Recording of my Anti-Imperialist Song Cycle
My Anti-Imperialist Song Cycle, five songs that critique the crimes and culture of American empire and fuse operatic singing, modern classical, modal jazz, and hardcore punk, is now available for…
Read MoreInterview on New Books Network Podcast
I recently did an interview about my book for the New Books Network Podcast on popular culture. You can listen here: https://newbooksnetwork.com/rebel-music-in-the-triumphant-empire Thanks to Rebekah Buchanan for taking the time…
Read MorePunk in Buenos Aires and the Conferencia Mundial del Ripoff zine: An interview with Gonzalo Arechaga
Gonzalo Arechaga is the editor of the zine Conferencia Mundial del Ripoff, which focuses on the extreme end of hardcore punk music. I interviewed Gonzalo to find out more about…
Read MoreMy interview on the Indoor Voices podcast
I had the pleasure of being on the Indoor Voices podcast, which brings City University of New York (CUNY) professors into conversation about their research and writing. I was interviewed…
Read MoreSka in the 90s: An Interview with Aaron Carnes
After writing a book about punk in the 1990s, I was excited to stumble upon Aaron Carnes’ book In Defense of Ska, which comes out in May 2021 and is…
Read MoreWomen’s Experiences with Punk: An Interview with Molly Tie on her Book-In-Progress
Molly Tie (https://mollytie.co.uk/) is a music journalist in Britain whose book project, Women and Punk, chronicles the experiences of female fans of punk through different eras of the music. I…
Read MoreThe East Bay Punk Digital Archive explained by Stefano Morello
The East Bay punk scene of the late 1980s and 1990s holds an iconic place in punk history, with the venue 924 Gilman Street and the label Lookout! Records incubating…
Read MoreVideo of my talk at Hunter College analyzing Anti-Product’s “The Power of Medusa”
Check out this video of my virtual talk from 10 December 2020 sponsored by the Hunter College Music Department as part of their Music, Talks, and Tea series (talk starts…
Read MoreMy book officially drops Dec. 7th
The official release date of my book is Dec. 7th, 2020, but you can pre-order now through Oxford University Press, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.
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