Category: Music
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Summer music spotlight
While the beginning of my summer was dominated by the down-home atmosphere of Kacey Musgraves’s fantastic Middle of Nowhere, what some call a return to form, here are some other projects that have made a splash in my 2026 listening journey. Artist: LIKA Upon appearing ever so innocently on my YouTube homepage one early morning…
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Dayglow is my happy place
Welcome to April, friends! This is Crysteaux reporting back from the musical journey happening in my 1° auditory cortex against the current backdrop of slowly melting snow in the mountains coexisting with cherry blossoms enlivening the empty office parks and repopulating playgrounds below. Y’all are both beautiful–never change. WARNING: no pun intended, but the springboard…
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Songs frozen in time
The sickly sweet notes of cinnamon apple tea linger at table’s edge as I broadcast my thoughts tonight, facing the brilliant, almost-full moon as it competes, through light years and glass and plastic, with the glare from my laptop. I want to make it clear I never know quite how far to take these posts.…
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Japan Travel Tunes, Part I
If Nothing Else, Then Tunes. It’s already halfway through the year, and I haven’t skimmed the surface of what may constitute my favorite album releases, or general, time-unbound favorites that have defined my year! So here’s the essential ensemble soundtrack to my journey through Japan that spanned February to May: …For the first month, it…
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An attempt to commemorate the best performance I’ve ever experienced.
Forgive the terrible photo, but I just wanted to express how fka twigs’s singing, dancing, and overall vision are killing the game. Combine these with a commanding team of dancers and musicians, and her show is a gift to the universal pursuit of art—a full-body, yet out-of-body experience constantly pulsating with an electric energy—something deeply…
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