I. Dreamer/ I wanna love like you/ I wanna see the world/ Through your eyes (Sandstone) When I first see that Dawn Richard and Spencer Zahn will be performing Pigments in full with the accompaniment of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra at the New Orleans Museum of Art during my winter break, I know in my Read More
romanticism
Fever Ray, Changing Bodies, and Musical (Gender) Queerness
Radical Romantics, the latest album from Swedish synth-y and experimental pop artist Fever Ray, opens with an apology of sorts: “First I’d like to say that I’m sorry/ I’ve done all the tricks that I can.” The opening lines are a campy wink, acknowledging the steel drums—and pitch shifting—that are hallmarks of Karin Dreijer’s work Read More
Land of Talk and the Intimacy of Healing
At close to one year of being in LA, I went to see Land of Talk live for the first time in five years. As I’ve written about before, Land of Talk are the band that I’ve grown up through adulthood with. Entering my life after Sleater-Kinney went on hiatus in 2006, LOT have been Read More