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✨Model/Actriz is making a case for noise in the queer pop canon — but just how well are they doing it? In today’s newsletter, @maxxfreedman11.bsky.social writes about the band’s good but flawed new album, ‘Pirouette.’ Link in bio to read‼️

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St. Vincent’s Last Album Was Really Good. Why Does Barely Anyone Talk About It? Minus her Grammy win this year, ‘All Born Screaming’ kind of came and went. It deserved better.

‼️NEW POST: St. Vincent’s ‘All Born Screaming’ is a great album — a fundamentally St. Vincent album — and yet, a year after its release, people seem to forget it exists. Read today’s newsletter to learn why @maxxfreedman11.bsky.social thinks this is so:✨

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You Should Definitely Listen to Fusilier, But Maybe His Past Releases Instead I absolutely love his previous EPs, but I feel let down by his debut album.

‼️NEW POST: You should listen to Fusilier, but maybe his past releases instead — here’s why @maxxfreedman11.bsky.social thinks ‘Ambush,’ his debut LP, underwhelms compared to his run of tremendously overlooked past singles and EPs 🌈

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It’s an LGBTQ+ Music Newsletter So Of Course We’re Reviewing Lady Gaga And good thing we are! Because ‘Mayhem’ bangs.

‼️‼️Today's newsletter is FREE to read. Learn why @maxxfreedman11.bsky.social thinks ‘Mayhem’ is an Absolute Must-Listen — and if you enjoy it, please become a paid subscriber! lavendersound.substack.com/p/its-an-lgb...

This “Party Music for Gay Angry Sluts” Absolutely Slaps Punk duo Lambrini Girls’ politics merely begin with queer liberation.

‼️Lambrini Girls’ “party music for gay angry sluts” absolutely slaps, and their politics merely begin with queer liberation. Read why @maxxfreedman11.bsky.social thinks their debut album ‘Who Let the Dogs Out’ is pretty good!🌈 lavendersound.substack.com/p/this-party...

Today’s newsletter is free for all to read: What role does, or doesn’t, pop music play in our decades of collectively becoming increasingly unprepared to meaningfully rise up against fascism? Read it here: lavendersound.substack.com/p/is-pop-mus...

INSTANT REACTION: Doechii *Planned* This Post-GRAMMYs Track Drop You know she had a track prepared for if she lost too — but she won.

INSTANT REACTION: Doechii *Planned* This Post-GRAMMYs Track Drop — read @maxxfreedman11.bsky.social's thoughts on how "Nosebleeds" is just one track Doechii probably had in her arsenal to drop in the hours after the GRAMMYs: lavendersound.substack.com/p/instant-re...

Marie Davidson Is For The Girls Work to be a winner.

‼️It’s official: Montreal electronic musician Marie Davidson is For The Girls. Learn why @maxxfreedman11.bsky.social thinks her work should be part of the LGBTQ+ music canon: lavendersound.substack.com/p/marie-davi...

✨An icon to many LGBTQ+ music listeners, Björk hit the reset button 10 years ago and we all needed it. Read why @maxxfreedman11.bsky.social thinks ‘Vulnicura’ was Björk’s first album in a decade to sound fully like her: lavendersound.substack.com/p/bjork-hit-...

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