New York by way of Texas. Contributing Writer at SPIN, The Village Voice, Myspace, FILTER Magazine, Noisey and Washington City Paper. Past work has appeared in LA Weekly, Free Press Houston, Paste and others.
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Favorite artists: Can, My Bloody Valentine, Tom Waits, The Velvet Underground, Kurt Vile, Sonic Youth, Nick Drake, Pixies, Jesus and Mary Chain, Syd Barrett, Thee Oh Sees, Deerhunter, etc.
Articles by Paula Mejia
By Paula Mejia on June 14th, 2013
Welcome to the third installment of Aux.Out. Book Club, where a group of us tackle a new or renowned book of the music canon and lay down some of our thoughts. Last time we slogged through the 2012 R. Kelly diary/autobiography/memoir/Yearbook Soulacoaster: The Diary of Me. Today, a "biopic" by the author Touré on the music industry's most enigmatic, paradoxical, and funkiest people: I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon. Please read along with us in the future (our next book is at the bottom).
By Paula Mejia on June 13th, 2013
Post-apocalpytic desert hums.
By Paula Mejia on June 11th, 2013
The year's most commanding and intoxicating debut.
By Paula Mejia on June 11th, 2013
Vocalist George Clarke discusses Sunbather, fame, and labels.
By Paula Mejia on June 7th, 2013
n. A Japanese poem of 17 syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five.
By Paula Mejia on June 5th, 2013
Sensory-altering, Danger Mouse-produced psychedelic pop.
By Paula Mejia on May 30th, 2013
Sun peeks through the musical fog.
By Paula Mejia on May 28th, 2013
Folk to the bone.
By Paula Mejia on May 22nd, 2013
Listen closely.
By Paula Mejia on May 16th, 2013
Grunge for grunge's sake.