As a journalist, I specialise in music, politics, and youth subcultures – please see below for examples in both English and German.
I am known for my sharp analytical style. However, not everybody takes criticism well. The popular German hip-hop band Antilopen Gang felt compelled to tear up my commentary in their music video ‘Neoliberale Subkultur’, a song they had titled after one of my articles (watch the video here from 4:25).
Music and culture: English articles and reviews
Death in June and neofolk: Of runes and men
Black power: Revolutionary jazz and the cultural shifts of the 1970s
Born this way: Lady Gaga and the gay gene
Bermondsey Joyriders: Joyriding in the docklands
Sex workers: speaking for themselves?
Punk in Bulgaria: 1979-2008
Slayer: World Painted Blood
No Virgin Mary: Madonna vs Lech Walesa
Music and culture: English interviews
Paul Thompson: Original skinhead 1968-70
Matrikamantra: Lydia Lunch interview
Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill: Tura Satana interview
Godfather of Yugoslav garage punk: Interview with Anton of Partibrejkers
Black book: Sonny Vincent interview
Musik und Kultur: Deutsche Artikel und Rezensionen
Neoliberale Subkultur: Antilopengang
Neoliberale Subkultur: Das Musikvideo zur Kritik
Ratos de Porão: Der Punkt der Rebellion
Laibach: Glaube an eine bessere Welt (teaser)
Smash the Reds: RAC damals und heute (teaser)
Redskins: Keep On Keepin’ On (teaser)
Hawkwind: Space Rock (teaser)
Schmelzendes Metall: Beyond the Redshift Festival in London (teaser)
Musik und Kultur: Deutsche Interviews
Sleaford Mods: Aus der Labour-Partei ausgeschlossen (teaser)
Agata Pyzik: Märtyrergehabe der “Freiheitskämpfer”
Asian Dub Foundation: Keine Alibi-Aktionen
Ben Watson: Echte Künstler sind Revolutionäre
Mondo Sangue: Entfaltung des Grauens (teaser)
Tim Wells: Wir waren wütend (teaser)
Verdränge Subkultur: Toby Motts Skinhead-Ausstellung (teaser)
Politics/Politik
Polish nationalism: Christ of Nations in London (English)
The German neurosis: Günter Grass writes a poem (English)
Die deutsche Neurose: Günter Grass schreibt ein Gedicht (PDF Deutsch)
Ban this sick filth? Jailbirds, extremists and white power rock (English)
Surfing rabbi wheeled out: the EDL out on the town (English)
More glasnost, less perestroika: Interview with Havana Times editor Circles Robinson (English)
From Powell to Brexit: Interview with Evan Smith (English)
Antifa means Air Raid: Interview with Susann Witt-Stahl (English)
Animal Liberation and Marxism: Interview with Assoziation Dämmerung (English)
Antifa, nationalism and democracy: Interview with Freerk Huisken of Gegenstandpunkt (English)
Schattenblick-Interview mit Maciej Zurowski (Deutsch)