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Editor-in-Chief of Tone Glow. Music and film critic, film programmer, educator.
Recent Highlights
Review of BTS - ARIRANG (Pitchfork)
Review of BTS - ARIRANG (Pitchfork)
Read Joshua Minsoo Kim’s review of the album.
Interview with the Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet
Interview with the Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet
The last in a series of five interviews with the Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet. Bill Orcutt, Shane Parish, Ava Mendoza, and Wendy Eisenberg talk about
Interview with Wendy Eisenberg
Interview with Wendy Eisenberg
The fourth in a series of five interviews with the Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet. Wendy Eisenberg talks about 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer', free improvisation versus songs, and their new self-titled LP.
Interview with Ava Mendoza
Interview with Ava Mendoza
The third in a series of five interviews with the Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet. Ava Mendoza talks about the mining history of her ancestors, her love for playing solo, and her growth as a guitarist.
Interview with Shane Parish
Interview with Shane Parish
The second in a series of five interviews with the Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet. Shane Parish talks about his childhood mentors, teaching philosophies, and his new album 'Autechre Guitar' (2026)
Interview with Bill Orcutt
Interview with Bill Orcutt
The first in a series of five interviews with the Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet. Orcutt talks about running a movie theater, how he stumbles onto musical ideas, and 'Music in Continuous Motion' (2026)
Interview with ELUCID
Interview with ELUCID
An interview with the New York rapper about his early experiences on the internet, living a life of honesty, and his new album with Sebb Bash, 'I Guess U Had To Be There' (2026)
Interview with Charlotte Zhang
Interview with Charlotte Zhang
An interview with the Los Angeles-based filmmaker about the necessity of mythologizing, narrativizing historical events as vengeance, and her debut feature film 'Tycoon' (2026)
Interview with Gary Higgins
Interview with Gary Higgins
An interview with the folk singer-songwriter about his 1973 LP 'Red Hash', smoking pot at Jewish summer camp, and his upcoming show at Chicago's Psych Fest
Interview with John Beltran
Interview with John Beltran
Interview with The Hated
Interview with The Hated
Interview with Yoshihiko Matsui
Interview with Yoshihiko Matsui
Interview with Tatsu Aoki
Interview with Tatsu Aoki
Interview with Joshua Chuquimia Crampton
Interview with Joshua Chuquimia Crampton
Interview with xavisphone
Interview with xavisphone
Interview with Quinie
Interview with Quinie
Interview with Monolake
Interview with Monolake
Interview with DJ Ramon Sucesso
Interview with DJ Ramon Sucesso
Interview with The Sidepeices (heavensouls & stickerbush)
Interview with The Sidepeices (heavensouls & stickerbush)
ALBUM REVIEWS
Snuggle - Goodbyehouse (Pitchfork)
Snuggle - Goodbyehouse (Pitchfork)
Read Joshua Minsoo Kim’s review of the album.
Blurbs for Pitchfork's "100 Best Rap Albums of All Time"
Blurbs for Pitchfork's "100 Best Rap Albums of All Time"
We rank the most essential and influential albums of this quintessentially American art form.
Titanic - Hagen (BOMB Mag)
Titanic - Hagen (BOMB Mag)
Traversing musical genres from black metal to jazz, Mabe Fratti and Héctor Tosta’s sophomore album is at once earnest and defiant.
Haruomi Hosono - Tropical Dandy (Pitchfork)
Haruomi Hosono - Tropical Dandy (Pitchfork)
Read Joshua Minsoo Kim’s review of the album.
2pillz - PILLZCASSO (Pitchfork)
2pillz - PILLZCASSO (Pitchfork)
Review of Keiji Haino / Shuta Hasunuma's U TA (Pitchfork)
Review of Keiji Haino / Shuta Hasunuma's U TA (Pitchfork)
rRoxymore - Juggling Dualities (Pitchfork)
rRoxymore - Juggling Dualities (Pitchfork)
Takako Minekawa - traces of the ceiling (Pitchfork)
Takako Minekawa - traces of the ceiling (Pitchfork)
KATSEYE - BEAUTIFUL CHAOS (Pitchfork)
KATSEYE - BEAUTIFUL CHAOS (Pitchfork)
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru - Church of Kidane Mehret (Pitchfork)
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru - Church of Kidane Mehret (Pitchfork)
James Krivchenia - Performing Belief (Pitchfork)
James Krivchenia - Performing Belief (Pitchfork)
Joshua Bonnetta - The Pines (Pitchfork)
Joshua Bonnetta - The Pines (Pitchfork)
Los Thuthanaka - Los Thuthanaka (Pitchfork)
Los Thuthanaka - Los Thuthanaka (Pitchfork)
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