CHRONICLE OF A PASSION:
THE HOME PAGE OF STEVE ERICKSON
First quarter 2024 music top 10 list
My top 15 music videos of 2017
My 150 favorite albums: desert island discs
1988-2015 music top 10 lists (UPDATED, although a few are missing)
Index of Independent American Distributors
Here’s the page for my film CULTURE SHOCK
Watch my 2017 short film THIS WEEK TONIGHT
Rather than write KING LEAR or start a podcast under COVID isolation, I began producing music. I’ve created a page with links to it on this blog. You can stream or download my music here, on a Bandcamp page updated every few days. My latest project is the album PROOF OF CONCEPT, released in March 2023, and inspired by influences as diverse as Michael Nyman, Laraaji, Kate NV and Jean-Michel Jarre.
2024 pieces:
April 2024 music roundup (Pet Shop Boys, claire rousay)
Fat White Family’s FORGIVENESS IS YOURS
Couch Slut’s YOU COULD DO IT TONIGHT
2024 Gay City News New Directors/New Films article
FYEAR review (scroll down the page to “Jazz”)
2024 Film Stage New Directors/New Films coverage (MEEZAN, THE RIM)
Empress Of’s FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
March music roundup (Judas Priest & Reyna Tropical)
Ethan Coen & Tricia Cooke interview
Mary Timony’s UNTAME THE TIGER
February music roundup (Brittany Howard, Astrit Ismaili)
Chelsea Wolfe’s SHE REACHES OUT TO SHE REACHES OUT TO SHE
February “Short Fuses” column (on Hong Sangsoo’s in water)
Odie Henderson’s book BLACK CAESARS AND FOXY CLEOPATRAS
Future Islands’ PEOPLE WHO AREN’T THERE ANYMORE
Angry Blackmen’s LEGEND OF ABM
I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE
Lou Reed’s HUDSON RIVER WIND MEDITATIONS
January music roundup (Sleater-Kinney, Kali Uchis)
2023 pieces:
Karen Tongson’s book NORMPORN: QUEER VIEWERS AND THE TV THAT SOOTHES US
ORLANDO, MY POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
Aesop Rock’s INTEGRATED TECH SOLUTIONS
October music roundup (yeule and Troye Sivan)
Hannah Diamond’s PERFECT PICTURE
October “Short Fuses” column (review of Armand Hammer’s WE BUY DIABETIC TEST STRIPS)
2023 New York Film Festival article
September music roundup (Brothers Osborne, Jlin)
Kristin Hersh’s CLEAR POND ROAD
August music roundup (Shamir, jaboukie)
Carly Rae Jepsen’s THE LOVELIEST TIME
Dream Syndicate’s HISTORY KINDA PALES WHEN YOU AND IT ARE ALIGNED
glaive’s I CARE SO MUCH THAT I DO NOT CARE AT ALL
Divide and Dissolve’s SYSTEMIC
ELDORADO: EVERYTHING THE NAZIS HATE
DESPERATE SOULS, DARK CITY AND THE LEGEND OF MIDNIGHT COWBOY
Militarie Gun’s LIFE UNDER THE GUN
June 2023 music roundup (Janelle Monae, Dream Wife)
Romance’s RIVER OF DREAMS and FADE INTO YOU (scroll to bottom of the page)
May music roundup (Brandy Clark, Alex Fahey)
the National’s FIRST TWO PAGES OF FRANKENSTEIN
LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING
April 2023 LGBTQ music roundup (Yaeji & Joy Oladokun reviews)
April 2023 Short Fuses (including MC Yallah’s YALLAH BEIBE review – scroll halfway down page)
New Directors/New Films 2023 (on GUSH and METRONOM)
March music roundup (100 gecs & Sleaford Mods)
March short fuses (SKECH185 & Jeff Markey review)
February music roundup (Kelela, Sam Smith)
White Reaper’s ASKING FOR A RIDE
January music roundup (Hyphen Hyphen, H.C. McEntire, Evita Manji)
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2022 pieces
Paul Gorman’s TOTALLY WIRED: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE MUSIC PRESS
Raw Poetic’s SPACE BEYOND THE SOLAR SYSTEM
ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED
Bruce Springsteen’s ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE
November music roundup (Special Interest, Christine & the Queens, Lou Reed)
the 1975’s BEING FUNNY IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
2022 New York Film Festival article
“The Full Horror of Nostalgia” (behind a paywall on Emily St. James’ Letterdrop)
August music roundup (Demi Lovato, Doechii, digifae)
Megan Thee Stallion’s TRAUMAZINE
July music roundup (King Princess, Perfume Genius, They Hate Change)
2022 New York Asian Film Festival
Superorganism’s WORLD WIDE POP
“Let’s Talk About Sex” article
June music roundup (MUNA, 070 Shake, Bartees Strange)
Porcupine Tree’s CLOSURE/CONTINUATION
May music roundup (Syd, 700 Bliss, Gloria Groove)
Obongjayar’s SOME NIGHTS I DREAM OF DOORS
Belle and Sebastian’s A BIT OF PREVIOUS
March 2022 queer music roundup: Hurray for the Riff Raff, Heavee, Guerilla Toss
GREAT FREEDOM
Feb. 2022 queer music roundup: Hikaru Utada, Allison Russell, dltzk
Big Thief’s DRAGON NEW WARM MOUNTAIN I BELIEVE IN YOU
THE FALLOUT
Celeste Bell, Paul Sng and Lora Logic interview
“Looking For Truth in the Violent Films of Takashi Miike”
2021 pieces:
OPERATION HYACINTH
R.E.M.’s NEW ADVENTURES IN HI-FI
WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY
2021 New York Film Festival article
Moor Mother’s BLACK ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE AIR
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOY IN THE WORLD
A Lorde overview
THE LOST LEONARDO
August music roundup (Semler, Angel Olsen, Bendik Giske)
2021 New York Asian Film Festival
Backxwash’s I LIE HERE BURIED WITH MY RINGS AND DRESSES
“Dominating and Humiliating Pride Into Respectability”
girl in red’s IF I COULD MAKE IT GO QUIET
Lil Nas X’s “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”
Julien Baker’s LITTLE OBLIVIONS
THIS IS NOT A BURIAL, IT’S A RESURRECTION
PREPARATIONS TO BE TOGETHER FOR AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME
2020 pieces:
Coil’s MUSICK TO PLAY IN THE DARK
MARTIN EDEN & THE MOUTH OF THE WORLD
Marie Davidson & L’oeil Nu’s RENEGADE BREAKDOWN
58th New York Film Festival article
Interview with OTHER MUSIC directors Puloma Basu & Rob Hatch-Miller
“Who’s Waging & Winning the Cancel Culture War?”
“Hidden in Plain White: Recommendations for Streaming Black Films”
Margo Price’s THAT’S HOW RUMORS GET STARTED
BULLY. COWARD. VICTIM. THE STORY OF ROY COHN
“Watching in the Time of Quarantine: Jason Ooi and the Long Distance Film Festival“
Perfume Genius’ SET MY HEART ON FIRE IMMEDIATELY
Car Seat Headrest’s MAKING A DOOR LESS OPEN
Yves Tumor’s HEAVEN FOR THE TORMENTED
ONCE WERE BROTHERS: ROBBIE ROBERTSON AND THE BAND
10 favorite films of the 2010s with commentary
2019 reviews, interviews and articles:
Cartel Madras’ AGE OF THE GOONDA
Lana del Rey’s NORMAN FUCKING ROCKWELL
2019 New York Film Festival article
DAVID CROSBY: REMEMBER MY NAME
WHAT YOU GONNA DO WHEN THE WORLD’S ON FIRE?
Sleater-Kinney’s THE CENTER WON’T HOLD
An essay on Pete Buttigieg: MAYOR NORMAL
Billie Eilish’s WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?
2019 “Rendez-vous with French Cinema”
2019 Iranian film festival article
2018 reviews, interviews and articles:
The 1975’s A BRIEF INQUIRY INTO ONLINE RELATIONSHIPS
Canon Fodder: Classic Rock in a Rut
Laura Jane Grace and the Devouring Mothers’ BOUGHT TO ROT
2018 New York Film Festival article
AMERICA IS HARD TO SEE: Low’s DOUBLE NEGATIVE & Yves Tumor’s SAFE IN THE HANDS OF LOVE
Christine and the Queens’ CHRIS
Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley interview
Blood Orange’s NEGRO SWAN review
Object As Subject’s PERMISSION review
Imperial Triumphant’s VILE LUXURY review
Travis Scott’s ASTROWORLD review
UNFRIENDED: DARK WEB AND THE AGE OF TECHNOPHOBIA
MARLINA THE MURDERER IN FOUR ACTS
Courtney Barnett’s TELL ME HOW YOU REALLY FEEL
Flatbush Zombies’ VACATION IN HELL
Janelle Monae’s DIRTY COMPUTER
2018 “New Directors/New Films” article
Felix and the Future’s HOLY HANDS, VOL. 2
THE CHRONICLE OF ANNA-MAGDALENA BACH
The AV Club’s guide to March 2nd album releases, containing my review of DJ Taye’s STILL TRIPPIN
Reissues of the first 3 Pet Shop Boys albums
2018 “Neighboring Scenes” article
Joshua Bonnetta and J. P. Sniadecki interview
Titus Andronicus’ A PRODUCTIVE COUGH
Brandi Carlile’s BY THE WAY, I FORGIVE YOU
TWO WOMEN: Cupcakke and Rapsody article
R.E.M.’s AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE reissue
Julien Baker’s TURN OUT THE LIGHTS
Childish Gambino’s AWAKEN, MY LOVE!
DID YOU WONDER WHO FIRED THE GUN?
2017 New York Film Festival article
2017 Human Rights Watch Film Festival article
STEFAN ZWEIG: FAREWELL TO EUROPE
THE LOST CITY OF Z
AFTER THE STORM
MY ENTIRE HIGH SCHOOL SINKING INTO THE SEA
Dash Shaw interview
THE DEATH OF LOUIS XIV
KARL MARX CITY
Petra Epperlein & Michael Tucker interview
RAW
2017 “Film Comment Selects” article
STARLESS DREAMS
Raoul Peck interview
“CRACKED ACTORS”
THINGS TO COME
Sophia Takal interview
OFF THE RAILS
2016 Paul Verhoeven interview
MOONLIGHT
THE PRISON IN TWELVE LANDSCAPES
LOVING
2016 New York Film Festival article
THE LOVERS AND THE DESPOT
Kirsten Johnson interview
AUTHOR: THE JT LEROY STORY
FATIMA
2016 Robert Greene interview
A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS
THE LOST ARCADE
EAT THAT QUESTION
Clément Cogitore interview
FOR THE PLASMA
DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID
‘TIL MADNESS DO US PART
Roberto Minervini interview
WEINER
FASSBINDER: TO LOVE WITHOUT DEMANDS
“The Society of the Real”
THE MEASURE OF A MAN
MILES AHEAD
2016 “Art of the Real” article
NO HOME MOVIE & I DON’T BELONG ANYWHERE
OFFICE
“LA DOLCE VITA” NO MORE: ON THE DECLINING DISTRIBUTION OF FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILMS
SWEET BEAN
KNIGHT OF CUPS
SONGS MY BROTHER TAUGHT ME
2016 “Film Comment selects” article
MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART
FORT BUCHANAN
EISENSTEIN IN GUANAJUATO
Amos Gitai interview
BLEAK STREET
IN THE SHADOW OF WOMEN
THE AMERICAN FRIEND DVD review
THE HATEFUL EIGHT
ANOMALISA
2015 top 10 list
THE CONNECTION
IN THE NAME OF MY DAUGHTER
DIOR AND I
Bertrand Bonello interview
JOURNEY TO THE WEST
IRIS
CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA
Errol Morris article
2015 “Art of the Real” article
Wim Wenders & Juliano Ribeiro Salgado interview
Guillaume Nicloux interview
WHITE GOD
MAPS TO THE STARS
FUTURO BEACH
Damian Szifron interview
QUEEN & COUNTRY
2015 “Film Comment” selects
GETT: THE TRIAL OF VIVIANE AMSALEM
MR. TURNER
TIMBUKTU
HARD TO BE A GOD
Gabe Polsky interview
JOY OF MAN’S DESIRING
WHEN EVENING FALLS ON BUCHAREST OR METABOLISM
FOXCATCHER
TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT
LEVIATHAN (2014)
A SPELL TO WARD OFF THE DARKNESS
ZERO MOTIVATION
ONCE UPON A TIME IN BROOKLYN
AT ANY PRICE
Francois Ozon interview
TO THE WONDER
UPSTREAM COLOR
WELCOME TO THE PUNCH
BEYOND THE HILLS
Lucien Castaing-Taylor/Véréna Paravel interview
Jean Rouch article
AROUND A SMALL MOUNTAIN
WILD GRASS
2010 New York Asian Film Festival
THE VANISHED EMPIRE DVD review
2010 “FILM COMMENT selects” article
THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD
2009 Toronto Film Festival article
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