writing - alex ramos

Selected Writing

Features

S.F.’s Bindlestiff Studio explores Filipino American identity through food (San Francisco Chronicle, June 2022)
Oakland post-punk band Fake Fruit is hitting its stride after trip to South by Southwest (San Francisco Chronicle, June 2022)
Pop Pianist Chloe Flower Makes Music as an Exercise in Gratitude (Cultured Magazine, Oct. 2021)
Life In Plastic: The Sweet And Sinister World Of Pom Pom Squad (NPR Music, June 2021)
On ‘Collapsed In Sunbeams,’ Arlo Parks Welcomes Endings And Change (NPR Music, Feb. 2021)

Essays

How Paramore’s ‘Brand New Eyes’ Helped Me Envision A Future For Myself (NPR Music, Nov. 2021)
Mitski as vessel, character, and creator (CCA Arts Review, Dec. 2020)
Becoming an Artist with Fiona Apple (Self-published, May 2020)

On concerts

Kehlani brings out surprise guests for stellar homecoming concert in Oakland (San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 2022)
Beach House embodies the trust between artist and audience at sold-out Berkeley show (San Francisco Chronicle, April 2022)

On albums

Blackpink, Born Pink (Pitchfork, Sep. 2022)
Half Waif, The Caretaker (Slumber Mag, Oct. 2020)
Ginger Taylor, Yuppie (Slumber Mag, Sep. 2020)
Jeanines, Jeanines (Phluff, July 2019)

On songs

Girls’ Generation, "Paper Plane" (Pitchfork, Aug. 2022)
Snail Mail, "Valentine" (NPR Music, Sep. 2021)
STAYC, "Stereotype" (NPR Music, Sep. 2021)
BTS (feat. Megan thee Stallion), "Butter" (NPR Music, Aug. 2021)
Clairo, "Blouse" (NPR Music, June 2021)