A senior writer and managing editor of Passion of the Weiss -- the unofficial poet laureate of Tacoma, WA -- Douglas Martin's journey as a writer began with this website's first regular rock column, Douglas Martin's Dirty Shoes. In the decade since, he's written for a bunch of places under his real name (including Pitchfork, Seattle Weekly, and currently for KEXP.org) and continues to write about music and professional wrestling here, because you can't talk your shit anywhere if not at home. 
Douglas Martin breaks down the new Westside Gunn LP.
| Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: Snares Like a Haircut and the Ecstatic Maturation of No Age | March 9, 2018 |
Douglas Martin's Dirty Shoes returns with a look at No Age's new LP, 'Snares Like a Haircut.'
| A Year in the Life of Douglas Martin: 2017 Edition | February 6, 2018 |
Douglas Martin returns with his yearly recap.
| Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: An Interview with Grace Vonderkuhn | January 23, 2018 |
Douglas Martin chats with Grace Vonderkuhn about being a woman in rock, Ty Segall, and her forthcoming LP, 'Reveries.'
| Higher Learning: Vic Spencer & Sonnyjim Teach You To Understand | January 11, 2018 |
POW premieres the new collaborative LP from Vic Spencer and Sonnyjim, 'Spencer For Higher.'
| Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: The Dirty 30 of 2017 | January 2, 2018 |
Douglas Martin's Dirty 30 returns with 30 great rock songs from 2017.
| Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: The Thawing Dawn of Andrew Savage | October 22, 2017 |
Dirty Shoes returns with a look at A. Savage's solo debut, 'Thawing Dawn.'
| Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: The Often Eloquent, Often Hilarious Despair of Protomartyr | October 11, 2017 |
Dirty Shoes returns with a thorough look at the history of Protomartyr.
| Shark Wrestling: Chris $pencer Keep Killing | August 24, 2017 |
Douglas Martin takes a look at 'Blessed,' the latest from Vic Spencer and Chris Crack.
Dirty Shoes returns with a look at Downtown Boys.
