The designer and editor of Ply, Zach also writes for Container List, the blog of the Milton Glaser Archives at the School of Visual Arts. His tabulated listening habits can be found at last.fm.
Zachary Sachs
- 2010–09–03 Reversals
Close reading: The Tremeloes, “Here Comes My Baby” - 2010–09–02 Invective against swans
Transcript: Lady Gaga and spectacle - 2010–08–19 Summer vacation
Miscellany - 2010–07–26
Brad Paisley, Diplo, Glen Glenn (and girls!)
Elsewhere - 2010–07–14 Ranch-style blues
Close reading: The Ron-Dels, "If You Really Want Me To, I'll Go" - 2010–06–30 On the right track now
Miscellany: Making mixtapes - 2010–06–23
Frank Sidebottom, LCD Soundsystem, the vuvuzela explained
Elsewhere - 2010–06–17 Go your own way
Imagery: Fleetwood Mac's “Tusk,” cover by Vigon/Nahas/Vigon - 2010–06–11
Hoagy Carmichael, Mutek Montreal, Ariel Pink
Elsewhere - 2010–06–10
Degrassi High, “Everybody Wants Something”
Miscellany - 2010–06–08 Some graphic violence
Close reading: Lloyd Price, “Stagger Lee” - 2010–06–04 The ‘stone tone
Video review: “The Beau Brummelstones” - 2010–06–02 Texaco daydreams
Close reading: Marshall Crenshaw, "There She Goes Again" - 2010–05–07
NWA’s posse, crate digging, ’70s trail stories, the fate of the kid on the cover of Nevermind
Elsewhere - 2010–05–06 Artificial paradise
Close reading: Can, “Mother Sky” - 2010–05–02 Bronski Beat in Spin, 1985
Imagery - 2010–04–26 What is pop?
Essay - 2010–04–14 Advertisement for Sunn amplifiers, 1968
Imagery - 2010–04–08
Sharon Jones, Dum Dum Girls, Best Coast, girl-group movie clichés
Elsewhere - 2010–04–05 Imperative mood
Video review: The Moody Blues, “Go Now” - 2010–04–05 Ring leader
Transcript: Birdman, Pricele$$ - 2010–04–05 When is pastiche not pastiche?
Close reading: Wizzard, “Come Back Karen” - 2010–03–30 Theatrical production
Transcript: Personal and the Pizzas, "I Don't Feel So Happy Now No More" - 2010–03–29 Yardbird suite
Miscellany: Céleste Boursier-Mougenot at Barbican Centre - 2010–03–24 Digestive aids
Essay: Songs overtaken by visuals - 2010–03–21
Beethoven’s pianos, Spin back issues, The T.A.M.I. Show
Elsewhere - 2010–03–20 Our secular saints
Miscellany: The old guard of jazz - 2010–03–19
Carrie Brownstein on Alex Chilton (1950-2010)
Miscellany - 2010–03–14
Graeme Downes on The Clean
Miscellany - 2010–03–12
Kentridge’s "The Nose," Christgau on Lil Wayne, tributes to Mark Linkous, Pimp C
Elsewhere - 2010–03–08 What we talk about when we talk about criticism
Essay: The critic's job of work - 2010–03–06
A letter from Morrissey
Miscellany - 2010–03–03 Ex factor
Video review: Gwen Stefani, “Cool” - 2010–03–01 Cracking up
Close reading: Scarface, “Money And The Power” - 2010–02–25 Deconstructing distortion
Essay: The lo-fi aesthetic - 2010–02–24
Lady Gaga, Tom Ewing, Frankie Rose, Chopin, and Phil Schaap
Elsewhere - 2010–02–23 Boys and girls
Video review: The Beach Boys’ Lost Concert - 2010–02–22 We bleed love
Miscellany - 2010–02–21 Song for Sunday
Miscellany - 2010–02–20 The C86 style
Video review: The Bodines, “Therese” - 2010–02–18
Hot Chip versus Heinz Edelmann
Imagery - 2010–02–17 Jim Jarmusch on performance
Miscellany - 2010–02–16 Parallel tracks
Close reading: Susan Jacks, “I Thought Of You Again” - 2010–02–16 From the third ward
Video review: Juvenile, “Ha” - 2010–02–13 Branding the Beets
Imagery - 2010–02–13 Weekend update
Essay: Christgau on Vampire Weekend - 2010–02–11 Tropical disturbance
Video review: Pet Shop Boys, “Domino Dancing” - 2010–02–09 Monk and habit
Essay: Stand-ins - 2010–02–08 There she goes, again
Video review: The La's, “There She Goes” - 2010–02–07 Penthouse and pavement
Essay: The death of rap - 2010–02–07 Appropriation art
Close reading: The Pooh Sticks, “On Tape” - 2010–02–01 High notes and cheekbones
Video review: The Righteous Brothers, “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin” - 2010–01–30 Contra Jessica Hopper
Essay