Author: dominique

Michelle Branch: Spirit Room

For the life of me, I wanted that blue Taylor 614ce. The one Michelle Branch held in old photographs—angled just so, girl and guitar gleaming like product and prophecy. I didn’t get the guitar. But I got the album. The Spirit Room. It came to me like most things did then: slowly, imprecisely, passed through…… Continue reading Michelle Branch: Spirit Room

Marina and the Diamonds: Family Jewels

I remember thinking Lady Gaga was referencing her—Marina and the Diamonds—in all those high-concept visuals, the performance art, the glamorous misery. Turns out it was Marina Abramović. Close enough. I’ve always been drawn to pop music that knows it’s pop music. Even when I was a scene kid in eyeliner and borrowed band tees, I…… Continue reading Marina and the Diamonds: Family Jewels