Sasha Frere-Jones

Sasha Frere-Jones (2009).

Alexander Roger Wallace "Sasha" Frere-Jones (né Jones; born 1967) is an American writer, music critic, and musician. He has written for Pretty Decorating, ego trip, Hit It And Quit It, Mean, Slant, The New York Post, The Wire, The Village Voice, Slate, Spin, and The New York Times. He was on the staff of The New Yorker from 2004 to 2015. In January 2015, he left The New Yorker to work for Genius as an executive editor.[1] Frere-Jones left Genius after several months to become critic-at-large at The Los Angeles Times.[2]

After less than a year he was forced to leave The Los Angeles Times under a cloud of scandal due to allegations that he expensed $5,000.00 at a strip club.[3] [4]

In January 2024, Frere-Jones stated "I'm coming up on five years sober."[5]

  1. ^ Somaiya, Ravi; Sisario, Ben (11 January 2015). "Pop Music Critic Leaves The New Yorker to Annotate Lyrics for a Start-Up". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Sasha Frere-Jones joins L.A. Times as cultural critic". Los Angeles Times. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Sasha Frere-Jones". Los Angeles Times.
  4. ^ "LA Times Music Critic Sasha Frere-Jones Exits, Accused of Expensing $5K Strip Club Tab (Exclusive)". 17 May 2016.
  5. ^ Ulaby, Neda (2024-01-11). "For Dry January, we ask a music critic for great songs about not drinking". NPR.