Freelance Journalism

ims taylor

I contribute regularly across a spectrum of publications and genres – so I have to be super adaptable. I’m a form chameleon, but I maintain my characteristic voice across the board. I’ve published numerous Q+As, written-through profiles, longer form features, bitesize single reviews, extended discovery and introduction pieces, short and long form album and EP reviews, live reviews, listicles and roundups, and exploratory thinkpieces.

For me, the key to my writing is the broader narrative that it’s contributing to. So what I say is equally informed by the art I’m listening to, the cultural context it’s released in, the details threaded through the music that ground it in whatever it is. I explore everything before I distil it into a finished product.

Don’t just listen to me, check it out for yourself:

NOTE: The majority of my long-form features have been published on The Phonograph or Bittersweet Press. Have a look over there for some faves!

Thinkpiece on Olivia Rodrigo for Clash

NEU profile on Daine for DIY

Album review of Static Dress’s Rouge Carpet Disaster for The Line of Best Fit

Discovery single review of Charlie Collins with Backseat Valentine for The Line of Best Fit

Live report from Live at Leeds: In The Park for Dork

Album review of Halsey’s If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power for DIY

Live report of PIXIES for Clash

Album review of Suki Waterhouse’s I Can’t Let Go for The Line of Best Fit

Thinkpiece on MCR’s return for Loop Zine

Q and A with Cherry Glazerr for DIY

Album review of Sea Girls’ Homesick for The Line of Best Fit

Album review of Yeule’s Glitch Princess for DIY

Album review of FKA Twigs’s Caprisongs mixtape for The Line of Best Fit

Q+A with Rolo Tomassi for DIY

Live report from Reading Festival for DIY

Discovery single review of Kenzie TTH’s Driveway (Credits) for The Line of Best Fit

Album review of Alt-J’s The Dream for DIY

Feature with Death Blooms for Distorted Sound

Album review of Bob Vylan’s Bob Vylan Presents The Price Of Life for DIY

Live report from Sound City 2021 for DIY

Album review of Alewya’s Panther in Mode EP for The Line of Best Fit

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