Ian Cohen

San Diego

Freelance Writer at Freelance

I really mean it // Registered Dietitian / Writer for myself and others @pitchfork @stereogum @uproxx / Co-host of Indiecast https://t.co/aBKd4wyuNI

Articles

caroline: caroline 2

1 week ago | pitchfork.com | Ian Cohen

caroline 2 aptly embodies sequel-ese: bolder, brighter, more accessible, and more ambitious all at once. Yet for all of its refinement and progress, caroline 2 allows its creators to fully embrace their role as UK post-rock’s preeminent sentimentalists. From the very beginning, the songs of the London octet have contained a sense of earnest wonder: Early single “Good Morning (Red)” was initially inspired by some members’ political awakening while canvassing for the Labour Party in 2017.
Arcade Fire: Pink Elephant

3 weeks ago | pitchfork.com | Ian Cohen

No verdict in the court of public opinion could be harsher than the one Arcade Fire have rendered upon themselves: They’ve created their own prison with Pink Elephant, a vow of penance that spends 42 minutes equivocating and demurring, against their every impulse to do the opposite. Win Butler is barely audible for the first half of lead single “Year of the Snake.” The album rollout has not inspired any credulous Hollywood Reporter profiles, interactive music videos, or fake websites.
Arcade Fire: Pink Elephant

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Ian Cohen

Sleep Token are on course to score their first number one album on the UK and US charts with Even In Arcadia, out-selling Arcade Fire and Radiohead's Thom YorkeSleep Token look set to land their first number one album in the UK and US, with Even In Arcadia currently the biggest-selling new release on the …
Def Leppard: Hysteria

1 month ago | pitchfork.com | Ian Cohen

No one will ever explain the core appeal of Def Leppard more accurately than this lyrical excerpt taken from the band’s website:“Women!”[guitar solo]The song is called “Women,” and there is no better way to introduce the most expensive album ever created at the time. But for nearly a year, the most successful album of its time began with the sound of failure.
Def Leppard: Hysteria

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Ian Cohen

Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen admits he's 'struggling' two years after random attack that left him injuredNEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! It's been two years since Rick Allen, the legendary drummer from Def Leppard, was randomly attacked outside a Florida hotel, and the 61-year-old musician is still struggling with the aftermath. "I’ve been going through some challenging times, kind of …
Djo: The Crux

2 months ago | pitchfork.com | Ian Cohen

By the time Stranger Things finally sinks into the Upside Down for good, Joe Keery might be known as “the guy from Djo.” For all their attempts to strip the magic and unpredictability out of music consumption, Spotify and TikTok algorithms occasionally create rogue waves that thrust dormant deep cuts like “End of the Beginning,” a low-key slice of synth-pop from Djo’s second album, Decide, to streaming numbers measured in billions.
Comment on: Attention and Executive Functioning in Children and Adolescents Treated for High‐Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group (COG)

2 months ago | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Ian Cohen |Sackler Faculty

• , , and , “ Attention and Executive Functioning in Children and Adolescents Treated for High-Risk Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Report of the Children's Oncology Group (COG) ,” Pediatric blood & cancer , no. ( ): e31179, https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.31179.
After 75 Years of Methotrexate, Can Treatment Results be Improved with Appropriate Folinic Acid Rescue?

Feb 20, 2025 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Ian Cohen

Conflicts of Interest The author declares no conflicts of interest. References 1 and , “Temporary Remission in Acute Lymphatic Leukemia in Children Produced by Folic Acid Antagonist. 4-Aminopteroyl Glutamic Acid,” New England Journal of Medicine 238 (1948): 787–793. 2, , and , “Burden of Proof: Combating Inaccurate Citation in Biomedical Literature,” BMJ 383 (2023): e076441, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-076441.
Black Country, New Road Head Into the Unknown

Jan 30, 2025 | yahoo.com | Ian Cohen

The classically trained musicians in Black Country, New Road are beaming with pride over learning an instrument most children master by the third grade. The British band’s pianist and accordionist, May Kershaw, had envisioned “stacked clarinets,” or something similarly complicated and florid, atop the piano composition she brought to her bandmates. Instead, guitarist Luke Mark and drummer Charlie Wayne learned how to play the recorder.
Fred Thomas: Window in the Rhythm

Nov 1, 2024 | pitchfork.com | Ian Cohen

“Do you remember?” are Fred Thomas’ first words on Window in the Rhythm—and the subtext for every lyric that follows. Can you recall every sound, sight, and smell from a 2002 DIY show, but not where you left your keys five minutes ago? Ever search for your wretched student rental on Google Street View? If so, you’ve got a potential Fred Thomas song in you.