Vivian Stacy

An architect of words and practiced in perfervidity, Ocean Vuong deftly weaves together a vibrant canopy that is dizzyingly breathtaking in his newest poetry collection “Time is a Mother.”

Few artists have been able to capture the fraught tension of growing up the way Lorde did in six simple words: “It feels so scary getting old.”

Tackling tough topics with a bubbly and bright demeanor seems to be CLAY’s tour de force; their spoken words echo the flowery, vibrant tone of their EP.

Throughout her performance at Rickshaw Stop, Jordana paired casually roguish charm with expert performance and production skills.

Artists such as Rina Sawayama, King Princess, Frank Ocean and Semler have all explored the tension between spirituality and sexuality — and some have even tried to reconcile it.

Ephemeral but blissfully euphoric, the buzz of inhaling amyl nitrite, the chemical compound for the party drug “poppers,” is short-lived but difficult to match. The aptly named Australian rock band

Keeping in theme with its title, Dirt Femme is both gritty and glittering in tandem, raw and rising from the earth with elegance.

“This song has always been a result of feeling like ‘I want to be like somebody else,’ or ‘I wish I could fit in like everybody else,’ ” said lead

Over the weekend, the grassy hill and tree-lined stage of Stanford’s Frost Amphitheatre made room for the Re:SET Bay Area Music Festival.

Hoetzel’s music videos have made her a queer icon. And unlike other artists who have protested having queer branding thrust upon them, she is not afraid to embrace this design.