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Jackson Rickun

Jackson Rickun is a Los Angeles-based music critic, screenwriter, and copywriter. Jackson graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a double major in Journalism and Communication Arts. He's sad, gay, and Jewish (in that order), which he brings to his work covering identity in music and its intersections with genre and culture.

Sufjan Stevens

Sufjan Stevens’s Michigan at 20: A Tribute to a Nation in Flux

by Jackson Rickun
June 28, 2023

The first entry in the singer-songwriter’s 50 States Project serves as a freeze-frame of an era.

Jaboukie Young-White

Jaboukie Young-White Drops Queer Anthem “Goner” and Announces Debut Album

by Jackson Rickun
June 23, 2023

The New York-based actor, writer, and musician calls the new single a “queer summer anthem.”

Kaytraminé, Kayraminé

Kaytraminé Kaytraminé Review: Slick Summer Beats Set to Lyrical Acrobatics

by Jackson Rickun
May 18, 2023

Producer Kaytranada and rapper Aminé’s first collaborative album is a carefree summer soundtrack.

Jonas Brothers, The Album

Jonas Brothers The Album Review: A Half-Baked Pu Pu Platter

by Jackson Rickun
May 11, 2023

The album is as lacking in curiosity as its straightforward title implies.

Nabihah Iqbal, Dreamer

Nabihah Iqbal Dreamer Review: An Aspirational Vision of the World in Dark Times

by Jackson Rickun
April 22, 2023

The album guides us on a journey through memory, with one foot anchored in the present.

Yaeji, With a Hammer

Yaeji With a Hammer Review: A Balancing Act of Creation and Deconstruction

by Jackson Rickun
April 4, 2023

The push and pull of chaos and order, of melody and discord, permeates the emotional core of the singer’s songs.

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