Pixel Grip celebrate the club as a sacred queer space
Pixel Grip: Jonathon Freund, Rita Lukea, and Tyler Ommen In the world of Chicago goth dance trio Pixel Grip, "the arena" is more than a literal venue where spectators gather to delight in competition—it refers to any context our society envisions as a zero-sum game, where no one can win without someone else losing. The band's sophomore album, Arena, proposes the club as a sanctuary. Over ten darkly electrifying tracks ("Alphapussy," "Dancing on Your Grave"), singer Rita Lukea describes what they call their "villain origin story"—that is, why the...
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