Academic Publications:
- Who Got the Camera? A History of Rap and Reality (University of Texas Press, 2021)
- “Ritual,” Journal of Popular Music Studies (2021) 33(3): 67–69.
- “Beyonce’s Digital Stardom,” Black Camera (Fall 2017) 9(1): 114-130.
- “Radio and Recording Industries,” Creative Industries Journal (2015) 8(2) (special issue co-edited with Kyle Barnett)
- “Siding with vinyl: Record Store Day and the branding of independent music,” The International Journal of Cultural Studies (2015) 20(6): 585–602.
- “Collective Anticipation: the contested circulation of an album leak,” Convergence (2013) 19(1): 77-94.
Non-Academic Writing:
Some Feature Essays:
- “And You Love The Game: Stream-Pop As A Never-Ending Scavenger Hunt” for Flow
- A consideration of “freak folk” for Stereogum
- “Reality Meets Rap: The Legacy of Hip-Hop and the L.A. Riots” for The Ringer
- “How Twitter Changed Music” for Pitchfork
- A remembrance of D.A. Pennebaker’s “Don’t Look Back” for the LA Times
- “Super Dave Osborne and ‘Mean’ Gene Okerlund Were Reality TV’s Deadpan Pioneers” for Slate
- “How Smart Speakers Are Changing How We Listen To Music” for Pitchfork
- A story on a man collecting Gap in-store music playlists for The New Yorker
- “Networked Listening” for Real Life magazine
- “Station to Station: The Past, Present and Future of Streaming Music” for Pitchfork (Webby-nominated!)
- “Footnote Records” (on the racial/technological dynamics of Genius.com) for New Inquiry
Review Essays:
- Ice Cube AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted
- Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon
- Alice In Chains Dirt
- Peter Gabriel So
- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Damn the Torpedoes
- Stereolab Dots and Loops
- Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Ice Cube Death Certificate