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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
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Robyn, The Hurt, and The Honey
It starts with a bass line. Wobbling and reverberating out into the night, the vibrations make space for the vocals to slowly creep into the song. As the voice declares, “If you’ve got something to say, I need to hear … Read the rest
Can You Break Sometimes: Blood Orange and the Future Past
What does it mean to go back to who/where you used to be? What does it mean to go forward from going back? In late September, I returned to Central Park Summerstage for the first time in over a decade … Read the rest
Kelela in Three Acts
“Some of you don’t know who the fuck I am. My name is Kelela.”
It’s Friday afternoon at the Pitchfork SXSW day party at Barracuda and Kelela is midway through her set as the headlining act. After doing the three … Read the rest
We’ll Do It Again (In A World At War)
In the middle of the summer of 2017, Lana Del Rey’s Lust For Life entered the musical atmosphere like a whirlwind, a mixture of vulnerability, politics, and pop hooks that pulled in many different directions while simultaneously keeping its course … Read the rest