My review from April 2026 as featured in issue 04 of Incus Mag
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“Girlfriend” is a temporary word, a snapshot of right now. At best you’re upgraded to wife, at worst you’re kicked to the curb and left feeling hopeless. It’s best not to obsess over the options though, and let life take its course. This is how Grace Ives felt while crafting her new album, Girlfriend.
The New York musician came hot right out of the gate with the quirky ... read more
My review from April 2026 as featured in issue 04 of Incus Mag
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Whether it’s drag queen Adore Delano’s dejected “I don’t think I belong here” or the America’s Next Top Model contestant declaring, “Like, I can’t take the pressure of it” before clomping away, there is a fair number of TV moments-turned-memes available to convey a half-joking, half-serious sense of uncomfortability online. Perhaps Lillie West of the ... read more
One year of choke enough
My review from December 2025 as featured in issue 03 of Incus Mag
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Oklou’s debut album, choke enough, ushered in the successful year that was bound to come her way. In 2020, the Galore mixtape defined the French musician’s sound as something special, and on choke enough, the trance-like state of her music is expanded with matured songwriting and diversified instrumentation. Despite its Y2K aesthetics, choke enough sounds fresh. ... read more
One year of EUSEXUA
My review from December 2025 as featured in issue 03 of Incus Mag
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On FKA twigs’s third official LP, EUSEXUA, the art-pop maestro builds a sonic world that is a reaction, almost chemical, to her experiences with electronic music and the Prague rave scene. It was joined by EUSEXUA Afterglow this November, a companion album about finding the chaos in perfection and daring to begin again while basking in the light of an afterglow. On the day ... read more