Elliott Sharp is a writer living in Philadelphia.
He works for Red Bull Media House. His writing has been published by Philadelphia Inquirer, Village Voice, Philadelphia Magazine, Philadelphia City Paper, Metro, Vice’s Noisey, Magnet Magazine, Kindling Quarterly, MTV Hive, The Onion/A.V. Club, The Awl’s Billfold, Tiny Mix Tapes, Flagpole Magazine, WXPN’s The Key, Smack, Cowbell Magazine, Foxy Digitalis, Full-Stop, and Philadelphia Weekly.
He graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a bachelor’s degree in political science and philosophy, and from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, with a master’s degree in political theory. While working on a doctoral degree in philosophy at the University of South Carolina, he was a teaching assistant for one year, teaching Introduction to Philosophy and Ethics.
Twitter: @elliottsharp
Email ($eriou$ inquirie$ only plea$e): esharp3 @ gmail
15 Features
1. Bonnaroo’s Lost & Found Is Organized Chaos (Redbull.com, 06.12.16)
2. Bonnie Raitt Concert Review (Philadelphia Inquirer, 03.29.16)
3. Motorhead Concert Review (Philadelphia Inquirer, 09.25/16)
4. High on Fire Concert Review (Philadelphia Inquirer, 08.22.15)
5. Shania Twain Concert Review (Philadelphia Inquirer, 07.25.15)
6. Modern Baseball Almost Missed It All (RedBull.com/music, 08.01.14)
7. 10 Terribly Sad Albums To Hear Before You Die (Village Voice, 02.11.14)
8. The Best Rap Mixtapes of 2013 (RedBull.com/Music, 12.05.13)
9. Two Sketchy Days With Mac DeMarco (RedBull.com/Music, 10.29.13)
10. Here’s What’s Wrong With Made In America (Philadelphia Magazine, 09.12.13)
11. Time Outta Mind: Steve Gunn Finds A Spot To Kill Time, Look Around (Village Voice, 06.12.13)
12. Patrick Swayze: The Lost Tapes (Noisey, 04.11.13)
13. Why Are Philly Punks Pissed Jeans So Happy Right Now? Cover Story (City Paper, 02.07.13)
14. Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Greatest Con (Full Stop, 12.26.12)
15. The Great Hardcore Swindle (Philadelphia City Paper, 08.09.12)
15 Interviews
1. Beach Slang (Redbull.com, 07.01.16)
2. Third Eye Blind (Redbull.com, 06.08.16)
3. Mobb Deep (RedBull.com, 04.01.14)
4. Black Lips (RedBull.com, 03.19.14)
5. Dirty Projectors (RedBull.com, 07.23.13)
6. Julia Holter (RedBull.com, 07.19.13)
7. Endless Boogie (Village Voice, 02.13.13)
8. Ed Bankston of Red Rippers (Village Voice, 02.07.13)
9. Lee Ranaldo (The Key, 01.03.13)
10. High on Fire (Village Voice, 11.29.12)
11. Deftones (Village Voice, 10.30.12)
12. Willie Lane (Tiny Mix Tapes, 8.23.12)
13. Earth (Tiny Mix Tapes, February 2012)
14. Chris Corsano (Tiny Mix Tapes, November 2011)
15. Zs (Tiny Mix Tapes, September 2011)
