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
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FKA twigs and the Palpability of Vulnerability
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FKA twig’s set at Afropunk 2019 starts in darkness. The darkness of the stage at Commodore Barry Park in Brooklyn mirrors the darkness of the Sunday night sky, feeding one another in a continuos loop. Slowly, the stage fills … Read the rest