You can find much of my writing on BrooklynVegan in my weekly album reviews column Notable Releases and my punk column In Defense of the Genre.
And check out more of my interviews on The BrooklynVegan Podcast.

Books / Zines EMO REVIVAL, coming fall 2026 via Clash Books Alexisonfire x BrooklynVegan (80-page, career-spanning story of Alexisonfire)

Interviews / Features The Beach Boys Paramore MJ Lenderman Touché Amoré Balance and Composure Superheaven Anxious Mannequin Pussy Keith Buckley (Every Time I Die, Many Eyes) Bad Brains Scowl The Wonder Years The Interrupters The Callous Daoboys Soul Glo PUP Joyce Manor David Crosby Anthony Green (Circa Survive) mewithoutYou Manchester Orchestra Meat Puppets Foxing Mike & Tim Kinsella (Cap'n Jazz, American Football)

Podcasts The BrooklynVegan Show Podcast

Video In Conversation with Geoff Rickly Jimmy Eat World backstage at Coachella Speed backstage at Coachella Ska Lives! The Continued Legacy of American Ska

Podcast Appearances Run Into The Ground In Defense of Ska Endless Scroll Ska Punk International Ska Boom Violent Treatment The Pitch of Discontent (blink-182's untitled 20th anniversary episode) Sunday Conversations Washed Up Emo

Album Retrospectives The Beach Boys albums ranked AFI's 'Sing the Sorrow' at 20 Title Fight's 'Floral Green' at 10 - the story behind a landmark of modern punk & hardcore Box Car Racer turns 20: a look back on blink-182's crucial post-hardcore side project Taking Back Sunday's 'Tell All Your Friends' at 20 Every Time I Die: a look back at 20+ years of metalcore innovation Jimmy Eat World's 'Bleed American' at 20 blink-182's 'Take Off Your Pants and Jacket' turns 20 - the tense turning point of their peak era Thursday's 'Full Collapse' at 20 American Football's LP1 at 20 Minus The Bear albums ranked mewithoutYou albums ranked Rancid albums ranked Black Flag albums ranked blink-182 albums ranked Paramore album guide 'Insomniac' is Green Day's best album All 101 songs on 'Short Music For Short People,' reviewed

Other Articles / Lists Ska is thriving right now. Here's a look at the DIY scene that's keeping it alive The road to 'Glow On' - a guide to Turnstile's back catalog 10 years ago, the new wave of post-hardcore made its mark 15 '80s punk albums that shaped the '90s/'00s pop punk boom 'Emo Revival' & how 'Indie Rock' was already 'Emo' (or vice versa) 12 classic ska-punk albums to prepare you for the ska-punk revival 100 Best Punk & Emo Albums of the 2010s A look back on 10 classic pop punk bands' "mature" albums