Evan Minsker
writer, editor, broadcaster. ex-news director at Pitchfork. subscribe to see/saw, my newsletter about punk records + the Punk This Week podcast.eminsker@gmail.com | bsky | instagram | linkedin
recent work:
Tyler Childers Is Going Home [CREEM]
Rotary Club Could Only Be Reached Via Reno Bus Station Payphone [see/saw]
Mary Timony Is an Indie-Rock Hero. Her Other Gig? Mentor. [The New York Times]
Power Trip returns, reshaped by loss [NPR Music]
Chat Pile’s Dark Funhouse [Alternative Press]
Uranium Club: Strangers at the Spiral [Maggot Brain]
Weezer’s Blue Album Tour Turns Their Hits Into Glorious Sci-Fi Camp [Rolling Stone] Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band’s Mid-Tour Hive Mind [see/saw]
EXO interview [see/saw]
Royal Headache’s Shogun interview [see/saw]
Cincinnati punk scene community forum [see/saw]
Detroit punks 208 interview [see/saw]
Soup Activists’ Martin Meyer interview [see/saw]
Fucked Up’s Jonah Falco interview about producer work [see/saw]
pitchfork reviews of note:
Tyvek’s Overground
Ragana’s Desolation’s Flower (BNM)
Gee Tee’s Goodnight Neanderthal
Protomartyr’s Formal Growth in the Desert
Osees’ Intercepted Messages
Sick Thoughts’ Heaven Is No Fun
Phil & the Tiles’ “Nun’s Dream”
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Low Life’s Downer Edn
Post Malone’s “Internet”
Baths’ “Dream Daddy”
Ramones’ End of the Century [Sunday Review]
The Stooges’ Live at Goose Lake
White Zombie box set
Jay Reatard’s Blood Visions
Eddy Current Suppression Ring’s All in Good Time
Chubby and the Gang’s The Mutt’s Nuts
The Armed’s ULTRAPOP (BNM)
Nina Hagen’s Nunsexmonkrock [Sunday Review]
Royal Headache’s High
Mikal Cronin’s MCII (BNM)
pitchfork features, articles, and essays:
Mac DeMarco cover story from 2013
Cole Pulice “Rising” feature
John Mulaney on the music of his life
Joe Pera listening diary
John Wilson (of HBO’s How To) listening diary
Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh on the music of his life
Trombone Champ creator on his viral game
Bret McKenzie (Flight of the Conchords) listening diary
Tom Scharpling on the 24-hour Best Show marathon
Romero feature introducing the Melbourne power pop band
Jemina Pearl on the reunion of Be Your Own Pet
Japanese Breakfast on declining a “rock beef” with Machine Gun Kelly
James Murphy on ousting Jonathan Galkin from DFA Records
essay on Kid Rock’s arena opening concert in Detroit
essay about the late Daniel Johnston
essay about “Joe Pera Talks With You”
essay about the late Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead
wrestling writing:
Zack Sabre Jr on his relationship with music [Pitchfork]
Willow Nightingale (AEW) listening diary [Pitchfork]
Brody King on his cameo from I Think You Should Leave [FanByte]
AEW’s “Bounty Hunter” Bryan Keith “record exchange” feature [see/saw]
essay about how retired wrestlers help me fall asleep [Outline]
Lee Moriarty, AEW wrestler, on his music fandom [Pitchfork]
Dark Side of the Ring creators on the making of season 3 [Vice]
Action Bronson and HOOK on AEW using “The Chairman’s Intent” [Pitchfork]
Westside Gunn and Daniel Garcia on their AEW Buffalo moment [Pitchfork]
misc stuff of note:
pitchfork podcast chat about foo fighters
reviews of my favorite wrestling matches of 2020
pitchfork podcast chat about best rock albums of 2020
music video I directed for BCI’s “Alone at the Punching Bag”
mix featuring my favorite punk records of 2020
column about my favorite punk albums of 2019