Elaine Chung
We ve been consuming music in a vacuum for over a year now. There hasn t been the chance to hear a new song at a bar, at a friend s party, or at a club. Instead, we consume what we can find via the Internet. What we hear is recorded or at the very least performed via livestream. It s different. The great stuff has been able to unite us, physical distance between us be damned. Music has felt essential throughout the last 13 months. It s offered us a short escape, or a way to make sense of our anxieties. In the best instances, an excuse to stand up and push aside the furniture and just move. And perhaps in a year or in a few months, we ll hear some of these songs and be instantly transported to this time and this place, for better or worse. What we do know, is that, for right now, these are the songs getting us through whatever stage of These Times we find ourselves in. Whether it s the escape of Silk Sonic or confronting the looming crisis of climate change with The Wea
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