Writing
Ehren has written music and popular culture criticism for a variety of print and web publications, and is a regular blogger for New York Magazine’s culture blog, The Vulture, and Bitch Magazine.
At Length Magazine:
The print literary journal dedicated to poetry and fiction pieces that are too big for most journals and too small for release on their own, now moving on-line to expand into non-fiction, photo essays and music. Ehren will edit the music section. More info and links when the magazine re-launches this spring.
New York Magazine:
Authored the daily mp3 blog “Right Click” until February 2009, in addition to other concert reviews, interviews and pop culture criticism A partial archive of these posts can be found here. Selected clips below.
- Former New Line Chiefs Set Out to Film Only Novels Geekier Than ‘Lord of the Rings’
- Did Judd Apatow Write All This Summer’s Superhero Movies?
- Neil Gaiman on the Twentieth Anniversary of ‘Sandman’
- Joanna Newsom Plays Intimate Show With 30 or So Friends
Salon Magazine:
Album reviews, particularly of the avant garde jazz scene.
- Antipop Consortium vs. Matthew Shipp
Two outstanding releases in the avant-jazz Blue Series, plus the solo debut by APC rapper Beans, take hip-hop/jazz fusion to new places. - Yo La Tengo: “Nuclear War”
The versatile New Jersey indie rockers team up with a varied cast for four enchanting remakes of Sun Ra’s antiwar classic. - Mat Maneri Quartet: “Sustain”
Avant-garde violinist Maneri’s latest release is an ambitious work of thoughtfully constructed free jazz.
Bitch Magazine:
Posts about the intersection of feminism and music.