Singer-songwriter for the Paranoid Style, contributor to the New York Times, Washington Post, the New Yorker, the Atlantic, The Ringer, Pitchfork, LGM.https://bsky.app/profile/paranoiacs.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/paranoiacs.bsky.social/post/3mj6ptqbwik2fHad a wonderful time at Frontera Fest tonight doing a live episode of my podcast Known Associates with the utterly magnetic Amanda Petrusich. Now I'm headed to see Ryan Davis And His Roadhouse band at the historic Kessler Theater. For my money Frontera is the best arts festival going. Thanks to SwR.11 Apr 2026 01:48 +0000at://did:plc:4dm4val52snkcppjntvwlok3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj6ptqbwik2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/paranoiacs.bsky.social/post/3mj3xbdy7622tDateline: Dallas, Texas, 4/14. Me and the pure genius Amanda Petrusich at Frontera Fest in conversation for a live edition of my podcast 'Known Associates' brought to you by SWR and New Pony. Only the boldest and bravest need apply. Attend here to watch it live. https://thewilddetectives.com/events/frontera-festival-day-1/09 Apr 2026 23:23 +0000at://did:plc:4dm4val52snkcppjntvwlok3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3xbdy7622thttps://bsky.app/profile/paranoiacs.bsky.social/post/3mj3x5q7wzs25This can’t be overstated. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Apr 2026 23:21 +0000at://did:plc:4dm4val52snkcppjntvwlok3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3x5q7wzs25https://bsky.app/profile/paranoiacs.bsky.social/post/3mj3iqqybis2g“It’s stylish in an uncomfortable way, like a Stereolab record by way of a hostage crisis.” Over at Pitchfork, I reviewed the fascinating ‘The Former Site Of The New Pornographers’, a worried, anxious, world-weary study in dystopian modern pop ambivalence. https://pitchfork.com/preview/review/69d554ac3eb1f7a2731a2fdb?status=draft&debug_config=copliot;t=177558873427809 Apr 2026 19:03 +0000at://did:plc:4dm4val52snkcppjntvwlok3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3iqqybis2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/paranoiacs.bsky.social/post/3mj2x4y2v4c24Reviewed the latest New Pornographers over at Pitchfork! [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Apr 2026 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:4dm4val52snkcppjntvwlok3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2x4y2v4c24https://bsky.app/profile/paranoiacs.bsky.social/post/3mj2x2ivhrk24One of the greatest essays by America's greatest living essayist Nick Paumgarten. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Apr 2026 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:4dm4val52snkcppjntvwlok3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2x2ivhrk24https://bsky.app/profile/paranoiacs.bsky.social/post/3mix75sa2zs2ySplitting the difference between Warren Zevon's belligerent self-negations and Richard Thompson's courtship-by-menace, Gordon Lightfoot's 'Sundown' is made all the more frightening by the narcotic trappings of its easy listening vibe. Groove is chill. Genre is horror. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IBdZ645S-o&list=RD1IBdZ645S-o&start_radio=108 Apr 2026 02:01 +0000at://did:plc:4dm4val52snkcppjntvwlok3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mix75sa2zs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/paranoiacs.bsky.social/post/3miuvku4up22gAlways orderly, in his way. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Apr 2026 04:04 +0000at://did:plc:4dm4val52snkcppjntvwlok3/app.bsky.feed.post/3miuvku4up22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/paranoiacs.bsky.social/post/3miujg7psuc2vHappy birthday to the incomparable Merle Haggard, whose wide screen storytelling, staggering eye for poignant detail and working class anthems comprise perhaps the finest American Songbook of all. Here's an essay I wrote about him for Stereogum a handful of years back. https://stereogum.com/1870888/the-10-best-merle-haggard-songs/lists07 Apr 2026 00:27 +0000at://did:plc:4dm4val52snkcppjntvwlok3/app.bsky.feed.post/3miujg7psuc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/paranoiacs.bsky.social/post/3miprt4q2zk2w13 deeply catchy nightmare songs straddling the line between the trenchant and insane, Elvis Costello’s ‘Armed Forces’ is the moment when his toxic romanticism and his political paranoia fully coalesce into a pure menace. Goon squads, party girls, and apocalypse soon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlCvlGCuQBE&list=RDSlCvlGCuQBE&start_radio=105 Apr 2026 03:14 +0000at://did:plc:4dm4val52snkcppjntvwlok3/app.bsky.feed.post/3miprt4q2zk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/paranoiacs.bsky.social/post/3min5brx6hk2pMe too. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Apr 2026 02:01 +0000at://did:plc:4dm4val52snkcppjntvwlok3/app.bsky.feed.post/3min5brx6hk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/paranoiacs.bsky.social/post/3min2j5j6qk2nMe too. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Apr 2026 01:11 +0000at://did:plc:4dm4val52snkcppjntvwlok3/app.bsky.feed.post/3min2j5j6qk2n