI, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, Jetty Bones, Selena Gomez, Benny The Butcher & Harry Fraud, AJR, Rod Wave & more!