Shaking Off Psychic Strain: A Live Music Heals Essay by Martin Douglas
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I started going to shows on a regular basis in 2005. I dabbled in the practice beforehand, but the practice started in earnest when some friends bought me tickets to see Franz Ferdinand at the Paramount for my birthday, but none of them would go with me and told me to find someone to go with. Sometime before the show weeks later, I had a bitter falling out with my entire friend group over a flippant comment I made shortly after the first time I tried to end my own life. I ended up going with a buddy from my fashion retail job; a tall, handsome fellow who looked a lot like Kyle from
In Our Headphones: Madlib, Navy Blue, Duval Timothy, YANNA, TSHA, Sibusile Xaba
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In Our Headphones: Madlib, Navy Blue, Duval Timothy, YANNA, Jazmine Sullivan, Sibusile Xaba
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This year has been a monumental mountain of shit, but we cannot deny that it has been unforgettable in terms of great album releases. You can see my Top 10 Latin Albums of 2020 here. Generally, I like to talk about specific songs that I have been listening to with love and fanaticism, like one who clings to a lifeboat in the middle of the neverending ocean known as 2020. This time, however, the lifeboat was transformed into a cruise ship with wings, stunning colors, and Kali Uchis as captain. An absolute dream!
It is the latest album by the singer and songwriter who was raised between Virginia and Colombia, her second LP and first project in Spanish. It leaves me feeling as though I am in a dream with her as the protagonist and saving angel of my lost spirit in the bottom of the sea.