July 9, 2020 watch FKA Twigs new short film ‘We Are The Women’
In partnership with WeTransfer, the 2019 Ivar Wigan-directed clip – shot at Afropunk + Blue Flame in Atlanta – explores themes of solidarity and empowerment through dance, with the performance of a “moon dance” along with spiritual healer Queen Afua. FKA Twigs said this about the project:
“I decided to hold the second part of the all-female and femme sacred moon dance at Blue Flame, firstly to honor the heritage of pole dancing, but also to create a matriarchal dominance in a space that’s usually filled with, and run by, male energy. She continues, My experience at the Blue Flame solidified that, although historically women are often pitched against each other for their looks or their assets by the patriarchy, when left to our own devices we are incredibly nurturing and healing for each other.”
July 8, 2020 James Blake shares new single “Are You Even Real”
James Blake drops his adoring, love-struck new single “Are You Even Real”, co-written by Starrah + Ali Tamposi:
July 3, 2020 Sufjan Stevens – America
The Ascension, Sufjan Stevens‘ official follow-up to his 2015 classic Carrie & Lowell, out September 25th on Asthmatic Kitty. Listen to the epic 12:30 single “America“, which Sufjan calls “a protest song against the sickness of American culture in particular, below:
