Stacey Anderson is a writer and editor at The Ford Foundation, which works to advance social justice and end inequality worldwide. She is also an occasional music and culture journalist.
Previously, she was a senior editor at Pitchfork, where she managed special projects and wrote features and reviews. She was also the pop listings critic of The New York Times and an online editor at Rolling Stone. Her writing has also appeared in The Washington Post, The Guardian, New York Magazine, NPR, Newsweek, and more.
Stacey is a cofounder of the Pitchfork Union and was its inaugural chair. She lives in New York.
Selected Music and Culture Writing
Beijing Calling: Suspicion, Hope and Resistance in the Chinese Rock Underground
(Rolling Stone, June 24, 2021)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Cool It Down
(NPR, September 30, 2022)
From Cuba to Russia, Rappers Are Being Targeted in Record Numbers
(Rolling Stone, March 25, 2022)
Mitski Doesn't Owe You Any Answers
(Elle, February 4, 2022)
Can ‘Bystander Intervention Training’ Stop Hate Crimes?
(New York, April 4, 2021)
‘It Is Time to Start Complaining’: Asian Americans Rally for Change
(New York, March 21, 2021)
How TikTok Is Changing the Music Industry
(Quartz, February 21, 2021)
How TikTok Stars Are Reinventing the Path to Fame
(Quartz, February 21, 2021)
Pitchfork
Wipers: Youth of America (7/19/20)
We Didn't Start the Fyre: Sorting the Blame of Rival Fyre Fest Docs (1/23/19)
The Presidential Suite: A Look Back at Obama’s Musical Milestones (10/13/16)
Last Night a Wax DJ Saved My Life (7/18/18)
The People vs. Mike Love (9/19/16)
Lorde: Melodrama (6/16/17)
The 50 Best Albums of 2018 (No. 1 Entry) (12/11/18)
Jamila Woods Breaks Down Every Song on Legacy! Legacy! (5/10/19)
Yaeji: What We Drew (4/6/20)
Billie Eilish: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (3/29/19)
David Byrne on the Music That Made Him (3/29/18)
Leonard Cohen: You Want It Darker (10/24/16)
Jarvis Cocker on the Music of His Life (3/28/17)
Phil Ochs: I Ain’t Marching Anymore (1/22/17)
Meet Ann Druyan, the Woman Who Sent Chuck Berry Into Space (2/17/17)
Brian Wilson: No Pier Pressure (4/9/15)
The New York Times
Jump-Start Your Workday With a 8 A.M. Rave (6/12/14)
Taking a Fan’s-Eye View of a Much-Loved Band (11/12/14)
All the Young Bands: All the Artists David Bowie Championed (1/13/16)
A Chance to Embrace Your Inner Katniss (5/8/14)
When Architecture Meets Pop Culture (Kanye West Included) (8/5/15)
The Washington Post
Five Myths About Rock’n’Roll (2/1/19)
The Guardian
Positive Force: When Punk Took on the White House (9/21/15)
Blade Rave: The Club Night Where Blood Rains From the Ceiling (10/12/15)
Geoffrey Holder Exhibition Captures Trinidad’s ‘Charisma Bomb’ (6/22/15)
Shut Up and Sell the Hits: 15 Years of DFA Records (12/1/15)
Sinatra: An American Icon Review (3/24/15)
Rolling Stone
Aretha Franklin Talks Adele Cover and ‘Real’ Singers (10/2/14)
Pussy Riot Members Released From Prison, Slam Russian Government (12/23/13)
Inside New York’s Music Festival Turf Battle (10/19/15)
Ron Howard to Direct New Beatles Documentary (7/16/14)
Foo Fighters End Sonic Journey With Marathon New York Show (12/6/14)
Newsweek
Mars Needs Brokers (5/8/14)
The Mayor of Iceland (12/6/15)
A Tibetan Singer Helps Mentally Ill Patients Find Their Voice (6/27/15)
Alynda Lee Segarra: Queen of the Riff Raff (8/8/14)
Buzzfeed
Borgore Wants You to Know That He “Fucking Loves Women” (7/27/14)
SPIN
Get Yourself Control: The Oral History of Soundgarden’s Superunknown (6/5/14)
Projects
Pitchfork
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s (10/8/19)
The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s (10/7/19)
Nina Simone: Her Art and Life in 50 Songs (5/15/17)
The 50 Best Britpop Albums (3/29/17)
The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s (9/10/18)
The Story of Feminist Punk in 33 Songs (8/8/16)
50 Songs That Define the Last 50 Years of LGBTQ+ Pride (6/18/18)
An Introduction to Urbano in 50 Songs (3/9/20)
The Story of Girl Groups in 45 Songs (7/2/18)
The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s (8/22/17)
Joni Mitchell: Her Art and Life in 33 Songs (5/6/19)
The Year in Protest Music 2017 (11/20/17)
The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time (10/24/16)
The 50 Best Movie Soundtracks of All Time (2/19/19)
The 50 Best Film Scores of All Time (2/21/19)
The 50 Best Dancehall Songs of All Time (2/17/17)
Stevie Nicks: Her Art and Life in 33 Songs (4/6/20)
The 50 Best Ambient Albums of All Time (9/26/16)
The 50 Best Rap Mixtapes of the Millennium (6/29/16)
The Story of Outlaw Country in 33 Songs (10/29/18)
The Story of Goth in 33 Songs (10/25/17)