Sasha Frere-Jones
Sasha Frere-Jones | |
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Sasha Frere-Jones (2009). | |
| Born | Alexander Roger Wallace Jones 1967 (age 57–58) New York City, U.S. |
| Education | Brown University New York University Columbia University |
| Occupation(s) | writer, musician |
| Notable work | Earlier (2023) |
Alexander Roger Wallace "Sasha" Frere-Jones (né Jones; born 1967) is an American writer, music critic, and musician. Frere-Jones was pop critic of the New Yorker from 2004 to 2015. In January 2015, he left the New Yorker to work for Genius as an executive editor. Frere-Jones left Genius after several months to become critic-at-large at The Los Angeles Times; he resigned the following year.
Frere-Jones is a member of "avant-rock supergroup" Body Meπa. In 2023, his published his first book, the memoir Earlier.