Mike has been a staff writer at PopMatters since 2009. He began writing music reviews for his college paper in 2005, where he cut his teeth as an arts editor and weekly columnist. He graduated from Vassar in 2008 and is pursuing a doctoral degree in clinical psychology. He is currently writing his dissertation on the role of rejection sensitivity in online infidelity, and lives with his incredible girlfriend in a wonderful shoebox apartment in Washington, DC.
Features
Monday, August 10 2009
Beacons of Longevity: An Interview with Tortoise
Tortoise co-founder Dan Bitney discusses the past, present, and future of the band that changed indie rock forever, and continues to thrill their power base on their first original record in five years, Beacons of Ancestorship.
Reviews
Thursday, May 10 2012
Porter Ricks: Biokinetics
Type Records reissues this classic of dub techno, originally the premier CD release and crown jewel of the Chain Reaction catalogue.
Thursday, April 12 2012
Monolake: Ghosts
More listenable and slightly less scary than 2009's Silence, Robert Henke again utilizes field recordings to lend an organic tilt to this decidedly chilly record.
Tuesday, April 3 2012
Swod: Drei
This is the third record from Berlin-based electronics-and-piano duo Swod, which offers up some of their prettiest music to date.
Thursday, March 22 2012
Pyrolator: Neuland
Kurt Dahlke returns as Pyrolator 24 whopping years after his last full-length record. For a veteran of German industrial and new wave, his newest album sounds nothing like you'd expect.
Monday, March 12 2012
Mark de Clive-Lowe: Renegades
Mark de Clive-Lowe's second full-length does nothing that a slew of soul and jazz-influenced electronic musicians haven't done better over the last decade-and-a-half.
Blogs
Monday, December 14 2009
Slipped Disc: A Sunny Day in Glasgow – Ashes Grammar
Albums that missed our Top 60 Albums list, but at least one of our writers loves.
