Post-Genre Aesthetics, Race, & Gender
The virtue of genre-transcending eclecticism is the underlying theme of Jonathan Shecter’s March 2015 interview with Diplo. I want to read this interview closely, to consider how exactly this diversity is described, and in particular how Diplo’s and Shecter’s accounts…
A few thoughts on Coldwaves, WaxTrax!, & feminized care/curatorial labor
This year, Coldwaves celebrated the 30th anniversary of Front 242’s first US show at Medusa’s, and also WaxTrax! Records‘s revival. The only reason WaxTrax! is around these days is because of the work Julia Nash (daughter of co-founder Jim Nash)…
Wound Down Inside
My new essay on Lana Del Rey, post-maximalist pop, and gender is now up for free at The New Inquiry. Here’s a sample: Undercutting the sonic impact of a downbeat is not a new thing. In 19th century European…
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