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  • Twenty Years of Disintegration

    Twenty Years of Disintegration

    There are moments that bring the realization that everything must change. The announcement of a birth, a partner taking one knee, a layoff, an arrest. As life shifts and transforms, it becomes obvious that we are woefully unable to tell the future, that we must simply adapt to the new niches created for us. Twenty [continued]

  • Best of the 2010s: Aragidi’s Picks

    Best of the 2010s: Aragidi’s Picks

    As the decade comes to a close, the Saint Audio team is sharing the top ten albums that defined the 2010s for them. This week, Aragidi revisits their favorite albums from the 2010s. 10) Racine Carrée (2013) – StromaeBelgium’s favourite Flemish/Rwandan son entered the global mind withblessings from everyone from Anna Wintour to Kanye West, and, with [continued]

  • I Recognise Less: An Indigenous Peoples Day Plea

    I Recognise Less: An Indigenous Peoples Day Plea

    In the mid-00s, my home of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation welcomed a plague of mechanical locusts.  Our reservation is home to the Three Affiliated Tribes (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara). Our history is long, filled with generosity, bloodshed, hospitality, and pestilence. We Mandan built cities of earth and gave Lewis and Clark lodging during the winter [continued]

  • Diamanda Galás: A Retrospective

    Diamanda Galás: A Retrospective

    Listen, man.It may soon be timeFor you to guard a dying manUntil the angels come. Let’s not chat about despair. If you are a man (and not a coward)You will grasp the hand of him denied by mercyUntil his breath becomes your own.  In 1983, the AIDS virus was first isolated, after years of deaths from rare [continued]

  • iskwē Calls For Justice In “Little Star”

    iskwē Calls For Justice In “Little Star”

    Stars are our heritage. In many Plains cultures, we are taught that we come from the stars overhead, the Morning Star the link between we living and the spirits of those passed. We walk the Milky Way south to return to where we originated in our deaths. We give star quilts at important moments in [continued]

  • Essentials: “Face My Fears (feat. Hikaru Utada)” – Skrillex

    Essentials: “Face My Fears (feat. Hikaru Utada)” – Skrillex

    J-Pop powerhouse Hikaru Utada returns to provide the theme for the upcoming Kingdom Hearts 3 alongside dance-music dynamo Skrillex. Though at first this may seem an odd pairing, Skrillex has produced some pretty solid pop, and “Face My Fears” is no exception.  Skrillex creates an EDM soundscape over which Utada’s melancholic defiance soars. The song electrifies, arming [continued]