alternative music news destination
Jason helped launch the alternative music news destination The Tripwire / 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.
Patton Oswalt
Anfinsen, J. (2007, Oct. 10). Patton Oswalt: From Atrocious To Competent In Under A Decade. The Tripwire.
Featured Music Magazine Articles
Anfinsen, J. (2007, Winter). Everyday feels like the Decemberists. Redefine Magazine, 3(1), 40-42.
Anfinsen, J. (2007, Oct. 10). Patton Oswalt: From atrocious to competent in under a decade. TheTripwire.
Anfinsen, J. (2007, Winter). DIY guide to guerrilla marketing. Redefine Magazine, 3(1), 42-44.
Anfinsen, J. (2007, Aug. 27). Ezra Furman: Slapdash brilliance from the high voltage rock n’roll future. TheTripwire.
Anfinsen, J. (2007, Summer). Bands you should know: Liars and Black Lips. Redefine Magazine, 3(2), 9.
Anfinsen, J. (2007, May 7). My surreal night in Spokane with Morrissey. TheTripwire.
Anfinsen, J. (2007, Apr. 13). Kurt Vonnegut Jr.: Goodbye blue monday. TheTripwire.
Anfinsen, J. (2006, Spring). Let’ s get out of this terrible sandwich shop: Rock on a roll with comedy chips. Redefine Magazine, 2(2), 3.
Anfinsen, J. (2005, June 15). And now, a note from the director. Capitol Hill Times, 6.
Anfinsen, J. (2002, Dec.). Kevin Smith: Learning from the master. UR Chicago Magazine, 34.
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.
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.
the decemberists
Anfinsen, J. (2007, Winter). Everyday feels like the Decemberists. REDEFINE Magazine, 3(1), 40-42.