Mitch Therieau @mitchtherieau.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I wrote this! Fantastic album, as good as everyone says if not better 010
Mitch Therieau @mitchtherieau.bsky.social · 05/08/2026The goal of this piece wasn't to say that constant rebranding/reinvention album to album is something new; I say as much in it. It was to consider 1) the rise of the term "era" to track these transformations, and 2) the rise of a strange history-speedrun structure in big arena pop tours 100
Reposted by Mitch TherieauDan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · 10/02/2026It's here! I hosted a symposium on close reading at Emory in November. Matt Seybold recorded it for his podcast, American Vandal, and the first of three episodes is out today. Catch me, @johannawinant.bsky.social, @becimay.bsky.social, @bakaari.bsky.social + more podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...podcasts.apple.comClose Reading For The 21st Century Symposium (Vandal Live at Emory)Podcast Episode · The American Vandal · S12 E4 · 1 sec 05722
Mitch Therieau @mitchtherieau.bsky.social · 07/02/2026For @newyorker.com, I wrote about Bruce Springsteen and also the guy from Staind: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...newyorker.comWhat Do We Want from a Protest Song?For a genre that confronts the horrors of the present, the protest song of 2026 is curiously backward-looking. 051
