Trot: The Perfect Age to Fall in Love
I share the same taste in music as my grandma.
My grandma immigrated from Korea to the U.S., bringing music and culture with her. When I was little, I remember how I would watch her profile sit in front of...
From Gay Head to Goldenrod: the first decade of the Women’s Music Movement in song
Commercial rock and roll has always been a boys’ club. From the success of songs that glamorized abuse and the gross fetishization of women, such as the Rolling Stones’ “Brown Sugar” or the Beatles’ �...
50 Shades of Grey: Pragmatism and Queertopia in Music Culture
At last year’s Outside Lands, Moses Sumney gave a cathartic performance. Clad in latex and a leather skirt, his voice pierced the San Francisco fog, entrancing the audience in his siren song. And it was throu...