Eric
Torres
I am a writer, editor, and web producer based in Brooklyn, New York.
My work has appeared in Pitchfork, MTV News, Dazed and Confused, and more.
Selected Writing
Profiles
Lists
The 30 Best Queer Music Movies / Pitchfork
Interview / Q&A
Lyra Pramuk’s Surreal Songs of the Self / Pitchfork
A Deep Dive Into Blacklips, the Queer Performance-Art Cult Cofounded by ANOHNI in the 1990s / Pitchfork
Tori Amos on the Music That Shaped Her Life / Pitchfork
The Haxan Cloak and Midsommar Director Ari Aster on Making the Year’s Creepiest Film Score / Pitchfork
Tkay Maidza Is Finally Feeling It / Pitchfork
What Pioneering Queer Filmmaker Gregg Araki Is Listening to Right Now / Pitchfork
Bodies on Film: Director Matt Lambert Liberates the Music Video / MTV News
Perfume Genius Breaks Down Every Song on His Beguiling New Album, Set My Heart on Fire Immediately / Pitchfork
Q&A: Silas Howard on the Unsinkable Bambi Lake and San Francisco’s History of Fringe, Queer Art / Pitchfork
Columns
The Best Music Videos of the Month (April 2020–2021) / Pitchfork
Book / Film Review
Glitter Up the Dark Is Required Reading for Queer Music Fans / Pitchfork
Revisiting Hedwig and the Angry Inch, a Drag Rock Fantasy That Was Ahead of Its Time / Pitchfork
Criticism
Mitski the Healer / MTV News
Helado Negro, This Is How You Smile review / PItchfork
Sing Out: How Queer Artists Are Reclaiming Pop Language / MTV News
Etc.
Unforgettable / MTV News
Fiona Apple’s Best Covers / Pitchfork