Jason Brow
@jasonbrow.com
Music fan. Words at Creem, Treble, Metal Hammer, Bandcamp Daily, People, Us Weekly, New Noise, HL | newsletter openupandread.com
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Jason Brow
@jasonbrow.com
· Sep 23
linkin.bio/jasonbrow/ is my portfolio, if you want to peruse my work (and see why you should hire me).
And this is my cat.
And this is my cat.
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If you’d like to support music writing, print media, America (good parts), God (pick yr poison), Geese, the other bands, rock AND roll, and a future where I don’t go back to tending bar or substack, subscribe to CREEM Magazine! Black Friday sale now! www.creem.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:11 PM
If you’d like to support music writing, print media, America (good parts), God (pick yr poison), Geese, the other bands, rock AND roll, and a future where I don’t go back to tending bar or substack, subscribe to CREEM Magazine! Black Friday sale now! www.creem.com
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If you somehow don’t own a copy of Beat the Champ / haven’t read my interview of JD from PWI celebrating the album’s 10th anniversary you can kill two birds with one stone/get an autographed mag in the balance:
mergerecords.com/product/beat...
mergerecords.com/product/beat...
November 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
If you somehow don’t own a copy of Beat the Champ / haven’t read my interview of JD from PWI celebrating the album’s 10th anniversary you can kill two birds with one stone/get an autographed mag in the balance:
mergerecords.com/product/beat...
mergerecords.com/product/beat...
A wild @anniezaleski.bsky.social sighting here on Black Friday
November 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
A wild @anniezaleski.bsky.social sighting here on Black Friday
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This is a mindset that doesn't believe in America and views the country as a feeble nation whose meager riches need to be hoarded by an elite rather than a robust state that inculcates civic participation and obligation. It's the mindset of failsons and con artists and real patriots should reject it
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This is a mindset that doesn't believe in America and views the country as a feeble nation whose meager riches need to be hoarded by an elite rather than a robust state that inculcates civic participation and obligation. It's the mindset of failsons and con artists and real patriots should reject it
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Man...or Astro-Man?
Death (the punk band)
Mastodon
Madlib
Lunachicks
Man...or Astro-Man?
Death (the punk band)
Mastodon
Madlib
Lunachicks
introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen
nick cave
manchester orchestra
neil young
the clash
jeff rosenstock
nick cave
manchester orchestra
neil young
the clash
jeff rosenstock
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Mountain Goats
Silver Jews
Magnolia Electric Co.
Wesley Willis
Hot Snakes
Mountain Goats
Silver Jews
Magnolia Electric Co.
Wesley Willis
Hot Snakes
November 28, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Man...or Astro-Man?
Death (the punk band)
Mastodon
Madlib
Lunachicks
Man...or Astro-Man?
Death (the punk band)
Mastodon
Madlib
Lunachicks
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Respect the strike!
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Respect the strike!
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A very special episode of Radio Clang for Thanksgiving Day. Songs from Tyvek, Midnight Mines, Sharp Pins, the Dirtys, Cheater Slicks to name a handful.
RADIO CLANG No. 14
Tryptophan Sparkplug
clangoring.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A very special episode of Radio Clang for Thanksgiving Day. Songs from Tyvek, Midnight Mines, Sharp Pins, the Dirtys, Cheater Slicks to name a handful.
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Writing isn’t boring!!! If you’re using AI for the parts of your writing that you find boring, WHY ARE YOU WRITING?!?!?
Literally!!! Ask yourself!!! Why are you doing this!!!!
Literally!!! Ask yourself!!! Why are you doing this!!!!
November 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Writing isn’t boring!!! If you’re using AI for the parts of your writing that you find boring, WHY ARE YOU WRITING?!?!?
Literally!!! Ask yourself!!! Why are you doing this!!!!
Literally!!! Ask yourself!!! Why are you doing this!!!!
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My latest in @spectrumculture.bsky.social is on the new album from Dark Thoughts, who are very much worth checking out if you like your songs fast, snotty and tuneful: spectrumculture.com/2025/11/25/d...
Dark Thoughts: Highway to the End - Spectrum Culture
A sneaky evolution of an album, the kind of record that seems like part of a holding pattern until you start to realize the tweaks and variations that make it just ever so different from what came bef...
spectrumculture.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
My latest in @spectrumculture.bsky.social is on the new album from Dark Thoughts, who are very much worth checking out if you like your songs fast, snotty and tuneful: spectrumculture.com/2025/11/25/d...
Shout out to Philly's Repo Records, who played RIDE'S "Leave Them All Behind" while I was there on Monday. On top of having good taste, it is a lovely store.
(Here is the KEXP version)
(Here is the KEXP version)
Ride - Leave Them All Behind (Live on KEXP)
YouTube video by KEXP
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Shout out to Philly's Repo Records, who played RIDE'S "Leave Them All Behind" while I was there on Monday. On top of having good taste, it is a lovely store.
(Here is the KEXP version)
(Here is the KEXP version)
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Throwing it out there that I have a manuscript for my debut novel and am looking for an agent/publisher :)
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Throwing it out there that I have a manuscript for my debut novel and am looking for an agent/publisher :)
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It begins!
@treblezine.bsky.social's best metal of 2025 - written and curated by yours truly
The band that you hate isn't on this list. Probably. Unless you hate stuff that rips.
@treblezine.bsky.social's best metal of 2025 - written and curated by yours truly
The band that you hate isn't on this list. Probably. Unless you hate stuff that rips.
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It begins!
@treblezine.bsky.social's best metal of 2025 - written and curated by yours truly
The band that you hate isn't on this list. Probably. Unless you hate stuff that rips.
@treblezine.bsky.social's best metal of 2025 - written and curated by yours truly
The band that you hate isn't on this list. Probably. Unless you hate stuff that rips.
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It was an honor to review & blurb the legendary Alice Gerrard's new memoir, out now w/ @uncpress.bsky.social!
I was trying to work in a mention of how she taught her dog to grab her a beer from the fridge (as just one example of her legendary status) but I couldn't quite make it work
I was trying to work in a mention of how she taught her dog to grab her a beer from the fridge (as just one example of her legendary status) but I couldn't quite make it work
November 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
It was an honor to review & blurb the legendary Alice Gerrard's new memoir, out now w/ @uncpress.bsky.social!
I was trying to work in a mention of how she taught her dog to grab her a beer from the fridge (as just one example of her legendary status) but I couldn't quite make it work
I was trying to work in a mention of how she taught her dog to grab her a beer from the fridge (as just one example of her legendary status) but I couldn't quite make it work
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Ian MacKaye is such an underrated guitarist.
November 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Ian MacKaye is such an underrated guitarist.
This reminded me of the friendship between Uzi and Nardwaur and i was happy.
Lil Uzi Vert is now releasing music with no record label, managed and distributed by Roc Nation; check out new single "Chanel Boy"
Lil Uzi Vert Shares New Single "Chanel Boy": Listen
Lil Uzi Vert has gone indie — sort of. The influential rapper’s new single out today was released independently but distributed by Roc Nation. According to a press release, Uzi joins Jay-Z and Rihanna...
stereogum.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This reminded me of the friendship between Uzi and Nardwaur and i was happy.
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Maybe I’m just depressed (I am) but surely there has to be a middle ground between “no one talks about anything they like, only politics” and “people talk about culture regularly but describe something they think is overrated like it killed their family”
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Maybe I’m just depressed (I am) but surely there has to be a middle ground between “no one talks about anything they like, only politics” and “people talk about culture regularly but describe something they think is overrated like it killed their family”
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Gender-affirming care saves lives
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Gender-affirming care saves lives
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Do I know anyone at like WIRED or some other venue that would be interested in a pitch for this?
With 2026 around the corner, I wanna pitch a like 3-5k word feature on the Telecom Act of 96 and what's happened to music and media in the 30 years since then, that's also kinda filtered thru my experience as a music writer who is also class of 96.
November 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Do I know anyone at like WIRED or some other venue that would be interested in a pitch for this?
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Rarely is an artist the soundtrack to a whole life. Jimmy Cliff was one of those rare individuals. RIP. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Rarely is an artist the soundtrack to a whole life. Jimmy Cliff was one of those rare individuals. RIP. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain, Charlie Brown.
I'll look down and whisper no, Charlie Brown
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain, Charlie Brown.
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Anyway, in the wake of the job loss news, I just wanted to share my site because I’d love to get up to 365 subscribers for the year (free & paid) & if you dig what I do, maybe you’ll want to upgrade your subscription someday: from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io
Shares appreciated- thx!
Shares appreciated- thx!
From the Desk of The Horror Chick
Heather Wixson explores horror, film, and pop culture, all while celebrating the creators, history, and artistry that keep the genre alive.
from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io
November 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Anyway, in the wake of the job loss news, I just wanted to share my site because I’d love to get up to 365 subscribers for the year (free & paid) & if you dig what I do, maybe you’ll want to upgrade your subscription someday: from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io
Shares appreciated- thx!
Shares appreciated- thx!