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)
  • Beach House embodies the trust between artist and audience at sold-out Berkeley show (San Francisco Chronicle, April 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 albums
  • Half Waif, The Caretaker (Slumber Mag, Oct. 2020)
  • Ginger Taylor, Yuppie (Slumber Mag, Sep. 2020)
  • Jeanines, Jeanines (Phluff, July 2019)
On songs
  • 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)
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