During the summer of 2006, I took the position of associate editor at Alternative Press–one of the most influential, underappreciated music mags in the world. After two years, I grabbed the role of the company’s first web editor. Working at AP was an overall amazing experience that took me on tours around the continent and put me awkwardly on TV one time. The majority of my best stories aren’t online, but I’ve posted some of the stuff that did make its way onto the web of the whole wide world.
COVER STORIES (not available online)
AP 263 – Circa Survive
AP 260 – 30 Seconds To Mars
AP 242.1 – Anthony Green
BLOGS
- Goodbyes Stink (5/20/11)
- If You Ain’t First, You’re Last: What Thom Yorke and Beyonce Unintentionally Taught Me (3/18/11)
- I’m Not Here, This Isn’t Happening (10/4/10)
- You Can’t Do That on Television: Emmy Awards that Weren’t (8/30/10)
- What Would Jesus Comment (8/23/10)
- The 10 Most Annoying Commercials on TV (8/16/10)
- And Now For Something Completely Indifferent (8/9/10)
ALTPRESS.COM INTERVIEWS
- Exclusive: Emarosa Open Up About Firing Jonny Craig (4/25/11)
- Exclusive: Anti-Flag’s Justin Sane Responds to Arizona Shooting (1/14/11)
- A Rocket To The Moon Open Up About “The Rainy Day Sessions” (10/1/10)
- Exclusive: The Return of Yellowcard (8/2/10)
- Chalkboard Confessional: Sierra Kusterbeck of VersaEmerge (12/20/09)
- Chalkboard Confessional: Jonny Craig of Emarosa (10/5/09)
REVIEWS
- Right Away, Great Captain! – The Church Of The Good Thief (6/12/12)
- Various Artists – Come As You Are: A 20th Anniversary Tribute to Nirvana’s “Nevermind” (10/25/11)
- Manchester Orchestra – Simple Math (5/10/11)
- Rival Schools – Pedals (3/8/11)
- Girl Talk – All Day (11/15/10)
- Manchester Orchestra – Mean Everything To Nothing (4/21/09)
- The Life And Times – Tragic Boogie (4/14/09)
- Ours – Mercy (4/25/08)
- Thrice – The Alchemy Index Vols. III & IV (4/15/08)
- The Out Circuit – Pierce The Empire With A Sound (2/12/08)
- Thrice – The Alchemy Index Vols. I & II (10/16/07)
- UNKLE – War Stories (7/24/07)
- Beastie Boys – The Mix-Up (6/26/07)
- Queens of the Stone Age – Era Vulgaris (6/8/07)
- The Evens – Get Evens (11/6/06)
ALTPRESS.COM FEATURES
- Hate Is A Strong Word: 10 Reunions That Seemed Impossible (1/10/11)
- 10 Essential Albums of 2010 (12/13/10)
- Children A: The Influence of Radiohead’s “Kid A” 10 Years Later (10/4/10)
- AP Fantasy Band Draft (9/27/10)
- Rockers Reflect on the Legacy of Kurt Cobain (4/6/10)
