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2026 FASE Magazine — "Rusty Santos and the Quiet Art of Collaboration"
2026 soundvsystem.com — 6 Things W/Rusty Santos
2025 audiobuzz.com — Article on Rusty Santos's social media experiment
2025 Dork Magazine — Article on 'Let's Get Started Already' Rusty Santos / Abigail Chapin
2024 Talkhouse — Interview with Julian Chang
2023 Pitchfork — Article on the release of 'Mirror' Rusty Santos / Panda Bear
2023 Remezcla — Review of 'Smile Song' Rusty Santos / Bedroom
2023 Flood — Article on Halo Dive Rusty Santos / Jackie Mendoza
2022 Pop Matters — Top Indie Pop Albums of the year includes High Reality
2022 Pitchfork — Review of Rusty Santos — High Reality
2022 New York Times — Review of Jackie Mendoza 'Pedicitos' discussing Rusty Santos
2022 Echoes and Dust — Ginla and Adrianne Lenker review discussing Rusty Santos
2021 self-titled — Article on Black Dice discussing Rusty Santos
2020 Indie Shorts Mag — Review of the short film Together discussing Rusty Santos
2019 Song Exploder — Panda Bear and Rusty Santos discussing Buoys
2019 Fader — Article on Panda Bear 'playing the long game' discussing Rusty Santos
2019 Rolling Stone — Panda Bear Buoys review discussing Rusty Santos
2019 Rolling Stone — Article on Dino d'Santiago discussing Rusty Santos
2019 Billboard — Article on Jackie Mendoza discussing Rusty Santos
2017 Fader — Article on The Present discussing Rusty Santos
2015 Bodyspace — Article on The Present performing live
2013 Village Voice — Interview with Dawn of Midi discussing working with Rusty Santos
2013 Pitchfork — Review of Dawn of Midi's 'Dysnomia' discussing Rusty Santos
2010 Drowned In Sound — Review of Owen Pallett Heartland discussing Rusty Santos
2009 The Quietus — Review of The Present The Way We Are
2009 froggy's delight — Review of The Present at La Route du Rock Festival
2009 Pitchfork — Review of The Present 'World I See' & 'The Way We Are'
2008 Fader — Interview with Rusty Santos
2008 Drowned In Sound — Review of Born Ruffians 'Red Yellow & Blue' discussing Rusty Santos
2007 Identity Theory — Interview with Rusty Santos
2007 Bodyspace — Interview with Rusty Santos
2006 Obscure Sound — Review of Rusty Santos — Eternity Spans
2005 Dusted Magazine — Review of Rusty Santos — The Heavens
2003 K48 — Includes music on compilation and artwork and prose by Rusty Santos
2002 In Music We Trust — Review of Rusty Santos — Bad Is Good
The Wire Magazine
September 2022 Issue 463 — page 50
March 2019 Issue 421 — page 62
October 2006 Issue 272 — page 7
January 2006 Issue 263 — page 44
October 2005 Issue 260 — page 60
January 2005 Issue 251 — page 65
Magic RPM issue 152
Fader Magazine issue 65 — Animal Collective guest editorial feature
Zing Magazine issue 17 — music compilation feature
Me Magazine issue 2 — guest editorial United Bamboo feature
San Francisco Bay Guardian 2008 — 'Rusty Never Sleeps'
Tokion issue 45
Cookie Scene issue 46 — Live in Tokyo
Black Book winter 2005/2006 — fashion and music with UUAR
Vice Magazine Vol 10 No 11
Rockin'on March 2005
Soma Magazine issue 16
Ok Fred issue 05