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“Ya No Estoy Aquí” is a song about loneliness and alienation. It’s about being lost within yourself and not knowing who you are. Making this song was catharsis; it was a way to get this all out and feel the texture of new perspectives. This movie moved me in ways that nothing else has moved in a long time. It is about a young man from Monterrey, Mexico, who gets into trouble and is forced to leave for his safety to New York. The language barrier, the cultural isolation, and his characteristics spiral him more towards his loneliness and isolation. Music was his only solace. Songs that he would dance to by himself and disappear into the memory of being somewhere else with the people he missed and loved.

Ruth Radelet, the former voice and frontperson of Chromatics, has shared her inaugural original solo single. “Crimes” is a collaboration between Radelet and producer Filip Nikolic of Poolside. Take a listen below. “‘Crimes’ is about the pursuit of success at the expense of one’s integrity, and the exploitation of others in order to get ahead,” Radelet said in a statement. “It’s about the price we pay for our choices, and whether or not it’s worth it. The question, ‘Is it easy to start over?’ can be interpreted in two ways—it’s meant to ask how it feels to continually reinvent yourself until you lose sight of who you are. It also asks how hard it would be to walk away from it all.” Radelet, Adam Miller, and Nat Walker announced the end of Chromatics last year. Miller has also embarked on a ...

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco have announced multiple deluxe reissue editions of the landmark 2002 album featuring previously unreleased recordings. They’re all due out September 16 via Nonesuch. The band has shared a 2002 live version of “Reservations” from the box set. Check it out, and watch the band’s Late Show With Stephen Colbert performance of “Poor Places,” below. The super deluxe edition is available as an 11xLP (plus single-CD) box set or an 8xCD collection. It includes 82 previously unreleased tracks and a book with new liner notes from Bob Mehr and interviews with Jeff Tweedy, Glenn Kotche, and Jim O’Rourke. It also includes photos chronicling the album’s creation. Other reissue editions include the 7xLP deluxe edition with 39 unreleased track...

FKA twigs has shared a new video for her Caprisongs track “Oh My Love.” The Aidan Zamiri-directed by clip features twigs getting pampered in a beauty salon. Check it out below. So far this year twigs has released videos for CAPRISONGS’ “Meta Angel,” “Papi Bones” (ft. Shygirl) and “Jealousy” (ft. Rema), as well the Yung Lean collaboration “Bliss,” featured on his Stardust mixtape. Last week she shared a short film called Playscape that she directed and starred in, featuring a soundtrack by X-Ray Spex. It was also recently announced that she’ll be starring in a forthcoming cinematic reboot of The Crow.  Read Pitchfork’s Cover Story “The Sacred and Profane Genius of FKA twigs.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.