Vrinda Jagota

1 week ago | tastecooking.com | Vrinda Jagota

Onda Pasta Bar’s tiramisu drawer looks like something from a Hayao Miyazaki adaptation of a Dr. Seuss book, which is to say it evokes the quiet elegance of a satin glove (clouds of creamy, whipped mascarpone and raw egg floating upon house-made sponge cake, coated with a dusting of cocoa powder) underpinned by a cartoonish sense of excess (why is there so much of it?).

1 month ago | pitchfork.com | Vrinda Jagota

At 9:31 a.m. EDT yesterday, Katy Perry, in full hair and makeup wearing a designer cobalt blue bodysuit, was ready to make history. As she boarded flight NS-31 to make an 11-minute roundtrip journey to the edge of outer space, she endeavored to “put the ass in astronaut.” Which is so cool and brave to admit, given that she’s probably the first person ever to say those words in that particular order.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Vrinda Jagota

At 9:31 a.m. EDT yesterday, Katy Perry, in full hair and makeup wearing a designer cobalt blue bodysuit, was ready to make history. As she boarded flight NS-31 to make an 11-minute roundtrip journey to the edge of outer space, she endeavored to “put the ass in astronaut.” Which is so cool and brave to admit, given that she’s probably the first person ever to say those words in that particular order.

2 months ago | pitchfork.com | Vrinda Jagota

Across Sasami’s first two albums, the Los Angeles songwriter drew impressively from a range of musical traditions: shoegaze’s wandering guitar riffs, nu metal’s gnashing arrangements, county-pop’s storytelling. The result was a dynamic, constantly evolving sound, which Sasami channeled to express introspection, frustration, and deep, almost mythological, yearning.

Feb 28, 2025 | pitchfork.com | Vrinda Jagota

When sound systems in West Bengal start playing music, the bass is so powerful that pooled water appears to sizzle like oil. Smartphone footage of the contraptions in action sometimes appears distorted from the force of the sound waves. The sound systems are made of brightly colored speakers and amps, originally meant for religious ceremonies or political gatherings, that have been tied together into mobile structures that loom two or three stories high.