5 trending queer female artists you have to check out
Aslesha Kumar /Senior Staff
In celebration of Pride this month, here are five hot and trendy queer female artists you should definitely listen to in this summer.
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Picks of the Week: Baking, bison and beeswax candles to prepare for Halloween
Maybe you already have tickets to St. Lucia’s concert tonight at August Hall, or maybe you’re willing to splurge to buy them at the last minute. But if not, spend a night with the other saints of 2010s pop music: Vincent, Raymond and Motel.
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LGBTQ+-inclusive covers shine in ‘Universal Love’
Here’s what to play at your gay wedding
Universal Love takes classic love songs and puts a gay twist on them, featuring performances from Bob Dylan, St. Vincent and Kesha.
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‘American Utopia’ is optimistic in intentions, falls in execution
With David Byrne’s ‘American Utopia,’ the legendary, musical powerhouse of the late 20th century returns with his first solo release in over a decade.
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Picks of the Week: Poetry, film screenings and unique musical events
For the next week, the arts and entertainment department has you covered with the most engaging and exciting events in the Bay.
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‘DAMN.,’ ‘Sleep Well Beast’ top 2017’s list of best albums
Across all genres, 2017 has seen some new breakouts and returning heavyweights tackle the roiling social and political climate this year has brought — or help us escape it.
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St. Vincent: Are you singing about love or loss?
The music videos are an amalgamation of liltingly beautiful color schemes and situations that appear mournful and deranged. It is clear that something is wrong.
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St. Vincent refines sonic brand, avoids redundancy with ‘Masseduction’
As they already represent a sonic shift from the artist’s previous work (or, at least, that’s what should be happening), albums are often tonally vanilla, internally. Most listeners cherry-pick the songs they like off of the albums they listen to, appreciating them individually. Masseduction — stylized MASSEDUCTION — encourages listeners not to do that.
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Joanna Newsom’s ‘Divers’ is a worldly, lush experience
Critics love the term “baroque pop.” It’s perfectly convenient — it’s verbose, vague and intelligent-sounding. The only problem is they often blindly throw the term at all music they find praiseworthy but unclassifiable, such as that of Kanye, Bon Iver and St. Vincent. It’s been separated from what it truly
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Tunesday: Sad covers for sunny days
Finding a good cover can be like falling in love with a favorite song all over again. The following covers have two things in common: They are all sad (because summertime sadness isn’t just Lana Del Rey’s domain), and they are all better than their originals. So, whether you’re newly
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