Adam Rothbarth Writer | Editor | Curator
Accolades
Finalist, Writer of the year, 2020 Great plains Journalism Awards
Featured in Twitter's "The Best Music Writing of 2018, As Chosen By Music Writers"
BBC Places Arcade Fire review among "7 of the most scathing Record reviews of the year [2017]"
Vice / Munchies / Noisey
"One of the Midwest's Best Italian Restaurants is in the Suburbs of St. Louis"
"Cannabis Cocktails Will Be Everywhere—But Are They Even Any Good?"
"I Drank a 15-year-old Can of Nelly's Pimp Juice and Time-Travelled to 2003"
"There's Only One Good Subway Sandwich and It's The VEggie Delite"
"I Signed Up for the Kanye West Dating Site and Swiped Right into a Weird Mystery"
Rec Room @ Vice
"We Talked To Jeff Tweedy About Snacks (And his Band, Wilco)"
"Eric Wareheim's Saucy Guide to the Best Cooking and Food Gifts"
"The War on Drugs' Adam Granduciel Shares His Fave Home Recording Gear"
"An Honest Review of the Cult Fave Theragun (And Other Therabody Gadgets)"
"I Tried the Bartesian, A Bartending Machine that makes drinks in seconds"
"We Tried Dad Grass, the Legal Bud That Promises The Mellowest Buzz Ever"
eater
"10 Great Chicago Distilleries to Raise Spirits"
"Where to Drink Wine Outside in Chicago"
"Where to Eat Vegan Pizza in Chicago"
Sauce Magazine
"Best New Restaurants of 2020 // No 1: The Lucky Accomplice"
"Taco Quest: A Journey Through Some of St. Louis' Best Taquerias and Tex-Mex Restaurants"
"How David Stine Furniture Helped Build the St. Louis Restaurant Scene"
"These are The Best Salads in St. Louis Right now"
"St. Louis is Having A Sandwich Renaissance"
"How Olive+Oak's Morgaine Segura Fell In Love with Bartending"
Spotify
"Sunn O))) On Why Loud Music Can Be Important"
"Tomb Mold's Steve Musgrave on Keeping a Day Job"
"Experimental Composer Kelly Moran on Finding Your Sound"
"How Folk Singer-Songwriter Ian Fisher Found His Audience in Europe"
Rolling Stone
"Why Is A Chicago Indie Rocker Covering A Lost Dave Matthews Band LP?"
Tiny Mix Tapes
"In Kanye's Wake: A Journey to the Ends of
the Pop Star"
Review of Arcade Fire: Everything Now
Review of Bell Witch: Mirror Reaper
Spin
"Every '80s Metallica Song, Ranked"
Pitchfork
Track Review of Visible Cloaks: "Wheel"
caesura
Review of Kanye West: The Life of Pablo
Review of Joseph Bertolozzi: Tower Music
The Dowsers
"Why Linkin Park Were So Much More Than A Nu-Metal Band"
Unpacked: Ryan ADams' Prisoner
"New Composites: How Black Metal Reached Beyond Itself"
"The Crushing Piano Ballads of Tom Waits"