features writer

Jason has written artist spotlight features and captured concert performances with enthralling documentaries for music projects, magazines, blogs, and websites, including The Tripwire, UR Chicago, Redefine Magazine, Capitol Hill Times, Cornerstone Player CD, and more.

UNDERGROUND AUTHOR

Jason has written and self-published a trio of underground books including Stab At Sleep, Juke All Over Your Face, and Bellevue Mental Hospital.

the tripwire

alternative music news destination

Jason helped launch the alternative music news destination theTRIPWIRE.com where he composed original feature articles on rising artists, critiqued new album releases, traveled with bands, documented live concerts, festivals, musical events, and oversaw editorial content as website administrator from 2001-04. Jason returned to the TRIPWIRE as a nomadic rock ‘n’ roll journalist when the online music toolkit opened to the public in 2007 and wrote feature articles on bands such as Morrissey, Ezra Furman, Maritime, and Imperial Teen.

Ezra Furman and the Harpoons

Anfinsen, J. (2007, Sept. 4). Ezra Furman and the Harpoons: Slapdash brilliance from the high voltage rock n’ roll future. TheTripwire. Retrieved from http://www.thetripwire.com/features/2007/9/4/ezra-furman-the-harpoons-slapdash-brilliance-from-the-high-voltage-rock-n-roll-future

Patton Oswalt

Anfinsen, J. (2007, Oct. 10). Patton Oswalt: From Atrocious To Competent In Under A Decade. The Tripwire. Retrieved from http://www.thetripwire.com/features/2007/10/10/interview-patton-oswalt-from-atrocious-to-competent-in-under-a-decade

redefine magazine

REDEFINE magazine is an independent, grassroots publication

Jason Anfinsen was a contributing writer for REDEFINE Magazine in Seattle (https://redefinemag.net/about/contributors/)

Interviewed Colin Meloy of The Decemberists, delivered a live concert review of TV On The Radio, barked loudly about Liars and Black Lips as bands you should know, put a spotlight on Chicago comedy rockers Let’s Get Out Of This Terrible Sandwich Shop, and wrote explicit instructions for DIY, independent promotion.

liars & black lips

Anfinsen, J. (2007, Fall). Bands you should know: Liars and Black Lips. REDEFINE Magazine, 3(2), 9. Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20071003204943im_/http://www.redefinemag.com/print/09.jpg

the decemberists

Anfinsen, J. (2007, Winter). Everyday feels like the Decemberists. REDEFINE Magazine, 3(1), 40-42. Retrieved from redefinemag.com/music/interviews_music_2.php?artist=The-Decemberists&id=77

cornerstone player

new music, imports, rarities, production, videos

At Cornerstone, Jason Anfinsen was part of the original creative team behind The Cornerstone Player CDs, monthly promotional mixtapes breaking new music, imports, rarities, production, and videos for tastemakers in the alternative music industry. Jason is credited as a Music Specialist, responsible for researching and writing band blurbs in the liner note inserts, in CSP CDs CSP017 – CSP049.