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Gustavo Turner was introduced today as the music editor of the LA Weekly, replacing Randall Roberts, who moved to the Los Angeles Times. He's been writing for the Weekly since last year, has Berkeley and Harvard in his past, and can translate in Spanish. More resume in the following memo from editor Drex Heikes, who says "expect the music section of the LA Weekly to embrace the fertile eclecticism of our town."
Memo after the jump.
I'm pleased to announce that we have hired Gustavo Turner as our new music editor.
Gustavo has written about music for several years for The Believer, McSweeney's, the Boston Phoenix and other publications. He began writing for the Weekly last year, turning out reviews, features and blog posts for West Coast Sound. He also writes our weekly music newsletter, which we began distributing to email subscribers last fall.
Gustavo is a passionate observer of the LA music scene and is fascinated by its endless variety, from the diverse Eastside underground scenes to the glitziest (and often cheesiest) excesses of commercial pop, to everything in-between.
Over the last year he has covered subjects as varied as Mose Allison, LMFAO, Lalo Schifrin, Stones Throw, KISS, The Residents, Pocahaunted, Tearist, the occult meaning behind Lady Gaga, Triorganico, and The Raveonettes. At the same time, he has kept his regular reviewing slot at the Boston Phoenix, where he specializes in dub, strange world music, souljazz, boogaloo, European weirdos, and left-field country.
Expect the music section of the LA Weekly to embrace the fertile eclecticism of our town.
Gustavo has a master's and a PhD from Harvard in English and American Literature and Language. He earned his undergraduate degree in English literature at UC Berkeley.
He speaks, reads, writes and translates Spanish.
He will start immediately.
Drex