Selected Essays
Have a read of a few of the long-form pieces I've written at Music in Notes and There Goes the Fear.
- a behind-the-scenes journalist’s look at securing an artist interview on Music in Notes, 20 November 2019
- a discussion on Duran Duran’s ‘Notorious’ album era (1986) and a song analysis of the album’s closing track ‘Proposition’, both on Music in Notes, 14 July 2019
- a long-form review of William Doyle’s single ‘Millersdale’, 9 July 2018
- These Wounds, They Will Not Heal: Chester Bennington and the Spectre of Depression and Suicide in Music, July 2017
- Bowie vs. Grime: The 2016 Mercury Prize Story, 16 September 2016
- Tom Chaplin previews his debut solo album with ‘Hardened Heart’ (In the Post #155), 25 August 2016
- Power to the Purple One: The Legacy of Prince, 25 April 2016
- He Thinks He’d Blow Our Minds: The Legacy of David Bowie, 12 January 2016
- Gig Observations of 2015: Editor’s Picks and Thoughts on the Live Music Industry, 22 December 2015
- a week’s worth of posts about English band Keane on One Week // One Band, July 2015
- You’re in Ecstasy Without Me: How Jamie xx and his debut album ‘In Colour’ managed to polarise the entire music industry, 5 June 2015
- This is the Last Time? – A Retrospective on Keane, 25 October 2013
- Mercury Prize Shortlist 2013: Is It Even Relevant Anymore?, 12 September 2013
- Is Breaking Up Your Band Hard to Do? Three Case Studies from Summer 2013, 1 August 2013
- Homegrown British Talent to Shine at London 2012 Summer Olympic Games, 29 June 2012
- To Glee or not to Glee? – The Permission and Use of Indie Music in Mainstream TV, 9 May 2012
- The Issue with Reissues, 8 March 2012
