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Along with to the more personal longform writing I do at the Makeup For The Silence Blog and the more casual chatter that takes place on the jrichmanesq Blog, I also write album reviews, interviews and more for other publications.  If I’ve written it, you should be able to find it here.

Album Reviews Chronological or Alphabetical

Live Performance Reviews Chronological or Alphabetical

Interviews Chronological or Alphabetical

Other Music Writing Chronological

The Justice Review Archive

The Livejournal Archive

Album Reviews (chronological order by publication date)

• Fall Out Boy - Save Rock And Roll (4/16/13)
• Transit - Young New England (4/10/13)
• Fall Out Boy - My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) [Single] (2/05/13)
• The PropertyOfZack 2012 Christmas Extravaganza (12/25/12)††
• We The Kings - Last Christmas [Single]
•      Tyler Carter - Make It Snow [Single]
•      This Century - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas [Single]
•      Frank Iero - Xmas Sux [Single]
•      Young Statues - Snow Bunny [Single]
•      Alan Day - Christmas Is Here To Stay [Single]
•      Against The Current - All I Want For Christmas Is You [Single]
•      fun. - Sleigh Ride [Single]
• Motion City Soundtrack - Making Moves 7” (11/10/12)
• A Rocket To The Moon - That Old Feeling EP (10/13/12)
• The Maine - Good Love EP (10/9/12)
• Set It Off - Cinematics (10/5/12)
• Go Radio - Close The Distance (9/24/12)
• Title Fight - Floral Green (9/17/12)
• Dave Melillo - Eskimo Kisses Mixtape (9/12/12)
• Desaparecidos - MariKKKopa/Backsell 7” (9/07/12)
• What’s Eating Gilbert - Cheap Shots EP (9/03/12)
• VA - Pioneer North American Tour Live EP [The Maine / Lydia / Arkells] (9/02/12)
• Owl City - The Midsummer Station (8/31/12)
• Breathe Carolina - Hell Is What You Make It: RELOADED (8/30/12)
• Sparks The Rescue - Sparks The Rescue EP (8/27/12)
• States - Room To Run (Reissue) (8/10/12)
• Happy Body Slow Brain - Sleepy EP (8/09/12)
• A Rocket To The Moon - Going Out [Single] (7/29/12)
• A Great Big Pile Of Leaves - Making Moves 7” (7/27/12)
• William Beckett - Winds Will Change EP (7/17/12)
• The Rocket Summer - Life Will Write The Words (7/07/12)
• What’s Eating Gilbert - The Nashville Session 7” (6/19/12)
• Motion City Soundtrack - Go (6/18/12)
• mewithoutYou - Ten Stories (6/13/12)
• John K. Samson - Provincial (6/11/12)
• For The Foxes - The Revolution EP (6/06/12)
• Moving Mountains - New Light EP (6/04/12)
• Owl City - Shooting Star EP (5/30/12)
• Cassadee Pope - Cassadee Pope EP (5/29/12)
• The Company We Keep - Making Moves 7” (5/29/12)
• The Forecast - Everybody Left (5/25/12)
• This Providence - Brier EP (5/25/12)
• William Beckett - Walk The Talk EP (5/23/12)
• Sharks - No Gods (4/18/12)
• This Century - Acoustics EP (4/13/12)
• Eisley - Deep Space EP (4/11/12)
• Mercy Mercedes - Acoustic Sessions EP (2/26/12)
• He Is We - Skip To The Good Part EP (2/23/12)
• Foxy Shazam - Church Of Rock And Roll (2/22/12)
• Enter Shikari - A Flash Flood Of Colour (2/09/12)
• Little Bombs - Little Bombs (2/07/12)
• The Maine - Pioneer (2/04/12)
• Dave Melillo - Thinking Of You Mixtape (1/20/12)
• Patrick Stump - Soul Punk (1/13/12)
• The PropertyOfZack 2011 Christmas Extravaganza (12/25/11)††
•  Plain White T’s - Nuttin’ For Christmas [Single]
•      Artist Vs. Poet - Naughty Or Nice EP
•      Diamond - Christmas Time Is Here [Single]
•      Forever The Sickest Kids - Mistletoe Is For Quitters [Single]
•      States - O Holy Night [Single]
•      August Burns Red - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen [Single]
•      This Century - Kiss Me Like It’s Christmas [Single]
•      VersaEmerge - Santa Baby [Single]
•      The Summer Set - What Money Can’t Buy EP
•      Runner Runner - Christmas In California [Single]
• Tancred - String And Twine (12/09/11)
• Lights - Siberia (12/04/11)
• Cartel - In Stereo (12/02/11)
• Amely - The Raleigh Sessions (11/25/11)
• Owen - Ghost Town (11/14/11)
• The Ready Set - Feel Good Now (11/12/11)
• The Greater The Risk - Say What You Never Said (11/05/11)
• We Are The In Crowd - Best Intentions (10/12/11)
• Never Shout Never - Time Travel (10/08/11)
• Mayday Parade - Mayday Parade (10/05/11)
• Cobra Starship - Night Shades (9/19/11)
• Divided By Friday - Prove It (9/01/11)
• Every Avenue - Bad Habits (8/03/11)
• The Summer Set - Everything’s Fine (7/22/11)
• Nocturnal Me - Two Faced (7/19/11)
• That’s Outrageous! - Teenage Scream (7/18/11)
• The Bigger Lights - Battle Hymn (7/12/11)
• There For Tomorrow - The Verge (6/17/11)
• All Time Low - Dirty Work (6/07/11)
• Sparks The Rescue - Worst Thing I’ve Been Cursed With (5/18/11)
• Tancred - Capes (5/17/11)
• Dredg - Chuckles And Mr. Squeezy (5/12/11)
• Anarbor - The Mixtape (4/02/11)
• Panic! At The Disco - Vices And Virtues (3/25/11)
• Forever The Sickest Kids - Forever The Sickest Kids (3/19/11)
• Mayday Parade - Valdosta EP (3/11/11)
• Patrick Stump - Truant Wave EP (3/06/11)
• I Am The Avalanche - I Am The Avalanche (3/05/11)**
• Go Radio - Lucky Street (3/01/11)
• Thrice - Vheissu (2/23/11)**
• The Maine - In Darkness And In Light EP (2/20/11)
• Runner Runner - Runner Runner (2/18/11)
• Gratitude - Gratitude (12/28/10)**
• Circa Survive - Appendage EP (12/13/10)
• The Narrative - The Narrative (11/25/10)
• Hellogoodbye - Would It Kill You? (11/10/10)
• Mercy Mercedes - Believe It (11/09/10)
• Jimmy Eat World - Clarity (10/13/10)**
• Circa Survive - Daytrotter Session (10/07/10)

Album Reviews (alphabetical order, with publication date)

• Against The Current - All I Want For Christmas Is You [Single] (12/25/12)††
• Alan Day - Christmas Is Here To Stay [Single] (12/25/12)††
• All Time Low - Dirty Work (6/07/11)
• Amely - The Raleigh Sessions (11/25/11)
• Anarbor - The Mixtape (4/02/11)
• Artist Vs. Poet - Naughty Or Nice EP (12/25/11)††
• August Burns Red - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen [Single] (12/25/11)††
• The Bigger Lights - Battle Hymn (7/12/11)
• Breathe Carolina - Hell Is What You Make It: RELOADED (8/30/12)
• Cartel - In Stereo (12/02/11)
• Cassadee Pope - Cassadee Pope EP (5/29/12)
• Circa Survive - Appendage EP (12/13/10)
• Circa Survive - Daytrotter Session (10/07/10)
• Cobra Starship - Night Shades (9/19/11)
• The Company We Keep - Making Moves 7” (5/29/12)
• Dave Melillo - Eskimo Kisses Mixtape (9/12/12)
• Dave Melillo - Thinking Of You Mixtape (1/20/12)
• Desaparecidos - MariKKKopa/Backsell 7” (9/07/12)
• Diamond - Christmas Time Is Here [Single] (12/25/11)††
• Divided By Friday - Prove It (9/01/11)
• Dredg - Chuckles And Mr. Squeezy (5/12/11)
• Eisley - Deep Space EP (4/11/12)
• Enter Shikari - A Flash Flood Of Colour (2/09/12)
• Every Avenue - Bad Habits (8/03/11)
• Fall Out Boy - My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) [Single] (2/05/13)
• Fall Out Boy - Save Rock And Roll (4/16/13)
• The Forecast - Everybody Left (5/25/12)
• Forever The Sickest Kids - Mistletoe Is For Quitters [Single] (12/25/11)††
• Forever The Sickest Kids - Forever The Sickest Kids (3/19/11)
• For The Foxes - The Revolution EP (6/06/12)
• Foxy Shazam - Church of Rock And Roll (2/22/12)
• Frank Iero - Xmas Sux [Single] (12/25/12)††
• fun. - Sleigh Ride [Single] (12/25/12)††
• Gratitude - Gratitude (12/28/10)**
• A Great Big Pile Of Leaves - Making Moves 7” (7/27/12)
• The Greater The Risk - Say What You Never Said (11/05/11)
• Go Radio - Close The Distance (9/24/12)
• Go Radio - Lucky Street (3/01/11)
• Happy Body Slow Brain - Sleepy EP (8/09/12)
• He Is We - Skip To The Good Part EP (2/23/12)
• Hellogoodbye - Would It Kill You? (11/10/10)
• I Am The Avalanche - I Am The Avalanche (3/05/11)**
• Jimmy Eat World - Clarity (10/13/10)**
• John K. Samson - Provincial (6/11/12)
• Lights - Siberia (12/04/12)
• Little Bombs - Little Bombs (2/07/12)
• The Maine - Good Love EP (10/9/12)
• The Maine - In Darkness And In Light EP (2/20/11)
• The Maine - Pioneer (2/04/12)
• Mayday Parade - Mayday Parade (10/05/11)
• Mayday Parade - Valdosta EP (3/11/11)
• Mercy Mercedes - Acoustic Sessions EP (2/26/12)
• Mercy Mercedes - Believe It (11/09/10)
• mewithoutYou - Ten Stories (6/13/12)
• Motion City Soundtrack - Go (6/18/12)
• Motion City Soundtrack - Making Moves 7” (11/10/12)
• Moving Mountains - New Light EP (6/04/12)
• The Narrative - The Narrative (11/25/10)
• Never Shout Never - Time Travel (10/08/11)
• Nocturnal Me - Two Faced (7/19/11)
• Owen - Ghost Town (11/14/11)
• Owl City - The Midsummer Station (8/31/12)
• Owl City - Shooting Star EP (5/30/12)
• Panic! At The Disco - Vices And Virtues (3/25/11)
• Patrick Stump - Soul Punk (1/13/12)
• Patrick Stump - Truant Wave EP (3/06/11)
• The Ready Set - Feel Good Now (11/12/11)
• Plain White T’s - Nuttin’ For Christmas [Single] (12/25/11)††
• The Rocket Summer - Life Will Write The Words (7/07/12)
• A Rocket To The Moon - Going Out [Single] (7/29/12)
• A Rocket To The Moon - That Old Feeling EP (10/13/12)
• Runner Runner - Christmas In California [Single] (12/25/11)††
• Runner Runner - Runner Runner (2/18/11)
• Set It Off - Cinematics (10/5/12)
• Sharks - No Gods (4/18/12)
• Sparks The Rescue - Sparks The Rescue EP (8/27/12)
• Sparks The Rescue - Worst Thing I’ve Been Cursed With (5/18/11)
• States - O Holy Night [Single] (12/25/11)††
• States - Room To Run (Reissue) (8/10/12)
• The Summer Set - Everything’s Fine (7/22/11)
• The Summer Set - What Money Can’t Buy EP (12/25/11)††
• Tancred - Capes (5/17/11)
• Tancred - String And Twine (12/09/11)
• That’s Outrageous! - Teenage Scream (7/18/11)
• There For Tomorrow - The Verge (6/17/11)
• This Century - Acoustics EP (4/13/12)
• This Century - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas [Single] (12/25/12)††
• This Century - Kiss Me Like It’s Christmas [Single] (12/25/11)††
• This Providence - Brier EP (5/25/12)
• Thrice - Vheissu (2/23/11)**
• Title Fight - Floral Green (9/17/12)
• Transit - Young New England (4/10/13)
• Tyler Carter - Make It Snow [Single] (12/25/12)††
• VA - Pioneer North American Tour Live EP [The Maine / Lydia / Arkells] (9/02/12)
• VersaEmerge - Santa Baby [Single] (12/25/11)††
• We Are The In Crowd - Best Intentions (10/11/11)
• We The Kings - Last Christmas [Single] (12/25/12)††
• What’s Eating Gilbert - Cheap Shots EP (9/03/12)
• What’s Eating Gilbert - The Nashville Session 7” (6/19/12)
• William Beckett - Walk The Talk EP (5/23/12)
• William Beckett - Winds Will Change EP (7/17/12)
• Young Statues - Snow Bunny [Single] (12/25/12)††

** “throwback” review
†† PropertyOfZack Christmas Extravaganza review 

Live Performance Reviews (chronological order by publication date)

• Shone (live debut), Mercury Lounge 2/07/13 (2/08/13)
• Old Faces, New Places: Color Film, Schematic, JJAMZ, Mystery Skulls (10/19/12)

Live Performance Reviews (alphabetical order, with publication date)

• Color Film (10/19/12)
• JJAMS (10/19/12)
• Mystery Skulls (10/19/12)
• Schematic (10/19/12)
• Shone (2/08/13)

Interviews (chronological order by publication date)

• Set It Off (5/15/13)
• Kurt Travis [A Lot Like Birds] (5/10/13)
• Lemuria (5/03/13)
• Candy Hearts (5/01/13)
• HRVRD (4/25/13)
• I The Mighty (4/22/13)
• Pentimento (4/17/13)
• What’s Eating Gilbert (4/12/13)
• Norma Jean (4/11/13)
• Casey Crescenzo [The Dear Hunter] (4/08/13)
• Weatherbox (4/04/13)
• Jonny Craig (3/29/13)
• Dave Elkins (3/26/13)
• Twin Falls [Twin Forks] (3/21/13)
• Glory Days [Young Rising Sons] (5/06/12)
• Mercies (4/22/12)
• June Divided (4/22/12)
• The Body Rampant (4/15/12)
• Asleep (4/15/12)
• Car Party (4/14/12)
• Super Prime (4/08/12)
• Lily and the Parlour Tricks (4/06/12)
• The Used (4/04/12)
• The Gallery (4/04/12)
• The Ugly Club (4/04/12)
• To Write Love On Her Arms (4/01/12)
• Casey Desmond (3/30/12)
• States (3/29/12)
• We Are The In Crowd (3/27/12)

Interviews (alphabetical order, with publication date)

• Asleep (4/15/12)
• The Body Rampant (4/15/12)
• Candy Hearts (5/01/13)
• Car Party (4/14/12)
• Casey Crescenzo [The Dear Hunter] (4/08/13)
• Casey Desmond (3/30/12)
• Dave Elkins (3/26/13)
• The Gallery (4/04/12)
• Glory Days [Young Rising Sons] (5/06/12)
• HRVRD (4/25/13)
• I The Mighty (4/22/13)
• Jonny Craig (3/29/13)
• June Divided (4/22/12)
• Kurt Travis [A Lot Like Birds] (5/10/13)
• Lemuria (5/03/13)
• Lily and the Parlour Tricks (4/06/12)
• Mercies (4/22/12)
• Norma Jean (4/11/13)
• Pentimento (4/17/13)
• Set It Off (5/15/13)
• States (3/29/12)
• Super Prime (4/08/12)
• To Write Love On Her Arms (4/01/12)
• Twin Falls [Twin Forks] (3/21/13)
• The Ugly Club (4/04/12)
• The Used (4/04/12)
• We Are The In Crowd (3/27/12)
• Weatherbox (4/04/13)
• What’s Eating Gilbert (4/12/13)

Other Music Writing (chronological order by publication date)

• The First CD I Bought — Bon Jovi’s Slippery When Wet[PropertyOfZack Friday Discussion] (5/17/13)
• Skate & Surf Preview: Must-See Bands of Day 2 — Glassjaw; Cartel [PropertyOfZack Feature] (5/15/13)
• Skate & Surf Preview: Must-See Bands of Day 1 — Transit; Into It. Over It. [PropertyOfZack Feature] (5/14/13)
• Punk Goes… We’d Actually Like — Punk Goes Punk; Punk Goes Beatles [PropertyOfZack Friday Discussion] (5/03/13)
• The ‘Don’t Miss’ Tours This Summer — Rockstar Uproar Festival (Alice In Chains, Jane’s Addiction, Circa Survive, Coheed & Cambria) [PropertyOfZack Discussion] (5/01/13)
• Best Cover Songs — All Time Low - Umbrella (Rihanna); The Early November - The Power Of Love (Huey Lewis & The News); Reel Big Fish - Hungry Like The Wolf (Duran Duran); Clem Snide - Beautiful (Christina Aguilera) [PropertyOfZack Discussion] (4/26/13)
• Best Album Closers — Dashboard Confessional - Several Ways To Die Trying; Fireworks - The Wild Bunch; Mineral - Parking Lot; Alkaline Trio - Radio [PropertyOfZack Discussion] (4/19/13)
• Bands Who Broke Up Too Soon — Men, Women & Children [PropertyOfZack Discussion] (4/05/13)
• One Week One Band: The Maine (3/25/13 - 3/30/13)
• PropertyOfZack SXSW 2013 Coverage
•      SXSW Wrap-Up  (3/19/13)
•      SXSW Day 5 Recap (3/18/13)
•      SXSW Day 4 Recap (3/16/13)
•      SXSW Day 3 Recap (3/15/13)
•      SXSW Day 2 Recap (3/14/13)
•      SXSW Day 1 Recap (3/13/13)
•      SXSW Must See Acts And Showcases (3/12/13)
•      SXSW Survival Guide (3/11/13)
• Sad 16 Bracket Breakdown — Hawthorne Heights [PropertyOfZack March Sadness Tournament] (3/08/13)
• Most Anticipated March Releases — A Rocket To The Moon - Wild And Free; Conditions - Full Of War [PropertyOfZack Discussion] (3/07/13)
• The ‘Don’t Miss’ Tours This Spring — Wake Up And Be Awesome Tour; Waves Overhead Tour [PropertyOfZack Discussion] (2/14/13)
• Decade: Finch - What It Is To Burn — Follow Up [PropertyOfZack Feature Series] (2/12/13)
• Delivering Just What You Need - Album Release Strategies [PropertyOfZack Discussion] (2/08/13)
• Albums That Deserve 10-Year Tours In 2013 — Alkaline Trio - Good Mourning; Coheed & Cambria - In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3 [PropertyOfZack Discussion] (2/05/13)
• Artists To Watch In 2013 - For The Foxes [PropertyOfZack Discussion] (1/22/13)
• The Early November - The Power Of Love [featured on One Week One Band’s Theme Week: Songs Of Love And Hate] (12/29/12) 

The Justice Review Archive - A collection of my collegiate arts writing.

The Livejournal Archive - Selected music blogging from a lifetime ago.