Ryan Leas

Called upon years of previously useless Springsteen nerd knowledge to bring you this primer on the new lost albums boxset vulture.com/article/bruce-…

Went back to an old indie gateway drug (if you are, like me, a 34-year-old millennial) and wrote about Beck's Guero for its 20th anniversary stereogum.com/2301859/beck-g…

Did the same with Perfume Genius for Glory stereogum.com/2301844/perfum…

Some recent things: Talked to Black Country, New Road about every song on their new album Forever Howlong stereogum.com/2302776/black-…

Some thoughts on Jason Isbell's Foxes In The Snow, a characteristically nuanced piece of work on the messiness of splitting up, moving on, and his own identity as a musician and celebrity in the wake of divorce vulture.com/article/foxes-…

Also revisited Father John Misty's big breakthrough I Love You, Honeybear for its tenth anniversary: stereogum.com/2295813/i-love…

Squid's characteristically excellent Cowards: stereogum.com/2295496/album-…

Some things I wrote recently: Album Of The Week reviews on two great early 2025 releases. Ela MInus' sophomore LP DIA: stereogum.com/2292646/ela-mi…

I booked this show in NYC tomorrow. Brooklyn's first ever totally solar-powered concert, featuring Nation Of Language, Grace Ives, Model/Actriz, and Psymon Spine. Come hang. stereogum.com/2285036/nation…

Silverbacks are one of the most underrated bands going right now. I caught up with them about how they're (kinda) OK with that, and another great new LP, Easy Being A Winner spin.com/2024/10/silver…

I talked to Geordie Greep about his gonzo new solo LP which is kind of becoming one of my favorite things he's done? stereogum.com/2282606/geordi…

After the last few Bad Seeds albums, it's beautiful to hear them embracing something close to joy. Wrote about it here stereogum.com/2275805/premat…

The new Peel Dream Magazine is so, so good and Joe had a lot of interesting things to say about it in our little announcement interview stereogum.com/2269282/anothe…

Some thoughts on O.'s very good, very idiosyncratic debut for Pitchfork pitchfork.com/reviews/albums…

Hung out with the great Water From Your Eyes in Salt Lake City and Nashville stereogum.com/2267945/water-…

Also kept the tradition going and profiled Strand Of Oaks ahead of the big synth odyssey reboot Miracle Focus spin.com/2024/06/strand…

Some new things this week. Revisited Parquet Courts' Sunbathing Animal 10 years later stereogum.com/2266116/parque…

First little profile in a while — Fat Dog have a lot of punchlines, but also the music to back it up. "Running" became a fast 2024 favorite spin.com/2024/04/fat-do…

Wrote about the new St. Vincent, which is so much better than the last St. Vincent stereogum.com/2259883/premat…

Some thoughts on the new Pearl Jam album, which I liked more than I expected to stereogum.com/2257306/premat…