I write about music of all varieties in my native Seattle and beyond, whether that means album reviews for a magazine or a bio for a band's press kit. I've self-published zines, conducted interviews with internationally-known bands, and reviewed indie artists no one's ever heard of.

View my resume or read writing samples in my portfolio.

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Top 10 of 2009
1. Zoe Boekbinder, Artichoke Perfume
2. Nathan Johnson, The Brothers Bloom soundtrack
3. Frank Turner, Poetry of the Deed
4. The Redwood Plan, self-titled EP
5. Mark Growden, Saint Judas
6. 100 Damned Guns, Musica De Tormento
7. The Mountain Goats, Life of the World to Come
8. People Eating People, self-titled
9. William Elliot Whitmore, Animals in the Dark
10. Mandy Moore, Amanda Leigh

Top 10 of 2008
1. Heathers, Here, Not There.
2. The Mountain Goats, Heretic Pride
3. Black Houses, Fury
4. Man Plus, Hungarian Suicide Songbook
5. Katie Chastain, Firecracker
6. Raphael Saadiq, The Way I See It
7. Jason Webley, Cost of Living
8. Steel Tigers of Death, The Steel Tigers of Death Proudly Present The Steel Tigers of Death
9. Android Hero, Android Hero
10. Punch Brothers, Punch

Top 5 of 2007
1. Motion City Soundtrack, Even If It Kills Me
2. Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova, Once original soundtrack
3. Fake Problems, How Far Our Bodies Go
4. Richard Thompson, Sweet Warrior
5. Frank Turner, Campfire Punkrock (US release)