15 Of 2015: A 10th Anniversary Retrospective (Mortal Man, Undertale, Record Year)
Part 5/5 of a retrospective of my favorite songs from ten years ago, as a tribute to my tenth anniversary writing about music.
15 Of 2015: A 10th Anniversary Retrospective (Lose My Mind, Stay A Little Longer, Break On Me)
Part 4/5 of a retrospective of my favorite songs from ten years ago, as a tribute to my tenth anniversary writing about music.
15 Of 2015: A 10th Anniversary Retrospective (I Really Like You, Heavydirtysoul, Wildfire)
Part 3/5 of a retrospective of my favorite songs from ten years ago, as a tribute to my tenth anniversary writing about music.
15 Of 2015: A 10th Anniversary Retrospective (The Hills, Crash and Burn, Photograph)
Part 2/5 of a retrospective of my favorite songs from ten years ago, as a tribute to my tenth anniversary writing about music.
15 Of 2015: A Tenth Anniversary Retrospective (Uptown Funk, Bills, Gosh)
Part 1/5 of a retrospective of my favorite songs from ten years ago, as a tribute to my tenth anniversary writing about music.
CHECKPOINT! The Best Songs and Albums of Q3 2025
Check out the past couple zines from this year below! Q1 Q2
CHECKPOINT! The Best Songs and Albums of Q2 2025
CHECKPOINT! Q1 2025 The billy woods album titled GOLLIWOG features and is named after a doll designed after a racist caricature. If you would like to know...
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!