About This Blog

 


Hello, my name is Josh and this blog serves as a digital archive for my music-related writing projects. I was a local radio DJ and college graduate with a degree in communications and journalism. I interned for a local music magazine called Xperience in which I have had several band interviews published (these are archived here as well as on the Xperience website). I also play in a band called Proximity Crush where I provide guitar and vocals. A broad majority of the music posts on here will be related to underground/alternative genres. You can browse works by the following labels,

    Band Interviews: Self-explanatory; these are interviews that have been submitted to and published in Xperience monthly magazine.

    Album Reviews: Broad reviews of albums, but mostly used as a portfolio of reviews for albums in my vinyl collection.

(P.S. That's not a photo of me I just think it looks cool)

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