As many of our masks start to literally and figuratively come off again, we are entering a new moment of pandemic nostalgia, of the desire for a time when our personal—and geopolitical—lives didn’t feel as complicated as they do now. … Read the rest
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FKA twigs, Pandemic Dating, and Sex after Abuse
On January 14, 2022, FKA twigs dropped her first mixtape. “CAPRISONGS is my journey back to myself through my amazing collaborators and friends,” twigs declares in an Instagram post from January 6th. At the end of the post, twigs … Read the rest
2021 in Review: Anxiety, Family, and Community in the Long Pandemic
It was another hard pandemic year—and the pop music around us often reflected that. Our first full (calendar) year of the pandemic, pop both musically and narratively carried forward our feelings of anxiety and isolation but also yearnings for connection … Read the rest
Sleater-Kinney, Collective Loss, and the Long Pandemic
On June 10th, Sleater-Kinney took to Twitch to promote their new album, Path of Wellness. Now just Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein (plus whoever they record and tour with for a particular album), the broadcast focused on the musical—and … Read the rest
Dawn Richard and Songs of the South
In June 2011, I made a decision that would forever change my life: I broke up with a partner of over three years and mentally committed to getting back home to New York City as quickly as possible. Within six … Read the rest