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Max Freedman

Freelance arts journalist and critic, primarily focused on music.

November 17, 2022 0

Musician and label founder NNAMDÏ on following your passions (for The Creative Independent)

Electronic / Hip-Hop / Interview / Pop / The Creative Independent

Click here to read: “Musician and label founder NNAMDÏ discusses the work that goes into improving your art, opening yourself up to collaboration, and pursuing whatever passions are calling your…

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November 16, 2022 0

It’s Not Just Weyes Blood, It’s Everybody (FLOOD Magazine digital cover story)

Digital Cover Story / FLOOD Magazine / Folk / Pop / Rock

Click here to read: “Natalie Mering discusses the heartbreak and global concerns that intertwine on her doom-laced yet oddly sanguine new album And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow.”

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November 07, 2022 0

Musician and multimedia artist Dawn Richard on creating opportunities for yourself and others (for The Creative Independent)

Interview / Pop / The Creative Independent

Click here to read: “Musician and multimedia artist Dawn Richard on making yourself accessible as people engage with your art, uplifting your community, and maintaining your style as you move…

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November 02, 2022 0

Special Interest Find The Little Utopias In Our Terrible Everyday (for MTV News)

Electronic / Interview / Rock

Click here to read: “The New Orleans four-piece fuses punk, industrial, and techno with stories of love and joy in a crumbling world.”

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October 07, 2022 0

Musicians Meg Remy and Max Turnbull on harnessing the communities around you (for The Creative Independent)

Interview / Pop / Rock / The Creative Independent

Click here to read: “Musicians Meg Remy (U.S. Girls) and Max Turnbull (Badge Époque Ensemble) discuss the fusion of creativity and life, the power of collaborations, and how to reframe…

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October 05, 2022 0

Gilla Band Merge Claustrophobia with Revelation on ‘Most Normal’ (for Paste Magazine)

Album Review / Paste Magazine / Rock

Click here to read: “Frontperson Dara Kiely’s language less resembles the mumblings of a person disconnected from reality than those of someone whose anxieties are entirely relatable.”

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September 30, 2022 0

Björk’s ‘Fossora’ Is a Dense, Challenging Experiment with Occasional Missteps (for Paste Magazine)

Album Review / Electronic / Paste Magazine / Pop

Click here to read: “On the Icelandic icon’s 10th album, intricately arranged songs of grief and love initially come off imposing, but gradually build a fascinating world.”

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September 28, 2022 0

Pitchfork’s 150 Best Albums of the 1990s: Soundgarden, Radiohead blurbs

Blurb / List / Pitchfork / Rock

Click here to read my blurbs on Soundgarden’s Superunknown and Radiohead’s The Bends.

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September 27, 2022 0

The Soft Moon: ‘Exister’ review (for Pitchfork)

Album Review / Electronic / Pitchfork / Rock

Click here to read: “Sharper songwriting, unbridled vocal performances, and more austere industrial textures give Luis Vasquez’s fifth album a new level of depth and candor.”

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September 15, 2022 0

Painter Steve Keene on the importance of loving what you do (for The Creative Independent)

Interview / Painting / The Creative Independent

Click here to read: “Painter Steve Keene discusses structuring your creativity, building community with your audience, and the process itself being the performance.”

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