On March 23, 2022, Slavic American experimental pop artist Zola Jesus released “Lost,” the lead single for her forthcoming album Arkhon. As Nika Rosa Danilova describes on her Patreon page, “i wrote lost after chopping up … 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
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
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