The Lily
- Early 2000s icons, like Avril Lavigne, are making new music. Here’s what they gave me in girlhood. [EDITOR’S PICK]
The Washington Post
- D.C.’s Bacchae may be fed up, but at Songbyrd, that didn’t stop the band from raging
- At Union Stage, Dijon — once the member of a Maryland R&B duo — puts his soulful voice first
- At the 9:30 Club, singer Yola delivers a soul-searing performance
- GWU alum Cautious Clay returns to town for a mixed show at the 9:30 Club
- Jaden and Willow Smith bring sibling revelry — and youthful urgency — to D.C. concert
- At the 9:30 Club, Charli XCX creates community, if only for one night, with her expansive pop sounds
- Songwriter Phum Viphurit brings his rom-com indie rock to the stage
- Khalid’s hits play better on Spotify than at Capital One Arena
- Yeek brings understated melancholic grooves to Union Stage
- Carly Rae Jepsen shows Fillmore crowd how to live in the moment
- D.C.’s Priests put on an explosive set with new album at 9:30 Club
- Ibeyi captivates 9:30 Club with songs that touch both the past and the future
- Lizzo spreads the gospel of self-love with powerhouse vocals at sold-out D.C. show
- Shaed adds color but needs more depth at its D.C. homecoming show
- D.C.’s Sneaks played with a cool, steady hand at Songbyrd
- Cupcakke brought exuberant flow and adventurous lyrics to the Fillmore
- Mitski swaps the bass for mechanical choreography at the 9:30 Club
- Shakira launches ‘El Dorado’ with real and vocal fireworks
- Omar Apollo brings lush guitar, falsetto to his first D.C. show
- Oshun makes Union Stage show a healing affair
Bandcamp Daily
- A Guide to the Growing DMV Underground
- “I’m Not the Same”: Lessons from Aaradhna’s “Treble & Reverb” Five Years Later
Nylon magazine
Whiteboard Journal — based in Jakarta, Indonesia
WAMU’S Bandwidth
I started writing for Bandwidth, the music website for WAMU 88.5, back in 2015.
- DJ Ayes Cold Talks About Empathy Behind The Decks, And Being A ‘Brown Woman Doing Music’
- Dreamy R&B Duo Abhi//Dijon Finds A More Concise Sound On ‘Montana’
- To These Maryland Rappers, ‘DMV’ Stands For ‘Dope Music Village’
- 15 Recent D.C. Records You Don’t Want To Miss
- April + VISTA, Back On Earth With A New R&B Track, ‘Beasts’
- With Her New Music, Vocalist Carolyn Malachi Goes Au Naturel
- Take It From Teenage Band Nox: ‘Anyone Can Do This’
- Baltimore Performer Abdu Ali: ‘We’re All Dealing With Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome’
- Maracuyeah Fêtes 5 Years Of ‘Queer-Fly, Immigrant-Posi’ Dance Parties
- Abir Has A Voice, And She’s Not Shy About Using It
- Ras Nebyu: The Singing Rapper Spreading ‘Slizzatrism’ Across The World
- Why This Band Is Fighting For Its Right To Have An ‘Offensive’ Name
- Rapper Aye Yo Smiley: ‘You Don’t Always Have To Have A Hook’
- D.C. Rapper Pinky KillaCorn Wants To Be As Ubiquitous As (Yep!) Corn
- Bandwidth’s 50 Favorite D.C. Songs Of 2015
- For Maryland R&B Singer LeXuS, It’s All About The Fire
- Cigarette, D.C.’s Chillest Band, Dissects A Kiss On A New Song
- Even After Its 10th Release, D.C. Punk Label Sister Polygon Is Still Stoked
- Meet Babeo Baggins Of Barf Troop, The Rap Collective Taking Over The Internet
- Track Work: The North Country, ‘The Cross We Bear’
The DCist
Current
Current is a news publication about public media that is available online at any time and in print biweekly. My internship for Current was through American University’s School of Communication and their Fall 2014 Dean’s Internship program.
- By shifting focus, Whiteness Project aims for deeper discussion of race in America (available in print)
- Political news from Michigan’s WKAR goes mobile with new app
- The doctors are in as Sesame Workshop tackles effects of mass incarceration
- Director Stanley Nelson leads history trilogy with documentary on Black Panthers (available in print)
- Eight, Arizona PBS Nerd Walk inspires other community engagement events (available in print)
- OPB, Center for Investigative Reporting launch public TV version of Reveal
- Setbacks hamper Hawaii Public Radio’s fall pledge drive, yet station exceeds goal
- In Tampa, college broadcasters find advantages in pubradio affiliation (available in print)
- New public radio show convenes diverse panel for different take on events
- StoryCorps founder David Isay wins 2015 TED Prize (available in print)
- Independent Lens films take home honors, Midwest pubcasters receive Emmys, and more awards in public media
- Radio Diaries takes gold at Third Coast, and other awards in public media (available in print)
- Programming in Brief: PRI launches women-focused initiative, WQXR offers Berlin concerts, and more
- Pubcasters take home regional Emmys, and more awards in public media (available in print)
- PBS tops networks at News and Documentary Emmys
Audiofemme.com
Besides WVAU and other American University affiliated media, you can see more of my music writing at Audiofemme! I started writing for the music review website in May 2014. Here is a list of everything that I’ve written so far for the website.
- Video Review: Little Children “Impala”
- Album Review: Parquet Courts “Sunbathing Animal”
- Album Review: Sam Smith “In the Lonely Hour”
- Track Review: SALES “vow”
- Album Review: Girl Talk & Freeway “Broken Ankles”
- Live Review: SALES @ Comet Ping Pong
- Track Review: Tennis “Never Work For Free”
- Video Review: Kimbra “90s Music”
- Track Review: alt-J “Hunger of the Pine”
- Video Review: DOROTHY “After Midnight”
- Album Review: Got A Girl “I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now”
- Track Review: Bonobo “Flashlight”
- Video Review: Yellerkin “Tools”
PPCorn.com (formerly FDRMX.com)
Teta Alim: In Pieces 