An online portfolio for Michael Gutierrez

Publications

NOTE: THIS PAGE IS NO LONGER UPDATED. PLEASE USE THE HEADER AT TOP TO NAVIGATE TO RECENT UPDATES.

My published work divides between the academic writing and journalism, with a specialty in music coverage.

Journalism

As a journalist, I’ve primarily covered the music beat since 2007 for a variety of outlets. My coverage focus places a special emphasis on the new, independent, and experimental. Coverage formats include reviews of all types (tracks, albums, live shows), festival previews and recaps, interviews, as well as promotional copy.

Cambridge Day, Weekly Columnist
  • Announcing the Cambridge Day Record Store Walk (4/10/25): LINK
  • Don White: LIVE; Boston Calling Schedule Drops (1/9/25): LINK
  • Cody Rico Lays Down His Drum Sticks (12/5/24): LINK
  • Odie Leigh: LIVE; a chat with JJ Gonson (11/21/24): LINK
  • Complete author archive: LINK
The Big Takeover, Premieres Editor/Writer
  • Complete Editor archive (since 1/1/25): LINK
  • Complete author archive: LINK
Hump Day News, Founder/Editor/Writer
  • Complete author archive: unless otherwise indicated, all copy at HDN written by Mike Gutierrez: Hump Day News
  • Music: Year In Review 2024: LINK
  • Music: Album review: Beat Radio, Real Love: LINK
  • Music: Track review: Gretchen Shae & The Middle Eight, “Skeleton Closet”: LINK
  • Music: Live review: “TIFFY Sounding Spiffy”: LINK
  • Politics: Elections: Candidate Profile: “Rayla Campbell: ‘I’m historic’”: LINK
  • Politics: Labor: “PMA Union Wins Contract”: LINK
  • Sports: NFL: Game Preview: Patriots at Jets (10/30): LINK
  • Sports: Cycling: Tour de France Stage 18 Recap, “Jonas Blows a Kiss”: LINK
QRO Magazine
  • Complete author archive: LINK
  • Album review: Aldous Harding, Warm Chris: LINK
  • Interview: Caspian: LINK
  • Track review: Diggs Duke, “Black Gold”: LINK
  • Festival recap: Blackout Fest: LINK
EveryDejaVu
  • Album Review: Moscow Puzzles, Vast Space of the Interior: LINK
Working Mass
  • “City Feed Workers Seek First Contract”: LINK
Drowned In Sound
  • Complete author archive: LINK
  • Scene column: “Drowned in Chicago #1, #2, #3, #4“
  • Album review: Cults, Cults: LINK
The Ampeater Review (online “digital 7″” music review)
  • Digital 7″: “AEM079 You Can Be A Wesley”: LINK
  • Digital 7″: “AEM093 Truman Peyote” LINK
  • More available at: The Ampeater Review
Other outlets

I’ve also contributed music journalism to Deli Magazine: New England and Love Shack, Baby, whose archives have been lost to the shifting sands of the internet.

Academic

As an academic, most of my research exists in a format prepped for presenting/teaching and remains unpublished. However, I’ve left a few breadcrumbs along the way in the form of articles, proceedings, and reports — see below.

Proceedings
  • “Theory and Practice in the Work of Art” The Proceedings of the Hawaiian International Conference of the Arts and Humanities (2008)
Articles
Other