About Me

Founder/Editor of One More Robot. Freelance writer covering media, culture and pop. As seen in AU, The Deli, Wax Poetics, The Evening Herald and PopMatters.

For inquiries contact: dean.nguyen2@hotmail.com

My C.V.

Selected Articles

From PopMatters

08 Apr 2010 / Back to Living: Curtis Mayfield and the Making of ‘New World Order’

26 Sep 2011 / Between The Groves of Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’: #5 “Lithium”

19 Oct 2011 / True to the Game: Ice Cube’s “Death Certificate”

14 Nov 2011 / The R&B Renaissance

18 Jan 2012 / Album Review: Pusha T - Fear of God II: Let us Pray

From AU

#72, Apr 2011 / Guess Who? When Rap Stars Play Second Fiddle

#73, May 2011 / Ready, Cassette, GO

#73, May 2011 / Album Review: Blitz The Ambassador - Native Sun

#75, Jul 2011 / The Golden Age of Wireless

#77, Oct/Nov 2011 / Album Review: Justice - Audio, Video, Disco

#80, Feb 2012 / Respect Your Shelf: The AU Buyer’s Downloader’s Guide: Modern Mixtape

From AU (Online)

Nov 2011 / Album Review: Freestyle Fellowship - The Promise

Nov 2011 / Album Review: Joker - The Vision

Nov 2011 / Album Review: Drake - Take Care

Nov 2011 / Album Review: Various Artists - Kitsuné Maison Compilation 12

Nov 2011 / Album Review: Mary J Blige - My Life II…The Journey Continues (Act 1)

Dec 2011 / Album Review: Birdy Nam Nam - Defiant Order

Dec 2011 / Album Review: Goapele - Break of Dawn

Jan 2011 / Album Review: Gangrene - Vodka & Ayahuasca

Feb 2012 / Album Review: Mac Miller - Blue Slide Park

Feb 2012 / Album Review: Speech Debelle - Freedom of Speech

Mar 2012 / Album Review: Chiddy Bang - Breakfast

For The Dubliner / The Evening Herald

#86, Aug 2009 / Following The Boat People

#89, Nov 2009 / The Revolution Will Not Be Motorised

15 Apr 2011 / Playing Hardball

#109 / Oldies & Goodies

From The Deli

#22, Spring 2010 / NYC 2000-2010 - A Noughties Retrospective

#25, Winter 2011 / Interview with Delicate Steve “No Fragile Fred”

#1 (Austin Edition), Spring 2011 / Interview with Fang Island “Biting Tunes”

#26, Spring 2011 / Best of NYC: Indie Rock

#28, Autumn 2011 / Interview with The Stepkids “Boogie Wonderland”

From One More Robot

#1, Autumn 2009 / Documenting an Era and Today’s 7” Single

#2, Winter 2010 / The Sad Decline of the Soundtrack Single

#3, Spring 2010 / Interview with Anton Newcombe “Too Crazy To Care”

#4, Summer 2010 / Tender Age in Bloom

#5, Autumn 2010 / Who’s Afraid of the Goddamn Batman!?

#6, Spring 2011 / For The Record

#7, Summer 2011 / “More Bounce For Your Ounce” - The Legacy of Roger Troutman

#8, Autumn 2011 / The Irish Underground

#9, Winter/Spring 2012 / NWA In Full Effect

From The Social

#1, July 2011 / Generation Next?

From The Garda Times

Autumn Annual 2011 / Where’s Your Head At?

From Stylesiren.ie

07 Mar 2011 / The Kids are Alright

02 May 2011 / Why Solange is Better Than Beyoncé

02 Feb 2012 / Blind Tiger Collective’s New Store on South William Street

Blogging

“Can We Get Much Higher?!” - Kanye West and His 13 Best Songs of 2010

The Top 40 Songs of 2009

The Top 40 Songs of 2010

Waxing Lyrical

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