Articles

• “What Is the Sound of Drill? Brrrrrrrrrrap. Bang! Bam! Pow!.” New York Magazine / Vulture, 17 August 2022.
• “The Magic Of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry.” NPR Music, 10 September 2021.
• “Ariana Grande Was Accused of Copying ‘7 Rings,’ Again and Again … and Again.” New York Magazine / Vulture, 1 April 2019.
• “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about ‘Despacito.’” Vulture, 22 August 2017.
• “Get on the Good Foot.” The Wire, December 2016.
• “The Freedom of Dutch Bubbling.” The Wire, December 2014.
• “Digital Rhythm: The Loopy Origins of Dembow and Reggaeton’s Knotty Dancehall Roots.” Wax Poetics, 28 January 2014.
• “When Reggae Roamed the Earth.” Cluster Mag, October 2013. (Unabridged excerpt.)
• “Dembow: A Loop History.” RBMA Mag, 2 July 2013. (Unabridged version.)
• “Spectacular Copulative Dance Today.” Norient, 14 January 2012.
• “Sounds of the Wide, Wired World.” The National, 29 October 2010. (Expanded version.)
• “Trading in Futures: From Rastas in Space to Dreadlocked Aliens, and Back.” Woofah, Spring 2010.
• “The Rise of Reggaeton.” Boston Phoenix, 19 January 2006.
• “Reggae-Tinged Resonances of a Wicked Wicked City.” Sonic Heart 1, no. 3 (July 2005).
• “War Ina Babylon: Jamaica and the War on Terror.” XLR8R, August 2005.

Reviews

• Equiknoxx, Basic Tools. Pitchfork, 18 August 2021.
• Lucas Santtana, 3 Sessions in a Greenhouse. Pitchfork, 1 June 2021.
• Sunday Review: Toots and the Maytals, Funky Kingston. Pitchfork, 22 March 2020.
• Various Artists, Down in Jamaica – 40 Years of VP Records. Pitchfork, 12 November 2019.
• I Jahbar & Friends, Inna Duppy SKRS Soundclash. Pitchfork, 9 August 2019.
• Equiknoxx, Eternal Children. Pitchfork, 10 July 2019.
• The Amplification of Souls. The Wire, January 2015.
• Tropicalia: Ou Panis Et Circencis. The Wire, September 2014.
• Rolê – Novos Sons Do Brasil. The Wire, July 2014.
• Salvadora Robot. The Wire, June 2014.
• Beyond Addis. The Wire, May 2014.
• Ayobaness! The Sound of South African House. The Wire, June 2010.
• Dancehall: The Rise Of Jamaican Dancehall Culture (Vol. 2). The Wire, February 2010.
• Funky Nassau. The Fader, April 2008.
• Pitbull, El Mariel. Boston Phoenix, 18 January 2007.
• Specialty Records Reissue Series. Boston Phoenix, 4 January 2007.
• New Reissues in Heartbeat’s Studio One Series. Boston Phoenix, 7 December 2006.
• Tego Calderon, The Underdog / El Subestimado. Boston Phoenix, 19 October 2006.
• Heartbeat’s Studio One Reissue Series. Boston Phoenix, 12 April 2006. (Extended version.)
• Damian Marley, Welcome to Jamrock and Sean Paul, The Trinity. Boston Phoenix, 28 October 2005.