On a recent sun-filled afternoon, I visited the musician Sharon Van Etten at her West Village apartment, a hushed refuge from the raucous city outside. She poured strong coffee from a French press, offered dark chocolate and walnuts, and sat down at her piano bench, where she sang “I Love You but I’m Lost,” from her forthcoming album, “Are We There.” As Sasha Frere-Jones writes of Van Etten’s music in this week’s issue, “the pleasure is all in the tone, a rich, physically grounded sound that seems to begin somewhere in her legs and to travel up through her body.” Watch her performance above.
Goings On
What we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week, online, in N.Y.C., and beyond. Paid subscribers also receive book picks.
The Political Scene Podcast
How Gaza, Ukraine, and TikTok Are Influencing the Election
“Donald Trump’s vision, or lack of vision, of what the United States can be in the world is a risk of a kind we really haven’t had in any of our lifetimes,” Evan Osnos says.
Fiction
“Neighbors”
Here was his chance to descend the stairs and exit the house. But he didn’t do it.
By Zach Williams
Goings On
Kim Gordon Is at the Peak of Her Powers
Also: Adventurous shows at Carnegie Hall, “The Effect” at the Shed, and more.
The Political Scene Podcast
The Mood at Mar-a-Lago on Super Tuesday
Benjamin Wallace-Wells on the difficult choice facing a “cynical electorate” and Antonia Hitchens on a sombre Donald Trump after a decisive victory in the Republican primaries.